.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
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.SH NAME
.PP
restic\-forget \- Remove snapshots from the repository


.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fBrestic forget [flags] [snapshot ID] [...]\fP


.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The "forget" command removes snapshots according to a policy. Please note that
this command really only deletes the snapshot object in the repository, which
is a reference to data stored there. In order to remove this (now unreferenced)
data after 'forget' was run successfully, see the 'prune' command.


.SH OPTIONS
.PP
\fB\-l\fP, \fB\-\-keep\-last\fP=0
    keep the last \fB\fCn\fR snapshots

.PP
\fB\-H\fP, \fB\-\-keep\-hourly\fP=0
    keep the last \fB\fCn\fR hourly snapshots

.PP
\fB\-d\fP, \fB\-\-keep\-daily\fP=0
    keep the last \fB\fCn\fR daily snapshots

.PP
\fB\-w\fP, \fB\-\-keep\-weekly\fP=0
    keep the last \fB\fCn\fR weekly snapshots

.PP
\fB\-m\fP, \fB\-\-keep\-monthly\fP=0
    keep the last \fB\fCn\fR monthly snapshots

.PP
\fB\-y\fP, \fB\-\-keep\-yearly\fP=0
    keep the last \fB\fCn\fR yearly snapshots

.PP
\fB\-\-keep\-tag\fP=[]
    keep snapshots with this \fB\fCtaglist\fR (can be specified multiple times)

.PP
\fB\-\-host\fP=""
    only consider snapshots with the given \fB\fChost\fR

.PP
\fB\-\-hostname\fP=""
    only consider snapshots with the given \fB\fChostname\fR (deprecated)

.PP
\fB\-\-tag\fP=[]
    only consider snapshots which include this \fB\fCtaglist\fR in the format \fB\fCtag[,tag,...]\fR (can be specified multiple times)

.PP
\fB\-\-path\fP=[]
    only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) \fB\fCpath\fR (can be specified multiple times)

.PP
\fB\-c\fP, \fB\-\-compact\fP[=false]
    use compact format

.PP
\fB\-g\fP, \fB\-\-group\-by\fP="host,paths"
    string for grouping snapshots by host,paths,tags

.PP
\fB\-n\fP, \fB\-\-dry\-run\fP[=false]
    do not delete anything, just print what would be done

.PP
\fB\-\-prune\fP[=false]
    automatically run the 'prune' command if snapshots have been removed

.PP
\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP[=false]
    help for forget


.SH OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
.PP
\fB\-\-cache\-dir\fP=""
    set the cache directory

.PP
\fB\-\-json\fP[=false]
    set output mode to JSON for commands that support it

.PP
\fB\-\-no\-cache\fP[=false]
    do not use a local cache

.PP
\fB\-\-no\-lock\fP[=false]
    do not lock the repo, this allows some operations on read\-only repos

.PP
\fB\-o\fP, \fB\-\-option\fP=[]
    set extended option (\fB\fCkey=value\fR, can be specified multiple times)

.PP
\fB\-p\fP, \fB\-\-password\-file\fP=""
    read the repository password from a file (default: $RESTIC\_PASSWORD\_FILE)

.PP
\fB\-q\fP, \fB\-\-quiet\fP[=false]
    do not output comprehensive progress report

.PP
\fB\-r\fP, \fB\-\-repo\fP=""
    repository to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC\_REPOSITORY)


.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
\fBrestic(1)\fP