Delete local Time Machine snapshots
14 Sep 2021
# list all local snapshots
tmutil listlocalsnapshots /
# delete snapshot by date
sudo tmutil deletelocalsnapshots 2020-10–09-002010
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Usage
Usage: tmutil version
Usage: tmutil enable
Usage: tmutil disable
Usage: tmutil startbackup [-a | --auto] [-b | --block] [-r | --rotation] [-d | --destination dest_id]
Usage: tmutil stopbackup
Usage: tmutil delete [-d backup_mount_point -t timestamp] [-p path]
Usage: tmutil deleteinprogress machine_directory
Usage: tmutil restore [-v] src ... dst
Usage: tmutil compare [-@acdefghlmnstuEX] [-D depth] [-I name]
tmutil compare [-@acdefghlmnstuEX] [-D depth] [-I name] snapshot_path
tmutil compare [-@acdefghlmnstuEUX] [-D depth] [-I name] path1 path2
Usage: tmutil setdestination [-a] mount_point
tmutil setdestination [-ap] afp://user[:pass]@host/share
Usage: tmutil removedestination destination_id
Usage: tmutil destinationinfo [-X]
Usage: tmutil addexclusion [-p|-v] item ...
Usage: tmutil removeexclusion [-p|-v] item ...
Usage: tmutil isexcluded item ...
Usage: tmutil inheritbackup machine_directory
tmutil inheritbackup sparse_bundle
Usage: tmutil associatedisk [-a] mount_point volume_backup_directory
Usage: tmutil latestbackup [-t] [-d mount_point]
Usage: tmutil listbackups [-mt] [-d mount_point]
Usage: tmutil machinedirectory
Usage: tmutil calculatedrift machine_directory
Usage: tmutil uniquesize path ...
Usage: tmutil verifychecksums path ...
Usage: tmutil localsnapshot
Usage: tmutil listlocalsnapshots <mount_point>
Usage: tmutil listlocalsnapshotdates [<mount_point>]
Usage: tmutil deletelocalsnapshots [<mount_point> | <snapshot_date>]
Usage: tmutil thinlocalsnapshots <mount_point> [purgeamount] [urgency]