# partial backup deletion

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/partial-backup-deletion/8346
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**Created:** [October 28, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/partial-backup-deletion/8346 "2019-10-28T00:08:58Z")
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#### Post date: [October 30, 2019, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/partial-backup-deletion/8346/4 "2019-10-30T23:54:15Z")

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> [@Vito](#):
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> Would such a system be tolerant to deletion of the files which were not yet locked

If the database still exists, it will probably complain about missing files, but that’s not a huge problem. Assuming the local system (and its database) got destroyed, you’d be doing a [direct restore](https://duplicati.readthedocs.io/en/latest/03-using-the-graphical-user-interface/#restoring-files-if-your-duplicati-installation-is-lost) anyway. Make sure you have an [export](https://duplicati.readthedocs.io/en/latest/03-using-the-graphical-user-interface/#exporting-a-backup-job-configuration) of your job configuration stored somewhere else that you can rely on.

[Defense against trojans](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/defense-against-trojans/754/6) is basically the same idea and might be simpler than on tape or cold storage (which you can search forum for, e.g. Glacier), because I assume the remote files would be readable.

You might want to make maintenance windows possible, e.g. to clean up old versions before backup and database get too gigantic. There can also be times when problems may require changing remote.

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