How to Delete Duplicates in iTunes (And Not Just By Name!)

With Music selected under Library in the iTunes source list, at the iTunes menu bar go to File and select Display Duplicates. Select and delete the duplicates there.

1. How do I mass delete duplicates in iTunes?
2. How do I show exact duplicates in iTunes?
3. How do I clean up iTunes?
4. Why are all my songs in iTunes duplicates?
5. Can you delete all duplicates on iTunes at once?
6. Why are my songs duplicated on my iPhone?
7. How do I delete duplicate songs on my computer?
8. What happens if I delete iTunes?
9. How do I free up storage on iTunes?
10. How do I clean up my music library?

How do I mass delete duplicates in iTunes?

Use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicate Items to display duplicates as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove.

How do I show exact duplicates in iTunes?

Find duplicates

1. Find every instance of that item in your library: Choose File > Library > Show Duplicate Items.
2. Find exact duplicates: Hold down the Shift key, then choose File > Library > Show Exact Duplicate Items.

How do I clean up iTunes?

How to clean up and organize your iTunes library

1. Remove iTunes Duplicates.
2. Download missing artwork.
3. Remove missing songs with exclamation points.
4. Add music from your computer to your iTunes library.
5. Fix nameless and incorrectly labelled songs.
6. Back up your library.
7. Extra: Merge multiple different iTunes libraries >

Why are all my songs in iTunes duplicates?

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iTunes may create duplicates if the same content is repeatedly added from outside the media folder when it is set to make copies of anything that is added to the library, or is added from an external drive that hosts the media folder that was offline when iTunes was launched.

Can you delete all duplicates on iTunes at once?

Once you have used the Show Exact Duplicates feature you can set about deleting all but one copy of each duplicate file. If all the duplicates have recently been added into your library then you could sort the list on the date added column, select a range of tracks with SHIFT-click and delete all the recent entries.

Why are my songs duplicated on my iPhone?

-From Settings—General—iPhone storage—Music, slide left on All Songs to delete them. -Sync the phone to your computer to redownload the songs. That did it for me. Try iTunes > Preferences > Devices > Reset Sync History and then try syncing once more.

How do I delete duplicate songs on my computer?

Simply right-click a duplicate track and select Show containing folder. Now you can open up that particular folder in File Explorer and delete that duplicate. Repeat this process until you've removed all the duplicates.

What happens if I delete iTunes?

All your music and playlists are stored in the iTunes library, which is in the My Music folder, and it is not modified when you uninstall iTunes, so you will not lose anything and you will keep the playlists and names of recordings. However, I recommend you to make a copy of the iTunes library onto another folder.

How do I free up storage on iTunes?

To free up space on your Mac by deleting music from iTunes, you can delete the songs directly from your iTunes library. You can find the steps under "Delete items in iTunes" in this article: Delete music, movies, and TV shows from your device.

How do I clean up my music library?

Open iTunes, click Music and delete what you don't want. Or if you wan to remove everything, quit iTunes and delete the entire /Music/iTunes/ folder. Then open iTunes and the library will be blank.