doctorsplendid
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Q: How do I delete all my music?

I want to delete my library and start again. Every time I delete all my music from iTunes (no local files) it just puts it all back again. I have deleted my iTunes folder, removedi Tunes, deleted all playlists. I followed a help page from apple which told me to click reset on the bottom of my account page but that button is not present on my account page.

 

Arrrrggggghhhh!!

 

Thanks in advance

iPhone 6, Other OS

Posted on Jul 20, 2015 4:39 AM

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Q: How do I delete all my music?

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  • by brad5am,Helpful

    brad5am brad5am Jul 20, 2015 8:51 AM in response to doctorsplendid
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    Jul 20, 2015 8:51 AM in response to doctorsplendid

    I did this on my wife's account. I hope it's the same issue and experience for you. I started by using iTunes with no profile signed in. You'll know you're logged out when the profile icon next to the status window says "Sign In". Then I clicked "My Music", selected all songs (ctrl-A) and hit delete. You may want to choose "Keep Songs", but I deleted and trashed all the files.

     

    Then I chose "sign in" and entered my wifes username and password. That step logs you into iCloud, but not Apple Music.

     

    (Optional) You could select all of the purchased music in iCloud and hit delete. It will ask you confirm that you want to "hide" those purchases. If you do, and you ever want them back, see this page... Hide and unhide purchases in the iTunes Store - Apple Support

     

    Choose Edit>Preferences>Select iCloud Music Library (your account name)>OK

     

    "Accessing your iCloud Music Library"... (waiting)

     

    When your Apple Music songs and playlists load up, click My Music, select all, delete.key. Then click Playlists and one-by-one select them in the left panel and hit the delete key.

     

    Now you should have a totally empty Apple Music library. You can start choosing songs, albums and playlists to "Add To My Music" and for the handful of songs that you own on CD but are unavailable in the Apple Music library (Tool, Garth Brooks), you can load them into iTunes like you've done for years (do this while signed in to your Apple Music account). While connected to the internet, the imported songs will upload to your iCloud library and become available on all of your devices as a seamless part of your Apple Music experience. It's beautiful.