Deleting a Volume Group Backup

Learn how to delete a volume group backup.

Important

When you delete a volume group backup, all backups for the volumes included in the volume group backup are deleted.

1. On the Volume Group Backups list page, select the volume group backup that you want. If you need help finding the list page or the volume group backups, see Listing Volume Group Backups.
2. From the Actions menu (three dots) for the volume group backup, select Terminate and confirm the selection when prompted.
Use the oci bv volume-group-backup delete command and specify the --volume-group-backup-id parameter to delete a volume group:
```
oci bv volume-group-backup delete --volume-group-backup-id <volume-group-backup_ID>
```
When you delete a volume group backup, all volume backups in the group are deleted.

For example:
```
oci bv volume-group-backup delete --volume-group-backup-id ocid1.volumegroupbackup.oc1.phx.<unique_ID>
```
For a complete list of parameters and values for CLI commands, see the CLI Command Reference.
Run the DeleteVolumeGroupBackup operation and specify the volumeGroupId attribute to delete a volume group backup.