Deleting Veeam Backup Agent Backup Files

To clean up data remaining after you remove a backup job or a cloud tenant, you can permanently delete backups from Veeam Service Provider Console without accessing the Veeam Backup & Replication console.

Note

From Veeam Service Provider Console, you can delete only backups stored on Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam Cloud Connect repositories. You cannot delete backups stored locally on the remote machine.

Required Privileges

To perform this task, a user must have the following role assigned: Portal Administrator.

Deleting Veeam Backup Agent Backup Files

To delete backup files:

For details, see Accessing Veeam Service Provider Console.

In the menu on the left, click Protected Data.
Open the Computers tab and navigate to Managed by Console.
Select the necessary computer in the list.
Click a link in the Backups column.
Select one or more backups from the list.
At the top of the list, click Delete.
In the confirmation window, click Yes.

Note that deleting backup files may take considerable time. The backup will remain visible with the Removing status until the deletion completes.