---
title: "Detaches disks from a VM in the project and returns the async operation."
method: POST
path: "/projects/{project_id}/compute/vms/instances/{vm_id}/detach-disks"
tags: ["VMs"]
---

# Detaches disks from a VM in the project and returns the async operation.

`POST /projects/{project_id}/compute/vms/instances/{vm_id}/detach-disks`

## Path parameters

- `project_id` string, required
- `vm_id` string, required

## Request body

- InstancesDetachDiskPostRequest — InstancesDetachDiskPostRequest is the request type for POST requests to the vms.instances.detach-disk endpoint.
  - `detach_disks` string[], required — Identifiers of the disks to detach from the VM.

## Response `200`

- AsyncOperationResponse
  - `operation` Operation, required — Individual resources that use Operations should populate the `metadata` field with resource-specific information.
    - `completed_at` string, required
    - `metadata` string, required
    - `operation_id` string, required
    - `result` string
    - `started_at` string, required
    - `state` 'IN_PROGRESS' | 'SUCCEEDED' | 'FAILED', required

## Other responses

- `400` — Error Bad Request
- `401` — Error Authentication Failed
- `403` — Error Permissions
- `500` — Error Internal Server

---

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