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

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    | **positional arguments**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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    |                                                                             | ``NAME``                                     | specify the archive name                                                                                                    |
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    | **optional arguments**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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    |                                                                             | ``-n``, ``--dry-run``                        | do not change repository                                                                                                    |
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    |                                                                             | ``--list``                                   | output verbose list of archives                                                                                             |
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    | :ref:`common_options`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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    | **Archive filters** — Archive filters can be applied to repository targets.                                                                                                                                                                              |
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    |                                                                             | ``-a PATTERN``, ``--match-archives PATTERN`` | only consider archives matching all patterns. see "borg help match-archives".                                               |
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    |                                                                             | ``--sort-by KEYS``                           | Comma-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, archive, name, id, tags, host, user; default is: timestamp |
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    |                                                                             | ``--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.                           |
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    |                                                                             | ``--newest TIMESPAN``                        | consider archives between the newest archive's timestamp and (newest - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.                           |
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    |                                                                             | ``--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.                                                              |
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    NAME
        specify the archive name


    optional arguments
        -n, --dry-run     do not change repository
        --list            output verbose list of archives


    :ref:`common_options`
        |

    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.


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 :ref:`borg_patterns`).