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borg-undelete(1) borg backup tool borg-undelete(1)

Name

borg-undelete - Undeletes archives.

SYNOPSIS

borg [common options] undelete [options] [NAME]

DESCRIPTION

This command undeletes archives in the repository.

Important: Undeleting archives is only possible before compacting. Once borg compact has run, all disk space occupied only by the soft-deleted archives will be freed, and undeleting is no longer possible.

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

You can undelete multiple archives by specifying a match pattern using the --match-archives PATTERN option (for more information 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 the repository
output a 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 the first N archives after other filters are applied
consider the last N archives after other filters are 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.

SEE ALSO

borg-common(1)

Author

The Borg Collective

2025-12-26