Trimming Backups to regain space

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I have a 2TB MBL that I am setting up for backing up data. 

Would like to know if there is a way to remove data from the backupsets that may no longer be relevant.  For example if one was to remove a folder from their system that was 6GB in size and after a period of time was evident that there was no need to keep it in the backup anymore, how would one remove it?

Would you have to stop the backup job and then restart it? 

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If you use Smartware, you can manually explore the Smartware shared folder and delete any files you don’t need  from the Smartware.swstor backup folder. 

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