How To Delete All Unlocated Music

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How To Delete All Unlocated Music

Does anyone know how to delete all unlocated music. I have double music on my itunes. One file is the found file and one is the unfound file. I was wondering if there was an easy way to delete all the music with the ! next to it. And if you cant do it, is there an easy way to delete the whole library?

Windows Vista

Posted on Apr 2, 2008 7:06 PM

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Answer 1

polydorus

Level 6

11,967 points

May 9, 2008 8:03 AM in response to protolightning

You can gather together dead tracks for easy deletion as follows:

Using a playlist to collect dead tracks.
Create new regular playlist – Playlist1
Select whole library and drag to Playlist1
Create new Smart Playlist with the rule: Playlist is not Playlist1
This playlist should contain all the dead tracks
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5696793#5696793

Or you could use a Robert Jacobson script: iTune removenotfound
http://home.comcast.net/~teridon73/itunesscripts/

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Answer 2

LMS79

Level 1

9 points

May 9, 2008 7:41 AM in response to protolightning

To delete you iTunes library, simply delete "iTunes Music Library.xml", located in your iTunes folder (default location is "My Music\iTunes\" in XP or "Users\USERNAME\Music\iTunes\" in Vista) Of course, you can always run a search for the file as well.

NOTE: You will have to re-import your music into the library. Files are not deleted, just their links to the library.

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