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Deleting a Manual Backup
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**Scenarios**
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This section describes how to delete manual backups to release the storage space.

.. important::

   The deletion operation is irreversible. Exercise caution when performing this operation.

Method 1
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#. :ref:`Log in to the DDS console. <dds_02_0043>`

#. On the **Instance Management** page, click the target DB instance.

#. In the navigation pane on the left, click **Backups & Restorations**.

#. On the **Backups & Restorations** page, locate the manual backup to be deleted and click **Delete**.

   Backups being used to recover instances cannot be deleted.

#. In the displayed dialog box, click **Yes**.

Method 2
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#. :ref:`Log in to the DDS console. <dds_02_0043>`

#. In the navigation pane on the left, click **Backup Management**.

#. On the **Backup Management** page, click the **Clusters**, **Replica Sets**, or **Single Nodes** tab, locate the manual backup to be deleted, and click **Delete** in the **Operation** column.

   Backups being used to recover instances cannot be deleted.

#. In the displayed dialog box, click **Yes**.
