How to uninstall iTunes

Hello all,
recently, iTunes on my iMac stopped being able to access the gracenote database to identify CDs, track listings, etc.  The problem is very similar to that described by those on Yosemite:  Getting error 'user not registered for online use' when getting track names on iTunes 12.0.1 on OSX Yosemite
However, I'm running OS X 10.9.5 (Maverick), iTunes 12.0.1.26, on an iMac: 27-inch, Late 2012.
I've looked for the files in question in the above link and cannot find them on my hard drive. I tried to delete (so I could reinstall) iTunes, but was given the error msg: "iTunes cannot be deleted because it is needed by OS X". 
When I created a new admin account, gracenote did work, but then my library, favorites, and dock settings were inaccessible.  I don't want to "move" everything from my current acct to a new admin acct as that would take an inordinate amount of time.
Suggestions?? 
thanks,
SB

Eric,
thanks for the suggestion.  I had looked in the library folder previously, but I didn't recall looking in the preferences folder.  So, I just looked again, and I was able to find the following files:
com.apple.iTunes.001b63a108b6.plist
com.apple.itunes.eq.plist
com.apple.itunes.tiff
com.apple.screensaver.itunesartwork.001b63a108b6.plist
I deleted the 1st listing. (I made a backup copy 1st). I also emptied the trash.
I then re-installed Itunes. However, the problem is the same - I get the error message "No Error" when I manually try to get the gracenote database access.
I didn't think that deleting the EQ plist or the artwork plist would be needed. 
that being said, since the above didn't solve the problem, I went back into the library and saw that there is now a com.apple.itunes.gracenote.plist and com.apple.itunes.plist and com.apple.itunes.eq.plist and com.apple.ituneshelper.plist.
So I re-deleted those files above and re-installed itunes 12 again and this time it worked! it didn't automatically query gracenote, but I was able to do it manually.
thanks again.
sb

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