September 25, 2005

Delete a song from the iPod Nano

Is it just me or can you not delete a song from an iPod nano using solely the device?

Posted by: dtc @ 8:30 pm

118 Comments to “Delete a song from the iPod Nano”

S?ren Kuklau Says:
September 25th, 2005 at 10:26 pm
That is correct. You cannot delete or modify songs from an iPod using the iPod itself. The iPod is designed as a satellite device for your computer, not as a tool on its own. Amongst the few things you can do on the iPod that will actually get back to your computer are rating songs and increasing their play count adding songs to on-the-go playlists. There’s not much beyond that.

Why would you need to delete a song?
Dennis T Cheung Says:
September 26th, 2005 at 9:22 am
I could’ve sworn that this was possible on some of the 4th gen iPod. Maybe I was just smoking crack again.
Todd Dailey Says:
September 26th, 2005 at 12:41 pm
I could’ve sworn that this was possible on some of the 4th gen iPod.

Not as far as I know.

Two strategies:
- Add the song to an “on the go” playlist. (Just hold down the center button for a few seconds to do this.) Delete the songs in this playlist later.
- (Better strategy, IMO.) While listening to the song, press the center button until you get to the rating screen. Rate the song one star. Regularly delete music rated one star from your iTunes library.
laura Says:
March 23rd, 2006 at 9:35 am
i jsut bought an ipod nano (2 GB). It has 1.61 GB of songs on it ( only 39 songs??!! what happened ?!) . I want to get rid of those 39 songs and start over. I have 1.8 GB of songs in my library and it says the ipod doesnt have enough room to update .. help ?
MSilbys Says:
March 26th, 2006 at 3:37 am
Download the apple ipod updater.. it will give you 2 options.. reset to factory or update.. rest will bring it back to the condition that which you got it
Bill Sanders Says:
April 7th, 2006 at 8:56 pm
open itunes. then go to edit preferences and go to the ipod tab. then change it to manually enter new music. and then you can go to the song and right click and clear the song, and it will be deleted.
michelle Says:
April 7th, 2006 at 11:06 pm
0mg!!! im s0o0o0o0o0o mad i hate this i got got my dads ugly music on my ipod and it wont come off and i got my moms name in here to it suck!!!!!!
Duke Says:
April 9th, 2006 at 7:36 am
I have many podcasts in my library but I can’t seem to drag and drop them to my ipod. I could do it automatically but I get a warning threatening that this move will remove all contents of my nano.
Stanley Says:
April 14th, 2006 at 12:13 pm
Sometimes i need the full capacity of my ipod to use it as a pendrive to storage information. The only way i know to delete the songs without installing itunes in my frind’s computer is downloading yamipod. With this program you can download the ipod music and delete them also. The best is that you don’t need to instal yamipod. Great http://www.yamipod.com
Jonathan Says:
May 10th, 2006 at 5:21 pm
lol thats funny stuff i have an ipod and i have it filled but i cant get any songs off that i dont ever listen to!!! grrrrr!!!
c Says:
June 11th, 2006 at 11:43 pm
Being an Engineer myself, I’ve seen some remarkably stupid things being developed, but the very faCT THAT YOU CANNOT DELETE A SONG! by far takes the prize. YES it’s pretty and it’s cool and everybody has one but APPLE: Who’s the dumb ass that decided that “OH maybe they won’t want to delete any songs they put on there” DUHHHHHH
peishi Says:
June 14th, 2006 at 7:27 am
i oso gt my dad’s ugly song frm the 80s and it doesnt seemed to b deletable !
Anthony Says:
July 18th, 2006 at 3:25 pm
Well, I think its crazy not to let you delete a song because maybe you don’t care for the song anymore and with new songs coming out you may want it replaced!
Cindi Says:
August 15th, 2006 at 7:23 pm
It is possible to delete songs from your iPod.
Just use your iPod preferences, switch it to Manually Update. Reconnect your iPod. Then click your iPod under the Sources part on the right of your iTunes window. You will be able to select the songs.
Right click and select clear. Be careful not to delete songs you want to keep.
After you’re done, disconnect and RESET to be safe.
Sorry if this doesn’t work for ya.
chunker Says:
September 4th, 2006 at 1:58 pm
its impossible too delete songs,i have tired many ways but nothing.great engineering apple
el Says:
September 12th, 2006 at 10:13 am
yer just bought ipod nano and want 2 delete every song on it cos the shit itunes put of crap songs how do i get rid of them ?
el Says:
September 12th, 2006 at 10:18 am
yer just bought ipod nano and want 2 delete every song on it cos the shit itunes put on crap songs how do i get rid of them ?
Brooke Says:
September 21st, 2006 at 2:02 am
i luv mi ipod. but i tried 2 dlete a song and it didnt work. i switched it to manual and tried like that but i still couldnt delete any songs.

can some1 plz help me cause i hav no idea wat 2 do.

brooke xxx
Brooke Says:
September 21st, 2006 at 2:03 am
i luv mi ipod. but i tried 2 dlete a song and it didnt work. i switched it to manual and tried like that but i still couldnt delete any songs.

can some1 plz help me cause i hav no idea how 2 delete em.

nice one apple.

Brooke xxx
Kris to the ten Says:
September 25th, 2006 at 6:04 pm
ok… what to say…

i just got this ipod, and i told my neighbors to add some songs on it, the one who added it is a blonde, and added 192 songs that i didnt want, i mean completly wrong.

i reset my ipod, and i delete all of them. now i have no clue how to add them, i down loaded some and they appeared, but after i did that i downloaded more and they wont appear on my ipod, i dont know how to put them on my ipod, do i just have to reset it all the time?

thanks for ur help…
Jesaree Says:
September 26th, 2006 at 9:50 am
i let my siste borrow my ipod. when i got it back i got ‘on-the-go 1′. now i have 2 ‘on-the-go’. is it possible to delete that from your ipod or do you have to go to your computer to delete it. can you delete it at all? i’m at work, and that ‘on-the-go 1′ is annoying the crap out of me. thanks.
LP Says:
September 26th, 2006 at 8:37 pm
I’m new to this, but my Ipod Nano deletes old songs I have when I try to upload new ones. When I went to add songs I unchecked the ones in the library that I already had synced…should I have left them checked?
James McGill Says:
September 30th, 2006 at 10:33 pm
Worse than not letting you delete songs, is when Itunes will delete *everything* on the Ipod without warning, without asking for confirmation, nothing. A write-protect
option would be appropriate! I cannot believe what I just witnessed today. A new Ipod owner, absolutely enchanted with the thing, went to delete a song. Following the instructions on some Apple website, surprise, the Ipod is empty. All the stuff she had put on there the whole first couple of days she owned it, gone without warning. I thought she was going to throw the thing against the wall! (I might have!) Seriously, what kind of storage device doesn’t have some kind of write-protect? What kind of file system deletes *anything* without confirmation from the user, let alone deletes thousands of files, tens of gigabytes!?!?

I thought the Ipod was pretty cool until I saw this. I was going to buy one for myself, along with a Macbook Pro. I’m reconsidering the whole thing now.
bryce Says:
November 5th, 2006 at 6:10 pm
i still dont get it
rod Says:
November 28th, 2006 at 9:19 am
Yamipod is perfect!

http://www.yamipod.com
wayne dew Says:
November 30th, 2006 at 5:42 pm
hi people ! iv just got mi ipod yerr an i realy dont no what to do how do i delete things on mi ipod how do i put music on it i have installed the ipod disk , do i put music on by going threw itunes were do i go to oput tunes on it can any1 help asap
kelly Says:
December 2nd, 2006 at 4:36 pm
im thinking of returning my ipod nano cos i cnt delete any songs obviously the stupid wanker that designed these didnt think of making a device thing on it 2 delete songs but o well a guess they will jus probably loose out on this cos every1 as i av heard are all takin theres bk 2 the stores where they got them from they will be sry XD
kelly Says:
December 2nd, 2006 at 4:39 pm
u wanker u dint put ma letter thing up!!!
Colin Says:
December 6th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
how do i delete an on the go playlist cause i have about 6 and i want them all gone.

help
mainster Says:
December 25th, 2006 at 3:40 am
how do i delete unwanted songs off of my ipod if you know in the reply can you write instructions please
louu Says:
December 25th, 2006 at 7:22 am
has anyone tried contacting Apple? i got my nano today(and its xmas) and i’m heck disappointd to find that i cant delete a song on it. damn, wish i known earlier! it makes me wonder: “why do so many people say an ipod is good?!” i need to delete a song! help me apple!
louu Says:
December 25th, 2006 at 7:22 am
has anyone tried contacting Apple? i got my nano today(and its xmas) and i’m heck disappointd to find that i cant delete a song on it. damn, wish i known earlier! it makes me wonder: “why do so many people say an ipod is good?!” i need to delete a song! and fucking oath, the instruction booklet thingy is so fucking thin.
Jennifer Says:
December 25th, 2006 at 9:03 am
OMG. I just got my ipod today for chirstmas and do not know how to delete songs!!! Everything else people have said DOES NOT WORK. Im really frustrated. Please Help!!!!
Drew Says:
December 25th, 2006 at 12:18 pm
I just got an iPod nano 4GB. I was all excited until I realized I can’t delete songs. I tried right-clicking the iPod icon in iTunes, but the only choices I had where “open/eject/sync/transfer purchases/reset warnings.” Someone help!!! I think that if someone were to go in slow-mo in laymen’s terms, I could get it. I know my way around computers, but this iTunes program is something else!!!
Jess Says:
December 25th, 2006 at 6:41 pm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60940

Here is a explanation of how to DELETE a song from your Nano..

Hope this helps
maddy Says:
December 25th, 2006 at 8:42 pm
how do i delete everything off my ipod and start over?
tinkerbell Says:
December 26th, 2006 at 12:27 am
how can i delete a picture from my ipod?!?!?!
Amanda Says:
December 27th, 2006 at 9:07 am
man this stinks because my sister put all of her songs on my ipod shit.
chase Says:
December 27th, 2006 at 7:43 pm
this sucks i have some gay opra songs on my ipod well that means i had better not let any one listen to it then =p
d Says:
December 28th, 2006 at 9:36 am
i got an ipod and i have no idea how to delete the songs that i dont want anymore from it………….plz help??????????
SuperSid Says:
December 28th, 2006 at 9:58 pm
TO DELETE A SONG:

This worked for me, I have 2gb nano ipod.

Set your iPod to be manually managed. Select your iPod in your iTunes. Under options, there’s a check to “manually manage your iPod” or something like that.

Then click on the triangular icon to the left of your “(name)’s iPod”. It should list the playlists in your iPod. THen click on the playlist of the song that you want to delete, or just click on Music for all the songs. Right click a song and choose “delete” to delete.

It worked for me, hope it works for you too. Good Luck!
kirsten Says:
January 3rd, 2007 at 9:05 am
this web site dose not help at al!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
annomonous Says:
January 4th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
i am sick and tired of not being able to delete songs that i dont want or need like if someone else downloades a song if i plug the ipod in it showes up like i wish we could delete the stupid songs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Racheal Says:
January 7th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Me n my boyfriend bought ipods and we use the same computer…. so whatever i have on my ipod gets automatically added to his ipod when he connects it into my computer. Since we have different taste in music, it really sucks that i have his music on mine and he has my music on hims. Does anyone know how to solve this problem??
mark Says:
January 7th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
with itunes opened/running and your ipod synced/displayed on the left(in manual mode), click on the triangle, a new submenu will form. If they are grey(undeletable) you aren’t on manual.

This drove me nuts as well.
Gene Cowan Says:
January 8th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
What the hell language are people writing these comments in?
Or am I just so old and un-hip that I expect English?

Perhaps the iPod and iTunes should ship with at least rudimentary instruction booklets, because it is obvious that people don’t know how to sync their iPods. You can have as many iPods as you want with your computer, and each will sync with different playlists or songs — if you tell it to.
racheal Says:
January 9th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
Mark!!! u answered my question last time about my ipod, but i still dont remember, maybe u can i.m me ans walks me through it. My I.m is HazelEyedAngel95
racheal Says:
January 9th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
Mark!!! u answered my question last time about my ipod, but i still dont understand, maybe u can i.m me ans walks me through it. My I.m is HazelEyedAngel95@aol.com or email. PLEASE HELP
annomonous Says:
January 10th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
i have an old ipod nano 2gb. It will only hold about 200 songs with no pictures and all from cds. They are all normal size songs also. So i tried to delete all my songs and put them on again. once i took them all off more than 3/4 of the memory was still being used.i have way more than just 200 songs i want on my ipod so please help!
B Says:
January 12th, 2007 at 9:41 am
i need help!!!!!! My brother put all these songs on that i don’t even know or like…please someone help me! i keep reading about set your ipod to be manually manged. WHERE DO I FIND THAT?!?!?!?! HELP?!?!
Jessica Says:
January 12th, 2007 at 10:03 am
I have got it is so easy!!!!! if you need help just say so i will check everyday ok byee my anme is Jessica
Jessica Says:
January 12th, 2007 at 10:04 am
I have got it is so easy!!!!! if you need help just say so i will check everyday ok byee my name is Jessica
jessica Says:
January 12th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
hey, i have an i pod nano, and im putting songs onto it, but they are not playing on my ipod, and when i delte them they are still showing up on it. i need help asap!! please!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what should i do
??????????????
jessica Says:
January 12th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
i have an i pod nano, and im putting songs onto it, but they are not playing on my ipod, and when i delte them they are still showing up on it. i need help. this is really getting me frusturated.
racheal Says:
January 13th, 2007 at 10:49 am
Jessica-Me n my boyfriend bought ipods and we use the same computer�. so whatever i have on my ipod gets automatically added to his ipod when he connects it into my computer. Since we have different taste in music, it really sucks that i have his music on mine and he has my music on hims. Does anyone know how to solve this problem??
sechy Says:
January 14th, 2007 at 11:52 pm
this web site does not work??????????????????????????????????????????
ROXiiE Says:
January 18th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Okaii…so i just got this ipod…n i downloaded all these songs onto my ipod…recentley…my dad made me delete my limewire…so i lost all my songs…n now that i downloaded new songs onto my limewire…i downloaded the new songs onto my ipod…N THE OLD ONES DELETED:|…..so my question…how do I download new songs…without the old ones being deleted?
felicia Says:
January 19th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
how cani delete my songs i don’t ever listen to off my ipod
Kelsey Says:
January 21st, 2007 at 5:13 pm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60940
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60940
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60940
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60940
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60940
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60940

This tells you everything. Go to it, this website works.
Now shut up.
brodo Says:
January 26th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
i cant figure out how to delete songs on my ipod 2gb help mmmmeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

plz it fuckin sucks
matt Says:
January 30th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
i got my ipod a few months ago and everything was ok until today! all my songs are still on my ipod nano but where i put a delete songs off the ipod - there are no songs. they have all gone. so i cannot delete songs off my ipod and it also will not let me add songs. what do i do? Help please!?
Sarah Says:
February 6th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
So delete songs all you have to do is go into the Itunes on your computer and open the playlist which you downloaded from. Then you just clear all of the songs out of there. Then plug in your ipod and it will update it automatically and all of the songs will come off and then you just create a new playlist and put all of the songs in you want and update
Gustavo Says:
February 21st, 2007 at 9:52 am
They�re no stupid… in fact they are very smart. Don�t forget apple was initiallya computer enterprise, so what they do is just use the captive market from ipod to become captive of iTunes, iTunes Store and usage og PCs and laptops… stupid? jeje I thinks is pretty smart!

Has anyone find a way to drag and drop songs from and ipod to another without pasing them thorugh the hard drive?
matthew Says:
February 26th, 2007 at 1:13 am
LOL WTF ? I could remove songs from my ipod after i restored it..??? there was an extra folder under my ipods name on the libary called music and there was all my songs inside my ipod so i just deleted music from there…
matthew Says:
February 26th, 2007 at 1:26 am
alright if u ticked SYNC music when u first installed ur ipod to ur computer its BAD it just automatically downloads EVERYTHING in ur itunes to ur ipod, after that u wont be able to delete that is why now i can delete music from my ipod…. i didnt click SYNC MUSIC at the first place… it appears on the bottom when u name ur ipod at first. u can do it if u restore ur ipod XD
Queen Eunice Says:
March 18th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
I need help with my Ipod Nano 2nd generation.
My brother and I uses one computer and I have 2nd gen. and he has the ipod nano black. Well he doesn’t close his itunes so his songs or files went to my ipod nano 2nd. and when I use my ipod the songs doesn’t play they only skip to a different one..What’s the problem?? Do I have to erase all songs, but that might erase my bro’s songs also??? Omg, I don’t even like his songs please HELP!
Sally Says:
April 1st, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Eureka!!! I just did it… to delete a song, all you have to do is press shift/delete, and wa-la…. it’s gone
|H|O|R|N|E|R| Says:
April 2nd, 2007 at 8:23 am
I Figured this mother fucker out! READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right, i got an ipod nano 4GB and somebody left a website link, i went on it and it didnt do SHIT for me.

but i finally figured it out, What ya do is plug ur iPod into your cable and usb into back of computer, wait for itunes to load up okay?
Once on the itunes screen righty click your ipod symbol and “sync” it, wait till that is done, once that is done at the top of the left hand side where is says Library and underneath it says music, movies, tv shows blah blah fuckin blah…. go onto the “Music” tab underneath! the library one, not underneath ur ipod ect…. now the library will show every god dam song on your computer ect ect, just find the ones that are on your ipod that you DONT want, when u find them dont tick or untick them just right click that mofo and click REMOVE, it will ask if your sure you wanna remove it from itunes library click yes, it wont delete of your computer it will ONLY delete it from itunes, once you have gone through the big list one by one removing the songs you dont want on your ipod, right click your ipod symbol again and click “Sync” Once again, allow for it to fully sync, the go onto your music list and search for the songs you didnt want - they should be no longer on your ipod if you did this correctly, do it exactly how i just said and it DOES work, http://www.myspace.com/kikey_boy
Shannon M. Says:
April 17th, 2007 at 11:11 am
I have had my nano for over a year. I had it plugged to my computer and I added a song before I disconnected it and when disconnect my nano my songs were no longer on my nano. The itunes erased all of my songs but my pictures were still on the nano. Then when I try to plug it in a sign comes up saying “Itunes cannot not read Shannons ipod. Select Summary tab and then preference and restore to factory settings.” Then I hit ok but there isn’t a summary tab anywhere and the weird thing is that my nano shows up on my desktop. I have an apple computer and everything is updated. Does anyone know how I should solve this problem.
gemma Says:
May 4th, 2007 at 3:50 am
you have to restore your ipod through itunes.
liz Says:
May 15th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
UGH i absolutely am soooooooo mad. like seriously. i thought you could put songs on, and then delete old ones once you got new ones. but i guess it doesnt work that way according to all you guys. and i seriously just want to take it back! like i know i have all my other good songs on it but its pretty pointless, its just like going back to your walkman (of course with a little bit more songs) i hate it. and everytime i try going to edit preferences ipod, it doesnt have an ipod tab or the manually blah blah thing so what the heck?! UGH i hate this. i fricken have im a barbie girl on here and if i woulda known that it wouldnt let me delete it later on then i woulda never put it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :[ :[ :[
if anyone knows how to do this please let me know.
or if anyone knows the apple address i would like to write them a letter letting them know how dumb they are.
liz Says:
May 15th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
me again. okay i just read what gemma said and if you restore dont you have to like start all over?? would it let me choose what songs to put on my ipod? cuz if so then i might as well do that…
rachel Says:
May 16th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
can someone plz tell me how to erase the name from my i-pod b/c i j/ got my cousin’s i-pod and i dont freakin know how to delete his name from it! someone plz help me!!!
Meghan Says:
June 5th, 2007 at 1:48 am
Wow yea this is f***in stupid !
I’m sooo frustrated with trying to put songs onto my ipod because for some reason it keeps my old ones on there that i don’t want anymore and won’t delete them.

grrr wtf !?
someone tell me how to delete these songs !!
Ron Bush Says:
June 24th, 2007 at 11:37 am
This NYC public school teacher THANKS YOU for ur site and your desire to help others. God will make a way , where there seems to be no way.
So live in HOPE.

Thanks Again
Ron Bush
Chuck Says:
July 14th, 2007 at 11:30 am
How can I delete songs on my ipod nano?
dude Says:
July 29th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
all u hav 2 do to delete a song is: right click on the ipod icon in itunes.. next go to options.. then click on mannualy manage songs and playlists.. hit okay on the warning.. and presto then you can select the song and delete it with backspace..:D
josh Says:
August 5th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
how do u put songs on a ipod and delete songs off it
leah Says:
August 9th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
Is there any way to get the songs that are on your iPod to someone else’s computer so they can put them on their iPod?
Mishal Says:
August 12th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
You cannot delete songs off your IPod.
It’s highly impossible.
If you want to delete a song, you might as well accept the fact you have to delete all your songs to delete one song.
How do I do this:
Well, when you plug your device in your computer, then the ITunes will pop-up on your moniter’s screen. It will say your device’s name (e.g. “Mishal” )

You click that, and then it will have a button called “restore” you click that.
W A R N I N G : All your data, songs’, and photos’ will be deleted.
( For security, on blaming me for giving you the “wrong” information.. I had to put down a paragraph called ” W A R N I N G : ”
Thank-you for your understanding.
- Mishal.
( apple software engineer )
Brady Says:
September 11th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
I want to delete all of my songs on my ipod how do i do it?
Robert L. Says:
October 7th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
ATTENTION!!!!!!!!!!!! I found a way to delete songs from your ipod,Nano. The only way,it sucks but you have to use a differant computer than the one you always use,when you try to sync from another computer it asks and tells you that “IF YOU WANT TO SYNC ALL PRIOR SONGS,VIDEOS,PICS… WILL BE ERASED AND LOST.” Make sure the library you sync either have songs you like or have no songs at all. That is the only way, you lose all your songs but it will make you be more careful on your selections next time!
anne Says:
October 10th, 2007 at 12:00 am
omg mishal thats like THE ONLY WAY i can get songs off the dam thing

soo stupid ae i wish i could just sue them or something!
Rosalee Says:
October 15th, 2007 at 12:26 am
you can delete songs from your ipod its so funny how Mishal said you cant because you certainly can and if you cant well then how come i did?
vivian Says:
October 17th, 2007 at 8:07 am
I bought a used ipod nano and didn’t think it would be hard to add new songs but it is? Does anyone know how to do this. I actually can’t get the ipod to read without any problems it ask me a question like if i proceed then i may lose the existing program(s) on my computer its almost like its saying if you proceed then your computer may not work again. Has anyone ever done this. I need help this is for my hubby in iraq.
jose Says:
October 18th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
omg i found an i pod 2nd gen 1g in the schools cafeteria and i cant get rid of the music or pictures of these skinny ugly kid
snowstar Says:
November 7th, 2007 at 9:09 am
i bought the new ipod nano. big disappointment. din know itunes was essential for it! hate it that i cant manage my files on the ipod itself. sux! even the mp3 player i bought from china (no brand) lets me delete my songs FROM THE PLAYER!!

WHAT’S THE RAVE ABT IPOD? IT’S STUPID..
georgie Says:
November 10th, 2007 at 11:49 am
go onto music and right click on the song you want to delete send it to the recycling bin then kabboonn you are dun (make sure delete from recycling bin)
delvin marshall Says:
November 13th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
i just want to know how do i delete all the music off the ipod nano p.s. please help fast
delvin marshall Says:
November 13th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
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Mabo Says:
November 14th, 2007 at 9:11 am
Hello all
This has been doin my head in since i bought the damn thing.
Think ive sussed it now though.
The part i was missing was the little grey triangle to the left your ipods name. If you click on that you get a drop down menu. This displays everything that is on your ipod (not neccecerily in your library). All you need to do is click on file and select delete. One thing though you need to have selected manually manage music and videoes from the screen that pops up when you click onto your ipods name. Easy when you know how but what a fart on getting there !!!!!!!!!
K po Says:
November 27th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
To put it simply for all of you out there this is process to delete songs off your ipod:
(**= pay attention or look for this when following the steps)
1.)Start up iTunes.
2.)Click on the Ipod icon.
3.)After clicking the icon you should see a list of tabs that say:
|**Summary**|Music|Movies|Tv Shows|Podcasts|Photos|Contacts|Games|
4.) Click on Summary and move you eyes down until you see “Options”
Showing:
- Open iTunes when Ipod is connected (Start up iTunes when Ipod is connected to computer)
- Sync only checked songs and videos (Add music from library that you have checkmarked)
**- Manually manage music and videos (Manually control what comes in and out of Ipod, like your music <– This is what you want!)
- Enable disk use (Access your Ipod from Explorer)

For all of you who actually took the time to read this, this is what the link was trying to say.

For Mishal: You can remove music from the ipod, just make sure you have a backup of the file, or song, beforehand so that when you remove it and decide to mess with your settings you can put your music back.

For adding music to the Ipod just follow the procedure above and just drag the music from your library to the Ipod icon.

For a confused Ipod error message: Reset your Ipod back to factory settings, or let the battery die and start it up again. It should recognize it then as a new ipod. Alternatively just reset it using iTunes and put stuff back on it.

For other messages or questions, just ask and you will get your answer.
al r Says:
November 30th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
I CANT DELETE THEM FROM MY NANO JUST GOT IT ITS DOEN MY EDD IN , I USED MANUALLY THINGY N DROP DOWN MENU N IT SAYS IT HAS NO SONGS WEN IT DOES :@:@ OMG HELP ME PLEASEEE FASSTTTTT QUICKLY PLEASEEEEEEE! XXX
w Says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Honestly speaking, if it says it has no songs, put some in. Especially since that was why you put it as manual adding and removing of songs.
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December 17th, 2007 at 10:26 am
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Dani Says:
December 25th, 2007 at 11:30 am
grrr!!! i hate that you cant delete songs…i was testing some things out cause this is my first ipod so i was messing around with it..and didnt relize what i was doing…so it added songs that i dont even like on it!! so i cant even delete them? grrrrrrr!!! i hate this!
John Says:
December 25th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
ok this is pissing me off I have the same song on their 2x the only difference is that the bands name is wrong on one and I want to delete it because it is a waste of space, I have no clue how to delete the song because on the side where it says John’s iPod(my name) when I right click it, it only says eject and when I click it the license agreement comes up, I have already accepted it and saved and it still does that when I click it so can someone help me out
John Says:
December 25th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
If it wasn’t apparent what I meant its that I dont have the drop down menu for the iPod icon

2.)Click on the Ipod icon.
3.)After clicking the icon you should see a list of tabs that say:
|**Summary**|Music|Movies|Tv Shows|Podcasts|Photos|Contacts|Games|

That part because the iPod Software Agreement License keeps appearing and I have accepted and saved the file
Sydney Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 12:41 am
Okay so i got an iPod Nano 4g and it put most of the itunes songs on it and i want to delete all songs on my iPod without installing anything. Is that possible?
Sydney Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 12:46 am
So i got a iPod Nano today 4g and i got most songs on itunes which i didnt want and im wondering if i could like delete all songs(lal i have on ipod) and without installing aynthing. Also my Selection on playlists has disappeared. Is it possible?
Sydney Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 12:52 am
And do i have to delete every single thing on my itunes?
Sydney Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 12:53 am
Thanks for the help
immanuel Says:
December 27th, 2007 at 8:57 am
i wanna delete songs in my ipod nano `cause i got it as a gift 4 x-mas & there were songs in it i didn`t like,SO HOW DO U DELETE SONGS OFF YOUR IPOD!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
emina Says:
December 28th, 2007 at 4:17 am
WANT TO DELETE SELECTED SONGS ON YOUR IPOD? LOOK AT 3RD PARAGRAPH OR SCROLL UP AND SEE SEVERAL OTHER ANSWERS THERE.

I just got my iPod nano today and downloaded iTunes a few hours ago. At first I was having trouble because I couldn’t delete some of the songs but I did a little “exploring” of iTunes and I found out a way to delete the some of the songs I want to delete.

Suprisingly enough, some people here already mentioned several ways of deleting selected songs from the iPod but people are still asking how… I wonder why people take the time to ask when the answers are already there..

Anyways, I just clicked the name of my iPod on the left side (after connecting my iPod to the computer). Then on Options, I checked the box with “Manually Manage Music and Videos”. After that, I clicked on “Music” under the name of my iPod and right-clicked the songs I wanted to delete and clicked “Delete” and then “Remove”.

THERE’S YOUR ANSWER. ALSO, OTHER PEOPLE HERE HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF DELETING IT TOO SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO SCROLL UP AND SEE WHAT THEY SAID.

Good day to you all and good luck!
tatoo Says:
December 30th, 2007 at 2:31 am
hi everyone i just got a nano 3g 4gig i cant delet i wish i could appel are so stupid ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now its full im so anoyed
Candace Says:
January 3rd, 2008 at 5:32 pm
What!you guys are no help at all all we want is to delete stuff and your saying we cant man you jacked up
Amanda moran Says:
January 6th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
hi there like some of these other people on the chat my ipod nano 4gb will not delete songs please could you tell me how ?
Amber Says:
January 7th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
YES people you can delete songs…me being a total genius i just figured out how. First, you open itunes. Next, open up your music folder that has the music in it that you want deleted. Click on the song so it is highlighted. Then press backspace that should delete it. For multiple songs press “ctrl” on the keyboard and the click the song and then backspace. Also i’m not sure if this will help or not but plug in your ipod once you have them deleted then look to the left of the screen on itunes and click on below devices where it will have the name of your ipod. It will open a bring up some kind of homepage for your ipod….if you look towards the bottom of the page it will have things checked off. If you have “manually select music and video” deselect it then select “Sync only checked songs and videos” then if you look to the right it will say “apply” click that and give it a couple seconds and now you have officially deleted them from your ipod! YAY!
GAH!!! Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
THAT IS MY EXACT PROBLEM LP…..who posted 2 years ago. XDDDD
Anyone have ANYTHING to tell me? D:
GAH!!! Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
LP Says:
September 26th, 2006 at 8:37 pm
I�m new to this, but my Ipod Nano deletes old songs I have when I try to upload new ones. When I went to add songs I unchecked the ones in the library that I already had synced�should I have left them checked?
Jessica Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 8:33 am
Hi If anyone reads this, I need help deleting all the songs off my ipod nano 3g 8gig. I’m really confused. I started deleting a bunch of songs off itunes when my ipod was plugged into my computer and a window popped up saying that if i delete music off itunes, it will also delete it from the ipod. So I cleared itunes completely but all the music is still on my ipod. Did I miss something or what? I’m gonna call apple since they don’t have an email address apparently and see if they can help me. If anyone has the answer to my problem, please email asap! thanks so much!
sara Says:
January 19th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
anyone know how to get secret b-chat off a account i can not fucking get the shit off
MaTT69er Says:
January 23rd, 2008 at 11:15 pm
hey every1 you can delete song really easy i dnt no how u all skipped over it click on ur ipod and and in option check the box manually update music and videos that how i got my going i have a 3rd gen so im not sure if it works on all ipod

MaTTy Figments of your imagination
jack henwood Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
i cnt delete songs off my ipod nano
whos idea was that derrrrrrrrrrr
Courtney Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:42 am
My ipod nano downloaded songs that I didn’t want it to and I don’t now how to delete I just got it yesterday and I just want the songs that ibought on there. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!
Levin Says:
February 29th, 2008 at 3:59 am
Hi Bill Sanders,

Thank You, your comment halped me.
marissa Says:
May 31st, 2008 at 6:14 pm
listen to bill sanders reply it really works i just did it
Hannah Says:
July 5th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
My itunes doesn’t have a ipod tab!! What should I do to delete my songs that I don’t want anymore?

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