# delete_database_backup

Source: https://modulify.ai/docs/mcp/backups/delete-database-backup

Permanently deletes one database backup of a site, leaving the live database of the site untouched.

- Title: Delete a database backup
- Scope: `sites:delete`
- Access: Destructive

The archive is destroyed and cannot be recovered, and because a database backup is the only copy of those rows from that moment, that moment is lost entirely. Deleting it does not hand a manual backup slot back: that slot stays counted for a day.

A backup still being exported is refused until it finishes, with `This backup is still being exported!` It needs the **Delete projects** permission in the workspace, so a role without it is refused however many times the call is retried.

The tool tells the client to confirm the exact archive with you first, and never to delete backups to save space on its own initiative. See [Delete a database backup](https://modulify.ai/docs/editor/backups#delete-a-database-backup).

## Inputs

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `projectId` | string | Yes | The site the backup belongs to. |
| `backupId` | string | Yes | The backup to delete, from `list_database_backups`. |