delete track numbers from music files

I'd recommend you leave iTunes to do its thing. There is usually no good reason to poke around inside the media folders. Should you ever be using a program that relies on filenames instead of tags then the leading digits ensure tracks play in the correct order. That said, if you really want to get rid of them I have a script called StripTrackNumbers that will do it for you.

tt2

I have imported all of my cds using itunes but hate the numbers in front of the file name.

Linda,

For future reference, note that other ripping tools - even Windows Media Player - give you more control over the format of the filename. Just rip and add the resulting MP3s into your iTunes library.

iTunes is basically a database program. You should not be mucking around inside the iTunes Library. If you do, you're just likely to break the database and iTunes will loose track of where the files are stored and you'll end up with a lot of exclamation marks. Let iTunes take care of the file management. That's what computers are really good and efficient at. You should only be accessing the Library via the iTunes interface. The song names there do not include the track number, so why do you even care?

Depending on which version of iTunes you're using, go to iTunes Settings/Preferences > Advanced menu > and uncheck the "Keep iTunes Media folder organized" checkbox. But there's really no benefit to doing this, and as turingtest2 already pointed out, you're likely to loose functionality in other apps.