Need more HD space for Time Machine

I'm running out of space on my external drive that I use for TM, can I go in and manually delete old backups to make more room? Would doing this then screw up TM?

TM should start automatically delete old backups to make room for new ones when it runs out of space. it will warn you about it the first time it needs to do it if you have the appropriate box checked in TM system preferences->options. DO NOT delete old TM backups from finder. you can delete old backups from TM interface but you shouldn't have to do it.

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