Deleting backups

When a backup is deleted, all of its data is permanently erased. Deleted data cannot be recovered.

To delete backups of a machine that is online and present in the Cyber Protect web console

  1. On the All devices tab, select a machine whose backups you want to delete.
  2. Click Recovery.
  3. Select the location to delete the backups from.
  4. Do one of the following:

    • To delete a single backup, select the backup to delete, click the gear icon, and then click Delete.
    • To delete all backups in the selected location, click Delete all.
  5. Confirm your decision.

To delete backups of any machine

  1. On the Backup storage tab, select the location from which you want to delete the backups.

    The software displays all backups that your account is allowed to view in the selected location. The backups are combined in groups. The group names are based on the following template:

    <machine name> - <protection plan name>

  2. Select a group.
  3. Do one of the following:

    • To delete a single backup, click Show backups, select the backup to delete, click the gear icon, and then click Delete.
    • To delete the selected group, click Delete.
  4. Confirm your decision.

To delete backups directly from the cloud storage

  1. Log in to the cloud storage, as described in "Downloading files from the cloud storage".
  2. Click the name of the machine whose backups you want to delete.

    The software displays one or more backup groups.

  3. Click the gear icon corresponding to the backup group that you want to delete.
  4. Click Remove.
  5. Confirm the operation.