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.. IMPORTANT: this file is auto-generated from borg's built-in help, do not edit!
.. _borg_delete:
borg delete
-----------
.. code-block:: none
borg [common options] delete [options] [TARGET]
.. only:: html
.. class:: borg-options-table
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **positional arguments** |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | ``TARGET`` | archive or repository to delete |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **optional arguments** |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | ``-s``, ``--stats`` | print statistics for the deleted archive |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | ``--cache-only`` | delete only the local cache for the given repository |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | ``--force`` | force deletion of corrupted archives, use ``--force --force`` in case ``--force`` does not work. |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | ``--save-space`` | work slower, but using less space |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| .. class:: borg-common-opt-ref |
| |
| :ref:`common_options` |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **Archive filters** — Archive filters can be applied to repository targets. |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | ``-P PREFIX``, ``--prefix PREFIX`` | only consider archive names starting with this prefix. |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | ``-a GLOB``, ``--glob-archives GLOB`` | only consider archive names matching the glob. sh: rules apply, see "borg help patterns". ``--prefix`` and ``--glob-archives`` are mutually exclusive. |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | ``--sort-by KEYS`` | Comma-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, name, id; default is: timestamp |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | ``--first N`` | consider first N archives after other filters were applied |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | ``--last N`` | consider last N archives after other filters were applied |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
.. raw:: html
<script type='text/javascript'>
$(document).ready(function () {
$('.borg-options-table colgroup').remove();
})
</script>
.. only:: latex
TARGET
archive or repository to delete
optional arguments
-s, --stats print statistics for the deleted archive
--cache-only delete only the local cache for the given repository
--force force deletion of corrupted archives, use ``--force --force`` in case ``--force`` does not work.
--save-space work slower, but using less space
:ref:`common_options`
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Archive filters
-P PREFIX, --prefix PREFIX only consider archive names starting with this prefix.
-a GLOB, --glob-archives GLOB only consider archive names matching the glob. sh: rules apply, see "borg help patterns". ``--prefix`` and ``--glob-archives`` are mutually exclusive.
--sort-by KEYS Comma-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, name, id; default is: timestamp
--first N consider first N archives after other filters were applied
--last N consider last N archives after other filters were applied
Description
~~~~~~~~~~~
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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