On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 8:06 PM, krish050591 <krish050591@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, if i'm using pg_basebackup utility for taking my database backup and also > enabled wal level archiving, how will i detect the unwanted wal files and > how will it delete them ? Have you heard of pg_archivecleanup? Documentation is here: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/pgarchivecleanup.html If a single archive is not cross-used among multiple standbys, you could use it with archive_cleanup_command is recovery.conf to remove unneeded WAL segments. -- Michael -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general