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.TH BORG-DELETE 1 "2020-12-24" "" "borg backup tool"
.SH NAME
borg-delete \- Delete an existing repository or archives
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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borg [common options] delete [options] [REPOSITORY_OR_ARCHIVE] [ARCHIVE...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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This command deletes an archive from the repository or the complete repository.
Disk space is reclaimed accordingly. If you delete the complete repository, the
local cache for it (if any) is also deleted.
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When using \fB\-\-stats\fP, 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.
Please note that the "All archives" stats refer to the state after deletion.
.SH OPTIONS
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See \fIborg\-common(1)\fP for common options of Borg commands.
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.B REPOSITORY_OR_ARCHIVE
repository or archive to delete
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.B ARCHIVE
archives to delete
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.B \-n\fP,\fB  \-\-dry\-run
do not change repository
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.B \-s\fP,\fB  \-\-stats
print statistics for the deleted archive
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.B \-\-cache\-only
delete only the local cache for the given repository
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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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.B \-\-save\-space
work slower, but using less space
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.SS Archive filters
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.BI \-P \ PREFIX\fR,\fB \ \-\-prefix \ PREFIX
only consider archive names starting with this prefix.
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.BI \-a \ GLOB\fR,\fB \ \-\-glob\-archives \ GLOB
only consider archive names matching the glob. sh: rules apply, see "borg help patterns". \fB\-\-prefix\fP and \fB\-\-glob\-archives\fP are mutually exclusive.
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.BI \-\-sort\-by \ KEYS
Comma\-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, 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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.SH EXAMPLES
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# delete a single backup archive:
$ borg delete /path/to/repo::Monday

# delete the whole repository and the related local cache:
$ borg delete /path/to/repo
You requested to completely DELETE the repository *including* all archives it contains:
repo                                 Mon, 2016\-02\-15 19:26:54
root\-2016\-02\-15                      Mon, 2016\-02\-15 19:36:29
newname                              Mon, 2016\-02\-15 19:50:19
Type \(aqYES\(aq if you understand this and want to continue: YES
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fIborg\-common(1)\fP
.SH AUTHOR
The Borg Collective
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