InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comSat, 18 May 2013 10:50:09 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic615610-357-1.aspx[quote][b]Steve Jones - Editor (12/8/2008)[/b][hr]There are not files within a .Bak file. There might be multiple backups stored within one file, but you cannot delete some of them now. You should back up to a new file every day, not reuse the same file or store multiple backups inside one file.[/quote]This is exactly my scenario - thanks, I'll reset backups so that jobs go to a new file. Looks like I have no option other than to delete the old .bak files as they are growing and growing. Many thanks, Steve.Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:29:50 GMTi_am_oh_so_new_to_thishttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic615610-357-1.aspxThere are not files within a .Bak file. There might be multiple backups stored within one file, but you cannot delete some of them now. You should back up to a new file every day, not reuse the same file or store multiple backups inside one file.Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:42:16 GMTSteve Jones - SSC Editorhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic615610-357-1.aspxGo into File-Explorer and then delete them, but be absolutely sure you don't need them first.Or Setup a maintanence plan to automaticaly delete the older backups based on file age.Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:22:58 GMTsteveb. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic615610-357-1.aspxHi, I'm trying to delete files from within a .bak file. I am using SQL 2005 Standard Edition SP2. If I right click on a database and select Tasks --> Restore --> Files and Filegroups, I can see many files and filesgroups here. I want to delete the older files and filegroups from this list as I don't need them any longer. Can anyone help me with this?Thanks!Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:11:34 GMTi_am_oh_so_new_to_this