Time Machine/Time Capsule with Old Computer

I have migrated all of the contents of my old, slow MacBookPro to my new MacBook Pro. My time capsule keeps giving me messages that I have exhausted available space and must delete old backups. I would like to delete the thirty backups for my old computer but cannot figure out how to do so.
If I open up Time Machine on my old computer, I see a folder entitled BACKUP OF MY HARDDRIVE. If I open this folder up, I see a subfolder with the title BACKUPS.BACKUPDB. This subfolder contains about thirty backups dating back to 2009. Can I simply delete all of these backup folders and subfolders without hurting the Time Capsule OR the Time Machine settings for my new computer?

Delete old backups.
http://pondini.org/TM/12.html
If you no longer want any of the old backups which is actually fine.. as long as you have migrated all your personal info, just erase the TC drive.
Open the airport utility .. go to the disk page, select erase and use quick erase. Do not use any other erase .. they will take from hours to a month.
Then you can start over with TM..
Erase will delete only files from the hard disk.. not settings on the TC and certainly impossible for it to delete TM settings which are in your computer.
I think you are confusing Time Machine.. software.. and Time Capsule.. hardware. They are actually totally unrelated.. TM uses TC as a backup target.. but it could be any external or suitable network drive.

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