How do I delete duplicate songs

A while back I when I opened iTunes I was prompted to do something relating to how my library was organized.  Unfortunatley I didn't read it very closely and just click OK and it began to duplicate almost every song in my library so now I have 3 copies of each song in each folder.  Not sure what I did but it's taking up tons of space and I need to get it back to normal.  Anyone have any ideas?

EN You could delete all duplicate songs manually or use a software who will do that (but they are often bad or spams...).
Sorry but i don't don't speak very well English...
FR Tu peux les supprimer à la main ou utiliser un logiciel mais ils sont souvent mauvais ou pleins de publicités...
Désolé mais je ne parle pas très bien anglais...

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