- INFORMATION
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gcloud preview compute project-zonal-metadata removeis 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 project-zonal-metadata remove - remove project zonal metadata
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud preview compute project-zonal-metadata remove--zone=ZONE[--all|--keys=KEY,[KEY,…]] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(PREVIEW)gcloud preview compute project-zonal-metadata removeis used to remove project zonal metadata from all VMs within the specified zone. For information about metadata, see https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/metadata.Only the metadata keys that you provide in the command get removed. All other existing metadata entries remain the same.
After you remove a specific project zonal metadata entry, if that metadata key has any project-wide value configured, then the VMs in the zone automatically inherit that project-wide value.
- EXAMPLES
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To remove the project zonal metadata with key=value in the zone
us-central1-amy-gcp-projectgcloud preview compute project-zonal-metadata remove --keys=key --zone=us-central1-a --project=my-gcp-projectFor more information and examples about how to remove project zonal metadata, see https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/metadata/setting-custom-metadata#remove-custom-project-zonal-metadata
- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--zone=ZONE- The zone in which you want to remove project zonal metadata
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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At most one of these can be specified:
--all- If provided, all project zonal metadata entries are removed from VM instances in the zone.
--keys=KEY,[KEY,…]- The keys for which you want to remove project zonal metadata
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At most one of these can be specified:
- 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 project-zonal-metadata removegcloud alpha compute project-zonal-metadata removegcloud beta compute project-zonal-metadata remove
gcloud preview compute project-zonal-metadata remove
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Last updated 2026-04-14 UTC.
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