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# dropBackup

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                <td className="memname"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1DropBackupResponse">DropBackupResponse</a> kinetica.Kinetica.dropBackup </td>
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                <td className="paramtype"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest">DropBackupRequest</a></td>
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      <p>Deletes one or more existing database <a href="/content/admin/backup_restore/#database-backup" target="_top">backups</a> and contained snapshots, accessible via the <a href="/content/concepts/data_sinks/" target="_top">data sink</a> specified by <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest#aea02eb114b5e51170091d42f054357e7">datasink\_name</a>. </p>

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        <div className="dd">Response object containing the result of the operation. </div>
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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs#L32654">32654</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs">KineticaFunctions.cs</a>.</p>
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                <td className="memname"><a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1DropBackupResponse">DropBackupResponse</a> kinetica.Kinetica.dropBackup </td>
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      <p>Deletes one or more existing database <a href="/content/admin/backup_restore/#database-backup" target="_top">backups</a> and contained snapshots, accessible via the <a href="/content/concepts/data_sinks/" target="_top">data sink</a> specified by <span className="em">datasink\_name</span> . </p>

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              <td className="paramname">backup\_name</td>
              <td>Name of the backup to be deleted. An empty string or '<span className="em">' will delete all existing backups. Any text followed by a '</span>' will delete backups whose name starts with that text. When deleting multiple backups, <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#ac8a1bec1cf7639438e227b02fb577e85">DELETE\_ALL\_BACKUPS</a> must be set to <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a05d92d50395caeb6aee5b6a8a579d301">TRUE</a>. </td>
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              <td className="paramname">datasink\_name</td>
              <td>Data sink through which the backup is accessible.</td>
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              <td className="paramname">options</td>

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                Optional parameters.

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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#ace28d632cf21ee34afd85d7f221f3d5e">DRY\_RUN</a>: Whether or not to perform a dry run of a backup deletion. Supported values:

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a05d92d50395caeb6aee5b6a8a579d301">TRUE</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a97e593910291a1a39ed373d3b534cfa3">FALSE</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a97e593910291a1a39ed373d3b534cfa3">FALSE</a>.
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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#ac8a1bec1cf7639438e227b02fb577e85">DELETE\_ALL\_BACKUPS</a>: Allow multiple backups to be deleted if <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a05d92d50395caeb6aee5b6a8a579d301">TRUE</a> and multiple backup names are found matching <span className="em">backup\_name</span> . Supported values:

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a05d92d50395caeb6aee5b6a8a579d301">TRUE</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a97e593910291a1a39ed373d3b534cfa3">FALSE</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a97e593910291a1a39ed373d3b534cfa3">FALSE</a>.
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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a574bab058df64db40efbd8ad3aa2446a">NO\_ERROR\_IF\_NOT\_EXISTS</a>: Whether or not to suppress the error if the specified backup does not exist. Supported values:

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a05d92d50395caeb6aee5b6a8a579d301">TRUE</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a97e593910291a1a39ed373d3b534cfa3">FALSE</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a97e593910291a1a39ed373d3b534cfa3">FALSE</a>.
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                The default value is an empty Dictionary.
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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs#L32771">32771</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs">KineticaFunctions.cs</a>.</p>
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                <td className="memname">async System.Threading.Tasks.Task\< <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1DropBackupResponse">DropBackupResponse</a> > kinetica.Kinetica.DropBackupAsync </td>
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                <td className="paramname"><span className="paramname"><span className="em">cancellationToken</span></span><span className="paramdefsep"> = </span><span className="paramdefval">default</span> )</td>
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      <p>Deletes one or more existing database <a href="/content/admin/backup_restore/#database-backup" target="_top">backups</a> and contained snapshots, accessible via the <a href="/content/concepts/data_sinks/" target="_top">data sink</a> specified by <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest#aea02eb114b5e51170091d42f054357e7">datasink\_name</a>. </p>
      <p>(async)</p>

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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs#L32675">32675</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs">KineticaFunctions.cs</a>.</p>
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                <td className="memname">async System.Threading.Tasks.Task\< <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1DropBackupResponse">DropBackupResponse</a> > kinetica.Kinetica.DropBackupAsync </td>
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      <p>Deletes one or more existing database <a href="/content/admin/backup_restore/#database-backup" target="_top">backups</a> and contained snapshots, accessible via the <a href="/content/concepts/data_sinks/" target="_top">data sink</a> specified by <span className="em">datasink\_name</span> . </p>
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              <td>Name of the backup to be deleted. An empty string or '<span className="em">' will delete all existing backups. Any text followed by a '</span>' will delete backups whose name starts with that text. When deleting multiple backups, <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#ac8a1bec1cf7639438e227b02fb577e85">DELETE\_ALL\_BACKUPS</a> must be set to <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a05d92d50395caeb6aee5b6a8a579d301">TRUE</a>. </td>
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              <td>Data sink through which the backup is accessible.</td>
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                Optional parameters.

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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#ace28d632cf21ee34afd85d7f221f3d5e">DRY\_RUN</a>: Whether or not to perform a dry run of a backup deletion. Supported values:

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a05d92d50395caeb6aee5b6a8a579d301">TRUE</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a97e593910291a1a39ed373d3b534cfa3">FALSE</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a97e593910291a1a39ed373d3b534cfa3">FALSE</a>.
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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#ac8a1bec1cf7639438e227b02fb577e85">DELETE\_ALL\_BACKUPS</a>: Allow multiple backups to be deleted if <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a05d92d50395caeb6aee5b6a8a579d301">TRUE</a> and multiple backup names are found matching <span className="em">backup\_name</span> . Supported values:

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a05d92d50395caeb6aee5b6a8a579d301">TRUE</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a97e593910291a1a39ed373d3b534cfa3">FALSE</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a97e593910291a1a39ed373d3b534cfa3">FALSE</a>.
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                    <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a574bab058df64db40efbd8ad3aa2446a">NO\_ERROR\_IF\_NOT\_EXISTS</a>: Whether or not to suppress the error if the specified backup does not exist. Supported values:

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                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a05d92d50395caeb6aee5b6a8a579d301">TRUE</a> </li>
                      <li> <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a97e593910291a1a39ed373d3b534cfa3">FALSE</a> </li>
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                    The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/structkinetica_1_1DropBackupRequest_1_1Options#a97e593910291a1a39ed373d3b534cfa3">FALSE</a>.
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                The default value is an empty Dictionary.
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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs#L32868">32868</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs">KineticaFunctions.cs</a>.</p>
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