NAME

       restic-forget - Remove snapshots from the repository

SYNOPSIS

       restic forget [flags] [snapshot ID] [...]

DESCRIPTION

       The "forget" command removes snapshots according to a policy. Please note that this
       command really only deletes the snapshot object in the repository, which is a reference to
       data stored there. In order to remove this (now unreferenced) data after 'forget' was run
       successfully, see the 'prune' command.

OPTIONS

       -l, --keep-last=0
           keep the last n snapshots

       -H, --keep-hourly=0
           keep the last n hourly snapshots

       -d, --keep-daily=0
           keep the last n daily snapshots

       -w, --keep-weekly=0
           keep the last n weekly snapshots

       -m, --keep-monthly=0
           keep the last n monthly snapshots

       -y, --keep-yearly=0
           keep the last n yearly snapshots

       --keep-within=
           keep snapshots that are newer than duration (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest
       snapshot

       --keep-tag=[]
           keep snapshots with this taglist (can be specified multiple times)

       --host=""
           only consider snapshots with the given host

       --tag=[]
           only consider snapshots which include this taglist in the format tag[,tag,...] (can be
       specified multiple times)

       --path=[]
           only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) path (can be specified multiple
       times)

       -c, --compact[=false]
           use compact format

       -g, --group-by="host,paths"
           string for grouping snapshots by host,paths,tags

       -n, --dry-run[=false]
           do not delete anything, just print what would be done

       --prune[=false]
           automatically run the 'prune' command if snapshots have been removed

       -h, --help[=false]
           help for forget

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

       --cacert=[]
           file to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates)

       --cache-dir=""
           set the cache directory. (default: use system default cache directory)

       --cleanup-cache[=false]
           auto remove old cache directories

       --json[=false]
           set output mode to JSON for commands that support it

       --key-hint=""
           key ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT)

       --limit-download=0
           limits downloads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

       --limit-upload=0
           limits uploads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

       --no-cache[=false]
           do not use a local cache

       --no-lock[=false]
           do not lock the repo, this allows some operations on read-only repos

       -o, --option=[]
           set extended option (key=value, can be specified multiple times)

       --password-command=""
           specify a shell command to obtain a password (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND)

       -p, --password-file=""
           read the repository password from a file (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE)

       -q, --quiet[=false]
           do not output comprehensive progress report

       -r, --repo=""
           repository to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY)

       --tls-client-cert=""
           path to a file containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key

       -v, --verbose[=0]
           be verbose (specify --verbose multiple times or level n)

SEE ALSO

       restic(1)