Time Capsule not freeing up space after deleting

I started getting the Yellow light on my Time Capsule alerting me to Low Disc Space on it. I do use it for both backups AND storage of some other files. I went in and started deleting large files and/or transferring them back to my MacBook Pro. After getting about 40G of files off the Time Capsule it still shows only 7G available. Is there something else I am supposed to do to free up this space? Is there some kind of reformatting I am supposed to do? Thanks in advance for your help!

Welcome to the discussions, Mbergwall!
Because it is a network drive, files on the Time Capsule are stored in a special container called a sparsebundle file. The odd thing about a sparsebundle is that it will grow as new data is added, but if data is deleted, the indicated size of the sparsebundle stays the same, even though you have deleted data.
As you add more new data, the size of the sparsebundle will remain the same until it needs to grow again. There are Terminal commands available if you need to "compact" the sparsebundle to show the actual size of the file. Be very careful with anything in the Terminal. It is a scary place that is best not visited.
Take a look at Pondini's excellent FAQ on Time Machine, #12, the pink box for more details and the "how to" if you want to try this.
http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/12.html

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