.TH "GCLOUD_ALPHA_BIGTABLE_BACKUPS_DELETE" 1



.SH "NAME"
.HP
gcloud alpha bigtable backups delete \- delete an existing backup



.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP
\f5gcloud alpha bigtable backups delete\fR (\fIBACKUP\fR\ :\ \fB\-\-cluster\fR=\fICLUSTER\fR\ \fB\-\-instance\fR=\fIINSTANCE\fR) [\fIGCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG\ ...\fR]



.SH "DESCRIPTION"

\fB(ALPHA)\fR Delete an existing backup.



.SH "EXAMPLES"

To delete a backup, run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha bigtable backups delete BACKUP_NAME \e
    \-\-instance=INSTANCE_NAME \-\-cluster=CLUSTER_NAME
.RE



.SH "POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m

Backup resource \- Cloud Bigtable backup to delete. The arguments in this group
can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes
are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set the \f5project\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(em" 2m
provide the argument \f5backup\fR on the command line with a fully specified
name;
.IP "\(em" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-project\fR on the command line;
.IP "\(em" 2m
set the property \f5core/project\fR.
.RE
.sp

This must be specified.


.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fIBACKUP\fR

ID of the backup or fully qualified identifier for the backup.

To set the \f5backup\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5backup\fR on the command line.
.RE
.sp

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this
group are specified.

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-cluster\fR=\fICLUSTER\fR

Name of the Bigtable cluster.

To set the \f5cluster\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5backup\fR on the command line with a fully specified
name;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-cluster\fR on the command line.
.RE
.sp

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-instance\fR=\fIINSTANCE\fR

Name of the Bigtable instance.

To set the \f5instance\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5backup\fR on the command line with a fully specified
name;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-instance\fR on the command line.
.RE
.sp


.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 "API REFERENCE"

This command uses the \fBbigtableadmin/v2\fR API. The full documentation for
this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/



.SH "NOTES"

This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this
command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,
you might be trying to access an API with an invitation\-only early access
allowlist. These variants are also available:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud bigtable backups delete
.RE

.RS 2m
$ gcloud beta bigtable backups delete
.RE