Help with songs..

Hi...and thanks for your help. I have a bunch of Christmas songs in my library that I do not want on my i-pod mini. How do i get them off of the mini without deleting them from my library?
Thank you.

You can use the "only update checked songs" method in the iPod options. (right click on the iPod in the iTunes source list and select options, then select "only update checked songs"). With this preference checked, you can remove the check mark from the songs in iTunes that you no longer want on the iPod. The next time you connect the iPod, those unchecked songs will be removed from the iPod whilst still being retained in iTunes. You can check and uncheck songs as you change your mind about what songs you want to put on the iPod.
If you have the iPod set to manually manage your songs, and you want to delete the song from the iPod only, then select the iPod in the source list of iTunes. Highlight the song(s) you no longer want on the iPod, right click and select "clear", or use the edit/clear menu.

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