Deleting a Manual Backup

Scenarios

You can delete RDS manual backups to free up backup storage.

Constraints

• Deleted manual backups cannot be recovered.
• Manual backups that are being created cannot be deleted.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
3. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Database > Relational Database Service.
4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Backups. On the displayed page, locate the manual backup to be deleted and choose More > Delete in the Operation column.

   The following backups cannot be deleted:

   • Automated backups
   • Backups that are being restored
   • Backups that are being replicated

5. In the displayed dialog box, click Yes.