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leonardo da Silva

Q: Deleting from iCloud ONLY. Can't be done??

We cannot delete songs from iCloud without deleting them from the computer? Odd! If someone has 50,000 songs and reached their 25,000 limit, this means they have no way to alter the iCloud songs without first deleting from both the computer AND the cloud, then putting the deleted song back on the computer. Ideas?

Posted on Aug 26, 2012 6:46 PM

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  • by Ric72365,

    Ric72365 Ric72365 Mar 3, 2013 9:27 AM in response to leonardo da Silva
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    Mar 3, 2013 9:27 AM in response to leonardo da Silva

    #1 - Turn off iTunes

     

    #2 - Rename your iTunes folder (or other folder { if iTunes does not manage your music files} containing your music files and your library .xml files) to Itunes2.

     

    #3 - Restart iTunes and the only music present will be that which is listed in Match, should you use that service.

     

    #4 - You can hide/unhide music in the iCloud by selecting that option under View in the Menu.

     

    #5 - At this point, you should be able to to delete the iCloud files as needed.