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I am doing a daily incremental backup on a dedicated external drive. Problem is that it is filling up my drive pretty fast and need to know if I can delete previous days backups. They all seem to be a different size and they are numbered from 4 thru 17. Is there something I didn't set correctly when I setup for the backups that would delete earlier ones?

Appreciate any help.

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Edit the backup settings so that they look something like the attached:
- create a new full backup after a few incrementals "X" (X=5 in the attached)
- set up auto-cleanup to retain only a selected number "Y" of backup chains (full + incrementals; Y=1 in the attached).

You will need enough space to hold Y chains plus one new full.

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