Delete a site backup

delete_backup

Permanently deletes one backup of a site, removing a restore point you may be relying on.

POST /v1/delete_backupScopesites:deleteDestructive

The snapshot and its stored content are destroyed and cannot be recovered, while the site itself is untouched. The tool tells the client to confirm with you first, and never to delete backups to save space on its own initiative.

Request

Call it with a POST to https://api.modulify.ai/v1/delete_backup, sending the inputs below as a JSON object. The token needs the sites:delete scope.

This method is marked destructive: it deletes or overwrites data. Check the inputs before you call it, and send an Idempotency-Key header whenever you might retry it.

curl -X POST https://api.modulify.ai/v1/delete_backup \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"projectId":"PROJECT_ID","backupId":"BACKUP_ID"}'

Over MCP, the same method is the delete_backup tool.

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
`projectId`	string	Yes	The site the backup belongs to.
`backupId`	string	Yes	The backup to delete, from `list_backups`. Either its `_id` or its `BackupId` works.

Response

Every call answers with the JSON envelope of success, message, data, code and version. data holds the result described above, and on a method that returns a total, count carries it. The response headers carry the call's X-Request-Id and what is left of your per-minute budget in X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining and X-RateLimit-Reset. Errors explains every status code a call can answer with.