TrainmasterG
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Q: Delete songs from iTunes, how can I get it to ask me if I want to delete it from the hard drive?

I'm extreley frustrated.  I just want to clean up my itunes and delete songs.  If I right click on it and press delete, or if I press delete after highlighting the song; either way, it will not ask me if I want to delete it from my hard drive.  I just want it to ask me like the help file says it should.

The long way is incredibly frustrating.  I have to find it on hard drive first, delete it there and then come back to the i tunes list and delete it from there also.

Windows media player is sooo much easier at this.  Can they please fix this?

OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Dec 2, 2013 5:37 AM

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Q: Delete songs from iTunes, how can I get it to ask me if I want to delete it from the hard drive?

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  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Dec 2, 2013 6:25 AM in response to TrainmasterG
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    Dec 2, 2013 6:25 AM in response to TrainmasterG

    iTunes prefs > Advanced.

    Click Reset all dialog warnings.

    Note that iTune swill only delete ongs if they are in the iTunes medai folder location shown in iTunes prefs > Advanced.

  • by Limnos,

    Limnos Limnos Dec 2, 2013 6:50 AM in response to TrainmasterG
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    Dec 2, 2013 6:50 AM in response to TrainmasterG

    A related scenario (but not the answer to yours):

     

    Resetting iTunes Store warnings - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1734

     

    Message was edited by: Limnos

  • by Jumprightin,

    Jumprightin Jumprightin Dec 2, 2013 9:23 AM in response to TrainmasterG
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    Dec 2, 2013 9:23 AM in response to TrainmasterG

    Another issue to consider:

    iTunes asks whether you want to delete the music files from the drive only when you're deleting from Library/Music, the main music file near the top of the left sidebar.

    It won't ask that question if you're deleting from a playlist.

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Dec 2, 2013 9:52 AM in response to Jumprightin
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    Dec 2, 2013 9:52 AM in response to Jumprightin

    Jumprightin wrote:

     

    Another issue to consider:

    iTunes asks whether you want to delete the music files from the drive only when you're deleting from Library/Music, the main music file near the top of the left sidebar.

    and only if the file is located in the iTunes media folder location specified in iTunes prefs > Advanced.

    It won't ask that question if you're deleting from a playlist

     

    It will if you Shift Delete (Windows) or Option Delete (Mac).