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.

EXIT STATUS

       Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero if there was any error.

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

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

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

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

       --keep-within-yearly=       keep  yearly  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  (can  be  specified  multiple
       times)

       --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 output 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

       --max-unused="5%"       tolerate  given limit of unused data (absolute value in bytes with
       suffixes k/K, m/M, g/G, t/T, a value in % or the word 'unlimited')

       --max-repack-size=""      maximum size to repack (allowed suffixes: k/K, m/M, g/G, t/T)

       --repack-cacheable-only[=false]      only repack packs which are cacheable

       -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 repository, this allows some  operations  on  read-
       only repositories

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

       --password-command=""       shell command to obtain the repository password from (default:
       $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND)

       -p,  --password-file=""       file  to  read  the  repository  password   from   (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)

       --repository-file=""        file   to   read   the   repository  location  from  (default:
       $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE)

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

       -v,  --verbose[=0]       be  verbose (specify multiple times or a level using --verbose=n,
       max level/times is 3)

SEE ALSO

       restic(1)

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