Deleating music in iTunes folder, songs still in iTunes

Hi,
My goal: get an accurate read of what muisc is playable in my iTunes library.
My actions: (1) Deleated unwanted music folders from my iTunes folder. (2) Reset the iTunes folder location in the Advanced Perferances of iTunes
The result: Though the files are out of the iTunes folder, they are still present (though not playable) in my library. How can I get my library to only list the files in the iTunes folder (without having copy everything that's in the iTunes folder and going through the library 1-by-1 and deleating each until they match)?

Select your "Library" in iTunes.
Select all those tracks you want to get rid of.
Delete them - you will be asked if you want to delete them from Library, then in a 2nd step if you want to move those tracks to the Trash.

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