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.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by \fB\fCrestic generate\fR" ""

.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 EXIT STATUS
.PP
Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and non\-zero if there was any error.


.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\-within\fP=
	keep snapshots that are newer than \fB\fCduration\fR (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest snapshot

.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 (can be specified multiple times)

.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 output 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\-\-cacert\fP=[]
	\fB\fCfile\fR to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates)

.PP
\fB\-\-cache\-dir\fP=""
	set the cache \fB\fCdirectory\fR\&. (default: use system default cache directory)

.PP
\fB\-\-cleanup\-cache\fP[=false]
	auto remove old cache directories

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

.PP
\fB\-\-key\-hint\fP=""
	\fB\fCkey\fR ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC\_KEY\_HINT)

.PP
\fB\-\-limit\-download\fP=0
	limits downloads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

.PP
\fB\-\-limit\-upload\fP=0
	limits uploads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

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

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

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

.PP
\fB\-\-password\-command\fP=""
	shell \fB\fCcommand\fR to obtain the repository password from (default: $RESTIC\_PASSWORD\_COMMAND)

.PP
\fB\-p\fP, \fB\-\-password\-file\fP=""
	\fB\fCfile\fR to read the repository password from (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=""
	\fB\fCrepository\fR to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC\_REPOSITORY)

.PP
\fB\-\-repository\-file\fP=""
	\fB\fCfile\fR to read the repository location from (default: $RESTIC\_REPOSITORY\_FILE)

.PP
\fB\-\-tls\-client\-cert\fP=""
	path to a \fB\fCfile\fR containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key

.PP
\fB\-v\fP, \fB\-\-verbose\fP[=0]
	be verbose (specify multiple times or a level using \-\-verbose=\fB\fCn\fR, max level/times is 3)


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