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Deleting songs

Rock Band 3 can delete songs in-game. However, if a song is part of a pack, it’ll delete that entire pack as well.

Rock Band 3 warning the user that they're about to delete many songs from the library.

The best way to remove songs from your library is through Nautilus’ File Indexer.

  1. Open Nautilus and select File Indexer.

    Nautilus' main screen. A cursor hovers over 'File Indexer'.

  2. Click on Add New Folder.

    File Indexer with a cursor over 'Add new folder'.

  3. Go to where your Rock Band game data folders are.
    This will be dev_hdd0\game\BLUS30463\ for Rock Band 3 content and usually dev_hdd0\game\BLUS30050\ for Rock Band 1/2 content.

    A Windows Explorer window, with Rock Band 3's folder selected. Its name is 'BLUS30463'.

  4. Enable PS3 Mode (check for songs.dta files) in the middle then click on Build Index.

    File Indexer with 'PS3 Mode (check for songs.dta files)' enabled and the cursor over 'Build Index'.

  5. Click Yes on the warning. As it says, it may take a while to scan.

    A warning that tells the user that the process of scan may take a while.

  6. Find the song you want to delete, right click it, then select Delete selected file(s). Alternatively, you can press the Delete key on your keyboard.

    A song being right clicked on in the File Indexer. The cursor hovers over 'Delete selected file(s).'

    You can also quickly find the song by typing in the name at the bottom left.

    Searching for a song to delete in File Indexer. After right clicking the song, the cursor hovers over 'Delete selected file(s).'