Can't delete songs or movies from other identities on same computer

I copied all my iTunes folder onto an external hard drive (EHD), then moved all but the iTunes Music folder to another identity/account that will be accessed by another person in this household, then pointed the library to the music folder in the EHD (under Advanced in Preferences) and all seems in order because I can play music or movies.....but I cannot delete (as I NEED to do to eliminate some of the video clips and music that I don't want the other identity to have) from the music folder even though I can delete from the library and it says it's sending to the trash. I've changed permissions in the info for both the music and iTunes folders but still, the music or movies I appear to have deleted are still in the music folder. Can anyone help me with this?

The library and what you call "iTunes Media folder" (but what is still called "iTunes Music" folder for me even though I recall seeing it called Media folder a little while ago) are indeed in different places but in preferences>advanced I have pointed the library to the media folder in the EHD. Another thing that might help someone solve this dilemma is that I cannot edit (for example) the Genre in Info for a particular song or movie. Maybe/probably there's more I can't edit but I would need to logout and then log back into the other account to find out (which I will try right about nowwwww!) Thanks for the effort though....

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