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oliver076
Mar 15, 2023Copper Contributor
How to delete backup maintenance plan ( Backup Every 3 Hrs.)
Hi . I want to delete backup in maintenance cleanup task more than 6 Hours (My SQL Backup Every 3 Hrs.) How can i set delete plan? I had changed delete files base on the age of the file at...
- Mar 15, 2023
Hi oliver076
there are multiple ways to delete the old backups files in SQL Server
Check this post for multiple options including the use of the maintenance plan wizard
olafhelper
Mar 15, 2023Bronze Contributor
oliver076 , your post is not very clear, because you provided very less informations.
Using a Maintenance Cleanup Task (Maintenance Plan) to delete old backup files works for me and others.
If it don't work for you, you setup something wrong; can say what, because of the missing information from your side.
Olaf