# Exercise 3-3: Deleting a TiDB Cloud Cluster Backup

## Overview
+ In this exercise, you delete TiDB cluster backup on TiDB Cloud..

## Notes:
+ This exercise is for `TiDB Dedicated` cluster only.

## Duration
+ This exercise should take you approximately 15 minutes to complete.

## Tasks
1. Enter the `Recycle Bin` or `Overview` page.
2. Select a backup of your cluster.
3. Delete backup.


## Solution Steps
(a) Delete backup
1. On the `Clusters` page, click the name of the cluster to enter the `Overview` page of the cluster.
<img src="./diagram/GoDedicatedTierOverview_aa_002_20230111.png" width="50%" align="top"/>

2. Click the `Backup` in the left navigation pane.

3. On the `Backup` page, click `Delete` to delete the backup.
<img src="./diagram/DeleteClusterBackup_aa_002_20230119.png" width="50%" align="top"/>

4. In the `Delete Backup` window, click `I understand the consequence, delete this backup`.
<img src="./diagram/ConfirmDeleteBackup_aa_002_20230119.png" width="50%" align="top"/>

(b) Delete backup from `Recycle Bin`
1. In the lower-left of the web console, click your project name (`default project` in our case), then switch to your target project, and click `Project Settings`. 
<img src="./diagram/ProjectSettings_aa_002_20231107.png" width="50%" align="top"/>

2. On the `Project Settings` page of your project, click `Recycle Bin` in the left navigation pan.

3. Select a backup of your cluster, click `Backups`.
<img src="./diagram/SelectBackup_aa_002_20230119.png" width="50%" align="top"/>

4. Click `Delete` to delete the backup.
<img src="./diagram/DeleteClusterBackup_aa_002_20230119.png" width="50%" align="top"/>

5. In the `Delete Backup` window, click `I understand the consequence, delete this backup`.
<img src="./diagram/ConfirmDeleteBackup_aa_002_20230119.png" width="50%" align="top"/>