How To Remove Itunes Library From Mac

Transfer iTunes Library from Mac to PC. Open one of your other PC like Windows computer, and download the iTunes,and iMusic as well, launch iMusic, go to it's music icon on the left top corner, and then click the 'Add' icon on the right top corner to add the files from your iTunes file.

  1. How To Remove Itunes Library From Macbook
  2. How To Delete All Itunes Songs From Mac
  3. How To Remove Itunes Library From Mac
  4. Remove Iphone From Itunes Account
  5. Reinstall Itunes Mac

There is no application that speaks Apple more than iTunes. First introduced in 2001, iTunes has become lot of things over the years — media store, player, and library, internet radio, music & video streaming service. It has come a long way, gradually introducing and perfecting features.

Despite earning the spot of go-to media hub in hearts of many, iTunes is still, unfortunately, not impeccable and has been reported to have bugs causing it to misbehave. Not to mention that excessive library items can get pretty overwhelming too. This guide, however, is here to help get these issues sorted out.

How to Delete Music from iTunes on Mac

Apple Music subscription makes it extremely easy to find and add new songs. You find a cool tune on iTunes featured playlist, end up checking out the artist and adding an entire album, and before you know it — you’re already exploring tons of stuff from similar artists. Point is, iTunes library can quickly get out of control. This can lead to having a ton of storage taken up by media that is rarely being put to use.

All in all, inevitably you end up having to regain free space on your main drive, tidy up your library and remove the music you don’t listen to (you can always download it back again as easily). Here’s how you can do it:

  • Open iTunes
  • Select Library tab
  • Ctrl-click on the album you want to remove
  • Choose Delete from Library
  • Confirm you want to delete the item in the popped up screen
  • Hit Move to Trash again to move the file to Trash

You can hit Keep file but your item will not be removed from your actual disk.

How to Remove Duplicate Songs in iTunes

After you finish cleaning out your Library, take it one step further and remove song duplicates.

  • Open iTunes
  • Click on File in the menu bar
  • Select Library > Show Duplicate Files
  • Select the items you want to remove paying attention to song version and album
  • Hit Done

You can also opt for MacFly Pro to clean duplicates on your entire Mac (including iTunes) and make even more room on your disk.

  • Open MacFly Pro
  • Select Duplicates module and click Scan
  • Choose items to delete and hit Delete Selected

If iTunes performance is what’s giving you trouble, proceed to reinstalling it on your Mac.

How to Uninstall iTunes from Mac

Before you jump into completely deleting iTunes from your Mac, try downloading the latest version from Apple and running the installer. It should reinstall the app and potentially solve the problems you are dealing with. If, however, running the installer doesn’t help the case, try installing iTunes from scratch.

  • Go to Finder > Applications
  • Select and drag iTunes.app to Trash
  • Ctrl-click on Trash and hit Empty Trash

OSX may display an error when attempting to uninstall iTunes. If that’s what happened, try changing permissions:

  • Ctrl-click iTunes.app and choose Get Info
  • Expand Sharing & Permissions section and click the lock icon
  • Type in your admin password
  • Set everyone to Read & Write
  • Drag iTunes.app to Trash and empty it.

There are cases when macOS prevents you from changing permissions for security reasons. At this point, you should really reconsider if you want to continue tinkering with system files that Apple purposely restricted access to. Proceed if you decided not to throw in the towel just yet.

How to disable System Integrity Protection

Newer versions of macOS (namely Sierra and High Sierra) and their System Integrity Protection have been known to lock out users from making permission changes. This, obviously, is done with security in mind, yet makes actions like uninstalling iTunes problematic. To alter permissions, you will first have to disable SIP.

Note: there is no reason why you should be disabling SIP, unless you know exactly what you’re doing.

  • Restart your Mac and hold Command-R to boot into recovery mode
  • Click on Utilities in the menu bar and select Terminal
  • Run the following command to check the SIP status

How To Remove Itunes Library From Macbook

csrutil status

  • Type in this command to disable SIP

csrutil disable

  • Restart your Mac and follow the guide to change permissions and delete iTunes.app

After performing fresh install, reboot to recovery again and re-enable SIP with the command: csrutil enable

Finally, it is worth mentioning that even altered permissions have not been able to solve the issue as macOS High Sierra just does not want you to remove iTunes. To fix the issues you are having with iTunes you may have to restore from a TimeMachine backup or reinstall macOS.

Delete music and music videos

  • To delete music from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, use the Apple Music app or the Settings app.
  • To delete music from your Mac or Android device, use the Apple Music app.

How to delete items in the Apple Music app

  1. Open the Apple Music app and find the item that you want to delete. If you see the download button next to the item, the item is stored in the cloud, not on your device. When items are stored in the cloud, they don't use any storage on your device.
  2. On your Mac, hover your pointer over the item, then click the More options button that appears.
    Or on your iPhone, iPad, or Android phone, press and hold the item that you want to delete.
  3. Tap or click Remove.
  4. From the menu that appears, choose Remove or Remove Download. Or choose 'Delete from Library' to remove the item from all devices that you use with Apple Music.

How to delete music in Settings on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

How To Delete All Itunes Songs From Mac

  1. Open the Settings app.
  2. Tap General, then tap iPhone Storage or iPad Storage.
  3. Scroll to Music, then tap it.
  4. Swipe left on any artist, album, or song. Or if you want to delete all music, swipe left on All Songs.
  5. Tap Delete.

More about deleting music that you purchased

If you deleted an item from your device and you don't want the item to stream to your device or appear in the cloud, hide the item.

If you used your computer and a USB cable to manually sync the music or music videos to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, turn off syncing.

Delete movies and TV shows

  • To delete videos that you downloaded to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, use the Apple TV app or the Settings app.
  • To delete videos that you downloaded to your Mac, use the Apple TV app.

Delete items in the Apple TV app

How To Remove Itunes Library From Mac

  1. Open the Apple TV app.
  2. Tap or click Library.
  3. To delete an item from your Mac, hover your pointer over the item, click the More options button , then click Remove Download.
    To delete an item on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, tap Downloaded, swipe left on the item, tap Delete, then Delete Download.

Delete movies or TV shows in Settings on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Open the Settings app.
  2. Tap General, then tap iPhone Storage or iPad Storage.
  3. Scroll to TV, tap it, then tap Review Apple TV Downloads. If you don't see Review Apple TV Downloads, you don't have anything downloaded to your device.
  4. Find the movie, show, or episode that you want to delete, then swipe left on it and tap Delete.

If you can't delete your movies or TV shows

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If you see the download button next to the item, the item is stored in the cloud and isn't using storage on your device. If you don't want the item to appear in the cloud, hide the item.

If you used your computer and a USB cable to manually sync movies and TV shows to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, turn off syncing.

Remove Iphone From Itunes Account

Movie rentals automatically delete at the end of the rental period.

Reinstall Itunes Mac

Delete apps and other media

Learn more

  • Because you don't download media on your Apple TV, you can't delete songs or shows from your Apple TV. But if you don't want to see a song, movie, or TV show on your Apple TV, use your computer to hide it.
  • Learn how to check the storage on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or how to free up storage space on your Mac.
  • Learn how to redownload items that you purchased.
  • Depending on your country or region, you might not be able to buy or download certain types of media. Learn what's available in your country or region.