How do we delete duplicates songs easily and not one at a time in iTunes?

how do we delete duplicate songs easily and not one by one in iTunes?

I've written a script called DeDuper which can help remove unwanted duplicates. See this  thread for background.
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  • How can you delete duplicate songs in total, not one at a time?

    How can you delete duplicate songs in total, instead of the tedious task of one at a time. I have hundreds of duplicates.

    Maybe:
    Duplicate songs on my iPod Touch: Apple Support Communities
    Have you looked at the previous discussions listed on the right side of this page under the heading "More Like This"?
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    - Restore from backup. See:                                                
    iOS: How to back up                  
    I know this will work                                                                 
    - Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

  • HT201253 My Nano is full and I can no longer sync more music. How do I delete duplicate songs on the Nano to make room for syncing more songs?

    My Nano is full and I can no longer sync more music. How do I delete duplicate songs on the Nano to make room for syncing more songs?

    I had the same problem today and was able to resolve it without having to do a restore or reset. The problem had something to do with my mail accounts. The upgrade reset my mail settings, switching both my gmail and my .mac mail to "archive all mail". I went into the General Settings, disabled that setting, and resynced the phone. The "other" storage allottment dropped back down to less than a gig.
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  • How do I delete duplicate songs in my iTunes? I have hundreds and I don't want to delete them one by one. They were all added on the same date, so sorting by the date won't help.

    How do I delete duplicate songs in my iTunes? I have hundreds and I don't want to delete them one by one. They were all added on the same date, so sorting by the date won't help.

    Hi, if this is in regards to your library simply open up itunes and do the following steps:
    Click File
    Scroll down to "show duplicates"
    A list will then appear of your duplicate song titles.
    Be sure to CAREFULLY review each song to make sure it is a duplicate ( as I have some music that is the same song but live, acoustic etc...)
    Proceed to manually delete each song from the list and leave alone any song that you wish to keep.
    Best of luck,
    Cait

  • How do you delete duplicate songs in your library without having to delete each song individually??

    How do you delete duplicate songs in your library without having to delete each song individually?

    mauijiminar wrote:
    Go to iTunes, select view and click show duplicates. Hold control and A ( select all) and then delete.
    Not a good idea! The "show duplicates" feature shows "all" duplicate tracks, but you only want to delete the "extra" copies, not the "originals".
    I've written a script called DeDuper which can help remove unwanted duplicates. See this  thread for background, including how to delete the extra tracks manually if you prefer.
    tt2

  • How do I delete duplicate songs, but keep a link in their original albums to the single copy of the song left, so it will play in each album in sequence as if it were still there?

    Greetings!
    After importing my 300 or so CDs into iTunes, I found I have tons of duplicate songs.
    Example: I have a song that came in a original album, then in again in a "Greatest Hits" album, then again in a "Hits of the 80's" album, and again in a soundtrack album. I have now have 4 copies of the exact same song.
    How do I delete duplicate songs, but keep a link in their original albums back to the single copy of the song left, so it will play in each album in sequence as if it were still there?
    I don't think this currently exists, but as my library keeps growing the duplicates keep growing.  It would be nice if Apple sees this and adds a way to link songs to multiple albums.
    I don't want to create a custom playlist for every album that has a duplicate song or two (I'd have dozens of playlists) - thought about fixing it that way but not really practical.

    To my knowledge, there is no way of doing what you want. The only workaround is to create playlists for the other albums containing the track, but that isn't practical for most people.
    You could provide Apple with feedback here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

  • How do I delete duplicate songs from my library that have been automaticly downloaded from itunes?

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    Hello momoandfam,
    Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
    Take a look at the article linked below, it’ll answer your questions about finding and deleting duplicate tracks in your iTunes library.
    Find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library - Apple Support
    Take care,
    -Jason

  • How can I delete duplicate songs in Itunes ?

    How can i delete duplicate songs in Itunes ?

    I have the same problem, where my music library shows duplicates of just about everything I put in iTunes now. It began about a month ago. As far as looking at Date Added, well they are duplicates all put on at the same time. It isn't a matter of the title showing up later, or my having accidentally added the same song twice (say, from different sources or compilations). This is a problem with Apple I think because it just began a month ago and I changed no settings, nor did I do anything else. It just began to happen out of the blue. Anyone know about this?

  • How can I delete duplicate songs that are appearing on my iphone but not in my itunes?

    How can I delete duplicate songs that are appearing on my iphone

    Hi jpere041,
    Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
    You can delete individual songs, artists, albums, playlists, compilations and composers from your iPhone. To delete an item, swipe across it, then tap Delete.
    This information is on page 61 of the iPhone User Guide
    manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf
    Delete a song from iPhone: In Songs, swipe the song, then tap Delete.
    The song is deleted from iPhone, but not from your iTunes library on your Mac or PC, or from iCloud.
    Regards,
    Jeremy

  • How can i delete all songs on my ipad at the same time?

    How can I delete all songs on my ipad at the same time without affecting my library on itunes?

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  • How can I delete duplicats songs in my libary

    How can I delete duplicates in my libary

    i found probably the easiest way to do this with out even displaying the duplicates and deleting them one by one
    well most of them got deleted i went from over 1900 duplicates to 83 but i think that might of been because i might have duplicates in my music folder
    first of all
    delete all of your songs in your libary but one
    then open your folder with all your music files
    from there select all of your songs and drag them into your itunes libary
    now all you duplications will be gone
    if the song you kept in your libary got duplicated just delete that one it didnt for me though

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  • How do I delete duplicate songs from my iPhone 5s?

    Almost all of my itunes music shows up twice on my iPhone, but not in my iTunes library. I've tried to delete one of the duplicates from my actual iPhone, but that doesn't work. How do I fix this?

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    Thank you for using Apple Support Communities. 
    It looks like you are deleting your song correctly. The cloud and arrow is indicating that the song is no longer on your iPhone, but remains available from iCloud. See this: 
    Remove a song that’s been downloaded. Swipe left, then tap Delete. The song is removed from iPhone, but remains available from iCloud.
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  • How do I delete duplicate songs from my iphone???

    This is the 3rd iPhone I've lost, and now there are TONS of duplicate songs in my iTunes library.
    How do I get rid of the duplicates so I can transfer them to my iphone?  Please help!  I'm not too tech savvy. 
    Thanks!

    When you're looking at the "song" section of your iPhone, you want to swipe to the right on the song you wish to remove. A red button should pop up saying "delete". When you click that button, the song will no longer be there.

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