Is deleting Contacts & Photos possible - but not using Restore?

Hi,
Many thanks in advance for your attention.
For someone using a Mac:
Is there a way of deleting one's Contacts and Photos (data files) without using the Restore Option (which deletes EVERYTHING)?
I click on the iPod icon on my desktop and see a folder for Contacts and a folder for Photos, but within them I can't tell which would be my file for my actual Contacts and which would be the file that runs the Contacts App.
For example, the Contacts folder has 3 files:
ipod created instructions.vcf
ipod created example.vcf
iSync.vcf
Deleting any of these seems like I would be deleting the iPod's OS part of Contacts, not my contacts info.
Photos folder has one file and one folder within:
photodatabase
Thumbs
In my own computer, I would know how to delete my contacts or Photos. You look for those files.
I do not want to delete these files on computer so syncing iPod to computer for that purpose would not work.
Thank you,
- Ross

Hi,
Thanks for response.
Maybe I am missing something, but if you just uncheck sync for Contacts, then your old contacts remain in one's iPod.
Unchecking sync under "Photos," a prompt comes up, asking if you want all your photos removed or not. You have a choice.
But I see no such prompt for Contacts.
- Ross

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