borgbackup/docs/man/borg-undelete.1

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.TH "borg-undelete" "1" "2026-06-16" "" "borg backup tool"
.SH Name
borg-undelete \- Undeletes archives.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
borg [common options] undelete [options] [NAME]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
This command undeletes archives in the repository.
.sp
Important: Undeleting archives is only possible before compacting.
Once \fBborg compact\fP has run, all disk space occupied only by the
soft\-deleted archives will be freed, and undeleting is no longer
possible.
.sp
When in doubt, use \fB\-\-dry\-run \-\-list\fP to see what would be
undeleted.
.sp
You can undelete multiple archives by specifying a match pattern using
the \fB\-\-match\-archives PATTERN\fP option (for more information on these
patterns, see \fIborg_patterns\fP).
.SH OPTIONS
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See \fIborg\-common(1)\fP for common options of Borg commands.
.SS arguments
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.B NAME
specify the archive name
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.SS options
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.B  \-n\fP,\fB  \-\-dry\-run
do not change the repository
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.B  \-\-list
output a verbose list of archives
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.SS Archive filters
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.BI \-a \ PATTERN\fR,\fB \ \-\-match\-archives \ PATTERN
only consider archives matching all patterns. See \(dqborg help match\-archives\(dq.
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.BI \-\-sort\-by \ KEYS
Comma\-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, archive, name, id, tags, host, user; default is: timestamp
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.BI \-\-first \ N
consider the first N archives after other filters are applied
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.BI \-\-last \ N
consider the last N archives after other filters are applied
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.BI \-\-oldest \ TIMESPAN
consider archives between the oldest archive\(aqs timestamp and (oldest + TIMESPAN), e.g., 7d or 12m.
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.BI \-\-newest \ TIMESPAN
consider archives between the newest archive\(aqs timestamp and (newest \- TIMESPAN), e.g., 7d or 12m.
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.BI \-\-older \ TIMESPAN
consider archives older than (now \- TIMESPAN), e.g., 7d or 12m.
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.BI \-\-newer \ TIMESPAN
consider archives newer than (now \- TIMESPAN), e.g., 7d or 12m.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fIborg\-common(1)\fP
.SH Author
The Borg Collective
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