Leopard Time Machine: Delete Files or Folders from Backup

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Created: Oct 19, 2007     Updated: Oct 23, 2007

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Time Machine does an amazing job of backing up all files on your system. However, sometimes you do not want every file saved forever and ever and evar. Here is how you remove a backed up file or folder from the time machine.

I really will not judge you for your huge file collections. Images, videos, programs -- whatever they are. However, you may not want these files saved on your backup drive in perpetuity.

Here is how to remove files and folders from your Time Machine backup.

1. Hit the Time Machine icon to jump into the starfield view



2. For some crazy reason, you can't ctrl-click (right-click) in the starfield view. So pull-up the options by clicking the "gears" Options icon as shown below. From here, select Delete All Backups...



Ahhh... safer you are, young Leopard Jedi.