Deleting Instances

To delete an instance:

Go to the Google Developers Console and select a project by clicking on the project name.
In the sidebar on the left, click Storage > Cloud SQL to show a list of Cloud SQL instances for the project.
Select an instance to delete by clicking the instance name.
Click Delete.
In the Delete database instance dialog box, click OK.

If needed, set the project to the one that contains the instance to delete.
```
$ gcloud config set project YOUR_PROJECT_ID
```

Delete the instance.

$ gcloud sql instances delete YOUR_INSTANCE_NAME

Notes:

After you delete an instance, it might still appear in your project with an "unknown" size but with a "Being deleted" status. This is normal and the instance should disappear completely after a brief period of time.
You cannot reuse a name for up to two months after you have deleted an instance.

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Last updated April 23, 2015.