Any way to remove a "Genius" playlist?

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Any way to remove a "Genius" playlist?

I have an iPhone 4S. Long ago, I experimented with the "genius" feature on an ipad to see whether I could find useful apps. (Answer: Not really.) But this caused the Genius feature to add a "Genius" playlist to my iPhone. This playlist does not appear in iTunes, only on the phone, and I can't remove it. If I click on it, it says "choose a song to create a Genius Playlist", so I guess maybe it's not ACTUALLY a playlist, just a button. But the net result is, if the iPhone has just been turned on and I connect it to something, it plays random junk rather than any of my playlists. So is there any way to make that "feature" go away? Yes, I have already turned off Genius and Match.

Posted on Jun 15, 2012 4:35 PM

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ED3K

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Jun 15, 2012 4:37 PM in response to appleidseebs

Here is a trick i discovered... Create a playlist folder in itunes called, for example, my playlists. Then move all your non- genius playlists into the folder. Now on your ipad you can open up the folder and see only your playlists. The genius ones are still there, but you dont see them because they are up a level in the directory structure. It seems like ipad will keep your folder open as long as you dont completely restart the device.

Lame that we cant just the delete the annoying genius playlists, but for now this kludge works ok for me...

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