How To Delete Songs Directly From Your iPod

iPodDeceptive title I know, because from all I know it can’t really be done. But wouldn’t it be nice if you could delete a song directly from the iPod, so that when you’re out on the go, you can just drop a song you don’t particularly like without waiting until you get back to your computer to update iTunes and resync? Well I do.

There are a couple of hacks though to help you remember to delete it later.

For example, you could give the song a one star rating. Hit the select button twice while the song is playing then rotate to the number of stars you want. You can then delete all your one-star songs at the next opportunity.

Another method is to hold the select button down on a song. This will add it to an on-the-go playlist – which will give you list of songs to take action on.

For the bit more advanced, you can create a smart playlist which stores all your one-star songs. This is sort of a combination of both techniques above.

Please, if anyone finds a hack that really can delete a song directly from the iPod post it here. It would be nice if you could press the select button on a song and get options for the song.

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December 12, 2006 · Dustin · 7 Comments
Posted in: iPod

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    This is some great advice, it’s a shame that Apple doesn’t just give us a simple feature though on the iPod to easily delete tracks when we need to.

  • http://www.vbknowledgebase.com/ vb reader

    Apple is not doing this for the first time. It is normally doing tons of this kind of things in IPhone and as well iPod. BTW is there any graphic equavalizer in IPod

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    When you are ready to delete songs or play list manually, open i-tunes. Select i Pod in source list. Choose song or play list you would want to delete from i Pod. Deleting play list or a song from play list will now get rid of songs from i Pod.

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    Simply
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    Smart and entertaining! What an amazing combination to read
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  • Zee_leo20034

    Can any one tell me how to delete audio songs from IPod touch?