Remove time machine backups for deleted users

I recently cleaned up my Mac and blew away a bunch of users that I no longer needed.

I have just realized that the time machine backups for these users are probably still around. Is there any way to delete a back up for a particular user if they no longer exist or do I just need to format the drive and start over?

Go to terminal and type the following:
code: sudo fsaclctl -p /Volumes/<yourVolume> -d

This will disable ACLs on this volume. Then you can type:

code: cd /Volumes/<yourVolume>/Backups.backupdb/<yourMachine>

code: sudo find . -maxdepth 1 -ctime +1 -exec rm -rfv {} \;


This will delete all backups created more than 1 day ago.
Hopefully this is what youre looking for

I don't think you need to type all that code into the terminal. All you need to do is go into the external HD (access it from the Finder, not from the Time Machine app), go into backups.db>[name of your computer], and then do a search in that directory for the name of the user's home folder that you want to delete.

That's what I would do, anyway. I've never had to do this.

Launch Time Machine and from the finder window select the user (folder) you would like to delete....
From the drop down list select --> delete all backups of " selected user "
Done.

Cheers ... McBie