How do I delete Time Machine backups of my Trash? Time Machine (external hard drive) backed up some files in my Trash folder and I'd like them removed from my backup. I know how to normally remove backed up files from within Time Machine (right click a file and choose Delete Backup), but that method is not working for ~/Trash and ~/.trash in the backups.

How do I removed backed up files from the Trash in Time Machine?
Time Machine shouldn't be backing up the trash folder(s) under normal circumstances.

In any case, you might want to use Terminal command tmutil delete command to delete the offending files.

tmutil delete /Volumes/DISK/Backups.backupdb/HOST/DATE/Macintosh HD/.Trashes