# Deleting non-music files from an iPod

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-non-music-files-from-an-ipod/263373>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 6, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-non-music-files-from-an-ipod/263373 "2004-09-06T19:40:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-non-music-files-from-an-ipod/263373/1 "2004-09-06T19:40:48Z")

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I seem to remember being able to do this on my old iPod but can’t see how to do it on the new one. I want to get rid of the files for things like non-English languages that I don’t need. IIRC on the old one the files were visible on the iPod itself but here they’re all invisible. Other than doing a custom install which is more trouble than it’s worth, any suggestions?

It’s a 20 gB running 3.0.1 and I use a Mac, if any of that makes any difference.

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-non-music-files-from-an-ipod/263373/2 "2004-09-07T15:22:31Z")

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No one?