ITunes deletes music from IPOD?

I imported a cd to iTunes. I then put it on my ipod. I then unplugged my ipod. Then deleted the music from iTunes.
The next time I plugged my ipod in and accessed iTunes it deleted the songs from my ipod without me asking it.
I did not want the songs deleted. Why did this happen? Do the songs have to stay in my iTunes library in order to stay on my ipod?
I am stumped why this happened. My ipod is a Ipod shuffle 2nd generation
Hope this made sense to anyone who knows how to help.
Thanks

This would also be the case for any iPod set to autosync, & not "manually manage" in the iPod preferences.

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1 Connect your iPod to your computer to restore custom ringtones and ringtones saved to the computer.
2 Click the "iPod" button in iTunes, or select your iPod in the sidebar if you enabled the option to show the sidebar.
3 Select the "Tones" tab, check the box for each ringtone you want to transfer to your iPhone, and then click "Sync."
Sometimes a 3 party tool such as Data Recovery may help you in a easy way.

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blearyeyed13 wrote:
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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Did you Apply the change after selecting (checking the box for) Manually manage music and videos?
With the latest iTunes, if the sidebar is hidden, from the menu bar, under View, select Show Sidebar.
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Hi all,
I have a 32Gb iPod Touch. My library makes it necessary to only load music that can fill the iPod, as I have more music that that.
I attempted to delete my iPod library, which seemed to work initially. BUT, not all the music was deleted - 4 albums remained. I then did the drastic action of Resetting the iPod back to the manufacturer's original setup.
The 4 albums STILL appear (?). I have been able to add music from iTunes OK, but I cannot find a way to remove the albums I don't require.
I'd appreciate any help/instructions that can solve the [problem.
Many thanks in advance for any help.
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Thanks IIIaass for your prompt help.
After I used the iPod Touch to delete all of the system, and then reinstalled, I wound up with 4 albums still remaining on the Touch. No way could I remove them. I used iTunes Music for installing albums on the Touch using the small box that shows what appliances are running. All went in without a problem, and all played.
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I was installing music via the Apple Mac via Finder, where all my music comes into (I don't use iTunes Store). I highlighted the tracks of the album and dragged them to the Touch via the small box on the top L/H side. All went in, and appeared on the play list - by artist, album and tracks. It was only when I looked into the Community Help that I was aware that one could choose the Touch by highlighting the tracks in iTunes, and then dragging them up to the top L/H side, where all of a sudden the Touch icon was show, together with any other icons for other players. No hint anywhere I could find that mentioned this method. Using it was much quicker, and the 60-70 albums went in with no problems.
With all the above, I'm still at a standstill in trying to eliminate the 4 albums that still reside.
If there's any other options you might recommend I'd be really pleased.
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Moreover, when I attempt to sync again to get my music back, iTunes only transfers some of my library. And each time I cancel the sync and restart it, the number of songs transferred over decreases. Sometimes soft resetting the iPod fixes this problem and allows the entire library to sync, but last time that wouldn't do the trick, which is why I tried the factory reset. It's still happening though, as I'm trying to sync right now and it's only showing 1500 of my 8000 tracks.
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The music on my ipod is being deleted when i start syncing my music from iTunes to my ipod. The thing is all the music on my ipod is still on Itunes. This started happening recently, it was all fine before.Since the original file cant be found on Itunes how do you stop it from deleting off your ipod?
Also could it be a problem since my music is stored on a separate hard drive, maybe thats why the original file cant be found, even though its still connected to the computer.
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I use manual sync for that very reason.
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Hello walking lady,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
First of all, do these tracks play ok in iTunes or does the issue also appear there as well?
Once way to start from scratch is restore your iPod via iTunes. This will wipe everything currently on the iPod and set it back to its original default settings.
[Restoring iPod to factory settings|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1339]
It may also be a helpful to check out this Apple support document related to the issue with the music on your iPod skipping.
_[Troubleshooting songs that skip on iPod|http://support.apple.com/kb/TA26488]_
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How to delete music from Ipod Touch?

there r some songs that r only in my iTouch that iTunes does not detect.
I even tried to delete it manually but in vain.
As I cannot delete them in my iTouch is there any way I can remove them.

Ben,
Do you auto sync or manually manage your music on the Touch? If it's the former, the previous poster's suggestion should work. If it's the latter, then we may need more details, because in that case it should work as you have described attempting in your post. One suggestion I could offer is that the contextual menu may have changed with version 10, so the right-click method may no longer be available. You might have to manually hit delete...not sure. And since I haven't upgraded yet, I cannot test this feature.

Transferring non Itunes purchased music from ipod to computer.

I have followed all the instructions on the Apple website and these forums but have still not managed to do it. I will probably download the freeware listed in the forums. However when I look in My Computer my ipod is shown but when I open it there is no Itunes music folder just contacts etc. Why is this?

* I see the music in my itunes, but there is no folder! How can that be??*
The files are hidden. Did you read the link I posted above? It contains instructions for both Mac and Windows to unhide the files.\
*Side note: My ipod says "do not disconnect" could that have something to do with it?*
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Thoroughly angry and frustrated. I've run out of room and need to make more to add more songs. Once and for all, how do I, if I even CAN, delete music from my iPod Nano WITHOUT losing them from iTunes?

You should take the time to familiarize yourself with the documentation that is available. You can "uncheck" a song in iTunes, and then do a manual update.

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Yes, however it's not necessarily a good idea to have the iPod holding the only copy of your media. It can become corrupt in which case it should be restored which involves deleting & replacing the contents. It may also easily be damaged, lost or stolen.
With this in mind, if you only delete media for which you have suitable backups, there are two possible apporaches. First you can switch to manually managing your music. Once you have transfered a file to the iPod you can delete the original from iTunes & your hard drive. There are certain benefits from automatic sysncing however which can be maintained with a different approach. You can delete original material from your hard-drive, leaving the entry in iTunes alone. When you come to sync iTunes will issue an error message to the effect that it cannot sync the missing files, *but it will not remove the exisitng copy on the iPod*. You can also suppress this error message.
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