How to delete your iTunes library
iTunes is not only an almost indispensable tool for managing Apple devices from your computer, but also a great tool for keeping your library in one place. With this program, you can organize your huge collection of music, movies, applications and other multimedia content. Today, the article will take a closer look at the situation where you need to completely erase your iTunes library.
Unfortunately, iTunes does not provide a feature that allows you to delete the entire iTunes library at once, so this task will have to be done manually.
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How do I delete my iTunes library?
1. Launch iTunes. In the upper left corner of the program is the name of the currently open section. In our case, it is "Films" . If you click on it, an additional menu will open, in which you can select the section in which the further removal of the library will be performed.
2. For example, we want to delete videos from the library. To do this, in the upper area of the window, make sure that the tab "My movies" is open, and then open the desired section in the left area of the window, for example, in our case, this is the «Home Videos» section , which shows the videos added to iTunes from a computer.
3. Now click on any video once with the left mouse button, and then select all Keyboard the video shortcut Ctrl + A . To delete a video, click the key. Delete on the keyboard or click the highlight with the right mouse button and select the item "Remove" in the context menu that is displayed.
4. At the end of the procedure, you will need to confirm the cleanliness of the partition to be deleted.
Similarly, other sections of your iTunes library are removed. Let's say we also want to delete the music. To do this, click on the currently open iTunes section in the upper left area of the window and go to the «Music» section .
At the top of the window, open the tab "My music" to open custom music files, and in the left pane of the window, select the item "Songs" to open all tracks in the library.
Click on any track with the left mouse button and then press the combination of Ctrl + A keys to select tracks. To delete, press the key. Delete or click on the selected one with the right mouse button, choosing the item "Remove" .
In conclusion, you just have to confirm the deletion of the music collection from your iTunes library.
Similarly, iTunes also cleans up other sections of your library. If you still have questions, ask them in the comments.