Apple iTunes Deleted my personal music collection that I uploaded

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Apple iTunes Deleted my personal music collection that I uploaded

iTunes Deleted Music I uploaded. This was a long time ago, maybe 2005. I have not logged in to my account in a long time.

All the music in my personal music collection is now gone. These are songs I ripped from CD as I transitioned to digital music.

Apple promised that they would keep my music around. Now it is *all* gone. So many albums and rare tracks.

This is a broken promise. Is there anything I can do to get my files back?

Some of it is there, but it is not the original files of course it is now a copy in their own format. I can live with that... But they deleted a LOT of stuff. Hundreds if not thousands of songs.

Posted on Jan 28, 2026 7:47 PM

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muguy

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Jan 28, 2026 8:44 PM in response to brigham113

Are you saying that somehow you lost music from 20 years ago and you believe it is retained somewhere? It’s not. Why do you believe Apple deleted your music? Only you can do that. If you’ve lost your music, you’ll need to rip it again from your CD collection.

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brigham113 Author

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Jan 28, 2026 8:12 PM in response to brigham113

iTunes Deleted Music I uploaded. This was a long time ago, about 2007. I have not logged in to my account in a long time.

All the music in my personal music collection is now gone. These are songs I ripped from CD as I transitioned to digital music.

Apple promised that they would keep my music around. Now it is *all* gone. So many albums and rare tracks.

For example, I had a ton of Johnny Cash, 4 or 5 CDs. Now I only have ONE.

This is a broken promise. Is there anything I can do to get my files back?

Some of it is there, but it is not the original files of course it is now a copy in their own format. I can live with that... But they deleted a LOT of stuff. Hundreds if not thousands of songs.

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