NAME
    gcloud alpha container clusters delete - delete an existing cluster for
        running containers

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud alpha container clusters delete NAME [NAME ...] [--async]
        [--location=LOCATION | --region=REGION | --zone=ZONE, -z ZONE]
        [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION
    (ALPHA) When you delete a cluster, the following resources are deleted:

      ▪ The control plane resources
      ▪ All of the node instances in the cluster
      ▪ Any Pods that are running on those instances
      ▪ Any firewalls and routes created by Kubernetes Engine at the time of
        cluster creation
      ▪ Data stored in host hostPath and emptyDir volumes

    GKE will attempt to delete the following resources. Deletion of these
    resources is not always guaranteed:

      ▪ External load balancers created by the cluster
      ▪ Internal load balancers created by the cluster
      ▪ Persistent disk volumes

EXAMPLES
    To delete an existing cluster, run:

        $ gcloud alpha container clusters delete sample-cluster

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
     NAME [NAME ...]
        The names of the clusters to delete.

FLAGS
     --async
        Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to
        complete.

     At most one of these can be specified:

       --location=LOCATION
          Compute zone or region (e.g. us-central1-a or us-central1) for the
          cluster. Overrides the default compute/region or compute/zone value
          for this command invocation. Prefer using this flag over the --region
          or --zone flags.

       --region=REGION
          Compute region (e.g. us-central1) for a regional cluster. Overrides
          the default compute/region property value for this command
          invocation.

       --zone=ZONE, -z ZONE
          Compute zone (e.g. us-central1-a) for a zonal cluster. Overrides the
          default compute/zone property value for this command invocation.

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 $ gcloud help for details.

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:

        $ gcloud container clusters delete

        $ gcloud beta container clusters delete

