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.TH "BORG-DELETE" 1 "2022-06-26" "" "borg backup tool"
.SH NAME
borg-delete \- Delete archives
.SH SYNOPSIS
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borg [common options] delete [options]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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This command deletes archives from the repository.
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Important: When deleting archives, repository disk space is \fBnot\fP freed until
you run \fBborg compact\fP\&.
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When in doubt, use \fB\-\-dry\-run \-\-list\fP to see what would be deleted.
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When using \fB\-\-stats\fP, you will get some statistics about how much data was
deleted \- the "Deleted data" deduplicated size there is most interesting as
that is how much your repository will shrink.
Please note that the "All archives" stats refer to the state after deletion.
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You can delete multiple archives by specifying their common prefix, if they
have one, using the \fB\-\-prefix PREFIX\fP option. You can also specify a shell
pattern to match multiple archives using the \fB\-\-glob\-archives GLOB\fP option
(for more info on these patterns, see \fIborg_patterns\fP). Note that these
two options are mutually exclusive.
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Always first use \fB\-\-dry\-run \-\-list\fP to see what would be deleted.
.SH OPTIONS
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See \fIborg\-common(1)\fP for common options of Borg commands.
.SS optional arguments
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.TP
.B  \-n\fP,\fB  \-\-dry\-run
do not change repository
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.B  \-\-list
output verbose list of archives
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.B  \-\-consider\-checkpoints
consider checkpoint archives for deletion (default: not considered).
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.B  \-s\fP,\fB  \-\-stats
print statistics for the deleted archive
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.B  \-\-cache\-only
delete only the local cache for the given repository
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.B  \-\-force
force deletion of corrupted archives, use \fB\-\-force \-\-force\fP in case \fB\-\-force\fP does not work.
.TP
.B  \-\-keep\-security\-info
keep the local security info when deleting a repository
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.B  \-\-save\-space
work slower, but using less space
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.SS Archive filters
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.BI \-P \ PREFIX\fR,\fB \ \-\-prefix \ PREFIX
only consider archive names starting with this prefix.
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.BI \-a \ GLOB\fR,\fB \ \-\-glob\-archives \ GLOB
only consider archive names matching the glob. sh: rules apply, see "borg help patterns". \fB\-\-prefix\fP and \fB\-\-glob\-archives\fP are mutually exclusive.
.TP
.BI \-\-sort\-by \ KEYS
Comma\-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, name, id; default is: timestamp
.TP
.BI \-\-first \ N
consider first N archives after other filters were applied
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.BI \-\-last \ N
consider last N archives after other filters were applied
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.SH EXAMPLES
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# delete a single backup archive:
$ borg delete Monday
# actually free disk space:
$ borg compact

# delete all archives whose names begin with the machine\(aqs hostname followed by "\-"
$ borg delete \-\-prefix \(aq{hostname}\-\(aq

# delete all archives whose names contain "\-2012\-"
$ borg delete \-a \(aq*\-2012\-*\(aq

# see what would be deleted if delete was run without \-\-dry\-run
$ borg delete \-\-list \-\-dry\-run \-a \(aq*\-May\-*\(aq
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fIborg\-common(1)\fP, \fIborg\-compact(1)\fP
.SH AUTHOR
The Borg Collective
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