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iTunes Match: cannot delete anymore only hide

It looks like you can no longer delete music from match since the new iTunes 11.0.2. The pop up box when deleting a track now asks if you want to hide tracks in the cloud. Even if you chose delete from the contextual menu, the button will read Hide and not anymore Delete.

I would like to be in charge to decide what to do with my uploaded songs: where? Not from my account because I can see only hidden purchaded songs

Where can I manage my icloud space for iTunesMatch?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Feb 21, 2013 1:09 PM

33 replies

May 15, 2013 10:11 AM in response to annabelle

I had a similar problem and "sort of" a solution. I had a song that I imported into my itunes library from a CD. When I attempted to delete the song from my itunes library, I also had the option to "hide" the song in iCloud which I checked before confirming the deletion. The problem for me was that the song still appeared in one of my playlists as still being available to download. Once I delete and hide a song, I don't want to see it again anywhere. This forced me to delete it and hide it a second time. Makes no sense. Anyway, this led me to what I hope will serve as a solution for you. I was able to use SHIFT + DELETE in the playlist with the option to "hide" which I checked before deleting the song and then moving it to the recycle bin. I updated Itunes Match, and the song no longer appears in the playlist or in my list of songs in itunes. So you may want to try creating a playlist for songs you want to delete and then using SHIFT + DELETE.