The following sections describe common errors that can block the deletion of a project, and what you can do to resolve them. If you are having issues, try using the Google Cloud CLI to shut down a project, and note any error message you receive.
Liens
If there is a lien on a project, that project cannot be deleted
until the lien is removed. If you have the resourcemanager.projects.get
permission on the project, you can list the liens applied to a project with
the liens list gcloud CLI command.
For more information about liens, see protecting projects with liens.
Cloud Endpoints
Cloud Endpoints are special resources that are considered child resources under a project. This can block the deletion of a project where Endpoints exist.
The below example shows an attempt to delete a project using the Google Cloud CLI failing due to the existence of Endpoints under the project:
@cloudshell:~ ($project)$ gcloud projects delete $project
Your project will be deleted.
Do you want to continue (Y/n)? Y
ERROR: (gcloud.projects.delete) FAILED_PRECONDITION: active child resource
- '@type':type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.PreconditionFailure
violations:
- description: active child resource
subject: services/$service
- '@type':type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.ResourceInfo
resourceName: projects/$project
resourceType: PROJECT
To resolve this issue, delete the Endpoints before you attempt to delete the project.
For more information about Endpoints, see the Cloud Endpoints documentation.
Shared Virtual Private Cloud
If a project has shared Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) enabled or has service projects attached, a lien will block the deletion of the project.
For more details and instructions on how to detach service projects and disable shared VPC, see Deprovisioning shared VPC.