Delete instances

This page describes how to delete Cloud SQL instances.

Note the following when you plan to delete an instance:

  • After you delete an instance, it might continue to appear in your project with an "unknown" size but with a "Being deleted" status. This is normal and the instance disappears completely after a brief period of time.
  • It can take up to a week for the underlying resources related to an instance to be completely deleted, with the exception of read replicas, which are often deleted within a few minutes.
  • The deleted instance name can be reused immediately to create a new instance.
  • If deletion protection is enabled on an instance, you must disable it before deleting the instance.

Required permissions

By default, only user or service accounts with the Cloud SQL Admin (roles/cloudsql.admin) or Owner (roles/owner) role have the permission to delete a Cloud SQL instance (cloudsql.instances.delete).

You can also define an IAM custom role for the user or service account that includes the cloudsql.instances.delete permission. This permission is supported in IAM custom roles.

Delete an instance

You can delete a Cloud SQL instance by using gcloud CLI or the API.

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud SQL Instances page.

    Go to Cloud SQL Instances

  2. To open the Overview page of an instance, click the instance name.
  3. Click Delete.
  4. In the Delete database instance dialog, click OK.

gcloud

To delete an instance, use the gcloud sql instances delete command:

gcloud sql instances delete INSTANCE_NAME \
--project=PROJECT_ID

Make the following replacements:

  • INSTANCE_NAME: the name of the instance
  • PROJECT_ID: the ID or project number of the Google Cloud project that contains the instance that you want to delete

REST v1

Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:

  • PROJECT_ID: the ID or project number of the Google Cloud project that contains the instance that you want to delete
  • INSTANCE_NAME: the name of the instance

HTTP method and URL: 

DELETE https://sqladmin.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/instances/INSTANCE_NAME

To send your request, expand one of these options:

You should receive a JSON response similar to the following:

{
  "kind": "sql#operation",
  "targetLink": "https://sqladmin.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/instances/INSTANCE_NAME",
  "status": "PENDING",
  "user": "[email protected]",
  "insertTime": "2020-01-15T00:10:22.078Z",
  "operationType": "DELETE",
  "name": "OPERATION_ID",
  "targetId": "INSTANCE_NAME",
  "selfLink": "https://sqladmin.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/operations/OPERATION_ID",
  "targetProject": "PROJECT_ID"
}
To see how the underlying REST API request is constructed for this task, see the APIs Explorer on the instances:delete page.

REST v1beta4

Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:

  • PROJECT_ID: the ID or project number of the Google Cloud project that contains the instance that you want to delete
  • INSTANCE_NAME: the name of the instance

HTTP method and URL: 

DELETE https://sqladmin.googleapis.com/sql/v1beta4/projects/PROJECT_ID/instances/INSTANCE_NAME

To send your request, expand one of these options:

You should receive a JSON response similar to the following:

{
  "kind": "sql#operation",
  "targetLink": "https://sqladmin.googleapis.com/sql/v1beta4/projects/PROJECT_ID/instances/INSTANCE_NAME",
  "status": "PENDING",
  "user": "[email protected]",
  "insertTime": "2020-01-15T00:10:22.078Z",
  "operationType": "DELETE",
  "name": "OPERATION_ID",
  "targetId": "INSTANCE_NAME",
  "selfLink": "https://sqladmin.googleapis.com/sql/v1beta4/projects/PROJECT_ID/operations/OPERATION_ID",
  "targetProject": "PROJECT_ID"
}
To see how the underlying REST API request is constructed for this task, see the APIs Explorer on the instances:delete page.