- NAME
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- gcloud compute backend-services remove-backend - remove a backend from a backend service
 
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud compute backend-services remove-backendBACKEND_SERVICE_NAME([--instance-group=INSTANCE_GROUP:--instance-group-region=INSTANCE_GROUP_REGION|--instance-group-zone=INSTANCE_GROUP_ZONE] | [--network-endpoint-group=NETWORK_ENDPOINT_GROUP:--global-network-endpoint-group|--network-endpoint-group-region=NETWORK_ENDPOINT_GROUP_REGION|--network-endpoint-group-zone=NETWORK_ENDPOINT_GROUP_ZONE]) [--global|--region=REGION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
 
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- DESCRIPTION
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gcloud compute backend-services remove-backendis used to remove a backend from a backend service.Before removing a backend, it is a good idea to "drain" the backend first. A backend can be drained by setting its capacity scaler to zero through 'gcloud compute backend-services edit'. 
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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- BACKEND_SERVICE_NAME
- Name of the backend service to operate on.
 
- REQUIRED FLAGS
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Exactly one of these must be specified:
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Instance Group
- --instance-group=- INSTANCE_GROUP
- 
Name of the instance group to remove from the backend service. For details on
valid instance names, refer to the criteria documented under the field 'name'
at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/instances
This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified. 
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At most one of these can be specified:
- --instance-group-region=- INSTANCE_GROUP_REGION
- 
Region of the instance group to remove from the backend service. If not
specified, you might be prompted to select a region (interactive mode only).
To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the compute/regiongcloud config set compute/region REGIONA list of regions can be fetched by running: gcloud compute regions listTo unset the property, run: gcloud config unset compute/regionAlternatively, the region can be stored in the environment variable CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION
- --instance-group-zone=- INSTANCE_GROUP_ZONE
- 
Zone of the instance group to remove from the backend service. If not specified
and the compute/zoneTo avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the compute/zonegcloud config set compute/zone ZONEA list of zones can be fetched by running: gcloud compute zones listTo unset the property, run: gcloud config unset compute/zoneAlternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE
 
 
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Network Endpoint Group
- --network-endpoint-group=- NETWORK_ENDPOINT_GROUP
- 
Name of the network endpoint group to remove from the backend service.
This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified. 
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At most one of these can be specified:
- --global-network-endpoint-group
- If set, the network endpoint group is global.
- --network-endpoint-group-region=- NETWORK_ENDPOINT_GROUP_REGION
- 
Region of the network endpoint group to remove from the backend service. If not
specified, you might be prompted to select a region (interactive mode only).
To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the compute/regiongcloud config set compute/region REGIONA list of regions can be fetched by running: gcloud compute regions listTo unset the property, run: gcloud config unset compute/regionAlternatively, the region can be stored in the environment variable CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION
- --network-endpoint-group-zone=- NETWORK_ENDPOINT_GROUP_ZONE
- 
Zone of the network endpoint group to remove from the backend service. If not
specified and the compute/zoneTo avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the compute/zonegcloud config set compute/zone ZONEA list of zones can be fetched by running: gcloud compute zones listTo unset the property, run: gcloud config unset compute/zoneAlternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE
 
 
 
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Instance Group
 
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Exactly one of these must be specified:
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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- 
At most one of these can be specified:
- --global
- If set, the backend service is global.
- --region=- REGION
- 
Region of the backend service to operate on. Overrides the default
compute/regionproperty value for this command invocation.
 
 
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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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These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha compute backend-services remove-backendgcloud beta compute backend-services remove-backend
      gcloud compute backend-services remove-backend
  
  
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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.