How do I delete time capsule files and starting over

I installed a time capsule last week and backed up my HD using TM. After doing that, I started moving large movie files from my HD to an external drive, and backing up both the HD and external on the TC. Even though I have only 130 G worth of files in total, my TM is now nearing 400G, because it backed up several times during the process of transferring files. I tried to delete the TM backup, and even tried deleting everything on the TC using disk utility, but I can't get that memory back. I have not tried zeroing out the drive thru disk utility. How can I just wipe out the TC and start again?

You can reformat the hard disk in the Time Capsule.
Go to Airport Utility --> Manual Setup --> Disks --> Highlight "Time Capsule Disk" on the left --> Click "Erase" on the right.
Rename the disk and select the level secure erasure. You're done and ready to begin backing up again.
Hope this helps.

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