Deleting snapshots using snapper (openSUSE)
First list the available configuration.
[dilawars@chutki ~]$ sudo snapper list-configs
Config | Subvolume
-------+----------
root | /
List the snapshots for a given config.
[dilawars@chutki ~]$ sudo snapper --config root list
# | Type | Pre # | Date | User | Cleanup | Description | Userdata
----+--------+-------+---------------------------------+------+---------+-----------------------+--------------
0 | single | | | root | | current |
1* | single | | Thu 13 Aug 2020 12:32:08 PM IST | root | | first root filesystem |
8 | pre | | Sun 28 Mar 2021 11:33:58 PM IST | root | number | zypp(zypper) | important=yes
11 | pre | | Mon 29 Mar 2021 02:29:30 PM IST | root | number | zypp(zypper) | important=yes
12 | post | 11 | Mon 29 Mar 2021 03:13:09 PM IST | root | number | | important=yes
15 | pre | | Wed 31 Mar 2021 04:31:40 PM IST | root | number | zypp(zypper) | important=no
16 | post | 15 | Wed 31 Mar 2021 04:32:18 PM IST | root | number | | important=no
17 | pre | | Thu 01 Apr 2021 12:05:31 AM IST | root | number | zypp(zypper) | important=no
18 | post | 17 | Thu 01 Apr 2021 12:13:33 AM IST | root | number | | important=no
Now delete.
[dilawars@chutki ~]$ sudo snapper --config root delete 15
[dilawars@chutki ~]$ sudo snapper --config root delete 16
[dilawars@chutki ~]$ sudo snapper --config root delete 17
You can’t delete the snapshot id with * on it. In this case, it is 1*.