How to clear iCloud Music Library?

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How to clear iCloud Music Library?

I didn't know this iCloud Music Library thing was automatically turned on in iTunes on my iMac. I do like this feature but I only want to have it turned on with my Macbook and iPhone. Now I have a lot of tracks from my iMac mostly recording or audiobooks that cluster up my iCloud Music Library. I don't see an option to clear the iCloud Music Library, and manually deleting 1,201 tracks would take me two and half hours. Is there a way to remove all tracks from iCloud Music Library?

P.S. Apple should improve the iCloud Music Library, and make it available through manual control. I want some songs to be on the cloud and some not. I also want to save my upstream bandwidth. I also want to be able to remove songs in iCloud Music Library without removing them in my iTunes local library.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Jul 1, 2015 11:34 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 22, 2016 3:32 AM in response to Aero Windwalker

I would like to know how to remove everything from iCloud Music Library.

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Answer 2

Jul 23, 2015 3:06 PM in response to Community User

Hey guys,

check this out: If your music library shows incorrect details with iTunes Match or Apple Music, and you previously cancelled an iTunes M…

There's a button deeply hidden in your iTunes Account Settings.

Follow the instructions only, if applicable! Make sure to read the whole article, before you do anything to your library. I'll not take any responsibility. You're responsible for your own actions. Just saying. 🙂

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Answer 3

Sep 21, 2016 2:09 PM in response to Aero Windwalker

Hi,

Did you ever find a solution for this?

I'm having similar problems and I refuse to believe that you can't remove songs from the iCloud Music Library - but I've asked 2 'experts' and no one seems to have an answer.

Apple is becoming too automated...

Very much regret uploading my music to iCloud, but i really didn't think it would become such an issue and seemingly 'irreversible'

Extremely frustrating.

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