Double backup on My Passport?

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Hi I just bought a 4tb MyPassport. I think the software is not very userfriendly, but that is not my point.
I have set my software up so it backups new files on my laptop. I’m a photographer so every time I put new photos on my laptop I want My Passport to make a backup. When I use file browser to look at the content of my My Passport I see the backupped files. But there is also a directory called “History” which seems to have exactly the same files. So it looks like it is doing a double backup??
What have I done wrong and how can I change this?
I’m not a specialsit at this so a simple answer / solutions would be appreciated!
Thnaks guys and girls
Steven

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Hi,

On the settings tab you should be able to see a file history option to keep multiple copies of the files in case you need to recover a previews version of the file.

You can change that on the software.

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Hi thanks for helping out!
which software would that be?
WD Backup
WD Smartware

The strange thing is that I have both Backup and Smartware installed. (I had a MyPassport drive before owning this new 4 TB one). In WD Backup I can select the directories that I want to backup. I can also set the schedule and start the backup. I can not find the File history tab in WD Backup though.
I can find the File History tab in the WD Smartware app (it was set to 3 and I changed it to 1). I can not start the backup in that programm though. it is greyed out.
Is this normal?
Can I delete the History directories manually?

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sorry for bumping this, but sthis is not quite solved yet. Thanks for helping out.