# Delete a postgres backup

`DELETE https://api.instacloud.com/projects/{projectId}/backups/{backupId}`

**Token scope:** `account` · `org` · `project` — read-only tokens refused (not a GET).

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `group` | query | `string` | no |  |
| `projectId` | path | `string` | yes |  |
| `backupId` | path | `string` | yes |  |

## Response 200

Default Response

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `ok` | `boolean` | no |  |

## Response 202

Default Response

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `status` | `string` | yes |  |
| `approvalId` | `string` | yes |  |
| `action` | `string` | yes |  |
| `actions` | `string[]` | yes |  |
| `message` | `string` | yes |  |
| `url` | `string` | yes |  |

## Response 400

Default Response

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `error` | `string` | yes |  |

## Response 403

Default Response

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `error` | `string` | yes |  |

## Response 404

Default Response

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `error` | `string` | yes |  |

## Response 409

Default Response

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `error` | `string` | yes |  |

## Response 502

Default Response

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `error` | `string` | yes |  |