Itunes Delete Library

[Heron Mathis]

Youcan delete the iTunes Library.itl file, and iTunes will either silently create a new empty one, or complain that the library is missing and prompt you to choose or create a new one. If you're signed into your Apple ID then an empty library will include cloud links to your unhidden purchase history with the iTunes Store. You can then import locally stored files. When you make changes to the properties of tracks in your library they are generally written back to the files, so starting from scratch won't necessarily fix your issues. Perhaps you could describe this disaster in a little more detail in case there is another approach you could take.

Apologies for the late reply. Greyed out tracks on the device when view in iTunes/Music and the "not valid in your region" message when you try to play things appear to be the result of incomplete transfers that don't get repaired by subsequent syncing. The solution seems to be using Settings > General > iPhone Storage > Music > Edit > All Songs > Delete to remove all songs, and then try syncing again. You could also try being more surgical, only removing the items that are causing you a problem.

That's the point. There should be an easier way. But putting them into a playlist before deleting them would be even more work than just deleting them the first time you click them. So this isn't really helpful either.

Ed's answer was helpful because he addressed the concerns of the original poster. But it also illustrated the need for iTunes programmers to include a feature to remove a folder from your iTunes library as easily as you can add them. If the best way to remove 200GB worth of music from your itunes library is to change the file extensions, then click to delete every single file with an exclamation point next to it; there is quite simply a flaw in design.

Apple iTunes programmers need to make the adjustment. Right next to the "File" command: "Add folder to library", you could have a command to "Remove folder from library." Or a "Manage Library" option would be great. Itunes obviously knows what folders it's library consists of so why not allow it to populate a list of them with the option to deselect undesired folders? Why hasn't this been done in one of the numerous iTunes updates? Is it really that hard to understand?

Yes. I have the same problem. A folder with photos. I can view them. But cannot delete them. (not an option.) I have deleted them on the computer and removed the subdirectory. No change. Still show up

My iTunes decided to copy some of my music files even though the box to copy itunes files to itunes media folder is unchecked, now I have duplicates of hundreds of songs. Rather than going through and deleting each one, (and yes I know I can select multiple songs at once and mass delete, but that is also an extremely inefficient method) there must be a way to remove a folder with a single click. If there is not a way, there should be. There quite simply should be.

My issue is that I changed computers and now all my MP3 songs that are stored in folders other than the iTunes folder are showing up twice. Like daveshome, I'm on a PC so I suppose this is the wrong specific forum, but the functionality is pretty much the same in iTunes for PC as it is in Mac so obviously both communities need a better, more user-friendly way to remove a folder after one is added.

BigMauiRick got it right (as did TSwatek). This is a clear failure on the part of Apple developers and extremely inconvenient to their users. I would expect this kind of "one-way" functionality from Windows but I expect more from Apple, who are usually customer focused.

I agree. I would very much appreciate if iTunes did the additional book-keeping of knowing where each file in the library came from, and consolidate that into a directory tree. That would allow me to remove entire folders from where music was being sourced.

With iTunes closed make a copy of the iTunes Library.itl file inside your iTunes folder as a backup just in case. Then delete the original file and delete it from the trash. Delete the Album Artwork folder too. iTunes will create a new empty library when you next launch it. You can add your media to the new library.

Thank you for your quick response. I don't have tracks in .wav format, so I'm not worried about missing album or artist details. Outside of this apple thread, I did find the answer that you also just gave me above, and it worked. But I also did a search on duplicates after I re-imported my library and I had 1190 of them! Somewhere along the way things went a muck and I wanted to clean up everything. Trouble is if you reimport a 'bad' library you get some of the same troubles, ha ha. But the dupes are gone now, and I gained back about 50 gb on my drive, woo hoo. Thanks again.

In a nutshell, if you go to iTunes Folder and press the Trash button, your iTunes Library will be empty. And, if you select a particular listing and move to trash then the file remains in iTunes Library.

As clearing the entire iTunes Library and deleting an individual listing is different, therefore, you need to follow the required steps. The following steps will help you delete the required content from your computer or library.

Step 1. On your iPhone, open the Apple Music app. Now, select the item, you want to delete. If there is a download button next to them then you should know, items are stored on iCloud, not on your device.

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Hi, I'm on an iOS 14 Pro Max. We were so eager to try the iCloud Shared Photo Library, my wife and I. She is on an iPhone 14 Pro. All was fine when we were on the beta, but when we switched back to regular iOS 16 public release I noticed that our photos were no longer syncing. I tried to remove her from the photo library and start over after upgrading us both to iOS 16.1 Build 20B5056e, but now nothing works.

We have 41,160 photos & 4,354 videos all told. Right now, your beta is hung up somewhere on my iPhone 14 Pro Max on "Deleting Shared Library", and moving everything back from my shared library back to my personal library in order for me to go back to "normal." On her Pro, it's stuck on "Leaving Shared Library". In my personal library I can see 19,056 photos and 3,092 videos.

In my shared library at beta.icloud.com I can see 22,104 photos & 1262 videos. All of these totals of course add up to 41,160 photos and 4,354 videos as you can see. But it's stuck. It is stuck, and I don't know where...it will not transfer the remaining 22,104 photos and 1,262 videos back into my personal library in order for me to start fresh. I can still see them on beta.icloud.com, but my iPhone will not budge as far as moving them back, and neither will hers as far as leaving the shared library. Please tell me my photos are not lost nor unrecoverable.

I've tried suggestions such as those at -photo-library-risky.2359656/ posted by Fibrozyt, but to no avail. Nothing triggers the sync to resume, and so I have 22,104 photos and 1,262 videos that are stuck in some phantom zone "Shared Library" online now.

Please tell me a future iOS Beta solves this, because we cannot sync our photos. I've up-down-rebooted both iPhones, I've killed off the apps, I've turned off iCloud photos and turned it back on on both devices...I've looked for a way in beta.icloud.com to move them back to my personal library so that we could start again. Nothing is working. HELP please. These are precious memories of course, of my wife, our family, our wedding, our kids, our homes, our lives.

Hi.i do have exactly the same problem.I even reseted whole iphone and configured it from zero and still photo library cannot sync due to being stuck at deleting shared library.This happened when i shared that new library with iphone on ios 15 and then deleted it as it was not working.Now my photo sync is stuck on iphone and mac for few weeks.

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