How to delete Archive Logs By using RMAN

Delete all the archives except one day worth of archives.

Check the count how many archives available on disk which are available.SQL> select count(*) from v$archived_log where name is not null;

COUNT(*)
----------
1000

SQL>

Now connect to RMAN and give the following commands
$rman target /

RMAN> crosscheck archivelog all;
RMAN> delete archivelog all completed before 'sysdate-1';
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: D1
channel C1: sid=565 devtype=DISK
allocated channel: D2
channel C2: sid=599 devtype=DISK

List of Archived Log Copies
Key Thrd Seq S Low Time Name
------- ---- ------- - -------------------- ----

RMAN-06214: Archivelog .
.
.
.

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deleted archive log
archive log

Deleted 900 objects
RMAN>



RMAN will delete all the archives except today’s archives and now check the how many archives exist from SQL
SQL> select count(*) from v$archived_log where name is not null;

COUNT(*)
----------
100