> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.latitude.sh/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Delete VM backup > Archives and deletes a Virtual Machine backup. Work runs asynchronously and returns 202 Accepted. Only `Ready` or `Failed` backups can be deleted, and not while a restore from the backup is in progress. ## OpenAPI ````yaml https://spec.speakeasy.com/latitude/latitude/latitude-sh-api-with-code-samples delete /virtual_machine_backups/{id} openapi: 3.0.1 info: title: Latitude.sh API version: '2023-06-01' description: >- The Latitude.sh API is a RESTful API to manage your Latitude.sh account. It allows you to perform the same actions as the Latitude.sh dashboard. servers: - url: https://api.latitude.sh variables: latitude_api_key: default: - url: http://api.latitude.sh variables: latitude_api_key: default: security: [] tags: - name: API keys - name: Billing - name: Elastic Ips - name: Events - name: Firewalls - name: IP Addresses - name: Kubernetes Clusters - name: Operating Systems - name: Plans - name: Private Networks - name: Projects - name: Regions - name: Roles - name: SSH Keys - name: Servers - name: Block Storage - name: Filesystem Storage - name: Object Storage - name: Tags - name: Teams - name: Team members - name: Traffic - name: User data - name: User profile - name: VPN Sessions - name: Virtual machines - name: Virtual machine backups - name: Virtual machine restores paths: /virtual_machine_backups/{id}: delete: tags: - Virtual machine backups summary: Delete VM backup description: > Archives and deletes a Virtual Machine backup. Work runs asynchronously and returns 202 Accepted. Only `Ready` or `Failed` backups can be deleted, and not while a restore from the backup is in progress. operationId: delete-virtual-machine-backup parameters: - name: id in: path required: true schema: type: string responses: '202': description: Accepted content: application/vnd.api+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/virtual_machine_backup' '403': description: Forbidden content: application/vnd.api+json: examples: FeatureNotEnabled: value: errors: - code: FEATURE_NOT_ENABLED message: Virtual machine backups are not enabled for this team schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/error_object' '404': description: Not Found '409': description: >- Conflict — another operation on this backup is in progress (`BACKUP_LOCKED`) '422': description: >- Unprocessable Entity — the backup is not deletable (`BACKUP_NOT_DELETABLE`) or a restore is in progress (`RESTORE_IN_PROGRESS`) security: - Bearer: [] x-codeSamples: - lang: python label: Python (SDK) source: |- from latitudesh_python_sdk import Latitudesh import os with Latitudesh( bearer=os.getenv("LATITUDESH_BEARER", ""), ) as latitudesh: res = latitudesh.virtual_machine_backups.delete_virtual_machine_backup(id="") # Handle response print(res) - lang: go label: Go (SDK) source: "package main\n\nimport(\n\t\"context\"\n\t\"os\"\n\tlatitudeshgosdk \"github.com/latitudesh/latitudesh-go-sdk\"\n\t\"log\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n ctx := context.Background()\n\n s := latitudeshgosdk.New(\n latitudeshgosdk.WithSecurity(os.Getenv(\"LATITUDESH_BEARER\")),\n )\n\n res, err := s.VirtualMachineBackups.Delete(ctx, \"\")\n if err != nil {\n log.Fatal(err)\n }\n if res.VirtualMachineBackup != nil {\n // handle response\n }\n}" - lang: typescript label: Typescript (SDK) source: |- import { Latitudesh } from "latitudesh-typescript-sdk"; const latitudesh = new Latitudesh({ bearer: process.env["LATITUDESH_BEARER"] ?? "", }); async function run() { const result = await latitudesh.virtualMachineBackups.delete({ id: "", }); console.log(result); } run(); components: schemas: virtual_machine_backup: type: object properties: data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/virtual_machine_backup_attributes' meta: type: object error_object: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string nullable: true status: type: string title: type: string detail: type: string source: type: object properties: pointer: type: string parameter: type: string meta: type: object virtual_machine_backup_attributes: type: object properties: id: type: string type: type: string enum: - virtual_machine_backups attributes: type: object properties: status: type: string enum: - Creating - Ready - Failed - Archived size_bytes: type: integer nullable: true expires_at: type: string nullable: true failure_reason: type: string nullable: true created_at: type: string virtual_machine: type: object properties: id: type: string name: type: string team: $ref: '#/components/schemas/team_include' project: $ref: '#/components/schemas/project_include' team_include: type: object properties: id: type: string name: type: string slug: type: string description: type: string nullable: true address: type: string nullable: true currency: type: object properties: id: type: string code: type: string name: type: string currency_id: type: integer nullable: true status: type: string nullable: true feature_flags: type: array items: type: string limits: type: object properties: bare_metal: type: integer nullable: true bare_metal_gpu: type: integer nullable: true virtual_machine: type: integer nullable: true virtual_machine_gpu: type: integer nullable: true elastic_ip: type: integer nullable: true virtual_network: type: integer nullable: true database: type: integer nullable: true filesystem: type: integer nullable: true block_storage: type: integer nullable: true project_include: type: object properties: id: type: string name: type: string slug: type: string description: type: string nullable: true billing_type: type: string nullable: true provisioning_type: type: string nullable: true billing_method: type: string nullable: true bandwidth_alert: type: boolean environment: type: string nullable: true billing: type: object properties: subscription_id: type: string nullable: true type: type: string method: type: string stats: type: object properties: databases: type: integer ip_addresses: type: integer prefixes: type: integer servers: type: integer storages: type: integer virtual_machines: type: integer vlans: type: integer securitySchemes: Bearer: type: apiKey name: Authorization in: header ````