When is gemini-2.0-flash shut down?

gemini-2.0-flash shut down on 2026-06-01 per Google Gemini API's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-17). The official replacement is gemini-3.6-flash. The published context window changes from 1,048,576 tokens on gemini-2.0-flash to 1,048,576 tokens on gemini-3.6-flash.

retired

Dates
Announced	Not published
Deprecated	Not published
Shutdown	2026-06-01
Kind	exact

Release date on the deprecations page: 2025-02-05.

Replacements

gemini-3.6-flash (official) — source

See the replacement diff · Google Gemini API models

Specs

Published specs. Missing cells were not on the official pages we checked.
Input price / 1M	Not published
Output price / 1M	Not published
Cached input / 1M	Not published
Context window	1,048,576 · source, checked 2026-10-17
Max output	8,192 · source, checked 2026-10-17
Reasoning	Not published
Vision	Not published
Tools	Not published

Related models

embedding-001 — 2025-10-30
embedding-gecko-001 — 2025-10-30
gemini-embedding-exp — 2025-10-30
gemini-embedding-exp-03-07 — 2025-10-30
imagen-3.0-generate-002 — 2025-11-10
veo-3.0-fast-generate-preview — 2025-11-12

Questions

When is gemini-2.0-flash shut down?

What replaces gemini-2.0-flash?

The official replacement is gemini-3.6-flash.

Is gemini-2.0-flash deprecated?

gemini-2.0-flash status is retired.

Sources

Gemini API deprecations — checked 2026-10-17. gemini-2.0-flash | February 5, 2025 | June 1, 2026 | gemini-3.6-flash
Gemini model docs — checked 2026-10-17. gemini-2.0-flash input token limit 1048576 | max output tokens 8192

Change history

2026-10-17: max_output_tokens changed. Source
2026-10-17: context_window_tokens changed. Source
2026-10-17: shutdown_date changed. Source

When is gemini-2.0-flash shut down?

Replacements

Specs

Related models

Questions

When is gemini-2.0-flash shut down?

What replaces gemini-2.0-flash?

Is gemini-2.0-flash deprecated?

Sources

Change history

Deprecation alerts