Deleting the Old BackUp Data

Hi,
From the last few days, I am getting a message while sync my iPhone 4 with my PC that data can not ne sync, since, "the data is corrupted or it is not compatiable with the iPhone. Delete the backup for this iPhone and then try again".
Please let me know the sequence I need to follow to delete the old data and I am using iOS 6.1.3.
Thanks in anticipation of your support.
Best Regards,
Saptarshi Basu

in itunes - I think it's edit - preference - device - backups - then delete the backups.

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