---
title: "Wipe Restic Repository"
method: POST
path: "/api/clusters/{clusterName}/restic/wipe"
tags: ["ClusterRestic"]
---

# Wipe Restic Repository

`POST /api/clusters/{clusterName}/restic/wipe`

Execute-only destructive repository wipe. Requires confirm=true and typed_target_confirm matching the server-computed repo_path. Use POST /restic/check-config to obtain the preview/target before calling this endpoint.

## Path parameters

- `clusterName` string, required

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, required

## Request body

- BackupmgrResticWipeOption
  - `allow_empty_prefix` boolean
  - `confirm` boolean
  - `typed_target_confirm` string

## Response `200`

Repository wiped successfully

- object

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid payload, missing confirmation, or guardrail rejection
- `403` — No valid ACL or insufficient grant (db-backup required)
- `500` — No cluster

## Changes

- **2026-07-17** `7465ea0ee21a` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2023-03-31** `b57fc7b9446e` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/signal18/apis/untitled-api/changes/api/clusters/:clusterName/restic/wipe/post.md)

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