gdal-raster-overview-delete - Man Page

gdal-raster-overview-delete — Delete overviews of a raster dataset

Added in version 3.11.

Usage: gdal raster overview delete [OPTIONS] <INPUT>

Deleting overviews.

Positional arguments:
  -i, --dataset, --input <INPUT>     Dataset (to be updated in-place, unless --external) [required]

Common Options:
  -h, --help                         Display help message and exit
  --json-usage                       Display usage as JSON document and exit
  --config <KEY>=<VALUE>             Configuration option [may be repeated]
  -q, --quiet                        Quiet mode (no progress bar or warning message) [not available in pipelines]

Options:
  --external                         Delete external overviews

Advanced Options:
  --oo, --open-option <KEY>=<VALUE>  Open options [may be repeated]

gdal raster overview delete can be used to delete all existing overviews of a dataset.

NOTE:

--dataset <DATASET>

Dataset name, to be updated in-place by default (unless --external is specified). Required.

--external

Remove external .ovr overviews.

--oo,  --open-option <NAME>=<VALUE>

Dataset open option (format specific).

May be repeated.

The program returns status code 0 in case of success, and non-zero in case of error (non-blocking errors emitted as warnings are considered as a successful execution).

Even Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com>

1998-2026