Time Capsule Mounting Multiple Volumes

I'm having a strange issue with my Time Capsule, when I list all mounted volumes in the terminal I get this:
/Volumes/Backup of eh’s Computer:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x+ 3 root eh 102 19 Mar 15:04 Backups.backupdb
/Volumes/Time Capsule Disk:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 eh admin 102 27 Mar 20:30 Downloads
/Volumes/Time Capsule Disk-1:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 eh admin 68 27 Mar 20:33 Downloads
/Volumes/Time Capsule Disk-2:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 eh admin 102 27 Mar 20:24 Downloads
/Volumes/Time Capsule Disk-3:
total 0
drwxrwxrwx 12 eh eh 364 27 Apr 20:47 Downloads
drwxrwxrwx@ 6 eh eh 264 19 Mar 15:01 eh’s Computer_0016cbccb505.sparsebundle
drwxrwxrwx 9 eh eh 264 3 May 19:37 External
drwxrwxrwx 621 eh eh 21070 27 Apr 16:21 Robotone
drwxrwxrwx 4 eh eh 264 20 Mar 14:34 iTunes
Only the latest one shows up in the Finder and the other three are hidden, is there any way I can stop these three extra volumes from mounting? and I assume they are taking up space on the Time Capsule.

Ok fixed it, if anyone wants to know
In Finder, type “Apple-Shift-G” it will prompt you for a location, type “/Volumes” and hit go. Trash extra Time Capsule mounts and disconnect/reconnect Time Capsule.

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