Delete a volume backup
DELETE
/v1/cloud_block_storage/backups/{backup_id}A DELETE request to the /v1/cloud_block_storage/backups/{backup_id} endpoint will remove a backup. Its ID has to be specified in the path parameter.
Authorization
bearerAuth AuthorizationBearer <token>
In: header
Path Parameters
backup_id*string
Use the List backups request to find out a necessary ID.
Response Body
application/json
application/json
curl -X DELETE "https://example.com/v1/cloud_block_storage/backups/MYerEdOB"{ "id": "MYerEdOB", "openstack_uuid": "beeff6ee-ba0e-4f11-ae4e-38956b77e1c7", "openstack_volume_uuid": "6f8e04a6-b5a1-49b2-9ddb-f25010534d6b", "region_id": 0, "region_code": "NL01", "name": "back1", "size": 1, "status": "deleting", "labels": {}, "created_at": "2026-05-28T07:06:40Z"}{ "message": "Region in maintenance mode", "code": "CLOUD_REGION_MAINTENANCE"}