How to Remove "Love" or Heart Icon in iTunes

I think thats what the original post meant by 'familiar methods; but

It still shows:

• to the right of the 'Edit' Icon in the playlist,
• to the left of the up next in the visualiser

Does anyone know how to remove these?

right click on column headings and deselect love (from the songs view, etc).

Life is full of pain and disappointment. Report a bug.

iTunes Menu -> Provide iTunes feedback

Yeah it is disappointing to discover that Apple can't work out which tracks one likes by the number of times played, and/or the star system.

oops. sorry missed that bit.

The standard 5 star rating is still there for song that you own, but I believe the 'heart' rating is intended for songs that you don't and do own to allow Apple Music find out what type of music may interest you in the "For You" section of iTunes.

If you have no interest in this then don't use it.

I wish that new useful features would stop being defaulted as 'on', then we wouldn't have to spend the time researching how to turn them off.

Under the General Tab in iTunes Preferences, there is a new drop-down setting for "Ratings" with three options:

• Stars
• Stars & Loves
• Loves

Simply change the setting to "Stars" and the heart will no longer appear.

iTunes Menu -> Preferences -> General

At Ratings, choose between Stars - the same as always 5 star system of rating, or Loves (the heart), or both.

Thanks for this,

Almost but not quite complete as it still shows on the info dialog

@john warr

Actually, it isn't disappointing to discover there. Depending on ToU or EULA, Apple may not have a right to use that information in that capacity. There are limitations on what information you can gather and disseminate with your software. In the interest of keeping that information gathering optional, rather than alter the ToU to say that they can collect info on ratings or play counts, they must have decided to give us a different, optional system- which is great. It means we can still rate our music and know our playcount without having Apple use that info if we so chose, and if we want them to see our preferences we can use the heart info.

No offense intended to you, but this is a good example of why people who have no knowledge about the software world shouldn't make these kind of assumptions and comments. I see Apple and other companies getting trashed for stuff like this all the time, when in reality they are being honest and keeping the best interest of the user in mind.

However the Apple store has a bunch of recommendations of things to buy based on a) what I've purchased before, and b) what happens to be in my library. And the genius thing is building playlists based around my library and the libraries of millions of others too.

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/419198/how-itunes-genius-really-works/

So I'm betting that the ToU already gives Apple all the rights they need to analyze our listening habits and the ratings we give things already.

Things that you buy they already have access to; that's not what they're asking for with the heart system. They also don't have any access to things you add manually as far as I know. Further, Genius is another completely optional feature, so that's not relevant anyways.

I'm 'betting' I was right in the first place. Apple is smart enough to make informed decisions with their information usage policies. In fact, if you read their privacy policy (citation: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/ ) any information about your usage must be collected either anonymously (as non-personal information to help them understand general user trends) or voluntarily. Until now, there has been no voluntary system for collecting rating or play count.

So. We're back to what I said originally; Apple didn't have access to this information before, and they're nice enough to give us an optional feature to provide them with that info if we so chose. I chose not to, many people will chose to and will probably benefit from it.

So again; better to do some research and know what you're talking about prior to being "disappointed" in a company due to their completely legitimate and well informed actions.

So where is there something specific to the heart icon? Hmmm! Where is the warning "if you use this specific button you give us the authority to ..." Hmmm!

What you are looking for is the license agreement for iTunes

Consent to Use of Data: You agree that Application Provider may collect and use technical data and related information, including but not limited to technical information about Your device, system and application software, and peripherals, that is gathered periodically to facilitate the provision of software updates, product support and other services to You (if any) related to the Licensed Application. Application Provider may use this information, as long as it is in a form that does not personally identify You, to improve its products or to provide services or technologies to You.

It's part of iTunes Music.

Again, perfect example of why people ignorant of privacy policies and information sharing shouldn't comment on this stuff. Technical data is personal data, and can ONLY be taken if specifically included in that paragraph. Technical data means your operating system, system specs, other devices like keyboards, mice, and headphones you have plugged in, and installed software.

That does not include using information on your purchases. Please, be informed prior to slamming companies.