BORG-UNDELETE(1) borg backup tool BORG-UNDELETE(1)

borg-undelete - Undelete archives

borg [common options] undelete [options] [NAME]

This command undeletes archives in the repository.

Important: Undeleting archives is only possible before compacting. Once borg compact has run, all disk space occupied only by the soft-deleted archives will be freed and undelete is not possible anymore.

When in doubt, use --dry-run --list to see what would be undeleted.

You can undelete multiple archives by specifying a matching pattern, using the --match-archives PATTERN option (for more info on these patterns, see borg_patterns).

See borg-common(1) for common options of Borg commands.

specify the archive name

do not change repository
output verbose list of archives

only consider archives matching all patterns. see "borg help match-archives".
Comma-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, archive, name, id, tags, host, user; default is: timestamp
consider first N archives after other filters were applied
consider last N archives after other filters were applied
consider archives between the oldest archive's timestamp and (oldest + TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.
consider archives between the newest archive's timestamp and (newest - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.
consider archives older than (now - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.
consider archives newer than (now - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.

borg-common(1)

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2025-01-07