Can I choose how many Time Machine backups I want?

I have ~ 500 GB dedicated to Time Machine, but now it's telling me that there's not enough space.
I figured out it was doing several backups so I can go back in time when I did my first backup. The thing is, I do not want that. Is there a way to only keep one single backup? (which would be the latest)
If I put something to the trash, then there's a reason why I do. So one backup is really enough, which is also just in case my hard drive fails.
I hope there's a way to set this

etresoft wrote:
It sounds like you have a backup drive that is too small and that you are storing other files on it in addition to Time Machine. Both are virtually guaranteed to cause the problems you descibe. Time Machine needs to have space to work and you aren't giving it the space it needs. External drives are very inexpensive. I suggest getting a new one. There is really no other option.
Sorry, but what you're saying is just wrong.
Why would I buy a new hard drive? I have 3 TB of space on that hard drive, I have made a partition of 500 GB for Time Machine to use and lots of things I'm not backing up because it isn't needed. The solution is not buying a new hard drive, the solution is deleting old backups. I made 100 GB of space this way. I don't need backups that go back a year. I'm actually not exactly sure what the point of it is, maybe it's for people who after a few years realize they deleted files they should have kept. But I'm not like that, thank god! If I delete something, then I delete it forever and with a good reason. If my hard drive fails, I'm not going to load a backup from 3 years ago.

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