drew-1664
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Q: Can't 'DELETE' ANYTHING from last 2 versions of iTunes !

In neither of the last 2 versions of iTunes can I 'delete' downloaded songs. There is NO 'delete' on right click mouse, highlighting and keyboard delete doesn't work, tried 'dragging' them to recycle bin, doesn't work.

  I can't get RID of these things ! ANY help would be appreciated !

Thanks,

Drew

Windows 7

Posted on Jun 3, 2014 7:49 AM

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Q: Can't 'DELETE' ANYTHING from last 2 versions of iTunes !

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  • by joe_73,

    joe_73 Jun 5, 2014 12:51 PM in response to drew-1664
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    Jun 5, 2014 12:51 PM in response to drew-1664

    Hi drew-1664,

     

    Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!

     

    If you would like to delete music from your iTunes Library you can follow the steps from the following article.

     

    How to delete content you've downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, or Mac App Store

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5772

     

    Music

     

    Open the section below for the device you are using.

    iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

    Mac or PC

    1. Open iTunes.
    2. From the Library pop-up menu, choose Music.
    3. Click Songs in the navigation bar.
    4. Click the song you want to delete.
    5. Press Delete on your keyboard.

    In iTunes 11 or later, the album cover art will remain visible, but a Download icon will appear on it to allow you to download the item again (in countries that support this).

    Note: If you didn't purchase a song from the iTunes Store, you can't download it again for free from iTunes in the Cloud. You might want to back it up somewhere on your computer.

     

     

    I hope this helps,   

    -Joe

  • by drew-1664,

    drew-1664 drew-1664 Jun 5, 2014 2:37 PM in response to joe_73
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    Jun 5, 2014 2:37 PM in response to joe_73

    Thanks for your reply , Joe, but I'm still not getting very far !  Frankly I can't FIND any of 2.3 4.or 5 as shown in .jpgiTunes delete 2 .jpg, still trying. Thxs. Drew

  • by basilfaulty,

    basilfaulty basilfaulty Jun 5, 2014 3:23 PM in response to drew-1664
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    Jun 5, 2014 3:23 PM in response to drew-1664

    I have found a way to delete a track in iTunes 11.2.0.115 using Windows 7.

    1. right click on the track in iTunes and select Get info then on the summary tab note the name of the track.

    2. open a Windows Explorer window and select to search the C: drive then type the file name in the search box

    3. when the results come up if your file is there you can right click on it and a menu comes up with an option to Delete the file so click on Delete and it will be gone to the recycle bin

     

    Fine so long as you don't have a lot of files to delete.

  • by drew-1664,

    drew-1664 drew-1664 Jun 14, 2014 8:50 AM in response to basilfaulty
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    Jun 14, 2014 8:50 AM in response to basilfaulty

    Joe and Basil,

      Just downloaded ITunes 11.2.2 and 'lo and behold' if you 'right-click' on an item and click 'Mark as played', it disappears from your list ! With some fooling around, I also discovered a 'Deleted Files' list, and clicked on/high lighted then hit 'delete' on keyboard, and they FINALLY went away !   

      Thanks to Developers for finally 'fixing' this annoying problem, and you guys for your suggestions !

    Cheers,

    Drew