Deleting previous backup files

You can delete previous backup files to free space for new backup files.

Prerequisites

Use the Backup and Restore page to delete a backup file.

Note
This illustration is from an Email Security — Server appliance, but it is representative of other Network Security appliances as well.

To delete a backup:

Click the Settings tab.
Click Appliance Backup & Restore on the sidebar.
In the Restore Available Backups area, locate the backup FEBKP file you want to delete in the Backup Name (Profile) column.
Click the icon in the Delete column.
Click Yes to confirm the action.

Use the commands in this section to delete previous backup files.

Important
If you delete a backup file from a USB drive by using the backup delete from usb command, the deletion might take a few minutes.

To delete a backup file:

Go to CLI configuration mode.

hostname > enable
hostname # configure terminal

Specify the location of the backup file.
- To delete a file from the appliance, enter:
```
hostname (config) # backup delete from local
```
- To delete a file from a USB drive on your local machine, enter:
```
hostname (config) # backup delete from usb
```
  Note
  To delete a remote backup file, you must log in to the remote server and delete the file manually.
Specify the name of the backup file to delete from the backup location.
```
hostname (config) # backup delete from <backupLocation> name <backupName>
```
where <backupName> is the backup FEBKP file you want to delete.

The following example shows how to delete a database backup that resides locally on an appliance.

hostname (config) # backup delete from local name wMPS-Config-7.9.0-IE-NX900-20160807-220207.febkp

Note
This example is from a Network Security appliance, but it is representative of other Trellix appliances as well.