![]() You will now see your entire iTunes library (hopefully) free from duplicated tracks. When you’ve finished, click Done (either in the bottom right or the top-right corner) to return to your normal iTunes view mode.You may also have a Keep File option that will allow you to remove a track from iTunes but keep the original file on your Mac. Click Delete Songs or Move To Trash/Bin if the latter is an option for you.Once the multiple items are selected just press Delete.(On Windows you can hold down Shift for the same effect). On a Mac hold down the Command key and click on each song you want to get rid of.Luckily there is a simple way to delete more than one track at a time: This could be a pretty time consuming process if you had to delete each track individually. If the song is stored on your Mac you’ll see a similar warning: “Are you sure you want to delete this song from your music library?” So, now you have identified your exact duplicates how can you remove them from your library? Add a Bit Rate column by right clicking on the column header. ![]() Another good idea is to sort by bitrate, which could help you avoid deleting a higher quality version by accident.So they aren’t the same even though both are showing as played twice. We have two tracks from The Hitchhikers Guide To the Galaxy coming up as the same and yet one is 3 minutes the other 1.41 mins. If there are more than a few seconds difference the two tracks are probably slightly different and you may want to keep both. Look in the Time column to see if one version is longer than the other.You’ll see if it’s in any of your favourite playlists. Wondering if the track is in any of your Playlists? Right click on the track and choose Show in Playlist.Check to see if you have Loved or Rated a track (as above right click on the column header and choose the relevant view).This way you can delete the version you have played less, which is less likely to be associated with a Playlist or have other information attributed to it. Check how many plays you have associated with the track – if you don’t have a plays column right click on the columns header and choose Plays.Here are a few tips to help you decide what to delete: It’s showing the duplicates and letting you choose which ones to get rid of. Apple’s not showing you the duplicates you can safely delete. ![]() Show Exact Duplicates returned 87 items on exact duplicates and Show Duplicate Items returned 685 items for us, so it’s probably wise to start here if you are pushed for time.ĭon’t just delete everything you see. This will still show you two versions of a track on two different albums, but it should avoid the issue where two very different tracks are incorrectly identified as the same (such as the concert version of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers track mentioned above.) ![]()
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