---
title: "Attempt to Delete Backup Failed"
description: "Sent when a user with insufficient privileges tries to delete a backup file. Event ID: 41800 Event message details: Failed attempt to delete backup from <Endpoint> Severity: Warning"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_41800.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Backup > General Operations > Attempt to Delete Backup Failed"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# Attempt to Delete Backup Failed

Sent when a user with insufficient privileges tries to delete a backup file.

## General Information

**Event ID**: 41800

**Event message details**: Failed attempt to delete backup from `<Endpoint>`

**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">EventType</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Event type.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">EventType="UnsuccessfulAttemptToDeleteBackup"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Endpoint</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Machine where the attempt was detected.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Endpoint="172.25.160.65:56164"</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="Failed attempt to delete backup from "172.25.160.65:56164"."</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T19:46:03.647831+01:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=41800 EventType="UnsuccessfulAttemptToDeleteBackup" Endpoint="172.25.160.65:56164" UserName="TECH\user1" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="Failed attempt to delete backup from "172.25.160.65:56164"."]
```