# Backup management - deleting \[ver. 6.1.\]

**URL:** <https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/backup-management-deleting-ver-6-1/1906>\
**Category:** Using FoundationDB\
**Created:** [January 24, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/backup-management-deleting-ver-6-1/1906 "2020-01-24T16:38:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![erplus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7feea3/32.png) [@erplus](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/erplus)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/backup-management-deleting-ver-6-1/1906/1 "2020-01-24T16:38:59Z")

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I try to write the script that automate trigerring a snapshot or just cleaning up last or all snaphosts. I use the documentation [https://apple.github.io/foundationdb/backups.html#fdbbackup-command-line-tool](https://apple.github.io/foundationdb/backups.html#fdbbackup-command-line-tool)

Starting of the backup works, but i have issue with cleaning up unnecessaries backups.  
I run list to get known my backups:  
` $ fdbbackup list -b file:///var/lib/foundationdb/data/disk1/backup/`  
`file:///var/lib/foundationdb/data/disk1/backup/backup-2020-01-22-17-37-05.077074`  
`file:///var/lib/foundationdb/data/disk1/backup/backup-2020-01-23-12-24-08.278906`  
and then i try delete command. It works in most cases but sometimes i get error and i cannot delete a snapshot with fdbbackup tool. Examples:  
`$ fdbbackup delete -d file:///var/lib/foundationdb/data/disk1/backup/backup-2020-01-22-17-37-05.077074`  
`Deleting file:///var/lib/foundationdb/data/disk1/backup/backup-2020-01-22-17-37-05.077074...`  
`ERROR: Backup Container URL invalid`  
`Fatal Error: Backup Container URL invalid`  
`$ fdbbackup delete -d file:///var/lib/foundationdb/data/disk1/backup/backup-2020-01-23-12-24-08.278906`  
`Deleting file:///var/lib/foundationdb/data/disk1/backup/backup-2020-01-23-12-24-08.278906...`  
`ERROR: Backup Container URL invalid`  
`Fatal Error: Backup Container URL invalid`

Paths of the backups are fine:  
`$ ls /var/lib/foundationdb/data/disk1/backup/*`  
`/var/lib/foundationdb/data/disk1/backup/backup-2020-01-22-17-37-05.077074:`  
`kvranges`  
`/var/lib/foundationdb/data/disk1/backup/backup-2020-01-23-12-24-08.278906:`  
`kvranges`

I see that fdbbackup 6.2 have some nice option - _cleanup_ but now i have to use 6.1 versien, where this option is not available.  
I don’t have idea, what i do wrong and how can i remove backup using fdbbackup instead _rm_ command. Anyone knows?