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Deleting a Manual Backup

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This section describes how to delete manual backups to release the storage space.

The deletion operation is irreversible. Exercise caution when performing this operation.

Method 1

  1. Log in to the DDS console.
  2. On the Instance Management page, click the target DB instance.
  3. In the navigation pane on the left, click Backups & Restorations.
  4. On the Backups & Restorations page, locate the manual backup to be deleted and click Delete.

    Backups being used to recover instances cannot be deleted.

  5. In the displayed dialog box, click Yes.

Method 2

  1. Log in to the DDS console.
  2. In the navigation pane on the left, click Backup Management.
  3. On the Backup Management page, locate the manual backup to be deleted and click Delete in the Operation column.

    Backups being used to recover instances cannot be deleted.

  4. In the displayed dialog box, click Yes.
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