---
title: "POST /projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instanceGroups/{instanceGroup}/removeInstances"
method: POST
path: "/projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instanceGroups/{instanceGroup}/removeInstances"
tags: ["instanceGroups"]
---

# POST /projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instanceGroups/{instanceGroup}/removeInstances

`POST /projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instanceGroups/{instanceGroup}/removeInstances`

Removes one or more instances from the specified instance group, but does
not delete those instances.

If the group is part of a backend
service that has enabled
connection draining, it can take up to 60 seconds after the connection
draining duration before the VM instance is removed or deleted.

## Path parameters

- `project` string, required
- `zone` string, required
- `instanceGroup` string, required

## Query parameters

- `requestId` string

## Request body

- InstanceGroupsRemoveInstancesRequest
  - `instances` InstanceReference[] — The list of instances to remove from the instance group.
    - `instance` string — The URL for a specific instance. @required compute.instancegroups.addInstances/removeInstances

## Response `200`

Successful response

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