Why can't I delete a song(s) out of a playlist?

I'm a PC guy that recently converted to mac. Loving it so far.
In itunes I am having a tough time figuring out how to simply delete a song or video from certain playlist? I've tried hitting "delete" and I've tried hitting the "delete X" button but I'm not sure I'm doing that correctly.
I've tried deleting the actual file and then returning to delete it in itunes but it does nothing other than tell me that the link is invalid.
Am I missing the obvious on this?
Thanks.

Couple of things, firstly you can delete a file from a playlist or smart playlist by pressing the Option and Delete keys, this will move the file to trash.
If all you want to do is exclude videos from a smart playlist then add a rule:
*Video Kind* is not *music video* (there are options for the other kinds there too)
or alternatively to exclude any videos:
Kind does not contain video

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