How to Delete iPod Touch Screen Icons

iPod Touch

The iPod Touch, a popular version of Apple's iPod, features a touch screen and interface that mimics the iPhone. IPod Touch is capable of downloading applications, which are represented by an icon on the device's home screen. If you have an icon on your iPod Touch that you wish to remove, deleting the icon should take just a few seconds.

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Instructions

- 1
  
  Press and hold your finger on the home screen until the icons start to shake.
- 2
  
  Press the "X" button beside the icon you wish to remove.
- 3
  
  When prompted, confirm you want to remove the application and delete its data from your iPod by pressing "Delete."
- 4
  
  Wait a few seconds for the icon to disappear.
- 5
  
  Re-arrange the icons on the iPod Touch to compensate for the empty space left by the removed program.

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Comments

dayrest1992 Jul 15, 2011
this only work for jailbroken ipods.
Brian Jul 08, 2011
These instructions do not work. There are no "x's" next to the icons. You cannot delete them.

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