How to "purge" (database) list of songs ?

Hello,

I have deleted all my music from my F5X+ via GE (under MacOS). I have checked : the /Music folder is empy.
But the Music Player widget continue to reference 3 songs (with Artist/Album/Title tag) ! Obviously, the files are missing, so the player freezes (impossible to play or forward...).

Any idea how to "rescan" ou "purge" the song database (I tried to reboot, same issue) ?

Thx

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Former Member over 4 years ago +1

I have the same case. Did you get around this without resetting your watch?

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0 Jean_Christophe_Bettinelli over 5 years ago

I have the same exact issue. According to Garmin Express, no more music listed, but still 12.1MB displayed in the Music size in the bar at the bottom, and in the music library on the watch, it shows me songs which are not playing because they're not on the device.

0 Cristu over 5 years ago in reply to Jean_Christophe_Bettinelli

Had the same issue on my ex. 5+. The only way to remove them is to reset the watch (factory reset)

Settings > System > Reset. > Delete Data and Reset Settings

I have done this because i sold my watch and the mp3 list was gone

0 WD over 5 years ago in reply to Jean_Christophe_Bettinelli

Have you tried using the Android File Transfer utility to see if something really exists? Or just use GE?

0 Jean_Christophe_Bettinelli over 5 years ago in reply to Cristu

Thank you but I'd like to achieve that without resetting the entire wath. I have so many settings and apps...

0 Jean_Christophe_Bettinelli over 5 years ago in reply to WD

Garmin Express doesn't help. I'll give a try to Android File Transfer.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago

I have the same case. Did you get around this without resetting your watch?

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

Unfortunately, I have already the issue

0 Former Member over 4 years ago

Using Android File Transfer I made a backup of all files before deleted them from the watches, and phantom melodies still remained in the list on the watch. After that, I made "Rest Config + Erase Date" on the watch. I uploaded all files (histories, logs, configs, and maps) back to the watch. And only after that manipulation, the phantom list was erased.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

Yes of course. Me too, but it's the only stupid way of doing this. I didn't find a better way.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

Exactly. I spent the half-day on solving the problem differently, but...
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