NAME
    gcloud beta spanner backups delete - delete an existing backup

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud beta spanner backups delete (BACKUP : --instance=INSTANCE)
        [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION
    (BETA) Delete an existing backup.

EXAMPLES
    To delete a backup, run:

        $ gcloud beta spanner backups delete BACKUP_NAME \
            --instance=INSTANCE_NAME

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
     Backup resource - Cloud Spanner 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 project attribute:
      ◆ provide the argument backup on the command line with a fully
        specified name;
      ◆ set the property core/project;
      ◆ provide the argument --project on the command line.

     This must be specified.

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

          To set the backup attribute:
          ▸ provide the argument backup on the command line.

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

       --instance=INSTANCE
          The name of the Cloud Spanner instance.

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

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 spanner/v1 API. The full documentation for this API
    can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/spanner/

NOTES
    This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These
    variants are also available:

        $ gcloud spanner backups delete

        $ gcloud alpha spanner backups delete