Q: I want to delete an album from my iTunes library on my iPad....I'm can't figure out how! In addition my mac computer that th ... I want to delete an album from my iTunes library on my iPad....I'm can't figure out how! In addition my mac computer that the iPad is synced to doesn't have the album in its iTunes library so I can't delete it from there!!! more
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Jan 21, 2014 12:14 PM in response to Williamrafaby sheila_m.,Hello William,
Thank you for the question. It sounds like you would like to delete some songs off of your iPad. I have a couple of suggestions.
First, I recommend swiping the individual songs on the album to get the delete option:
Remove a song that’s been downloaded. Swipe left, then tap Delete.
If the you are not getting a delete option and song has a cloud icon to the right of it, this indicates the song is being streamed from iTunes in the Cloud.
You can choose to hide all songs that are not downloaded on to your iPad in Settings:
Just show music that’s been downloaded from iCloud. Go to Settings > Music, then turn off Show All Music.
iPad User Guide - iTunes Match
http://help.apple.com/ipad/7/#/iPad99f373c1
Alternatively, if the song was purchased from iTunes, you can hide the song by accessing the iTunes Store on the computer:
To hide your purchases
- Open iTunes on your Mac or PC.
- From the Store menu, choose Store > Sign In, and then enter your Apple ID and password.
- Go to the iTunes Store.
- Click Purchased from the Quick Links section on the right side of the iTunes Store.
- Choose a content type by clicking on Music, TV Shows, Apps, or Books from top.
- Hover your cursor over the item you want to hide.
- You will see an "X" either to the right or left top corner of the item.

- Click the "X" to hide that item. A confirmation dialog will appear once you click the "X."
iTunes Store: Hiding and unhiding purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4919
You will need to quit and relaunch the Music app on your iPad after hiding the purchase on your computer before seeing the changes.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.
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Mar 15, 2016 7:50 PM in response to sheila_m.by Waynos!,perhaps my IQ is too low to work this out all by myself.
What if I wanted to manage things from iTunes and not from the device?
On iTunes 12, You'd think I could delete an entire album with 1 click and not have to select individual songs which also meant I had to go searching for all the songs... Maybe if I could group by Artist or Album and have the list reorder itself as I clicked on a category heading like you can anywhere else in the os.. now theres an idea. That would get the job done fast too.
Apple you are awesome but seem to be going backward as fast as you are going forward.
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