NAME
    gcloud memcache instances delete - delete a Memorystore Memcached instance

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud memcache instances delete (INSTANCE : --region=REGION) [--async]
        [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION
    Delete a Memorystore Memcached instance.

    This command can fail for the following reasons:
      ▪ The instance specified does not exist.
      ▪ The active account does not have permission to access the given
        instance.

EXAMPLES
    To delete an instance named my-memcache-instance in region us-central1,
    run:

        $ gcloud memcache instances delete my-memcache-instance \
            --region=us-central1

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
     Instance resource - Arguments and flags that specify the Memcached
     instance 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 project
     attribute:
      ◆ provide the argument instance on the command line with a fully
        specified name;
      ◆ provide the argument --project on the command line;
      ◆ set the property core/project.

     This must be specified.

       INSTANCE
          ID of the instance or fully qualified identifier for the instance. To
          set the instance attribute:
          ▸ provide the argument instance on the command line.

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

       --region=REGION
          The name of the Memcached region of the instance. Overrides the
          default memcache/region property value for this command invocation.

          To set the region attribute:
          ▸ provide the argument instance on the command line with a fully
            specified name;
          ▸ provide the argument --region on the command line;
          ▸ set the property memcache/region.

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

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.

API REFERENCE
    This command uses the memcache/v1 API. The full documentation for this API
    can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/memorystore/

NOTES
    These variants are also available:

        $ gcloud alpha memcache instances delete

        $ gcloud beta memcache instances delete