Itunes duplicate songs

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Itunes duplicate songs

slimjim2 11-14-2005, 17:23

I've used NoClone to delete duplicate files in Itunes but when they are removed the songs names remain in library. You can only find this out by clicking on the song and getting an icon saying file is not found. Is there any way to delete files from Itunes which are moved completely so they don't show up in the library? I can do it manually but with 1600+ files it's slow. My trouble started when I installed a new version of ttunes which couldn't find some of my music files. I ended up adding all foldere again so I wouldn't

mistakingly delete a song. This resulted in songs being added twice even three times.

Re: Itunes duplicate songs

alan 11-16-2005, 11:23
That means you want to delete the duplicate item in iTunes in addition to the physical file? That's a good idea to be implemented in next version.

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Re: Itunes duplicate songs

masakomax 02-12-2007, 4:33
Thats what I want, I have deleted the MP3 but have the names on the ITunes play lists.

Re: Itunes duplicate songs

okeanos 12-05-2007, 1:11
Just delete the library NOT the files themselves then add the folder to itunes library where the songs are stored and only the remaining files are imported into itunes
I eliminated 18000 duplicates this way after first cleaning the folder with Noclone
Select all the songs in Itunes and click delete but be sure to answer that you want to keep files when prompted
then reimport the files from the appropriate folder

Re: Itunes duplicate songs how to get rid of them in the library.

henryb 09-24-2008, 7:06
How to get rid of duplicate files in your iTunes library.

I presume that you've run NoClone and all duplicates are gone but they still appear on the library list with an exclamation mark.

Close or quit iTunes.

Go to your "All Programs" and HOLD DOWN THE SHIFT KEY and then load iTunes again. You should get a window asking you to create a new library. Do so using the file with all your music. This will give you a fresh clean library. You can delete the old library later.

Henry

Re: Itunes duplicate songs

jean3167 09-26-2009, 8:06

I have a question. Now I use Duplicate finder 2009 to find and delete files duplicate in different drives. What are the differences in these two programme and how can I use the one from this article? Thank you.

Re: Itunes duplicate songs

kiosaki 07-11-2010, 5:02
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Clone Removal is the best solution in this case. The file names can also be different. It is free utility.

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Re: Itunes duplicate songs

johnwhitkin 11-29-2010, 11:13
I got rid of them using a free version of a tool from www.duplicatefilesdeleter.com