MBP HD used up by Backup files

Hi there...
My MBP Retina is dramatically slower for the last 3 days and when I check my storage usage I found out that my hard drive has been used up by backup files almost one third of my storage. I tried to locate the backup files and managed to delete some from the Library folders but when I go back to check my storage still consumed by backup files.
Somebody please kindly help.
Thank you very much.
Sam (Indonesia)

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