Rename project in GCP – Google Cloud Platform

How to rename project in GCP – Google Cloud Platform ?

This tutorial guides you on how to rename project name in GCP – Google Cloud Platform via GCP console and using gcloud projects update command.

Rename project in GCP – Google Cloud Platform

The easiest way to rename the project name in GCP is via GCP Console. To rename the GCP project name via console follow the below steps.

1: Select your project from the drop down in the top bar.

2: Then use the hamburger menu in top left -> IAM & Admin -> Settings.

Rename project in GCP – Google Cloud Platform

 

3: You will see the following fields in the Settings page.

Note, A Project ID cannot be changed after the project is created, so if you are creating a new project, be sure to choose an ID that you’ll be comfortable using for the lifetime of the project. You can change only the Project name (public name).

Project name
sne5g21                            SAVE

Project ID
sne5g21

Project number:
422441510697

4: Once you rename the Project name, hit “SAVE” button and refresh the page.

That’s it you are done, you have renamed the project in Google Cloud Platform.

Rename project name in GCP using gcloud command

You can also rename project name using gcloud projects update command.

gcloud projects update PROJECT_ID --name=NAME [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

For example,

$ gcloud projects update sne5g21 --name="sneppets-gcp"

The above command update the name of the given project. Note, the above command can fail for the following reasons.

  • If there is no project with the given PROJECT_ID.
  • If the active account does not have owner or editor permissions for the given project.

GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAGS

The following are the flags available to all commands.

--account, --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.

Run gcloud help for more details.

Remember, you CANNOT change the PROJECT_ID or PROJECT NUMBER, you could only change the project name.

That’s it. You had learnt how to rename the project name via console and using gcloud command.

Hope it helped 🙂

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