New feature in iOS 5? Ability to delete individual songs in iPod (Music) app?

[chris975d]

Has this been mentioned? It appears that you now have the ability to delete individual songs in the iPod (now called "Music") app. Left swipe on a song to show the delete button. Has this been here in previous iOS versions, or new to iOS 5? (I've never tried in any other iOS version).

 

[Apple...]

Yes, this is new to iOS 5.

 

[megapopular]

Yes, it's been mentioned...

It's nice to have this feature plus it makes a lot of sense to have this option now that iCloud gives the option to redownload songs to your iOS device.

 

[ChazUK]

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This will be great for making room on my iPod if needed. I didn't even realize iOS 5 could do this.

 

[Ksizzle9]

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Very nice, this has indeed been one of the most annoying things to me since the iPhone launched. In fact, as far as I know, the only way to delete songs as of now is to reset the device.

 

[chris975d]

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This will be great for making room on my iPod if needed. I didn't even realize iOS 5 could do this.

I lucked up on it myself! Happened to accidentally swipe across a song and saw the "Delete" button pop up. Left me scratching my head for a minute. But it's more proof that Apple is serious about making the iDevices "PC Free", as you used to need to sync to iTunes to delete music. It's about time!

 

[TG1]

Makes total sense. We've had the ability to delete videos in the iPod app of the iPhone with a swipe. Never knew why they excluded the ability to do this with songs.

 

[utwarreng]

If you delete a song from the phone, does it un-check it in iTunes, so that the next time you sync it doesn't try to re-add the song? I wholesale added every song I own to my iPhone, rather than do it selectively. I come across songs all of the time that I want to remove, but never remember to get rid of them once I get home. I know they're songs that I won't ever actually want on my iPhone.