Let’s say i made 10 snapshots on top of the base.
Now can i delete snap no. 5? Will the snaps after 5 will be affected?
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Yes, one can delete consecutive snapshots. The data won’t be deleted unless all snaps ( reference points ) get deleted.
Note: If you delete the original file and delete all the snapshots made when the file is still there, the file will get deleted permanently.
If your snapshots are taken from your main subvolume, then they shouldn’t be incremental backups, so it should be safe to delete ones from the middle. It does look like incremental backups are possible, though I’ve never used that feature: https://fedoramagazine.org/btrfs-snapshots-backup-incremental/