Deleting a backup

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud command line interface yet, install and initialize it.

The folder specified in the CLI profile is used by default. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

1. View a description of the CLI delete backup command:

   yc backup backups delete --help
   

2. Get the ID of the backup to delete:

   yc backup backups list
   

   Result:

   +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------------+------+------------------+--------+---------------------+
   |                  ID                  |              ARCHIVE ID              | COMPUTE INSTANCE ID  |             RESOURCE ID              |      POLICY ID       | TYPE |      DISKS       |  SIZE  |     CREATED AT      |
   +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------------+------+------------------+--------+---------------------+
   | ab55286e-795f-44dc-90af-b718******** | ef3e8144-fb65-6a59-5ec1-3162******** | jklp0o9i8012******** | 2465BE59-5687-4539-9589-DF7E******** | abc7n3wln123******** | FULL | Disk 1 (15.0 GB) | 1.5 GB | 2023-07-07 16:00:15 |
   | cd50e147-7dfa-449f-816b-67f8******** | gh06b195-c095-1234-7809-0700******** | mnoa5s6d8345******** | 135C519D-B5A3-4781-8DFA-40B3******** | deflqbiwc456******** | FULL | Disk 1 (15.0 GB) | 1.6 GB | 2023-07-03 10:00:10 |
   +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------------+------+------------------+--------+---------------------+
   

3. Get the ID of the VM instance whose backup you want to delete:

   yc compute instance list
   

   Result:

   +----------------------+---------+---------------+---------+--------------+-------------+
   |          ID          |  NAME   |    ZONE ID    | STATUS  | EXTERNAL IP  | INTERNAL IP |
   +----------------------+---------+---------------+---------+--------------+-------------+
   | jklp0o9i8012******** | my-vm-1 | ru-central1-b | RUNNING | 51.250.**.** | 192.168.*.* |
   | mnoa5s6d8345******** | my-vm-2 | ru-central1-b | RUNNING | 84.201.**.** | 192.168.*.* |
   +----------------------+---------+---------------+---------+--------------+-------------+
   

4. Delete the backup:

   yc backup backups delete \
     --backup-id <backup_ID> \
     --instance-id <VM_instance_ID>
   

   Where:

   • --backup-id: ID of the backup to delete.
   • --instance-id: ID of the VM instance whose backup you want to delete.

For more information about the command, see the CLI reference.

To delete a backup, use the delete REST API method for the Backup resource or the BackupService/Delete gRPC API call.