I have matched my music library but iTunes still takes up a major portion of my hard drive

i have matched my itunes library but itunes still is taking up a big chunk of my hard drive. i want to get rid of it but want access to my cloud library of course. am afraid to just delete the library as it exists now. simply put i just want to clear up space and still have access to my library in the cloud.

jokrxp8 wrote:
i have matched my itunes library but itunes still is taking up a big chunk of my hard drive.
Because you have not deleted it from the hard drive.
am afraid to just delete the library as it exists now
Make a backup of it first.
simply put i just want to clear up space and still have access to my library in the cloud.
Yes, this is what iTunes Match does.
Delete songs from your computer and uncheck Also delete this song from iCloud.
Try it with a few songs first.

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aespinoza2210 wrote:
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I have matched my music library but iTunes still takes up a major portion of my hard drive

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