iOS Tip: Delete Music Directly On Your iOS Device

This Mac tip is provided by Mark Greentree and was originally posted on Mark’s blog – Everyday Mac Support. For more of Mark’s tips visit his site, follow him on Twitter, or browse his archive of posts here.


How To: Delete Music Directly On Your iOS Device

One of the new features in iOS 5 is the ability to delete music from your device within the default music app.

Simply swipe from left to right on the artist, album, or song you wish to have deleted and the delete button will appear as shown in the below images.

You can delete by artist as shown above.
Or Album as shown above.
You can also delete individual songs.

You are not able to delete audiobooks but you can delete podcasts.

For more helpful tips, check out our full collection of tutorials by visiting our How-To category!

Mark Greentree

Mark Greentree is the principle blogger and podcast creator of Everyday Mac Support. His aim is to inform users at all levels of experience how to get the most out of the Apple hardware and associated software. He is the lead host of Not Another Mac Podcast, an Apple based round table discussion with Mac users and experts from all over world.