how do i delete music from my zune??

[untuchablekidd]

is there a way that i can delete music, videos etc from my zune??:confused:

and if so how can i do it?:confused:

[runtohell121]

in the zune software, go to device, music, right click on the music you want to delete, remove it, only remove from zune...

[nathanlawliet]

Yes, what runtohell said. Make sure you don't ever use the HDD hack to delete music or else ZS resyncs it automatically.

What he said also works for pictures and videos.

[mangodroplet]

someone wanna move this to the tech help forum? :|

well....if you want to erase everything...there are always the button combos...

[got zune?]

Originally Posted by untuchablekidd

is there a way that i can delete music, videos etc from my zune??:confused:

and if so how can i do it?:confused:

Please listen to me very carefully

Do not, I repeat, DO NOT delete songs manually while in the Zune software (v.2.3) unless you want them deleted from your computer as well. I made the mistake of doing just that and deleted my whole 65gb collection of music that I had compiled over the past 6-7 years. Luckily I was able to recover about 90% of it but have noticed that the tags are all jacked up on most of them, I click on a song that's supposed to be Michael Jackson and it's actually Madonna(not really, but you get the point).

This is what I would do, make a dedicated file that you will use to add/remove music for your Zune and set that file to sync automatically. So if there's files in the folder you don't want on the zune, move them to your regular music folder and when you plug in your zune those files will be removed. And just the same, as you add files to that folder they will be added to the zune when you connect.

[mortified]

Originally Posted by got zune?

Please listen to me very carefully

Do not, I repeat, DO NOT delete songs manually while in the Zune software (v.2.3) unless you want them deleted from your computer as well. I made the mistake of doing just that and deleted my whole 65gb collection of music that I had compiled over the past 6-7 years. Luckily I was able to recover about 90% of it but have noticed that the tags are all jacked up on most of them, I click on a song that's supposed to be Michael Jackson and it's actually Madonna(not really, but you get the point).

This is what I would do, make a dedicated file that you will use to add/remove music for your Zune and set that file to sync automatically. So if there's files in the folder you don't want on the zune, move them to your regular music folder and when you plug in your zune those files will be removed. And just the same, as you add files to that folder they will be added to the zune when you connect.

This is true, but you can just to what runtohell said and do it from the software. As long as you choose to only remove it from your device, then you'll be fine.

[runtohell121]

yup, just don't mess up on clicking, click remove from device, delete from device, not erase all even in your collection.. lolz... don't be stupid i've done it once.. good thing i backed up everything in another hard drive lmao.. learn from mistakes

[Trogdor's lame friend]

You can delete absolutely everything off your Zune with a button combo =] just if you ever get bored.

[got zune?]

Originally Posted by mortified

This is true, but you can just to what runtohell said and do it from the software. As long as you choose to only remove it from your device, then you'll be fine.

I didn't remember seeing that option when I was doing this, so I tried it again since reading that and again, didn't see that option. I'm using v.2.3

Originally Posted by runtohell121

good thing i backed up everything in another hard drive lmao.. learn from mistakes

my little experience has shown me just how important it is for me to get an external HD for my system too.

[got zune?]

please delete, accidental double post

[runtohell121]

im using v2.3 also, you should get a message when you try to delete things, asking you do you want to remove from my collection but keep files or something like that.. or delete from my collection along with computer. unless you put do not show again..

[nathanlawliet]

Originally Posted by runtohell121

im using v2.3 also, you should get a message when you try to delete things, asking you do you want to remove from my collection but keep files or something like that.. or delete from my collection along with computer. unless you put do not show again..

Yes it gives you a warning unless you tell it not to, which you'd have to be an idiot or an Apple Fanboy(sorry, same thing) to do.