Delete video in iPod

Before I knew what I was doing I dragged a quicktime home movie from the desktop to the iPod icon. It copied onto the iPod but wasn't compatible so won't play and doesn't show up as an option. It's taking up space on my iPod and I don't know how to throw it away since it doesn't show up under any category in the iPod. What do I do?

Follow the instructions here, and then these ones.
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So i was experimenting with the iPod touch and I noticed you can delete videos directly from the iPod.
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My question is if I press delete does it just delete from the iPod or will it also delete the video from iTunes then next time i sync my iPod touch?

razorianfly wrote:
Deletes from iPod Touch, then when resynced, restore's the deleted content.
Yes but this is useful if your iPod is full and you want to buy some music.
You delete a video to make room, download the music.
When you connect to iTunes it syncs the music from the iPod to iTunes and reloads the video, which you can prevent reloading if you want to by changing the sync settings.
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hi there,
i have a few music videos on my ipod 30g which i would like to delete from it. but when i connect the ipod to my laptop it doesn't show the videos, so i don't know how to delete them.
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delete the videos from ur library and then set update
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You can delete content from your iTunes/computer hard drive after transferring them to the iPod, and for this you need to set your iPod to manage the iPod content manually.
However, storing content on your iPod and nowhere else is an extremely risky option because when (and not if) there comes a time to restore your iPod, which is a very common fix for iPod problems, then all the music/videos etc would be erased. If you no longer have them in iTunes (or any other back up), then all that stuff would be lost.
At the very least back up your music and/or videos to either cd or dvd before deleting it, particularly any purchased music/videos, as this would have to be bought again if it were lost. See this about backing up media.
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You have to change your ipod/itunes settings. When you ipod is connected click the ipod button on he bottom right corner of itunes. Look through the settings and make sure you have checked "manually update" your ipod. If you do this then when you connect your ipod back to your computer you can choose when goes on and off and nothing will be automatically be deleted.
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I have tried several suggestions up to this point and nothing has worked. It is my understanding that everything in My Music, (on my PC) transfers to the iTunes program, either manually or automaticlly. It is also my understanding that if I add or delete music from iTunes, that it will automatically be added or deleted on my iPod Touch, (4th gen). Well, none of this has proven to be true...at best, it is sporatic and frustrating. Any new ideas out there?

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Thanks for the help....I tried your suggestion, but I am still experiencing inconsistent results.
Buy doing what?...
You need to be more specific about what you are trying. "I've tried several suggestions" tells us nothing. You've tried my suggestion (but I made two - dependant upon what you are doing), but you haven't told me how you are managing your iPod, are you using Sync or manually managing? Without that knowledge, everything else is meaningless.
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The article linked below provides troubleshooting tips that’ll likely resolve the issue that you’ve described, where deleted files appear to be taking up space on your iPhone 5.
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Did you look?
Page 55 of the manual:
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Removing unwanted videos clears disk space for new videos. Recorded videos can be
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2 Press and hold the Center button until a menu appears.
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http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPod_nano_5th_genUserGuide.pdf

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