How to delete movies from itunes list?

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How to delete movies from itunes list?

I added some movies to my Library and now want to delete them. I've unchecked them and thus removed them from my iPad.

But how do you delete them from your library. I select them but don't see delete in any of the menus and clicking delete keyboard button doesn't have any effect.

Do I just drag the movie to the trash? and then iTunes won't see it any more?

Mac Pro 3.0 GHz Quad-Core, iPad WiFi/3G, iPhone4, Mac OS X (10.6.6), 30" HP LP3065 Monitor, 22" Cinema Display

Posted on Apr 13, 2011 9:38 AM

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Answer 1

Chris CA

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Apr 13, 2011 9:43 AM in response to Steven Shmerler

Right click -delete.

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Answer 2

Apr 13, 2011 8:18 PM in response to Chris CA

Not working. Here's what I'm doing: Plug iPad into Mac Pro, iTunes launches. Select iPad in left iTunes column and then click Movies tab top of iTunes page.

In Sync Movies I see old movies that are no longer on my hard drive and ones that are and in my Movies folder that I want to delete.

If I select a movie I want to delete that is or isn't on my drive by single click, the movie shows a blue border around the thumbnail, but under Edit, Delete is grayed out.

If I control click any movie, nothing happens.

If I check the checkbox, Revert and Apply appears at the bottom right of iTunes window, but that not what I want.

If I delete a movie in Finder, the movie still shows up in iTunes, Sync Movies, even if I quit and relaunch iTunes.

So no matter what I do, I can't get movies that were once in the Sync Movies / Movies box.

If I click "Movies" under my iPad in the left column of iTunes, I only have a couple movies there. If I uncheck them in the Movies tab, then they will no longer show in my list in the left column after sync finishes, but the movie still shows in the movie tab and like said above, nothing I can do will remove the movie(s) from this window. Even deleting from my hard drive.

So I assume the title is in the Library?

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Answer 3

Chris CA

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Apr 13, 2011 8:29 PM in response to Steven Shmerler

Here's what I'm doing: Plug iPad into Mac Pro,

Why? Deleting movies from iTunes has nothing to do with the iPad.
Select Movies at top left of iTunes under Library, find the movie(s) you want to delete then delete them.

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Answer 4

Apr 13, 2011 8:43 PM in response to Chris CA

Oh my. How dumb of me. Sorry to be so dense. Yes that works. I was simply in the wrong place trying to do the delete instead of in the Library / Movies. I'm really smarter than this. Promise 🙂

Thanks.
S

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Answer 5

Apr 19, 2011 12:18 PM in response to Chris CA

I have a similar issue except the movies are showing up in the ipad movie list but not in the itunes movie list. I've tried everything I can think of to get rid of them and they simply will not go away. I've removed files from the library section on the hard drive under itunes and still they show up...and if I tell the ipad to sync all movies they show up on the ipad. If I delete them on the ipad they still show up int he list and sync the next time I connect.

Itunes has continued to be a huge pain in the butt with the synch.

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Answer 6

.6c

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Feb 17, 2013 2:13 PM in response to Steven Shmerler

If you are on Windows try this.

1. Close iTunes

2. Go to C:\Users\<USER_NAME>\Music\iTunes

3. Delete everything

4. Start iTunes

This should remove all knowledge of iTunes about your music, movies, apps - all lists should be cleared as iTunes was installed the very first time on your PC.

My personal view on iTune is pretty negative. iTune designer's view on user experience is in fact software design flaws... just look at how the backups work or how it doubles the contacts in your iPhone after it synchs with Outlook or the tools it offers to delete an item or the lack of drag&drop features when I need them. Fortunately, I have found permanent solution for iTunes - run on Linux... next step is to use Android 😉

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Answer 7

AC100

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Nov 22, 2014 12:26 PM in response to Steven Shmerler

On iTunes, Click on view - Choose movies. Now choose home videos, if your movies are stored under home videos. If you want to delete a single file - right click on that and go down to delete and then confirm delete.

Cmd + space bar allows you to choose multiple files. Once this is done, right click on any movie and go down to delete and then confirm delete. Now go into the trash and delete from the trash.

AC

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Answer 8

Chris CA

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Nov 22, 2014 12:29 PM in response to AC100

AC100 wrote:

On iTunes, Click on view - Choose movies.

Pretty sure the original poster sorted this out almost 4 years ago

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Answer 9

Demo

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Nov 22, 2014 12:35 PM in response to Chris CA

Chris CA wrote:

AC100 wrote:

On iTunes, Click on view - Choose movies.

Pretty sure the original poster sorted this out almost 4 years ago

But he wants to be absolutely certain.

Deleting videos from iTunes

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Answer 10

Jul 6, 2015 2:01 AM in response to Chris CA

wow, glad im not the only one. im sitting here thinkin ok its cant be that hard to delete something. stupid lol. thanks for asking the question i need to be answered

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Answer 11

Aug 26, 2015 6:30 AM in response to buffalobrewpub

View -> Movies and deleting them worked... but I had more... then I found out that some Movies had been classified as "Home Videos" :-)
I deleted them too... now I cannot even see "Home Videos" in the menu, I'm not sure how I got there... probablythey were in View -> More

Anyway, problem solved for me, hope this can help!

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Answer 12

Smh9618

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Mar 10, 2016 8:58 PM in response to Steven Shmerler

hi

in iTune go to VIEW and select \ movie .

select HOME MOVIE

select all

and delete

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Answer 13

DheeLo

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Dec 22, 2016 11:28 PM in response to flavio-dk

can you do it reverse?? i mean.. when you delete videos from iphone.. then the next u sync with PC/Mac it will disappear from your itunes library..

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Answer 14

Chris CA

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Dec 23, 2016 5:55 AM in response to DheeLo

DheeLo wrote:

can you do it reverse?? i mean.. when you delete videos from iphone.. then the next u sync with PC/Mac it will disappear from your itunes library..

No.

and I wouldn’t even want this function.

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Answer 15

DheeLo

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Dec 24, 2016 8:02 PM in response to Chris CA

I think its exhausting to delete within the the pc/mac only.. Only one way.. Its not worth "sync" word only "upload"

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