How do I delete invisible films

My Time Machine backup seams to be very bloated. Currently TM says a full backup is estimated at 169 GB. On the drive that I use, Time Machine Backups takes up 419 GB. I've now stopped backing up Dropbox and the db that goes with it which is invisible. It doesn't make sense to backup Dropbox so I figure there's some space to be gained. I see using TimeTracker that this db is backed up all of the time so my question is, how do I delete this invisible from my TM backups?

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My Time Machine backup seams to be very bloated. Currently TM says a full backup is estimated at 169 GB. On the drive that I use, Time Machine Backups takes up 419 GB. I've now stopped backing up Dropbox and the db that goes with it which is invisible. It doesn't make sense to backup Dropbox so I figure there's some space to be gained. I see using TimeTracker that this db is backed up all of the time so my question is, how do I delete this invisible from my TM backups?
First, exclude it from future backups, per #10 in [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
Then, see #A3 in [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum), for a handy app that will let you see invisible items via both the Finder and Time Machine's "Star Wars" display. Once that's in place, see #12 in the FAQ to delete all backups of the hidden item.

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