Delete repositories

This page describes how to delete Artifact Registry repositories.

Before you begin

You must have the Artifact Registry Administrator role or a role with equivalent permissions.

Deleting repositories

Before you remove a repository, ensure that any packages that you want to keep are available in another location.

Warning: If you disable the Artifact Registry API or delete the project, Artifact Registry services become unavailable. Artifact Registry deletes repository data after 7 days. Learn more about data deletion on Google Cloud. If you want to recover deleted repositories, then Google Cloud Support might be able to help recover deleted Artifact Registry repositories. However, Google Cloud Support can't restore individual images. Data recovery isn't a feature of Artifact Registry and is only performed as a good-will gesture. Google Cloud Support tries to recover Artifact Registry repositories on a best-effort basis. During the process of restoring Artifact Registry repositories, don't try to re-create the repository or push images to it.

When you delete a repository, make sure all references to the repository are replaced in your build and configuration files.

To delete a repository:

Console

1. Open the Repositories page in the Google Cloud console.

   Open the Repositories page

2. In the repository list, select the repository to delete.

3. Click Delete.

gcloud

To delete the a repository, run the following command:

gcloud artifacts repositories delete REPOSITORY \
[--location=LOCATION] [--async]

Where

• REPOSITORY is the name of the repository.
• LOCATION is the regional or multi-regional location of the repository. You can omit this flag if you set a default.
• --async returns immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.

For more information about the command, run the following command:

 gcloud artifacts repositories delete --help
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