delete itunes match music

Using macOS Catalina 10.15.3


I used to have an iTunes Match account and have hundreds of albums living in the cloud somewhere.


Q: I want ALL of my personal library that was matched to be 100% deleted from the cloud. I do not want

to have access to the music anymore, from any device. I understand the implications. I have my personal music/library backed up.


How do I do this? All articles reference iTunes and I only have Music loaded.


Thank you.

~ Sean




MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 22, 2020 8:41 AM

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Posted on Feb 22, 2020 9:10 AM

See View, change, or cancel your subscriptions - Apple Support to cancel the subscription so it doesn't renew.


See Turn on Sync Library with Apple Music - Apple Support to turn off Sync Library or iCloud Music Library in each device or library to see only locally downloaded content.


Your iCloud Music Library will evaporate when your subscription lapses. If you want to actively clear out what it is in it create a new blank library (hold down option when launching Music in Catalina), enable Sync Library, select and delete everything, except perhaps your purchases to stop them being hidden from your purchase history, then close this new library, delete it, and reconnect to the original one.


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Feb 22, 2020 9:10 AM in response to tsmanz

See View, change, or cancel your subscriptions - Apple Support to cancel the subscription so it doesn't renew.


See Turn on Sync Library with Apple Music - Apple Support to turn off Sync Library or iCloud Music Library in each device or library to see only locally downloaded content.


Your iCloud Music Library will evaporate when your subscription lapses. If you want to actively clear out what it is in it create a new blank library (hold down option when launching Music in Catalina), enable Sync Library, select and delete everything, except perhaps your purchases to stop them being hidden from your purchase history, then close this new library, delete it, and reconnect to the original one.


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