How do you delete songs off an ipod touch just right off the ipod?
How To Delete Songs Directly From iPod Posted by Dustin Davis Deceptive 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.
iTunes is the interface for adding and deleting material off the iPod. The software is designed to interface with the iPod’s hard drive, enabling you to tell the iPod which songs are/are not iPod worthy. Apple hasn’t written delete functions into the actual iPod software to allow you to delete on the spot. They have allowed you to delete On the Go playlists, but not the songs themselves. This is mostly a safety precaution. If someone were to get a hold of your iPod and try to manipulate it, they would not be able to do so without the aid of a computer. Even then, Apple is progressively making it harder and harder for thieves to destroy your beloved music collection. If a computer is not authorized to interface with your iPod, the iTunes software gives would be thieves the error message that indicates they don’t get the luxury of snarking your music. Long story short, while some of us would love to automatically delete songs we thought were good, then realized they were desperate mistak
