How can you erase old back up from my external drive which i placed in the trash?

I removed some old back up from time machine which are on my external drive and it now in the trash. But the old back up is not erasing from my trash can. How can you removed this from the trash without reformatting the external drive.

You really should not remove any Time Machine backups using that or any other method.
Go to > Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions 12 and scroll down to the section in gray at the bottom of the article.
For more great Time Machine info, see > Apple  OSX  and  Time  Machine  Tips

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