Cant remove iphone backup

hi,
it seems that an iphone backup has reserved most of my free GB. how can i solve this problem without restoring from itunes cause I want to keep my 1.1.3. version?
kind regards

it is not recommended that you remove the iphone back up, it is there incase you need to restore the iphone.
However, if you are looking to free up space, first open itunes.
Once itunes is open, click on edit at the top of itunes and choose preferences.
In the preferences window, click on the syncing tab.
In the syncing pane, you will see the iphone backups that are on the computer and there is a button to remove backup.
Hope this helps.

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