How can I permanently delete itunes files?

I moved my itunes library to an external hard-drive, but it still shows all the albums in my library. If I try to play an album, it says the file has been moved. How can I clean up my library so it doesn't show those files anymore?

When opening itunes keep the option(alt) key pressed on the keyboard.
I dialog box opens and you can choose your external Library on your hard drive. Sounds like iTunes is still trying to access the itunes library on the local drive which you have deleted. That is why you have all the exclammation marks by your content because iTunes can not find the files.
This will then always use the hard drive as your itunes library. Just ensure that the Hard drive is not in a sleep state when you start iTunes otherwise it will default to your local machine.
Just click on it in finder to wake it up

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