How to Delete Audiobooks from Your Zune
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.
- Connect your Zune to your computer.
- Open OverDrive.
- Click on one of your active books (doesn’t matter if you’ve already transferred it or not).
- Click the Transfer button:
- Click the Next button.
- Click the Advanced Options button:
- Click the Browse button:
- Right-click on your OverDrive folder and click “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. =)
Staying in touch with my scattered-far-and-wide family.
752317 | July 15th, 2009 at 3:45 pm #
you wouldn’t have that problem if you used a mac.
Rita | July 25th, 2009 at 3:15 pm #
Thank You,Thank You,Thank You,Thank You
donna | July 27th, 2009 at 11:55 am #
thanks so much – smooth as silk!!!
Addie | July 28th, 2009 at 8:20 pm #
Thanks for walking me through this process. Love the audiobooks…love the zune…this helps a great deal!
Rich | August 5th, 2009 at 7:38 pm #
This was very helpful. Thanks!
Donna | August 29th, 2009 at 7:38 pm #
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!! :)
Ab33 | October 19th, 2009 at 12:53 am #
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
elina | December 5th, 2009 at 5:58 pm #
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!
Kathleen | December 13th, 2009 at 8:22 pm #
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!!
Tara | January 3rd, 2010 at 10:40 pm #
Elina, same thing. Just right-click and delete that entire directory once you’re finished with all the books – expired or no.
Amy | January 6th, 2010 at 11:39 pm #
Thanks, Tara! That helped a lot. =)
Angela | February 12th, 2010 at 9:37 pm #
The books are already off Overdrive, and none of the fixes I’ve found online work. Help!
Tara | February 19th, 2010 at 2:04 pm #
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.