how to delete songs permanently without confirmation dialog

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how to delete songs permanently without confirmation dialog

I usually clean my library deleting songs quickly from the general tracks list.

Before the itunes 11 mavericks uprade I was able to press DELETE and when the confirmation dialog asked me if I was sure, just pressed TAB to move the cursor from "mantain the file" to "trash" and then hit SPACE (not enter) to send the song to the bin permanently...

But now, after the update this seems not to work anymore. When I try to hit TAB it does not allow me to move right to the trash dialog button...

Is there a way to quicly shortcut delete a song without so many warnings? Or at least allow the TAB key to work again in this case???

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 13, 2013 6:47 AM

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Chris CA

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Nov 13, 2013 7:05 AM in response to Milo5Z

System prefs > Keyboard > Shortcuts.

Tick All controls under Full Keyboard Access: IN windows & dialogs, press Tab to move keyboard focus between:

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Berkich

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Jan 12, 2014 4:39 AM in response to Milo5Z

iTunes version 11.1.3

Select desired song(s) and press: alt + delete keys.

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Mar 29, 2014 2:57 AM in response to Berkich

A quicker way once you see the comfirmation dialogue is to press"M" which is the short-cut key for "Move to Trash". This is faster than pressing TAB and Space. However I would like to find a way of getting rid of the Confirmation Dialogue altogether.

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Oct 28, 2016 5:27 PM in response to Berkich

option(alt) + delete no longer works in iTunes 12.5.2.35.

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Chris CA

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Oct 28, 2016 8:00 PM in response to Stephen Downs

Stephen Downs wrote:

option(alt) + delete no longer works in iTunes 12.5.2.35.

It works fine.

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Answer 6

Oct 30, 2016 12:36 PM in response to Chris CA

No, it doesn't. In my iTunes library neither option - delete nor the menu item to delete a song from the library is working (the menu is "greyed out" and pressing option - delete does nothing).

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Oct 30, 2016 1:29 PM in response to Chris CA

Correction: option + delete does not work for songs in a smart playlist. For non-smart playlists, it works.

One workaround is to drag copy the target songs from a smart playlist to a non-smart playlist, select the songs in the standard playlist and option + delete.

@Milo5Z There is usually not a warning when deleting small amounts of files this way, but a confirmation warning appears if a large amount of songs are deleted.

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Chris CA

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Oct 30, 2016 1:37 PM in response to gryphonent

gryphonent wrote:

No, it doesn't. In my iTunes library neither option - delete nor the menu item to delete a song from the library is working (the menu is "greyed out" and pressing option - delete does nothing).

You mean to delete from a smart playlist.

This seems to be removed from the latest version if iTunes.

In order to remove a song from a smart playlist, change the criteria of the playlist or delete the song from the library.

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