How to delete entire library

I know it sounds strange, but I need to delete entire library and start a fresh. I mucked around with my files and it has all got very messy, so I would like to delete the whole library and 'home share' my library from my other computor. Can I do this?
When I delete all the songs, they are replaced with name of song and icloud icon. I can download each individual song from icloud, but this is a lengthy process.
Any ideas??

However as far as I know there is no way to do a secure delete from iPhoto - the delete process removes them from easy access but if your kids want and know how - or ask on this forum on how to recover deleted photos - they could find them
If you need to be sure they do not see the photos the only way would be to drag the iPhoto libary to the trash, pull their photos our of the originals folder back to the desktop, do a secure delete and create a new library
LN

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Anybody know how to view the entire library in iTunes 7? I want to see everything I have in iTunes without regard to categorization, (Music, Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, Audiobooks, Radio).
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Thanks for the idea. I tried using a Smart Playlist approach to your idea and found that it works too. Just define your Smart Playlist with something all-inclusive -- I used "Year", "is less than", "2010". (I'm hoping Apple will have fixed this problem by then...)
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You might take a look at Lori Diloreto's directions for fixing a corrupt library and see if anything there is helpful, especially about creating a new library and then moving the correct photos into it: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1885752&#1885752
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