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Scrapping tracks and was wondering...
Posted on: 21.05.2013 by Anissa Perusek
Finally began sifting through my tracks in iTunes, creating a playlist for the ones I'm scrapping. It's much more than I expected (somewhere in the 500 mark). Is there an easy to delete these from my computer in one fell swoop? Aside from iTunes, I'd be deleting them from my music folder on my desktop and Rekordbox. Any suggestions are much appreciated. Thanks!
Albertina Fay
22.05.2013
Originally Posted by trux
you have to have 'keep itunes media folder organized' turned on, and 'copy files to Itunes folder' turned on.
this is something I don't have enabled because I have my files/folders sorted by genre. I don't like the way iTunes sorts music on the folders.

If I need to delete files from my harddrive using a playlist, I usually import the playlist to Traktor. I will then highlight all the tracks and select "Delete from Collection". You will then get a dialog box with the option to delete from hard drive too.
Anissa Perusek
23.05.2013
Originally Posted by trux
you're making me work for it taco. you have to have 'keep itunes media folder organized' turned on, and 'copy files to Itunes folder' turned on.

then when you do the command above it asks first if you want to remove it from itunes, then if you want to remove it from hd.

give this man 1 internets!
The deed is done. I'll try it out next time. Thanks brudder.
Anissa Perusek
23.05.2013
Originally Posted by trux
u must be doing it wrong. i tested on itunes 11 on win and osx and these work:
option + delete (mac)
shift + backspace (pc)

confirmed!
And I'm confirming they didn't lol. It's cool, man. I just made a playlist and put my iTunes side by side with my music folder and deleted what I didn't want. Just gonna remove all the songs from iTunes when I'm done and add them back in. Did about half of it during my lunch break here at work.
Lorri Bobar
23.05.2013
Originally Posted by bieberatemytaco
Nope, doesn't work.
u must be doing it wrong. i tested on itunes 11 on win and osx and these work:
option + delete (mac)
shift + backspace (pc)

confirmed!
Anissa Perusek
22.05.2013
Originally Posted by trux
edited my last post. pretty sure it is correct now. try again?
Nope, doesn't work.
Lorri Bobar
21.05.2013
Originally Posted by bieberatemytaco
Didn't work either. Bummer.
edited my last post. pretty sure it is correct now. try again?
Ngoc Ninow
21.05.2013
Originally Posted by trux
if you use option + command + delete, it will let you delete the file off your hard drive even if u are in a playlist - super handy!!
Thanks for sharing this :-)
Albertina Fay
21.05.2013
Originally Posted by trux
if you use option + command + delete, it will let you delete the file off your hard drive even if u are in a playlist - super handy!!
ohh word??? i didn't know about this. i will give it a try when I get home. this will come in really handy.

thanks!
Lorri Bobar
21.05.2013
Originally Posted by papo
when working in an iTunes playlist, I don't believe is the case. It will just delete the file from the playlist that was made.
if you use option + command + delete, it will let you delete the file off your hard drive even if u are in a playlist - super handy!!
Anissa Perusek
21.05.2013
Originally Posted by SlvrDragon50
You can delete songs from your main iTunes library and then it will ask you if you want to delete the local file as well.
I believe this is only if the music file is in the actual iTunes folder. My tracks aren't; they're in a separate folder. Maybe I'm confused. Time will tell.
Lorri Bobar
22.05.2013		i know that feel bro. my itunes music folder is very messy, but you can keep it clean inside itunes with good tagging, smart playlists, etc.

i like that traktor workaround - nifty!
Albertina Fay
22.05.2013
Originally Posted by trux
you have to have 'keep itunes media folder organized' turned on, and 'copy files to Itunes folder' turned on.
this is something I don't have enabled because I have my files/folders sorted by genre. I don't like the way iTunes sorts music on the folders.

If I need to delete files from my harddrive using a playlist, I usually import the playlist to Traktor. I will then highlight all the tracks and select "Delete from Collection". You will then get a dialog box with the option to delete from hard drive too.
Anissa Perusek
23.05.2013
Originally Posted by trux
you're making me work for it taco. you have to have 'keep itunes media folder organized' turned on, and 'copy files to Itunes folder' turned on.

then when you do the command above it asks first if you want to remove it from itunes, then if you want to remove it from hd.

give this man 1 internets!
The deed is done. I'll try it out next time. Thanks brudder.
Lorri Bobar
23.05.2013		you're making me work for it taco. you have to have 'keep itunes media folder organized' turned on, and 'copy files to Itunes folder' turned on.

then when you do the command above it asks first if you want to remove it from itunes, then if you want to remove it from hd.

give this man 1 internets!
Anissa Perusek
23.05.2013
Originally Posted by trux
u must be doing it wrong. i tested on itunes 11 on win and osx and these work:
option + delete (mac)
shift + backspace (pc)

confirmed!
And I'm confirming they didn't lol. It's cool, man. I just made a playlist and put my iTunes side by side with my music folder and deleted what I didn't want. Just gonna remove all the songs from iTunes when I'm done and add them back in. Did about half of it during my lunch break here at work.
Lorri Bobar
23.05.2013
Originally Posted by bieberatemytaco
Nope, doesn't work.
u must be doing it wrong. i tested on itunes 11 on win and osx and these work:
option + delete (mac)
shift + backspace (pc)

confirmed!
Anissa Perusek
22.05.2013
Originally Posted by trux
edited my last post. pretty sure it is correct now. try again?
Nope, doesn't work.
Cassie Sangermano
22.05.2013		On windows I'm sure it's ctrl + delete to bring up the option to delete from the harddrive. Not sure about mac.
Lorri Bobar
21.05.2013
Originally Posted by bieberatemytaco
Didn't work either. Bummer.
edited my last post. pretty sure it is correct now. try again?
Anissa Perusek
21.05.2013		Didn't work either. Bummer.
Lorri Bobar
21.05.2013		actually, sorry, i believe they changed it to...
option + delete (mac)

or

shift + backspace (pc)

does that work for ya?
Anissa Perusek
21.05.2013		option + command + delete didn't work for me.
Ngoc Ninow
21.05.2013
Originally Posted by trux
if you use option + command + delete, it will let you delete the file off your hard drive even if u are in a playlist - super handy!!
Thanks for sharing this :-)
Daniell Kosharek
21.05.2013		I had the same problem that you did, with iTunes, but not with Rekordbox.

I had a lot (A LOT)of different folders that I stored my tracks, but not within iTunes library, according to import date. So, each day had its folders, since I analyze according to import dates. But I had to delete tracks from iTunes and from the folders too. It was easy to do with a few tracks, but when I switched hard drives, I had to delete thousands of tracks and it became too hard.

What I did (kind of cumbersome work though):
- Created a lot of playlists according to each genre and ratings - in case of some bug on the itunes library.
- Imported every song to the iTunes media folder. It took sometime because of the amount of the songs.
- Deleted the original folders. It kinda broke my heart, because of the organization I had was lost, but it's ok.
- On iTunes, changed the genre tag on the songs I wanted to delete (inside playlists) to xDeletex00 (or anything like that)
- On the Music view, order all my songs on the genre column, and BAM, delete it.

20 gb of bad song selection gone! (i still have my backups though!)
Albertina Fay
21.05.2013
Originally Posted by trux
if you use option + command + delete, it will let you delete the file off your hard drive even if u are in a playlist - super handy!!
ohh word??? i didn't know about this. i will give it a try when I get home. this will come in really handy.

thanks!
Lorri Bobar
21.05.2013
Originally Posted by papo
when working in an iTunes playlist, I don't believe is the case. It will just delete the file from the playlist that was made.
if you use option + command + delete, it will let you delete the file off your hard drive even if u are in a playlist - super handy!!
Anissa Perusek
21.05.2013
Originally Posted by SlvrDragon50
You can delete songs from your main iTunes library and then it will ask you if you want to delete the local file as well.
I believe this is only if the music file is in the actual iTunes folder. My tracks aren't; they're in a separate folder. Maybe I'm confused. Time will tell.
Gaynell Rydberg
21.05.2013		You can delete songs from your main iTunes library and then it will ask you if you want to delete the local file as well.
Anissa Perusek
21.05.2013		Guess I'm gonna have to delete the tracks from iTunes AND my music folder. Just gonna remove all the tracks from Rekordbox and add them back in later.
Rolanda Clodfelder
21.05.2013		If you are on a mac idupe can remove from playlists.

Open it and just ignore the entire dupe scanning process and jump straight down to "ditto but also move media file to trash".

Whatever is (un)checked in the playlist will be removed.



*disclaimer* run a test on a small sample first
Albertina Fay
21.05.2013
Originally Posted by ThinAir
Sorry, my bad.
no biggie.
Ngoc Ninow
21.05.2013
Originally Posted by bieberatemytaco

You called me "mate." Cool.
Friendly bunch us English lot :-)
Ngoc Ninow
21.05.2013
Originally Posted by papo
when working in an iTunes playlist, I don't believe is the case. It will just delete from the playlist that was made.
Sorry, my bad.
Albertina Fay
21.05.2013
Originally Posted by ThinAir
Select all the somgs in the playlist, and then hit delete or back space. iTunes will the ask if you want to remove them from your library, or completely from the computer. Click move to recycle bin, or move to trash (depending on what platform you are using), and you should find that they disappear. Hope this helps.
when working in an iTunes playlist, I don't believe is the case. It will just delete the file from the playlist that was made.

I don't use Rekordbox very often, but if you can see the playlist you created in Rekordbox, it may have an option to delete from Rekordbox + Delete file from HDD. I know Traktor has this option.
Ngoc Ninow
21.05.2013		Unfortunately, I'm not sure, as I haven't done this process I'm afraid. I would say probably not though, as you have to tell rekordbox what tracks to add, so i am guessing you will have to it what to delete as well.
Anissa Perusek
21.05.2013		I mean if they'll also be removed in Rekordbox.

You called me "mate." Cool.
Ngoc Ninow
21.05.2013		In what way mate? Do you mean will it remove them from rekordbox, or do you mean does the same process apply?
Anissa Perusek
21.05.2013		Sweet. And this applies to Rekordbox, as well?
Ngoc Ninow
21.05.2013		Select all the somgs in the playlist, and then hit delete or back space. iTunes will the ask if you want to remove them from your library, or completely from the computer. Click move to recycle bin, or move to trash (depending on what platform you are using), and you should find that they disappear. Hope this helps.

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