I accidentally deleted my entire music library and it's in the trash, how do I move it back?

I just deleted my entire music library and its in the trash, how do I move it back?

How did you delete it? Please provide more details to see what options you have available. Did you use iTunes by deleting the directory and confirming putting it in the trash or did you drag the actual iTunes folder in the trash? If you dragged the folder the solution is easy, either right click on the folder and select Put Back or manually return the folder to the previous location.
Do you have a recent backup of the entire iTunes Music folder including the iTunes Library.itl file or just the iTunes Library.itl file?

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No you don't have it on your phone, you have it in iCloud. And if you don't want to see it on your phone you can hide it.
How to Disable Showing Cloud Music in iOS 7
Step 1: Touch the Settings icon.
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Hello bigali,
Your options are kinda limited. I would use this first:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and ...
Then check here for the non-purchased items:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022
You want to rebuild the library first, then sync the ipod.
Here is a good idea for when your done:
How to back up your media in iTunes
Hope this helps.
~Julian

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Open itunes, click Itunes>Check for updates.
I nor anyone I know have ever lost anything on update.

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Hello bigali,
Your options are kinda limited. I would use this first:
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Then check here for the non-purchased items:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022
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Hope this helps.
~Julian

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I have quite a few thousand tunes in my entire library now, I also have many playlists. What I would like to be able to do is click on a playlist then click on my entire music library and have one of the columns show the tunes that are in the playlist I just previously clicked on.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535?viewlocale=en_US
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