borg delete

borg [common options] delete [options] [TARGET] [ARCHIVE...]
positional arguments
  TARGET archive or repository to delete
  ARCHIVE archives to delete
optional arguments
  -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.

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