.TH "GCLOUD_COMPUTE_INSTANCES_REMOVE\-METADATA" 1



.SH "NAME"
.HP
gcloud compute instances remove\-metadata \- remove instance metadata



.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP
\f5gcloud compute instances remove\-metadata\fR \fIINSTANCE_NAME\fR [\fB\-\-zone\fR=\fIZONE\fR] [\fB\-\-all\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-keys\fR=\fIKEY\fR,[\fIKEY\fR,...]] [\fIGCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG\ ...\fR]



.SH "DESCRIPTION"

gcloud compute instances remove\-metadata can be used to remove instance
metadata entries.



.SH "EXAMPLES"

To remove metadata keys \f5\fIimportant\-data\fR\fR and
\f5\fIuseless\-data\fR\fR along with their data from an instance named
\f5\fItest\-instance\fR\fR, run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud compute instances remove\-metadata test\-instance \e
    \-\-keys=important\-data,useless\-data
.RE



.SH "POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fIINSTANCE_NAME\fR

Name of the instance to set metadata on. For details on valid instance names,
refer to the criteria documented under the field 'name' at:
https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/instances


.RE
.sp

.SH "FLAGS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fB\-\-zone\fR=\fIZONE\fR

Zone of the instance to set metadata on. If not specified, you might be prompted
to select a zone (interactive mode only). \f5gcloud\fR attempts to identify the
appropriate zone by searching for resources in your currently active project. If
the zone cannot be determined, \f5gcloud\fR prompts you for a selection with all
available Google Cloud Platform zones.

To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, the user can set the
\f5\fIcompute/zone\fR\fR property:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud config set compute/zone ZONE
.RE

A list of zones can be fetched by running:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud compute zones list
.RE

To unset the property, run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud config unset compute/zone
.RE

Alternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable
\f5\fICLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE\fR\fR.

.TP 2m

At most one of these can be specified:


.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fB\-\-all\fR

If provided, all metadata entries are removed.

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-keys\fR=\fIKEY\fR,[\fIKEY\fR,...]

The keys of the entries to remove.


.RE
.RE
.sp

.SH "GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS"

These flags are available to all commands: \-\-access\-token\-file, \-\-account,
\-\-billing\-project, \-\-configuration, \-\-flags\-file, \-\-flatten,
\-\-format, \-\-help, \-\-impersonate\-service\-account, \-\-log\-http,
\-\-project, \-\-quiet, \-\-trace\-token, \-\-user\-output\-enabled,
\-\-verbosity.

Run \fB$ gcloud help\fR for details.



.SH "NOTES"

These variants are also available:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha compute instances remove\-metadata
.RE

.RS 2m
$ gcloud beta compute instances remove\-metadata
.RE