Is it possible to eliminate the stored music file from my computers harddrive once i tunes has finished its download?

is it possible to eliminate original downloaded file once i tunes has finished its import to i tunes?

iTunes needs a copy of the file somewhere to play it.
And you should backup the library.
So not really.
tt2

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Any messages?
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I have a Windows 7 laptop using I tunes 64 and all my music files are
on an external disc. I rarely use I tunes and at one point moved all my files
(including the music files) from one external disc to another without
considering what affect this would have on the I tunes library. When I eventually
attempted to use I tunes, every selected a song from the library resulted in a
message stating that the file couldn't be located. After following some of the procedures
explained in this community I was able to reconnect the library back to where
the associated music files are presently stored. However, there are still 2
problems that need to be corrected. 1) Every song file now has a duplicate. One
file works and the other file will result in the same message stating that the
file couldn't be located. Before there were 4,000 songs in the library, now
there are 8,000 songs. I need to eliminate the 4,000 dead song files. 2) All
the playlists are still associated with the dead song files which makes the
playlists unusable. Can the playlists be reconnected to the usable files
without manually having to recreate them? Thanks in advance for the help.
sdkr

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You used your iPod as a hard drive (drag and drop) instead of having iTunes install the music?
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I sure there are a lot of doubles in the my music file.
I also have an external hard drive.
Can you please help me.
Thank you so much.
Sally

Yes... With iTunes closed move the entire iTunes folder from <User's Music> to the top of the external drive, e.g. as X:\iTunes where X:\ is the drive letter, then click the icon that starts iTunes and immediately press and hold down the shift key and keep holding until prompted to choose or create a library. Click choose then browse to and open the file X:\iTunes\iTunes Library.itl - your library should show exactly as before. Double check that the media folder under Edit > Preferences > Advanced now reads X:\iTunes\iTunes Media. (I'm assuming here that your library won't be old enough for the media folder to have been called iTunes Music as it was back on iTunes 8.) Once you've checked that use File > Library > Organize Library > Consolidate files in case the library is connected to any files stored outside of the media folder. This brings in copies of those files.
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tt2

HT1660 when deleting music files from iTunes and you select Keep File, where is that file stored and how it is retireved?

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tt2

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It sounds like you have your music on your iPod classic and want to get it onto your new computers iTunes library. You can use this article to transfer your iTunes Store Purchases:
Re-download or transfer your iTunes Store purchases from an iPhone, iPad or iPod to a computer
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This feature works only for content bought from the iTunes Store. Any items that you imported from audio CDs or received from other sources won't copy from your device to the iTunes library. However, all podcasts from your device's Podcasts app and copies of all PDFs and books from your device's iBooks app will transfer to the computer. Learn how to transfer media to your iTunes library.
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