Auto delete a GCE Instance even after I turn off my laptop

Question

I would like to start a job on Compute engine instance, turn off my laptop and have the instance automatically deleted once the remote job is complete (without my laptop running)

Currently I have a script which runs on my laptop which has a delete instance command in the end. But I wish to turn off my laptop, since the remote job can even run for >24hours.

Is it possible to do this? Maybe I can poweroff or delete the instance at the end of the remote job FROM the remote instance itself?

Answer 1

Your assumption is correct you just need to trigger the shutdown command from within your GCE instance when the script has finished and not calling it from your laptop