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BORG-DELETE

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
arguments
options
Archive filters
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

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NAME

borg-delete - Delete archives

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

This command soft-deletes archives from the repository.

Important:

	•		The delete command will only mark archives for deletion ("soft-deletion"), repository disk space is not freed until you run borg compact .
	•		You can use borg undelete to undelete archives, but only 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

NAME

specify the archive name

options

-n , --dry-run

do not change repository

--list

output verbose list of archives

Archive filters

-a PATTERN , --match-archives PATTERN

only consider archives matching all patterns. see "borg help match-archives".

--sort-by KEYS

Comma-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, archive, name, id, tags, host, user; default is: timestamp

--first N

consider first N archives after other filters were applied

--last N

consider last N archives after other filters were applied

--oldest TIMESPAN

consider archives between the oldest archive's timestamp and (oldest + TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.

--newest TIMESPAN

consider archives between the newest archive's timestamp and (newest - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.

--older TIMESPAN

consider archives older than (now - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.

--newer TIMESPAN

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

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