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@@ -335,11 +335,19 @@ also supports the ``--glob-archives`` parameter.
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How do I remove files from an existing backup?
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-Say you now want to remove old logfiles because you changed your
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-backup policy as described above. The only way to do this is to use
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-the :ref:`borg_recreate` command to rewrite all archives with a
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-different ``--exclude`` pattern. See the examples in the
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-:ref:`borg_recreate` manpage for more information.
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+A file is only removed from a BorgBackup repository if all archives that contain
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+the file are deleted and the corresponding data chunks are removed from the
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+repository There are two ways how to remove files from a repository.
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+1. Use :ref:`borg_delete` to remove all archives that contain the files. This
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+will of course delete everything in the archive, not only some files.
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+2. If you really want to remove only some specific files, you can run the
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+:ref:`borg_recreate` command to rewrite all archives with a different
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+``--exclude`` pattern. See the examples in the manpage for more information.
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+Finally, run :ref:`borg_compact` with the ``--threshold 0`` option to delete the
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+data chunks from the repository.
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Can I safely change the compression level or algorithm?
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