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How to Delete Audiobooks from Your Zune

April15

For those of you Zune owners who don’t know how…

Since Zune software doesn’t actually put your audiobooks onto your Zune, it won’t help you pull them off when you’re done. You have to use the program that transferred them in the first place – for me, that’s OverDrive.

Here’s how to remove audiobooks from your Zune.

  1. Connect your Zune to your computer.
  2. Open OverDrive.
  3. Click on one of your active books (doesn’t matter if you’ve already transferred it or not).
  4. Click the Transfer button:
    overdrive-transfer3
  5. Click the Next button.
  6. Click the Advanced Options button:
    overdrive-advancedoptions
  7. Click the Browse button:
    overdrive-browse
  8. Right-click on your OverDrive folder and click “Delete“:
    overdrive-delete

All of your audiobooks will be removed from your Zune. That’s exactly what I wanted to do, but if you’re interested in only deleting one book, you can open the OverDrive folder and right-click/delete individual files.

Kinda kludgy, but if you’re like me, you’re really just excited that there’s a way to get these files off of your Zune.  =)

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14 Comments to

“How to Delete Audiobooks from Your Zune”

  1. Avatar July 15th, 2009 at 3:45 pm 752317 Says:

    you wouldn’t have that problem if you used a mac.
  2. Avatar July 25th, 2009 at 3:15 pm Rita Says:

    Thank You,Thank You,Thank You,Thank You
  3. Avatar July 27th, 2009 at 11:55 am donna Says:

    thanks so much – smooth as silk!!!
  4. Avatar July 28th, 2009 at 8:20 pm Addie Says:

    Thanks for walking me through this process. Love the audiobooks…love the zune…this helps a great deal!
  5. Avatar August 5th, 2009 at 7:38 pm Rich Says:

    This was very helpful. Thanks!
  6. Avatar August 29th, 2009 at 7:38 pm Donna Says:

    All I can say is thank you! I was getting so frustrated trying to figure out how to remove them off my zune!!! Thank you so very much!! :)
  7. Avatar October 19th, 2009 at 12:53 am Ab33 Says:

    Thanks! this was a lifesaver. Yes we wouldnt have this problem on the mac, we would have worse ones! Mac people can be so annoying
  8. Avatar December 5th, 2009 at 5:58 pm elina Says:

    i took out an audiobook from the library and it expired already, so it dosn’t show on my overdrive collection. any other tips on how to remove it from my zune? it is only taking up space there now…
    thanks!
  9. Avatar December 13th, 2009 at 8:22 pm Kathleen Says:

    Thank you so much!! I was struggling with trying to figure out how to do this. Thanks for making you post so simple, easy to understand, and EXTREMELY helpful!!
  10. Avatar January 3rd, 2010 at 10:40 pm Tara Says:

    Elina, same thing. Just right-click and delete that entire directory once you’re finished with all the books – expired or no.
  11. Avatar January 6th, 2010 at 11:39 pm Amy Says:

    Thanks, Tara! That helped a lot. =)
  12. Avatar February 12th, 2010 at 9:37 pm Angela Says:

    The books are already off Overdrive, and none of the fixes I’ve found online work. Help!
  13. Avatar February 19th, 2010 at 2:04 pm Tara Says:

    If you don’t have any books in OverDrive at all, download a sample file (http://www.overdrive.com/resources/drc/#test) and use that to follow the instructions above.
  14. Avatar August 14th, 2010 at 10:21 pm AMIEE Says:

    Thank you so much-I was going nuts trying to figure this out!

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