borg delete¶

borg [common options] delete [options] [REPOSITORY_OR_ARCHIVE] [ARCHIVE...]

positional arguments
	`REPOSITORY_OR_ARCHIVE`	repository or archive to delete
	`ARCHIVE`	archives to delete
optional arguments
	`-n`, `--dry-run`	do not change repository
	`-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
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

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.

When using --stats, 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.

Examples¶

# 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 'YES' if you understand this and want to continue: YES