- INFORMATION
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gcloud preview compute images describeis supported in universe domainuniverse; however, some of the values used in the help text may not be available. Command examples may not work as-is and may requires changes before execution. - NAME
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- gcloud preview compute images describe - describe a Compute Engine image
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud preview compute images describeIMAGE_NAME[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(PREVIEW)gcloud preview compute images describedisplays all data associated with a Compute Engine image in a project. - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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IMAGE_NAME- Name of the disk image to describe.
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
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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 helpfor details. - NOTES
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This command is currently in DEVELOPER PREVIEW and may 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 images describegcloud alpha compute images describegcloud beta compute images describe
gcloud preview compute images describe
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Last updated 2026-04-14 UTC.
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