My Book Essential 3TB. How do I delete some backups, but keep other files?

[pinbill]

When I connected My Book Essential (MBE), I used the default settings and moved some files to MBE to save room on my hard drive. In a very short time, the drive filled itself with backups. I would like to delete the older backups to free up room on MBE for more files. I believe I’ve lowered the number of future backups by changing the number of backup versions from 5 to 2. However, I would like to locate and delete older backup versions while keeping the files I’ve already transferred to MBE. My questions are: 

1. Will using WD Smartware → Settings → File History to change the back up versions from 5 to 2 stop MBE from filling with backup volumes in the future? 

2. How do I locate old backup versions on MBE?

3. How do I delete the old backups without disturbing the files I transferred to the drive? I would be willing to lose all backups if I had to, but would still like to keep the transferred files. 

[ThePizzaMatrix]

Smartware was made to keep the files on the drive so they can beput back into your computer. It does not detect if you delete files so it can delete them as well as it would be a data synchronization instead of a backup. If you erase anything off the backup folder Smartware will lose track of it and will make a complete new backup.

Just copy and paste the files you want into the drive, or install another backup program on your computer able to grant you the option to erase files without touching the rest of the backup. Smartware won’t do what you are suggesting.