I need to remotely delete a back up on my iphone. How do I do this?

It is imperitive that I delete back ups of all text messages and contacts from my iphone 4, I already have it set to erase remotely from the Find my iPhone app. The problem is that I have all the info backed up in icloud and that needs to be gone also. I do still have my iPad but that back up isnt showing on Manage my Back ups. The only place I can find the back ups are in iTunes and I don't know how to erase back ups from there. Please help.
Thank you,
veesty1

Mac OS X
From the Apple () menu, choose System Preferences.
Click iCloud.
Click the Manage button to view stored data.
Click the Backups tab.
Choose the Backup for a specific device in the list provided, and select Delete to remove it from iCloud.
You will be asked to confirm this change. Deleting this backup will also turn off Backup of your iOS device. Choose Delete if you want to turn off Backup and remove all backups for this iOS device from iCloud.
Windows 8, Windows 7, and Vista
Open the Windows Control Panel:
In Windows 8, move the pointer to the upper-right corner of the screen to show the Charms bar, click the Search charm, and then click the iCloud Control Panel on the left.
In Windows 7 and Vista, choose Start > All Programs > iCloud > iCloud.
In the iCloud Control Panel for Windows, click Manage to view your iCloud storage.
Click Backup.
Choose the backup for a specific device in the list provided, and select Delete to remove it from iCloud.
You will be asked to confirm this change. Deleting this backup will also turn off backup of your iOS device. Choose Delete if you want to turn off Backup and remove all backups for this iOS device from iCloud.
For more information, check out: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4847
NB: an iTunes backup is totally seperate from your iCloud backup !
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