NAME
    gcloud alpha compute instant-snapshots delete - delete a Compute Engine
        instant snapshot

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud alpha compute instant-snapshots delete INSTANT_SNAPSHOT_NAME
        [INSTANT_SNAPSHOT_NAME ...] [--region=REGION | --zone=ZONE]
        [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION
    (ALPHA) gcloud alpha compute instant-snapshots delete deletes a Compute
    Engine instant snapshot. A disk can be deleted only if it is not attached
    to any virtual machine instances.

EXAMPLES
    To delete Compute Engine instant snapshots with the names
    'instant-snapshot-1' and 'instant-snapshot-2', run:

        $ gcloud alpha compute instant-snapshots delete instant-snapshot-1 \
            instant-snapshot-2

    To list all instant snapshots that were created before a specific date, use
    the --filter flag with the gcloud alpha compute instant-snapshots list
    command.

        $ gcloud alpha compute instant-snapshots list \
            --filter="creationTimestamp<'2017-01-01'"

    For more information on how to use --filter with the list command, run $
    gcloud topic filters.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
     INSTANT_SNAPSHOT_NAME [INSTANT_SNAPSHOT_NAME ...]
        Names of the instant snapshots to delete.

FLAGS
     At most one of these can be specified:

       --region=REGION
          Region of the instant snapshots to delete. If not specified, you
          might be prompted to select a region (interactive mode only).

          To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
          compute/region property:

              $ gcloud config set compute/region REGION

          A list of regions can be fetched by running:

              $ gcloud compute regions list

          To unset the property, run:

              $ gcloud config unset compute/region

          Alternatively, the region can be stored in the environment variable
          CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION.

       --zone=ZONE
          Zone of the instant snapshots to delete. If not specified and the
          compute/zone property isn't set, you might be prompted to select a
          zone (interactive mode only).

          To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
          compute/zone property:

              $ gcloud config set compute/zone ZONE

          A list of zones can be fetched by running:

              $ gcloud compute zones list

          To unset the property, run:

              $ gcloud config unset compute/zone

          Alternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable
          CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE.

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 compute instant-snapshots delete

        $ gcloud beta compute instant-snapshots delete