timeshift - Man Page
manual page for Timeshift 25.12.4
Examples (TL;DR)
- List snapshots:
sudo timeshift --list - Create a new snapshot (if scheduled):
sudo timeshift --check - Create a new snapshot (even if not scheduled):
sudo timeshift --create - Restore a snapshot (selecting which snapshot to restore interactively):
sudo timeshift --restore - Restore a specific snapshot:
sudo timeshift --restore --snapshot 'snapshot' - Delete a specific snapshot:
sudo timeshift --delete --snapshot 'snapshot'
Description
Timeshift v25.12.4 by Tony George (teejeetech@gmail.com)
Syntax:
timeshift --check timeshift --create [Options] timeshift --restore [Options] timeshift --delete-[all] [Options] timeshift --list-{snapshots|devices} [Options]
Options
List
- --list[-snapshots]
List snapshots
- --list-devices
List devices
Backup
- --check
Create snapshot if scheduled
- --create
Create snapshot (even if not scheduled)
- --comments <string>
Set snapshot description
- --tags {O,B,H,D,W,M}
Add tags to snapshot (default: O)
Restore
- --restore
Restore snapshot
- --snapshot <name>
Specify snapshot to restore
--target[-device] <device> Specify target device
- --grub[-device] <device>
Specify device for installing GRUB2 bootloader
- --skip-grub
Skip GRUB2 reinstall
Delete
- --delete
Delete snapshot
- --delete-all
Delete all snapshots
Global
--snapshot-device <device> Specify backup device (default: config)
- --yes
Answer YES to all confirmation prompts
- --btrfs
Switch to BTRFS mode (default: config)
- --rsync
Switch to RSYNC mode (default: config)
- --debug
Show additional debug messages
- --verbose
Show rsync output (default)
- --quiet
Hide rsync output
- --scripted
Run in non-interactive mode
- --help
Show all options
- --version
Print version number
Examples
timeshift --list timeshift --list --snapshot-device /dev/sda1 timeshift --create --comments "after update" --tags D timeshift --restore timeshift --restore --snapshot '2014-10-12_16-29-08' --target /dev/sda1 timeshift --delete --snapshot '2014-10-12_16-29-08' timeshift --delete-all
Notes:
1) --create will always create a new snapshot 2) --check will create a snapshot only if a scheduled snapshot is due 3) Use --restore without other options to select options interactively 4) UUID can be specified instead of device name 5) Default values will be loaded from app config if options are not specified