How do I erase a file on Time Machine?

<arrows or the timeline along the right side of your screen to browse through the backups Time Machine has created.>
My TM doesn't have arrows or a timeline. I've looked through all the discussions and don't see the answer. Maybe it's an old version. My MacBook Pro is almost two years old.
Thanks for any help.

Uhhh, maybe I didn't phrase my question right. I backed-up my laptop with an external hard drive and would like to erase a file on that external hard drive. But the above Time Machine does not seem to have the arrows I need to scroll through the hard drive.
Any ideas?

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