CAN'T DELETE EXISTING MUSIC FILES TO CREATE ROOM FOR NEW MUSIC FILES

When you connect the MP3 player to yourcomputer with the supplied USB cable then computer detects the player as anexternal storage device or a Removable disk, you can then view the folder onyour MP3 player. Open the music folder and create a new folder on the playerexactly the same way you create a folder on your computer's hard drive. Toorganise your music, make a folder name with the name of the music album andplace the album's MP3 files in this folder, then copy the mp3 files from thecomputer into this folder.
You will then be able to select the music you want to play by the music albumfolder.To delete a filefrom your MP3 player, connect the supplied USB cable to your player and thenplug it into the USB port of your computer.
The computer will detect your player then click on this device to view thefiles, you can then click on the music file to highlight the file and thenpress the Del key to delete the file off your MP3 player.

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

Hi There,
You follow this step:

• Connect your Sansa Clip player to your computer.
• Select Open device to view files using Windows Explorer on initial connection.
• Double-click on the Sansa player.
• Double-click MUSIC folder.
• Delete music that you want to remove from MUSIC FOLDER
  

I addition: you can read User guide here:
http://mp3support.sandisk.com/sansa/UserManual/CLIP/CLIP_UM_English.pdf

Goodluck :)

You have to change the mode the player is in. See this guys tip posted here ---> Solve your MP3 Player Connection Problem. it is the best so I will just send you to his site.

You can download the entire manual here:
Sansa M240
The section regarding your query is pasted below:
Deleting Music Files On Your Sansa MP3 Player

When your player is connected to your computer with the USBconnector, you can use your computer file browser software to view all files onyour player. Your player will appear as Sansa m230 or m240. Follow these steps:
Use the USB connector cable provided with your player to connectthe USB port on the top of your player to an open USB port on your computer. Theplayer will appear as a Windows Portable Device on your computer. (Can't findthe USB Port on your player? See The Basic Controls.)
Delete your music files to the player with software tools likeRhapsody, Windows Media Player or Napster Client.
To use the Windows Media Player, Rhapsody Client or Napster Clientsoftware to delete files to your player please refer to the Windows MediaPlayer, Rhapsody Client or Napster Client help file.

NOTE: While you canstore and organize your audio files on your player using folders with names youselect, your player will ignore folders and names. Instead, your Sansa playerwill extract information from each audio file so that you can use the softwaremenu to navigate your files by artist, album title, song title, and otheruseful criteria.

Ok, plug it in your computer, open "My Computer," open up your Sansa, open up the file named "Music," select all the files, right click them and click delete. Now go to the Recycling Bin and delete all the music files that were on your Sansa. Sometimes the Sansa doesn't realize that files are gone until you delete them from the Recycling Bin, crazy I know, but it's true.
Hope it helps!

To delete files using your computer,
1. connect your sansa to the computer,
2.select open device to view files using windows explorer on inital contact,
3.select the place you want music deleted from,
4.highlight and delete the music files or folder (if your lucky),from
My Computer/Sansa e270/Internal Memory/ Music folder!

you can also manually delete files from the device if this does'nt work..........

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.

Try to Format it, here are the steps: 1. Click on "My Computer" 2. Right click on the sansa icon 3. Pick Format. Hope this helps, D.

There is no such thing as a stupid question. Plug Sansa as you normally do. Go to My Computer, and click on the removable drive that holds your Sansa's data. If you don't see the video folder that means it's invisible. To make your invisible folder visible click on Tools on the top of your window. From there select Folder Options... A new window should open up and click on the View tab on new window. Look for Hidden Files and Folders on this list and select Show Hidden Files and Folders. You should be able to see your Video folder now, and the rest is up to you. Good Luck!!!