Deleting a backup
Delete a backup from the Restore page. The app shows first what goes with it, so no backup is ever left that cannot be restored.
Retention removes old backups as the job's numbers say. To free space now, or to remove a backup you no longer want, delete it from the Restore page.
Delete a backup#
- Open Restore and pick the job.
- In Points in time, click the bin beside the backup.
- Read what goes. GBM AI lists the backup and, under it, the later backups that build on it: an incremental's later incrementals, or a full backup's whole chain. They could not be restored without it, so they go with it. It says how much space this frees, and when the job then has no backups left.
- Tick I understand that deleted backups can't be restored and click Delete.
Backups deleted says how much space was freed. Nothing is deleted until you click Delete: Cancel leaves everything as it was.
| You delete | What goes with it |
|---|---|
| The newest backup of a chain | nothing else |
| An incremental in the middle of a chain | the later incrementals of its chain |
| A differential | nothing else: each differential builds on the full only |
| A full backup | its whole chain: every incremental or differential after it, up to the next full |
| A mirror | nothing else; the job has no backup until its next run, which writes a whole copy |
What the next run does#
The next run builds on what is left. If you deleted the newest backups of a chain, it stores again what changed since the newest backup still there. If no backup of the job is left, its next run is a full backup.
When a backup can't be deleted#
| GBM AI says | Why |
|---|---|
| This job is already running. | a backup, a check or a second copy of the job is running, here or in the GBM AI service: delete when it finishes |
| This job is already running. while a restore runs | the restore reads a backup that would go: delete when the restore finishes |
| The changes look like ransomware | the ransomware guard holds the job: put the files back, or say the changes were yours, first |
A backup in a bucket, or a copy kept on this PC while the destination was away, shows no bin: retention removes those.