CANT DELETE! I have music on my sandisk sansa that was put on from another computer by an old friend. I want to delete the music off of it using windows media player on my computer. i dont know how. The files are not coming up on my computer because it is not from my computer. i have windows vista.

There are 2 ways to delete music files. You can delete them from the player directly or
using the computer.
To delete music files directly from the Sansa player, follow these steps:
1. In playback mode, press Submenu button.
2. Select the Delete Song item.

To delete music files using the computer, follow these steps:
1. Connect your Sansa to the computer.
2. Select Open device to view files using Windows Explorer on initial connection.
3. Locate the folder where your music files are stored.
4. Highlight and delete the music files or folder.

I hope this helps.
Thanks.
gylacz

See this tip posted here on this site. It may explain what is going on. copy this address into a new window -- http://www.fixya.com/support/r3774047-solve_mp3_player_connection_problem
If that does not work go here and download the Sandisk utility. http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/156

sir, as there will be a usb cable given along with the device, you should just connect that tothe computer. a window will open showing the already containing songs.you can just right click on the selected songs in that window and select the delete option.the songs will be deleted.

plug it in and go to my computer and go to your mp3 and right click on it and press explore and you should be able to delete the songs from there

To delete files from your mp3 player using Windows Media Player 10:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/knowledgecenter/mediaadvice/0085.mspx#EDF

To delete files from your mp3 player using Windows Media Player 11:

My Directions:

1. Connect your mp3 player to the computer

2. Open Windows Media Player

3. Click on the icon of your Mp3 player on the left-hand side of the Library

4. Click on the Songs, Tracks, or other Music Folder

5. Find a song or songs that you want to delete

6. Left-click the song once to highlight it

7. Press the “Delete” button on your computer’s keyboard

i don't no how to delete music off my sansa mp3 player with windows media player

heres what you can do;
once plugged into computer, click on "my computer" icon.
Find the sandisk sansa product, and look through all the music files,
once found the files, delete any of the files as you wish

if that dosent work, im afriad that your going have to delete everything and start fresh again.

well go to my computer(with the usb in) and clik on ur snasa mp3 player thing

then go to recordings and delete watever u dont need but how do i delete music i cant see???? AAAHAHHAHAHKKKK!!!! :(

You can manually delete the music thru My Computer. Just click on the device name, and open the Music folder. If you dont have a Music folder, you need to enable hidden files and folders on your computer. Best of Luck.

The sansa has two USB modes. If you load tracks in one mode you have to be in the same mode to see them in explorer and also be able to delete them. Took me ages to figure this out. From the main menu, go to Settings then select USB and toggle between "MSC" and "Auto Detect". You should then be able to see the hidden tracks. I have firmware 2.2.5A installed so you might want to check that too.

I now only use the Sansa in MSC mode as it seems to crash Winamp if I use it in Autodetect.