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HOW TO DELETE ITEMS IN SAVED
I have a Nuvi 2595 and i would like to clear out several items that i have in the 'saved' category. When i enter the saved places and scroll down to the item i want to remove i 'click' on the item and than touch the three horizontal bars on the top left of the screen, the unit than displays a page that asks if i want to 'spell' or 'delete saved places' if i click on delete saved places another screen displays and displays all the saved places that i have on the unit. i scroll down to the saved place i want to delete and i tap on the item which than shows a green check mark in a box of the item i want to delete, immediately a 'delete' box displays, and i hit the 'delete' box, but nothing deletes and no matter how many times i hit the delete button nothing gets deleted. What am i not doing correctly?
My software version is 8.30, Firmware is 4.14.10
My software version is 8.30, Firmware is 4.14.10
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However there is another issue that can cause deleted items to reappear and the fix involves several steps. To permanently delete items, first follow the steps above. Now connect the Nuvi to your computer and look in the GPX folder on the device. Delete ALL .gpx files from this folder. There should be no issues with doing this, but you can copy them to your computer first if you're concerned. Now start the Nuvi again and the deleted items should be gone forever.
The problem is that whenever you start the Nuvi, it automatically imports any saved places that are found in .gpx files. Various things can cause a .gpx file containing your favorites to be stored on the Nuvi, so you have to remove those files to prevent deleted items from reappearing.
http://www8.garmin.com/support/mappingsw.jsp
Note that the file named Current.gpx will contain a copy of all your saved locations and your current track. There is no problem deleting this file because it's just a copy of internal data that's stored in protected memory you can't access. Current.gpx is automatically generated every time the Nuvi starts up, so it will always come back.
TIA, pjl
If you want to delete waypoints from your DriveSmart, the only way to do that is via the menus on the device itself, sorry. But it should not be so hard, first make sure you have a copy of Current.gpx on your computer. Then use the menus on the DriveSmart to delete all saved locations. Now use Basecamp to create a new list with only the waypoints you actually want and send that list to the GPS. Finally, delete the file named Temp.gpx from the DriveSmart.
When you start the GPS up, it should now have your edited waypoint list.
Garmin's software on your computer can receive waypoints and send new ones to the gps, but it cannot delete anything from the device.
Disconnect, reboot your device and then your edited favourites will be there. Having checked they are it's worth then deleting the file installed by BaseCamp into the GPX folder on your device, which will probably be called temp.gpx
Delete everything you want from the GPS, without attaching the device to Basecamp, go into the program and delete your "collections", close BaseCamp, attach your GPS to your computer and open Basecamp. At this point Basecamp should read in the Favorites, Routes and Tracks stored on the GPS and it should be exactly what you've left on the device.
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"connect the Nuvi to your computer and look in the GPX folder on the device. Delete ALL .gpx files from this folder. There should be no issues with doing this, but you can copy them to your computer first if you're concerned. Now start the Nuvi again and the deleted items should be gone forever.
The problem is that whenever you start the Nuvi, it automatically imports any saved places that are found in .gpx files. Various things can cause a .gpx file containing your favorites to be stored on the Nuvi, so you have to remove those files to prevent deleted items from reappearing."
Have you a way to do a global command to change the icons? I find that my local area is covered with the large green default icons and I have found no way to turn off the Smart Drive favorites icon display or reduce them to a tolerable small dot. Hoping here!!
pjl
As far as I know there is no way of changing the icons, you can switch them off though. Go to Settings, Map & Vehicle, Map layers and untick Up ahead places
pjl