Removing or releasing a static IP on Google Compute Engine

Question

I am trying to remove/delete a static IP address that I do not use any more and do not see a way to do this. The closest I could get from documentation is this page which says:

When an instance is stopped, you can still perform actions that can affect the stopped instance, such as:

• [...]
• Removing or setting a new static IP

P.S. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. If anyone would like to take a quick glimpse on how to do this here is a short video on how and why it's a good practice to release the IP if not in use. Hope that helps.

Answer 1

Per the Google Cloud networking docs:

Release a static external IP address

gcloud compute addresses delete ADDRESS --project PROJECT --region REGION

Answer 2

You can also do it via the Web interface. In left menu, go to "Networking", then "External IP Addresses".

You can manage your current projects IP's from there.

Link to Google group thread I found this info on