Duplicates Created by iTunes - Automated Deletion?

I need to delete duplicates in my iTunes media folder. The ones with 1 at the end need to be kept.
How can I automatically get rid of about 12000 duplicates?
(There seem to be some competing apps.)

No automated way. Many applications as you say. Here is a light and good one: Dupin

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How to Delete Duplicate Songs in iTunes 8

Is there an easy way to delete duplicate songs in iTunes 8?
A friend of mine with a large CD collection and I share music. The trouble is that in the process of exchanging music we have created quite a number of duplicates.
Is there a way to automate identifying and removing duplicate songs?

hi,
you aren't missing this. Show duplicates is NOT a tool to allow to simply select all and hit deleted. It is showing you the duplicates, one beside the other, to allow you to discriminate two songs having the same name but that may not be duplicate. For exemple, they may be two different version of a same song and that you want to keep them. For this reason, automated process are somehow risky to loose also song that you want to keep.
however, if you still want to proceed with an automated script, you can find some at http://dougscripts.com/itunes/.
Personnally, I would still discriminate duplicated songs manually by reviewing the list of "show duplicate" to avoid deletion of song I wish to keep. I also have a quite large library and found many songs having the same name and not being duplicates.

How to delete all duplicate songs in Itunes in one step?

How to delete all duplicate songs in Itunes in one step?

Apple's official advice on duplicates is here: Find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library. It is a manual process and the article fails to explain some of the potential pitfalls such as lost ratings and playlist membership, or that sometimes the same file can be represented by multiple entries in the library and that deleting one and recycling the file will break the other.
Use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicate Items to display duplicates as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove. Sorting the list by Date Added may make it easier to select the appropriate tracks, however this works best when performed immediately after the dupes have been created. If you have multiple entries in iTunes connected to the same file on the hard drive then don't send to the recycle bin.
Use my DeDuper script if you're not sure, don't want to do it by hand, or want to preserve ratings, play counts and playlist membership. See this thread for background, this post for detailed instructions, and please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping.
(If you don't see the menu bar press ALT to show it temporarily or CTRL+B to keep it displayed.)
The most recent version of the script can tidy dead links as long as there is at least one live duplicate to merge stats and playlist membership to and should cope sensibly when the same file has been added via multiple paths.
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How to delete duplicate songs from itunes

I created a playlist on itunes and there are a lot of duplicate songs. I tried deleting it but itunes will not let me do it? How do i delete duplicate songs?

I clicked on show duplicates and it show all duplicates but when i click on one song and hit delete nothing happens, it does not delete the duplicate song from my playlist. How do i delete these songs????

How can i delete duplicates from my itunes account?

At "View" I chose "Show duplicates."
Now what do I do to delete duplicates quickly without having to delete each one separately?
THanks

Hello, singinheart.
Thank you for the question. Since you have already identified the duplicate media you just have a couple more steps to go. This article outlines the remainder of the steps in order to mass delete the duplicates.
How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2905
Cheers,
Jason H.

Can I do a duplicate search to delete on my ipod classic 120gb only? There are no duplicates on my itunes... I think these duplicates arose when I did a restore, and had to reload from the cloud, and my computer backup.... please help...

I have an ipod classic 120gb...
Somehow I have managed to get mutiple duplicates.....
I had a computer crash... and I restore several songs from the cloud, and from my computer backup from an external drive...
and also, from past purchases on itunes...... some songs I had loaded from my own cd collection....and songs had overlapped......
I knew I had duplicates before the crash and never took care of it.... but now of course there are more...
I have taken care of the duplicates in itunes, by deleting them one by one..... I made the mistake of checking boxes then highlighting and doing a mass delete... thinking it would only delete my check boxes.... and loss a lot of music... so had to restore backups again....
so.......
Ipod......... how do I delete duplicates from the ipod, without loosing music from my ipod... I have lost music that is still there I believe on the Ipod that is not on my itunes... but I am not sure...and I can not find a search duplicates in itunes for Ipod.... can anyone help me on this... is there a way to do it, without going through 8 days of music line by line??
Thank you

Restore the iPod and reload it from the library... Ah, but there might be media on the device that isn't in the library yes?
See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device and a script called DeDuper which can help remove unwanted duplicates from iTunes if you end up needing to do a blanket recovery from the iPod. See this thread for background on DeDuper.
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I tried to delete all of my duplicate songs in iTunes and it deleted all of my music. Is there a way i get my music back?

i tried to delete all of my duplicate songs in iTunes and it deleted all of my music. Is there a way i get my music back?

From the backup you maintain in case something drastic happens to your collection as it surely will when your drive crashes, the computer is stolen, etc.?
Are the files in the trash? I don't let iTunes manage my music so when I delete a track I have to hunt down the file, drag it to the trash, and empty the trash in order to get rid of it. I don't know how iTunes does it for others.

I want to create an applescript/automator tool to launch the "Add to library" command in iTunes with a specific path. Need process under the hood

I want to create an applescript/automator tool to launch the "Add to library" command in iTunes with a specific path. I need to know what process is run under the hood to create such a script.
To put you in context, I have an NFS mount point with all my music and with the "add to library" command, I can add more music to the folder and update iTunes without dragging the individual folders or the whole mount point and avoid having the songs show up as doubles.
Anyone know what OS/Unix process is being called for such a command?

I want to create an applescript/automator tool to launch the "Add to library" command in iTunes with a specific path. I need to know what process is run under the hood to create such a script.
To put you in context, I have an NFS mount point with all my music and with the "add to library" command, I can add more music to the folder and update iTunes without dragging the individual folders or the whole mount point and avoid having the songs show up as doubles.
Anyone know what OS/Unix process is being called for such a command?

When ITunes changed their format it duplicated songs in my library. How do I get rid of the duplicates without having to indivdually delete them.

When ITunes changed their format it duplicated songs in my library. How do I get rid of the duplicates without having to indivdually delete them?

Go to view➡show duplicates then select all to delete

I can find duplicates in my itunes library but can't figure out how to delete them all at once

I can select all my duplicates in my itunes library but then can't figure out how to delete them all en masse?

Hi, Abril_Perez17.
This may be related to a new feature embedded in iOS7 that shows all purchased music by default. Go to Settings > Music, then turn off Show All Music. See if the issue ceases once the feature has been disabled. This information is located on page 63 of the user guide below.
iPhone User Guide
Regards,
Jason H.

Each song on my iTunes has a duplicate. How do I delete all duplicates and prevent this from happening again in the future?

Each song on my iTunes has a duplicate. How do I delete all duplicates and prevent this from happening again in the future?

After I had updated to Itunes 11 (also on Windows 7), I had the same experience, but I suspect that it was because I accepted a proposal to set up an external media library in order to simplify security backups. An associated result was that I had lost all of my playlists!
What I did was to restore the entire library off my Ipod, using a very good program called PodToPC (a free download is available) selecting an option to replace all of the stuff in the Itunes library. I use the Ipod Classic simply because it has a large capacity to hold my collection of CD and Vinyls. No way was I going to modify duplicates of 10000 tracks in 750 playslists by hand! I did have a few residual problems with some of the playlist specs but, after a few hours of work all was restored.
I hope this is useful.

I have many duplicate songs in my iTunes. Is there a way to quickly delete all duplicates without having to manually delete all of them?

I have many duplicate songs in my iTunes. Is there a way to quickly delete all duplicates without having to manually delete all of them?

How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2905
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/itinfo/dupin.php (commercial)
post by turingtest2 - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3555601 - different types of duplicates and techniques
http://www.araxis.com/find-duplicate-files (commercial, free trial) - finds duplicate files on computer, not specifically iTunes
I would do it manually. As you can see from turingtest2's post, some duplicates are not really duplicates.
I would also review how you add media to iTunes. It should not be producing all that many duplicates.

HT2905 I want to delete duplicates from my iTunes music but cannot see "Display Exact Duplicates" in File menu.

Hi,
I want to delete duplicates from my iTunes music but and iTunes help says to click on "Display Exact Duplicates" in File men but I don't appear to have this function. Where else can I look?

Thanks Kappy. I had just found it but thanks reply. Next question is: Is there a quick way to then delete the duplicates without having to select each one and delete?

There are over 4000 duplicates in my iTunes. What is the fastest way to delete them?

There are over 4000 duplicates in my iTunes. What is the fastest way to delete them?

Hello there, yandere69keita.
The following Knowledge Base clarifies your concern about your My Photo Stream counting towards your iCloud storage:
iCloud: My Photo Stream FAQ
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4486
Does My Photo Stream use my iCloud storage?
No. Photos uploaded to My Photo Stream do not count against your iCloud storage.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

If you delete duplicates in your itunes library, does itunes still leave one version of the song(s) in your itunes library

if you delete duplicates in your itunes library, does itunes still leave one version of the song(s) in your itunes library

I've written a script called DeDuper which can help remove unwanted duplicates. See this thread for background.
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