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BORG-DELETE(1) borg backup tool BORG-DELETE(1)

NAME

borg-delete - Delete archives

SYNOPSIS

borg [common options] delete [options] [NAME]

DESCRIPTION

This command deletes archives from the repository.

Important: When deleting archives, repository disk space is not freed until you run borg compact.

When in doubt, use --dry-run --list to see what would be deleted.

You can delete multiple archives by specifying a matching pattern, using the --match-archives PATTERN option (for more info on these patterns, see borg_patterns).

OPTIONS

See borg-common(1) for common options of Borg commands.

arguments

specify the archive name

options

do not change repository
output verbose list of archives

Archive filters

only consider archives matching all patterns. see "borg help match-archives".
Comma-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, archive, name, id, tags, host, user; default is: timestamp
consider first N archives after other filters were applied
consider last N archives after other filters were applied
consider archives between the oldest archive's timestamp and (oldest + TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.
consider archives between the newest archive's timestamp and (newest - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.
consider archives older than (now - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.
consider archives newer than (now - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.

EXAMPLES

# delete all backup archives named "kenny-files":
$ borg delete -a kenny-files
# actually free disk space:
$ borg compact
# delete a specific backup archive using its unique archive ID prefix
$ borg delete aid:d34db33f
# delete all archives whose names begin with the machine's hostname followed by "-"
$ borg delete -a 'sh:{hostname}-*'
# delete all archives whose names contain "-2012-"
$ borg delete -a 'sh:*-2012-*'
# see what would be deleted if delete was run without --dry-run
$ borg delete --list --dry-run -a 'sh:*-May-*'


SEE ALSO

borg-common(1), borg-compact(1), borg-repo-delete(1)

AUTHOR

The Borg Collective

2024-10-12