HT2905 remove duplicates in Itunes 11. How???

I need to remove duplicate music in Itunes 11, but don't have a duplicate option under File. Any suggestions?

look up where it says File Edit View Controls Store Help
click View
then click Show Duplicate Items
then while holding Ctrl click on each song you want to delete
right click, delete

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How can I remove duplicates in Itunes 11?

How can I remove duplicates in Itunes 11?

Simbalover wrote:
You don't have to delete them. Go to Preferences >> Store >> Uncheck show itunes in icloud Purchases.
Didn't work (but I left it unchecked anyway).
All of my duplicates are from CD's that I own and imported myself, not purchased through iTunes.

HT2905 Can't remove duplicates in iTunes library

I just downloaded the newest verion of iTunes and there is no option to "display duplicates" under the "file" tab. Any ideas? Thanks!

The show duplicates/show exact duplicates features have been left out of iTunes 11.0. Rumor suggests they will be restored in the next build. In the meantime I have written two Windows scripts to make playlists of Duplicates and Exact Duplicates, either from a selection of tracks or the entire library. Note that, as with the iTunes feature, this list makes no distinction between "originals" and "dupes", you have to decide which is which.
There is also my DeDuper script for automatically removing duplicate copies but keeping one remaining copy of each set. This can preserve ratings, play counts, playlist membership, etc. which are lost in a manual clean up. Please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping. See this thread for background on deduping and the script.
If you want to manually remove duplicate tracks use shift-delete to remove selected tracks from the library as well as the playlist. Keep one of each repeated group of files and don't send the others to the recycle bin unless you are sure that there are multiple files on the disc as opposed to multiple entries to the same file. Same advice to backup applies.
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Removing duplicates in itunes

How am I able to do this the most easy and seamless way?

How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2905
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/itinfo/dupin.php (commercial)
Posts by turingtest2 about different types of duplicates and techniques- https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3555601 and https://discussions.apple.com/message/16042406 (Note: The DeDuper script is for Windows)
http://www.araxis.com/find-duplicate-files (commercial, free trial) - finds duplicate files on computer, not specifically iTunes
I would do it manually. As you can see from turingtest2's post, some duplicates are not really duplicates.
I would also review how you add media to iTunes. It should not be producing all that many duplicates.

Best app to remove duplicates from iTunes 2014

Hi All,
I've been trying to research the best application to sort and remove duplicates from my iTunes library. I have over 7000 songs and iTunes built in duplicate finder doesn't look at the track fingerprint, which is useful for those songs which are labelled "Track_1" etc.
Has anyone reviewed any recent products? I was looking at TuneUp, but after reading so many negative comments, I've decided not to go down that path. I would prefer a program that did most of the work for me, due to the amount of songs. Happy to pay for a good product...
I do have MusicBrainz Picard, which has done a great job of tagging, but don't remove duplicates.
Thanks in advance :-)

Tune up is a great app. When they moved from version 2 to version 3 is when it went to crap and all heck broke loose. They shut their doors but they have since re opened and went back to developing version 2. I use that version and I am pretty happy with it as being an overall cleanup utility. I also use Musicbrainz and a couple of other utilities but in the end if you have an enormous library 20k plus then you are going to have a few slip through. I would probably go with Tuneup if I were you and a thorough third party duplicate finder. Dupe Guru's music edition seems to do a pretty good job.

HT2905 "Display Duplicates" in iTunes 11

There doesn't seem to be a "Display Duplicates" item under Files in iTunes 11. Anyone know where it might be found? I love it when they change versions but don't change the Help answers.

Note that, as with the iTunes feature, this lists make no distinction between "originals" and "dupes", you have to decide which is which.
There is also my DeDuper script for automatically removing duplicates copies but keeping one remaining copy of each set. This can preserve ratings, play counts, playlist membership, etc. which are lost in a manual clean up. Please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping. See this thread for background on deduping and the script.
If you want to manually remove duplicate tracks use shift-delete to remove selected tracks from the library as well as the playlist. Keep one of each repeated group of files and don't send the others to the recycle bin unless you are sure that there are multiple files on the disc as opposed to multiple entries to the same file. Same advice to backup applies.
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Removing Duplicates in iTunes for Windows

Hi, I cannot find the "remove duplicates" option in the menus. It used to be in the file menu, but I don't see it anywhere now. Am I just missing it? Thanks!

The show duplicates feature is now under the View menu. Use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicates as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove. Or use my DeDuper script if you don't want to do it by hand. Please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping. See this thread for background.
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Removing duplicates in iTunes 11

Bought a new Drobo5d and consolidated huge itunes library to the new location. After a day of transfering files my computer shut off and I had to restart. I clicked to cosolidate and after it finished i now have several duplicat files renamed with a 1 at the end of the file name. The file with the ! is the file itunes is recognizing. How can I easily delete the duplicate files and also rename the new files without the added "1" at the end

I haven't tested this but saw the link in another discussion
http://dougscripts.com/apps/dupinapp.php

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1000 duplicates in itunes. How do I fix that?
...and how did it happen.?

Uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes does not create duplicates.
Only the user importing content multiple times creates duplicates.
Delete the duplicates and stop importing the same content multiple times.

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I down loaded a couple of songs from my CD to itunes. Now downloaded the whole CD and it shows the songs I first added twice. How do I get it to replace or not download duplicates?

Hello there, DBallen.
The way to remove duplicates from iTunes is found in the following Knowledge Base article:
How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2905
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro D.

HT2905 how do you remove duplicate libraries from itunes

I recently purchased a new window9.1 computer. I tried to move the library to the new pc by using an external haddrive. The songs and other items all transfered, but the mudic remsined on the externalmedia informaiton files, I had to connect the drive to listen to music.. I worked with tech support and copied themusioc files to ITunes. When I reopened the media files and copied music were on the system. ITunes recognzed there was missing information on the media data file and corrected it, so oe I have 20,000 sonfs in a 10,000 song library.How do you delete massive duplicates without individually deleting10,000 songs?

Apple's official advice is here... HT2905 - How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library. It is a manual process and the article fails to explain some of the potential pitfalls.
Use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicate Items to display duplicates as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove. Sorting the list by Date Added may make it easier to select the appropriate tracks, however this works best when performed immediately after the dupes have been created. If you have multiple entries in iTunes connected to the same file on the hard drive then don't send to the recycle bin.
Use my DeDuper script if you're not sure, don't want to do it by hand, or want to preserve ratings, play counts and playlist membership. See this thread for background and please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping.
(If you don't see the menu bar press ALT to show it temporarily or CTRL+B to keep it displayed)
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HT2905 No Display Duplicates under File. How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library

I now have iTunes ver 11.0.4.4 under Windows 7. I lost all iTunes stuff when updating to Windows 7. I have loaded thousands amd thousands of music files from backup disks, but there are many duplicates. I am attemping to re-establish my old library. I used to be able to remove duplicates quickly with the old iTunes. The new iTunes doesn't seem to offer the same service. Is there any way to remove duplicates quickly, or must I do it one by one?

When deduping use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicate Items as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove. Sorting the list by Date Added may make it easier to select the appropriate tracks. If you have multiple entries in iTunes connected to the same file on the hard drive then don't send to the recycle bin. Use my DeDuper script if you're not sure, don't want to do it by hand, or want to preserve ratings, play counts and playlist membership. See this thread for background and please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping.
(If you don't see the menu bar press ALT to show it temporarily or CTRL+B to keep it displayed)
See also HT2905: How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library
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HT2905 how do i find and remove duplicate songs in itunes 11.1.3?

i transferred my itunes to a new computer today, and somehow half of my library was duplicated. no i cant seem to find a way to get rid of the duplicates without selecting them one at a time. any ideas?

Apple's official advice on duplicates is here... HT2905: How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library. It is a manual process and the article fails to explain some of the potential pitfalls.
Use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicate Items to display duplicates as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove. Sorting the list by Date Added may make it easier to select the appropriate tracks, however this works best when performed immediately after the dupes have been created. If you have multiple entries in iTunes connected to the same file on the hard drive then don't send to the recycle bin.
Use my DeDuper script if you're not sure, don't want to do it by hand, or want to preserve ratings, play counts and playlist membership. See this thread for background and please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping.
(If you don't see the menu bar press ALT to show it temporarily or CTRL+B to keep it displayed)
Alternativey see this migrate iTunes library post, you may want to revisit the transfer method.
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HT2905 How to remove duplicate songs from the iPhone when the duplicates are not listed in the iTunes library on the computer.

How can I remove duplicate songs from the iPhone4. The duplicates are not listed in the computer iTunes library.

The simplest thing may be to back-up and then restore the iPhone. If you don't fancy that then remove all media that is currently synced to it, then double check and manually remove any media that remains on the device, before reselecting your sync options.
If you've been manually managing the device and your library doesn't contain copies of all your media then see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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HT2905 Does anyone know how to find and remove duplicate items in the new itunes 11?

I am having a hard time trying to figure out how to find and remove duplicate items under the New iTunes 11? Its not as user friendly as in previous versions. Does anyone know how to figure this out?

As Jim said View > Show Duplicates
or
Option + View > Show Exact Duplicates

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