Delete old Time Machine databases from shared drive

1) I have an external drive that was used to store both data and Time Machine backups on the same partition.
2) I have started FRESH with a Time Capsule for my backups and my first backup is complete, so I am willing to release the old databases.
QUESTION: How do I delete the old databases?  Is it as simple as manually trashing the Backups.backupdb Folder?

If there is other data on the volume (drive or partition), you can delete the Backups.backupdbfolder, but it will take a very long time to empty the trash afterwards (as there may be from several hundred thousand to a few million files), and you may have trouble with locked files and/or permissions.  If possible, it’s much better to delete the backups individually as above, or copy the other data elsewhere temporarily, erase the volume with Disk Utility, and copy the data back. (Again, a separate partition for Time Machine backups is advised.)
For more details read http://pondini.org/TM/12.html
Allan

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