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How do I remove the free U2 album from my iTunes library?

So we all have a free U2 album in our iTunes library now. I don't like U2 and don't want it. I get an option to 'hide' it in iTunes, but not to delete it. How can I remove it entirely from my library in iCloud? I have just been to iCloud.com, but can't see anything there.

iTunes-OTHER, Windows 7

Posted on Sep 9, 2014 1:50 PM

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Sep 12, 2014 9:03 PM in response to Matthew Cutter

I had just one stuck too! I got on Apple chat and the only way is to remove all your music and resync the music you want to keep.


Go to Settings > General > Usage > Then find the Music App under Storage and click it. At top hit Edit and Delete to the left of All Music


This will remove it from your phone and ALL OTHER SYNCED MUSIC


Totally worth it for me to resync just the music I want on my phone!


Hope this helps!

Sep 13, 2014 2:49 AM in response to MichelleL512

MichelleL512 wrote:


I had just one stuck too! I got on Apple chat and the only way is to remove all your music and resync the music you want to keep.


Go to Settings > General > Usage > Then find the Music App under Storage and click it. At top hit Edit and Delete to the left of All Music

Nonsense


Why are you advising such a radical method of dealing with this, I advise spending a little time finding out how the Music app works.


And It was not necessary to post nonsense twice, once would have been more than enough.

Sep 13, 2014 2:14 PM in response to Grandmstrbud

Grandmstrbud wrote:


I'd like to know how to get rid of this junk from my account. There is no swipe and delete you select it and it starts playing. I didn't ask for this garbage so I want it gone

Swipe and delete the copy you downloaded, hide the free offer from your download list as has ben explained in this and similar threads endlessly.

Sep 13, 2014 2:40 PM in response to Grandmstrbud

I had the same problem and the only way was to remove ALL music and then resync the music I wanted to keep. I had just 1 song that wouldn't delete and just played when you tried to swipe left!


Go to Settings > General > Usage > Then find the Music App under Storage and click it. At top hit Edit and Delete to the left of All Music


This will remove it from your phone and ALL OTHER SYNCED MUSIC, leaving you with no music and having to resync your music you want

Sep 13, 2014 2:51 PM in response to Grandmstrbud

Grandmstrbud wrote:


Thanks for removing my post apple. All I said was it doesn't work and removed by host. Classy

You are breaking the Terms Of Use that YOU yourself agreed to when you joined these forums. If you did not read them, then you are at fault and will continue to have posts removed that break the aforementioned TOU. Not by I, but by the Moderators of these Forums.


Comprehend?


Pete

Sep 13, 2014 2:52 PM in response to MichelleL512

MichelleL512 wrote:


I had the same problem and the only way was to remove ALL music and then resync the music I wanted to keep. I had just 1 song that wouldn't delete and just played when you tried to swipe left!


Go to Settings > General > Usage > Then find the Music App under Storage and click it. At top hit Edit and Delete to the left of All Music


This will remove it from your phone and ALL OTHER SYNCED MUSIC, leaving you with no music and having to resync your music you want

Why do it the difficult way?


http://www.macworld.com/article/2607112/how-to-hide-the-free-u2-album-from-your- itunes-library.html


Pete

Sep 13, 2014 2:53 PM in response to Grandmstrbud

On an iOS device you should be able to swipe right to left across the track to bring up a delete option. This may not always work if the track has been partially downloaded or transferred in from your library, or some other problem exists. In such cases syncing with iTunes may resolve. Or you can try removing all music and then adding it back. If you can find no other way to remove the problem tracks backup the device, restore as a new device, then restore the backup you took earlier.


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