Double music/sound files

I recently noticed that my HD was way too full, so I started checking the sizes of some maps and I bumped om my music map which has a size of 100 gig. It contains all music, sounds and soundprojects om my computer. I'm sure that all those files are imported in my iTunes and the total size of that is 44 gig. So 56 too much.
I noticed that ALL files outside the iTunes > iTunes music map are doubled, created by iTunes itself I assume.
My question is now: can I just permanently delete all the files outside the iTunes music map? Without having to import everything again and losing playlists and info?
And how do I set that iTunes just imports every new audio file by itself, so I don't have to put them outside the itunes map before I import them?
Grtz

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Thanks, it worked.
Just to be clear: the files OUTSIDE the itunes folder are the ones that need deletion.
Yes, if you had a file outside the iTunes folder, and if you added that file to the library while the *"Copy files ..." option was on,* then iTunes would have put a copy inside the iTunes folder, and the copy outside the folder is not needed by iTunes.
If you have multiple copies and want to be sure which one iTunes is using, right-click the track in the library, and choose Show in Explorer.

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