atlas backups snapshots delete
Remove the specified backup snapshot.
To use this command, you must authenticate with a user account or an API key with the Project Owner role. Atlas supports this command only for M10+ clusters.
Syntax
atlas backups snapshots delete <snapshotId> [options]
Arguments
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
snapshotId | string | true | Unique identifier of the snapshot you want to delete. |
Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--clusterName | string | true | Name of the cluster. To learn more, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/create-cluster-api. |
--force | false | Flag that indicates whether to skip the confirmation prompt before proceeding with the requested action. | |
-h, --help | false | help for delete | |
--projectId | string | false | Hexadecimal string that identifies the project to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable. |
Inherited Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
-P, --profile | string | false | Name of the profile to use from your configuration file. To learn about profiles for the Atlas CLI, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-cli-save-connection-settings. |
Output
If the command succeeds, the CLI returns output similar to the following sample. Values in brackets represent your values.
Snapshot '<Name>' deleted
Examples
# Remove the backup snapshot with the ID 5f4007f327a3bd7b6f4103c5 for the cluster named myDemo: atlas backups snapshots delete 5f4007f327a3bd7b6f4103c5 --clusterName myDemo