NAME

       borg-delete - Delete an existing repository or archives

SYNOPSIS

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

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.

OPTIONS

       See borg-common(1) for common options of Borg commands.

   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

   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

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

SEE ALSO

       borg-common(1)

AUTHOR

       The Borg Collective

                                            2020-12-24                             BORG-DELETE(1)