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Delete backup

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Updated at July 9, 2025

Note

To delete backups, make sure the folder contains at least one VM or BareMetal server connected to Cloud Backup. If there are no such VMs or servers, temporarily create a new VM with a connection to Cloud Backup and delete the backups.

To delete a backup:

  1. In the management console, select the folder containing the backup.
  2. In the list of services, select Cloud Backup.
  3. In the left-hand panel, select Backups.
  4. Depending on the resource you want to delete the backup for, select the Virtual machines or BareMetal servers tab.
  5. Click in the row with the backup you need to delete and select Delete.
  6. Confirm the deletion.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI installed yet, install and initialize it.

By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command 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 whose backup you need 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.*.* |
+----------------------+---------+---------------+---------+--------------+-------------+

    To get the BareMetal server IDs, select BareMetal from the list of services of the relevant folder in the management console. The IDs are specified in the server list in the ID field.

  4. Delete the backup:

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

    Where:

    • --backup-id: ID of the backup to delete.
    • --instance-id: ID of the VM or BareMetal server whose backup you need to delete.

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

Use the delete REST API method for the Backup resource or the BackupService/Delete gRPC API call.

See also

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