SHARED_DATABASE (DATABASE_URL) ----backup--- error ! must delete a backup before creating a new one

Question

Hi what can I do about this I can't capture a backup from heroku I am using shared database It always shows... SHARED_DATABASE (DATABASE_URL) ----backup---> error ! must delete a backup before creating a new one How can I delete recent backups? Thank you.

Accepted Answer

```
heroku pgbackups:capture --expire
```

this will create the backup :)

--expire automatically deletes the oldest existing manual backup

SHARED_DATABASE (DATABASE_URL) ----backup---> error ! must delete a backup before creating a new one

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