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Can I delete previous backups, without affecting following backups, Since TimeShift (RSync) make increamental backups.

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[–] dr_jekell 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

You should be able to highlight the ones that you want to remove then click on the delete button.

From what I understand is that each backup is just the difference between the original backup and the current system.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

each backup is just the difference between the original backup and the current system.

So what if I Deleted the very first backup itself (which is manual backup), does the following backups become obsolute since the follwing backups created links from the original backup ?

[–] redeven 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Timeshift is smart enough, they deal with that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago
[–] dr_jekell 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To be honest I haven't had the need or the time to delve that deeply into how Timeshift works sorry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago