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.TH "BORG-DELETE" 1 "2024-02-20" "" "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 \(dqDeleted data\(dq deduplicated size there is most interesting as
that is how much your repository will shrink.
Please note that the \(dqAll archives\(dq stats refer to the state after deletion.
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You can delete multiple archives by specifying a matching pattern,
using the \fB\-\-match\-archives PATTERN\fP option (for more info on these patterns,
see \fIborg_patterns\fP).
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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 options
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.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  \-\-force
force deletion of corrupted archives, use \fB\-\-force \-\-force\fP in case \fB\-\-force\fP does not work.
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.BI \-c \ SECONDS\fR,\fB \ \-\-checkpoint\-interval \ SECONDS
write checkpoint every SECONDS seconds (Default: 1800)
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.SS Archive filters
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.BI \-a \ PATTERN\fR,\fB \ \-\-match\-archives \ PATTERN
only consider archive names matching the pattern. see \(dqborg help match\-archives\(dq.
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.BI \-\-sort\-by \ KEYS
Comma\-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, archive, name, id; default is: timestamp
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.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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.BI \-\-oldest \ TIMESPAN
consider archives between the oldest archive\(aqs timestamp and (oldest + TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.
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.BI \-\-newest \ TIMESPAN
consider archives between the newest archive\(aqs timestamp and (newest \- TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.
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.BI \-\-older \ TIMESPAN
consider archives older than (now \- TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.
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.BI \-\-newer \ TIMESPAN
consider archives newer than (now \- TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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# delete a single backup archive:
$ borg delete \-a Monday
# actually free disk space:
$ borg compact

# delete all archives whose names begin with the machine\(aqs hostname followed by \(dq\-\(dq
$ borg delete \-a \(aqsh:{hostname}\-*\(aq

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

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