HT201269 itunes said i dont have enough storage on new phone to restore from backup

i bought a new iphone 5s and want to restore from the backup from my old iphone 4. I backed up the old phone to my computer with itunes. When i try to restore it a message " not enough storage space available on phone" pops up. Is there a way to delete apps from the old backup to free some space? help please!

You cannot modify the backup once it is done. Did you purchase a new phone with a capacity smaller than the one that you backed up?

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