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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)