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.. _borg_delete :
borg delete
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.. code - block :: none
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borg [ common options ] delete [ options ] [ REPOSITORY_OR_ARCHIVE ] [ ARCHIVE ... ]
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.. only :: html
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.. class :: borg - options - table
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| ** positional arguments ** |
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| | `` REPOSITORY_OR_ARCHIVE `` | repository or archive to delete |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| | `` ARCHIVE `` | archives to delete |
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| ** optional arguments ** |
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| | `` - n `` , `` -- dry - run `` | do not change repository |
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| | `` - s `` , `` -- stats `` | print statistics for the deleted archive |
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| | `` -- cache - only `` | delete only the local cache for the given repository |
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| | `` -- force `` | force deletion of corrupted archives , use `` -- force -- force `` in case `` -- force `` does not work . |
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| | `` -- keep - security - info `` | keep the local security info when deleting a repository |
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| | `` -- save - space `` | work slower , but using less space |
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| .. class :: borg - common - opt - ref |
| |
| : ref : `common_options` |
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| ** Archive filters ** — Archive filters can be applied to repository targets . |
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| | `` - P PREFIX `` , `` -- prefix PREFIX `` | only consider archive names starting with this prefix . |
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| | `` - a GLOB `` , `` -- glob - archives GLOB `` | only consider archive names matching the glob . sh : rules apply , see " borg help patterns " . `` -- prefix `` and `` -- glob - archives `` are mutually exclusive . |
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| | `` -- sort - by KEYS `` | Comma - separated list of sorting keys ; valid keys are : timestamp , name , id ; default is : timestamp |
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| | `` -- first N `` | consider first N archives after other filters were applied |
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| | `` -- last N `` | consider last N archives after other filters were applied |
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.. raw :: html
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< script type = 'text/javascript' >
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$ ( document ) . ready ( function () {
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$ ( '.borg-options-table colgroup' ) . remove ();
})
</ script >
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.. only :: latex
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REPOSITORY_OR_ARCHIVE
repository or archive to delete
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ARCHIVE
archives to delete
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optional arguments
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- n , -- dry - run do not change repository
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- s , -- stats print statistics for the deleted archive
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-- cache - only delete only the local cache for the given repository
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-- force force deletion of corrupted archives , use `` -- force -- force `` in case `` -- force `` does not work .
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-- keep - security - info keep the local security info when deleting a repository
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-- save - space work slower , but using less space
: ref : `common_options`
|
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Archive filters
- P PREFIX , -- prefix PREFIX only consider archive names starting with this prefix .
- a GLOB , -- glob - archives GLOB only consider archive names matching the glob . sh : rules apply , see " borg help patterns " . `` -- prefix `` and `` -- glob - archives `` are mutually exclusive .
-- sort - by KEYS Comma - separated list of sorting keys ; valid keys are : timestamp , name , id ; 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
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Description
~~~~~~~~~~~
This command deletes an archive from the repository or the complete repository .
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Important : When deleting archives , repository disk space is ** not ** freed until
you run `` borg compact `` .
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When you delete a complete repository , the security info and local cache for it
( if any ) are also deleted . Alternatively , you can delete just the local cache
with the `` -- cache - only `` option , or keep the security info with the
`` -- keep - security - info `` option .
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When using `` -- stats `` , 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 .
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Please note that the " All archives " stats refer to the state after deletion .
You can delete multiple archives by specifying their common prefix , if they
have one , using the `` -- prefix PREFIX `` option . You can also specify a shell
pattern to match multiple archives using the `` -- glob - archives GLOB `` option
( for more info on these patterns , see `` borg help patterns `` ) . Note that these
two options are mutually exclusive .
To avoid accidentally deleting archives , especially when using glob patterns ,
it might be helpful to use the `` -- dry - run `` to test out the command without
actually making any changes to the repository .