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I want to delete all contents in Music

In ITunes I could remove several albums at the same time, I have not found how to do this in Music, I have to delete one album at a time.


I have removed all albums in the iTunes/Music folder, have deleted all .itl and .xml files, but when I open Music App all my albums and songs are still there although if I try to open one song it is not found. I have searched on finder some titles of the songs trying to find where they are hiding without any success.


MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Jun 7, 2020 7:12 AM

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Posted on Jun 7, 2020 7:50 AM

The XML file is used to share the iTunes library with third party applications. The iTunes Library.itl file is the core database. If you delete this on a Mac then it may still be loaded from the trash. In the songs view you can select the first track you want to remove, then shift-click the last one in a range. You can then use the backspace key or right-click and delete to remove them. You may get options to remove the underlying files and/or hide purchases from your purchase history.


Note that an empty iTunes library may still show your unhidden purchases in the cloud.


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Jun 7, 2020 7:50 AM in response to Lena_2205

The XML file is used to share the iTunes library with third party applications. The iTunes Library.itl file is the core database. If you delete this on a Mac then it may still be loaded from the trash. In the songs view you can select the first track you want to remove, then shift-click the last one in a range. You can then use the backspace key or right-click and delete to remove them. You may get options to remove the underlying files and/or hide purchases from your purchase history.


Note that an empty iTunes library may still show your unhidden purchases in the cloud.


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I want to delete all contents in Music

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