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# BackupunitDelete

A backup unit may be deleted using a DELETE request. Deleting a backup unit is a dangerous operation. A successful DELETE request will remove the backup plans inside a backup unit, ALL backups associated with the backup unit, the backup user and finally the backup unit itself.

```
knife ionoscloud backupunit delete BACKUPUNIT_ID [BACKUPUNIT_ID]
```

## Available options:

### Required options:

```
    ionoscloud_url: --url URL
        the Ionoscloud API URL

    extra_config_file: --extra-config EXTRA_CONFIG_FILE_PATH, -e EXTRA_CONFIG_FILE_PATH
        path to the additional config file

    ionoscloud_username: --username USERNAME, -u USERNAME
        your Ionoscloud username

    ionoscloud_password: --password PASSWORD, -p PASSWORD
        your Ionoscloud password

    ionoscloud_token: --token PASSWORD
        your Ionoscloud access token
```

## Example

```
knife ionoscloud backupunit delete BACKUPUNIT_ID [BACKUPUNIT_ID]--url URL --extra-config EXTRA_CONFIG_FILE_PATH --username USERNAME --password PASSWORD --token PASSWORD
```