problem with backspace

I would like to have tabstop = 4 and only spaces (no tabs).
I added this in my vimrc:
set tabstop = 4
set expandtab

Everything works fine... however.
The backspace key goes only 1 space back now and not 4 spaces.

How can I change this?
Is there a solution?

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