.\" Man page generated from reStructuredText. . . .nr rst2man-indent-level 0 . .de1 rstReportMargin \\$1 \\n[an-margin] level \\n[rst2man-indent-level] level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] - \\n[rst2man-indent0] \\n[rst2man-indent1] \\n[rst2man-indent2] .. .de1 INDENT .\" .rstReportMargin pre: . RS \\$1 . nr rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level] \\n[an-margin] . nr rst2man-indent-level +1 .\" .rstReportMargin post: .. .de UNINDENT . RE .\" indent \\n[an-margin] .\" old: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .nr rst2man-indent-level -1 .\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .in \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]u .. .TH "BORG-RDELETE" 1 "2023-01-18" "" "borg backup tool" .SH NAME borg-rdelete \- Delete a repository .SH SYNOPSIS .sp borg [common options] rdelete [options] .SH DESCRIPTION .sp This command deletes the complete repository. .sp When you delete a complete repository, the security info and local cache for it (if any) are also deleted. Alternatively, you can delete just the local cache with the \fB\-\-cache\-only\fP option, or keep the security info with the \fB\-\-keep\-security\-info\fP option. .sp Always first use \fB\-\-dry\-run \-\-list\fP to see what would be deleted. .SH OPTIONS .sp See \fIborg\-common(1)\fP for common options of Borg commands. .SS options .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-n\fP,\fB \-\-dry\-run do not change repository .TP .B \-\-list output verbose list of archives .TP .B \-\-force force deletion of corrupted archives, use \fB\-\-force \-\-force\fP in case \fB\-\-force\fP does not work. .TP .B \-\-cache\-only delete only the local cache for the given repository .TP .B \-\-keep\-security\-info keep the local security info when deleting a repository .UNINDENT .SH EXAMPLES .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .nf .ft C # delete the whole repository and the related local cache: $ borg rdelete 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 .ft P .fi .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .SH SEE ALSO .sp \fIborg\-common(1)\fP .SH AUTHOR The Borg Collective .\" Generated by docutils manpage writer. .