This API is used to delete the files backed up by a DCS instance.

DELETE /v1.0/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/backups/{backup_id}

Table 1 describes the parameters.

**Table 1** Parameter description
Parameter	Type	Mandatory	Description
project_id	String	Yes	Project ID. For details on how to obtain the value of this parameter, see Obtaining a Project ID.
instance_id	String	Yes	DCS instance ID
backup_id	String	Yes	ID of the backup record

Request parameters

None

Example request

Request URL:

DELETE https://{dcs_endpoint}/v1.0/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/backups/{backup_id}

Response parameters

Table 2 describes the response parameters.

**Table 2** Parameter description
Parameter	Type	Description
message	String	Result of deleting the backup file

Example response

{
    "message": ""
}

Table 3 describes the status code of successful operations. For details about other status codes, see Table 1.

**Table 3** Status code
Status Code	Description
200	Backup file deleted successfully.

Deleting Backup Files