Clearing space on Time Capsule

Even when I erase an old .sparsebundle backup, Time Machine still says that I don't have enough space to backup a new MacBook.
I know that there is enough space. It just isn't seeing that I cleared out the old backup.
Is there better way to clear space on a Time Capsule?

Welcome to the discussion area, john@ld4!
Pondini is the resident expert on subjects like this, so I'm sure he will comment if he sees this post.
In the meantime, see #12 in his excellent Time Machine FAQ document.
http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html

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    See Here  >  Should I delete old backups?  If so, How?
    From Here  >  http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html

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