Ipod music delete - Steps for removing music.



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Removing or "deleting music from an Ipod" is very easy, and a few steps are listed below which will walk you through it. There are many reasons to delete songs from an Ipod or Ipod Nano, as often you find a better or clearer sounding MP3 or other music file type, or you may have a music song that is truncated at the end and need to replace it with a better sounding version. There is no need to waste extra space on your Ipod, and no reason to keep a bad music version floating around, even though Ipods contain many bytes of flash storage. (Dont forget to also delete the bad music version from your pc, so remove it from both to keep it from recirculating!). The steps are also the same whether you have a nano, mini, etc., it does not matter. First off, connect your Ipod and then make sure ITunes is open on your computer. I prefer to have the "manual" Ipod setting (which means I will simply choose which music to delete, choose what music I want to add, etc., to me this is easiest, so that is the option I will list). Connect your Ipod to your pc, then using ITunes, first click edit at the top, then choose the preferences option, then choose the "Ipod" tab, then choose the "music" tab within that. Now make sure the option is chosen for "manually manage songs and playlists", you will see it on the screen, click ok when done so this option is saved. This simply means you are now ready to manually delete any music from your Ipod, etc. Almost done, now simply click the "Owners Ipod" option on the left window to display your Ipod music songs, highlight any songs in the list and press your delete key on your keyboard. Thats it, this will delete them from your Ipod and you can then add more files as you wish.


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