borg-key-remove(1)

📦 version 2.0.0b25, in ubuntu stonking

💖 borg-key-remove(1) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the borg backup tool manual, and it's all about borg-key-remove — the little command that removes a borg key from the repository. yes, actually removes it. iconic but also be careful, kay? 🎀

✨ Name ✨

borg-key-remove — Remove a borg key from the repository. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

borg [common options] key remove [options]

like, that's the whole vibe. common options go first, then key remove, then whatever options you're feeling. 🦋

🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

Remove a borg key from the repository. that's the whole job. no cap. 💜

so which key are we yeeting? the borg key you remove is selected by exactly one of these three:

  • --label — by its label
  • --key — by its key id, or a unique prefix of the key id (peep borg key list if you need to look them up 👀)
  • --passphrase — removes the borg key that was used to unlock the repository, like, right now

⚠️ okay important lore: the admin borg key is protected and cannot be removed. it's giving main character energy and it's staying. also, the last remaining borg key of a repository cannot be removed either — you can't remove the very last one, periodt. 🙅♀️

✨ OPTIONS ✨

See borg-common(1) for common options of Borg commands. (that's where the shared stuff lives, iykyk)

🌈 options 🌈

  • --label LABEL — remove the borg key with this label 🏷️
  • --key ID — remove the borg key with this id (or a unique id prefix) 🔑
  • --passphrase — remove the borg key that was used to unlock the repository 💬

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

borg-common(1)

🦋 Author 🦋

The Borg Collective

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀✨ written by The Borg Collective, from the borg backup tool manual, and this version is dated 2026-10-07 — the same date as borg-key-remove(1) itself. slay, go remove those keys (just not the admin one, and not the last one, fr fr 💀). 🫶💖

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