Removing dead POIs from Device

[cattard]

Hi all,

have a VIA 1500

I'd like to remove business that have closed up shop on my device but when I "delete" the poi, it reappears when I go back.

Why isn't the POI being deleted when I tell my device to do so?

 

[tgold]

Are the ones you wish to delete custom POIs that you added or built-in ones that came from TomTom? You will not be able to delete any built-in ones.

 

[cattard]

Are the ones you wish to delete custom POIs that you added or built-in ones that came from TomTom? You will not be able to delete any built-in ones.

No, say a "Shell" gas station has closed permanently near me. If I try to delete that gas station specifically, it reappears again on my screen.

When, if any, does it take effect?

 

[dhn]

You can make a correction to built-in pois using mapshare corrections on the device.

 

[cattard]

You can make a correction to built-in pois using mapshare corrections on the device.

Still not working...trying to remove all the Lick's restaurants (since as you know, they declared bankruptcy)....tried to delete them....still came back.

 

[Andy_P]

He's right... It doesn't seem to be working on NAV3 models.


To delete a BUILT-IN POI, you do not got to "Manage POIs" - that's just dealing with added "third-party" POIs.
Instead, you should do this
1. Go to Menu / Settings / Map Corrections
2. Select "Correct a map error"
3. Go to the second page of menu options and select "Edit POI"
4.Then got through the usual POI near you/in city/near home etc. selection followed by selecting the POI category
5. That should present you with a list of entries in that category near the place you selected.
6. Pick one and it will get shown on a mini-map.
7. Tap "Select"
8 You'll then get a list of options, the first of which is "Delete POI"


I just tried it and the selected POI is not going away.

I also had fun trying the other options.

At first I thought "Rename the POI" was working, but in fact it seems to be adding a duplicate ON TOP OF the original one and only renaming the duplicate.

I only found that out because next I tried to "Move the POI on the map" and I ended up with TWO versions next to each other.

When I tried it again, I got THREE of the same POI next to each other.

You can then delete the copies, but not the original.