Delete media files from your smartphone or tablet

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Stop synchronizing your music from your computer to your smartphone or tablet

When you stop synchronizing music from your computer to your BlackBerry smartphone or BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, your songs, playlists, and other music collections are removed from your smartphone or tablet, but not from your computer.

1.Connect your device to your computer.

2.In the BlackBerry Desktop Software, click Music.

3.Do any of the following:

•To stop synchronizing an individual song or a collection of music with your device, clear the checkbox beside the song, playlist, artist, album, or genre of music that you don't want to synchronize.

•To stop synchronizing all of your music with your smartphone or tablet, in the drop-down list, click either Sync Music Collections or Sync Individual Songs. Verify that of the checkboxes beside all of the music are cleared.

4.Click Sync Music.

If you don't want your music to be synchronized each time your device is connected, in the drop-down list, click Don't Sync Music. The BlackBerry Desktop Software does not remove your songs and music collections from your smartphone or tablet.

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Delete media files from your smartphone or tablet

You can delete the media files that you synchronized from your computer to your BlackBerry smartphone or BlackBerry PlayBook tablet using the BlackBerry Desktop Software. You can also set the BlackBerry Desktop Software to automatically delete your media files from your smartphone or tablet after you import the media files to your computer.

1.Connect your smartphone or tablet to your computer.

2.In the BlackBerry Desktop Software, click Device > Device options.

3.On the Media tab, do any of the following:

7.1 specifications

BlackBerry 7.1, an update to the iconic BlackBerry OS, was launched to enhance user experience and expand the functionality of BlackBerry devices. This iteration aimed to improve productivity and offer intuitive features tailored to the needs of professionals and everyday users alike. It maintained the QWERTY keyboard heritage that BlackBerry is known for, ensuring that the typing experience remained a strong draw for users transitioning from other smartphone platforms.

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