Do you have a lot of old videos on your iPod and want to delete them? But without losing all videos? How do you want to delete videos from iPod by using iTunes? Ok let me tell you some things which you should know before using it. The drawback of iTunes is that when you delete videos from iPod in batch using iTunes then you need to delete all videos. You can’t keep one or two videos. You need to delete all videos and then add new videos to iPod. So you can delete videos from iPod by keeping some video using other third party software like Wondershare TunesGo which enables you to manage iPod media files very easily and quickly and saves your lots of time.
Wondershare TunesGo is windows and mac software which enables users to delete videos from iPod easily. You can delete selected videos only using Wondershare TunesGo and delete in batch without deleting them one by one. TunesGo allows you to add videos to iPod, iPhone and iPad as well without using any other software because TunesGo is compatible with all ios devices and android devices. Users can easily transfer media or other files between two devices directly using TunesGo by connecting two devices with computer at the same time. Wondershare TunesGo enables users to connect android devices as well, so there is no limitation of devices.
Key Features
Step 1 You must download TunesGo for windows or mac to delete videos from iPod easily.
Step 2 Join your iPod USB cable one side with iPod and other USB side with computer to connect it with your computer. After joining your iPod with computer TunesGo will detect and show interface on the home screen of TunesGo.
Step 3 Now to delete videos from iPod go to videos tab and click on it. Once you music files are loaded by TunesGo. Select the file which you need to delete and click on Delete button on the top. To confirm deletion of video click on Yes button. Your video will be deleted now.
Deleting songs from iPod using iTunes is also possible for iPod uses. But deleting songs using this way is a little bit hard and you have to do a lot of efforts. You need to do changes in summary section of your iPod to manually manage music and videos then only you can delete videos from iPod. Now to delete songs using this way you can follow the below steps.
Step 1 Launch iTunes on your computer and connect iPod using a USB cable.
Step 2 Once you iPod is connected to computer, you can see it in the top of iTunes with the music option.
Step 3 You need to click on your iPod icon to get redirected to iPod summary page. After redirecting you need to check the option “Manually manage music and Videos” and click on Apply button.
Step 4 When you check the option, one popup will open and ask you to confirm your action. In this popup windows click on Apply Button.
Step 5 Now go to movies section on your iPod and select the video which you need to delete. Right click on the Video and click on Delete button. Now your video will be deleted from your iPod and the process is completed.
There is one another way available to delete music form iPod without using iTunes. But this way is little bit hard because by using way there are chances of deleting wrong video files. This way enables you to delete videos from iPod by watching hidden files of iPod. You need to view hidden item of your iPod to use this way, because music on iPod stores as hidden files in the iPod controls. Follow the below steps to delete music from iPod by showing hidden files.
Step 1 Go to my computer on your computer and click on View tab on the top. When you click on this tab one downside window will open. After opening this window Find the option “Hidden items”. Now you need to check this option to view hidden files on iPod.
Step 2 Now Connect iPod using a USB cable with computer you can see iPod in the my computer on your window.
Step 3 Once you are able to see your iPod in the my computer double click on the iPod and open it. After opening iPod go to the path iPod control > Music.
Step 4 You will see so many folders there. These folders contain you music videos and audios. Now you need to find the videos and select them. After selecting video right click and click on Delete button to delete it.
Note: You need to play each and every video before deleting them to delete right video because while deleting video from iPod using this way you can’t see original name of your songs.
Sep 05,2016 17:55 pm / Posted by Christine Smith to iPod Transfer