---
title: "Protection Group Deleted"
description: "Sent when a user deletes a protection group. For more information, see Removing Protection Group. Event ID: 29120 Event message details: Protection Group <ProtectionGroupName> has been deleted Severity: Warning"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_29120.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Agent Management > Protection Group Deleted"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# Protection Group Deleted

Sent when a user deletes a protection group. For more information, see [Removing Protection Group](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/agents/protection_group_remove.html).

## General Information

**Event ID**: 29120

**Event message details**: Protection Group `<ProtectionGroupName>` has been deleted

**Severity**: Warning

## Parameters

<table class="Blue_Table">
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <th>
      <p>Parameter Name</p>
    </th>
    <th>
      <p>Description</p>
    </th>
    <th>
      <p>Example</p>
    </th>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ProtectionGroupID</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Protection group ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ProtectionGroupID="a00d024f-1820-404c-9088-0ddbf962f7b4"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ProtectionGroupName</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Protection group name.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ProtectionGroupName="Protection Group 1"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ChangesXML</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Updated data in the XML format.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ChangesXML="&lt;changes&gt;&lt;object id="a00d024f-1820-404c-9088-0ddbf962f7b4" name="Protection Group 1" /&gt;&lt;/changes&gt;"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">UserName</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Name of the user who performed an operation.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">UserName="TECH\user1"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VbrHostName</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Backup server name. Can be a DNS name, an FQDN or an IP address.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VbrVersion</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Veeam Backup & Replication version.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VbrVersion="13.1.0.411"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Version</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Event version (service parameter).
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Version="1"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Description</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Event message details.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Description="Protection Group Protection Group 1 has been deleted."</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T19:14:25.513981+02:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=29120 ProtectionGroupID="a00d024f-1820-404c-9088-0ddbf962f7b4" ProtectionGroupName="Protection Group 1" ChangesXML="<changes><object id="a00d024f-1820-404c-9088-0ddbf962f7b4" name="Protection Group 1" /></changes>" UserName="TECH\user1" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="Protection Group Protection Group 1 has been deleted."]
```