Itunes playlist is deleting songs, I want to keep!

When I try to create a new playlist, if any songs in the playlist are in any previous playlists, it deletes any duplicate songs from all previous playlists. How do I keep all my previous playlists the same if I want one song in multiple playlists?

See Why did iTunes 11.1 (126) delete all (SEVERAL HUNDRED) Podcasts.
More recently a new option has been added that automatically deletes podcasts when they have been played. it is turned on by default so you may need to revisit your settings. I'm on an iPad just now so I can't check the details.
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My default rating is 2 for all songs until I've decided I don't like them or that they need to be moved up, and I only sync songs that are 2 or above (actually I generally sync the 3+ smartlist to the phone), so in my system, changing the rating to 0 would automatically get it off the phone on the next sync without me having to think about it anymore. Some variation should work with your system.
You can ask Apple for a "flag" functionality in iTunes and iPhone--I think it would be useful, too, though unlikely:
http://apple.com/feedback

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The issue I'm having is that I can't delete songs which have been downloaded onto my phone from my phone with my phone. Whether the itunes Match service is disabled, or enabled and the "show all music" option is disabled, the music app does not respond to swiping to delete albums, artists or songs. I've tried every configuration of settings I can think of.
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Hi Kevinpnb,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
Sorry to hear of your frustration with Music Match on your iPhone. You should be able to delete the music from your iPhone by following the steps in this article:
iTunes Match on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5637
Deleting songs downloaded to your device
You can delete a song or album from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch at any time. Don't worry; it'll still be in the cloud.
Tap the Music app.
Tap More > Songs at the bottom.
Scroll or search for the song you would like to delete from your device.
Swipe right to left on the song, and then tap Delete.
Note: You must be in Artists, Songs, or Albums view to delete songs from your device. Deleting from a playlist won't remove a song from your iOS device.
Also, this information can be found on page 64 of the iPhone User Guide for iOS 7
http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1565/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf
Remove a song from iPhone. Tap Songs, swipe the song, then tap Delete. The song is deleted from iPhone, but not from your iTunes library on your Mac or PC, or from iCloud.
If you have iOS 7, this will delete the song from local storage, but the song will still appear with a cloud symbol in the Music app, as you've noticed. To hide the iTunes in the Cloud purchases, navigate to Settings > iTunes & App Store, and disable "Show All: Music”
There may be a few orphaned songs on your iPhone that were partially downloaded or corrupted in some way. If that is the case, you can erase all of the music from your phone. Follow the instructions below and select the Music app under Usage:
iPhone, iPad, and iPod: Understanding capacity
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1867
If the issue still persists, try backing up your iPhone to iCloud, and then restore it:
iCloud: Restore your iOS device from iCloud
https://support.apple.com/kb/ph12521
I hope this information helps ....
- Judy

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I don't like the itunes site at all....find it very difficult to find and purchase from!
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Without actually seeing what you're seeing and from the information provided, I think this article may help:
How to browse and buy content from the iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1879
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Hello,
I download video podcasts on to my Ipod. Video-Podcasts I want to keep in Itunes after I have watched them, are being deleted from the Ipod and my computer, after syncing. I have highlighted the settings: Episodes to keep: All episodes, but it still keeps deleting them.
I am sure that I have made all the adjustments necessary in Itunes, so that it should work, but somehow Itunes seems to ignore my adjustments.
I even had my brother doing everything I did, on his Itunes, and it worked with him.
What can I do to stop Itunes deleting my Podcasts?
I have had that issue for a while now, and couldn't resolve it.
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See Why did iTunes 11.1 (126) delete all (SEVERAL HUNDRED) Podcasts.
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tt2

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Now I no longer get this, instead iTunes asks:
Are you sure you want to delete the selected song from your iTunes library?
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I've tried resetting dialogue warning, and this hasn't made a difference.
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iTunes prefs > Advanced > Reset all dialog warnings. - https://discussions.apple.com/message/23987276
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I recently changed my music location from MY MUSIC to a SHARED USER folder so that my wife and I can share our music. After I moved my music I deleted the old folder where the duplicate music had been stored (I backed up my entire files on a seperate hard drive prior to deleting old files.). When I re-opened itunes my library was gone along with all my playlists. Is there and easy way to get my itunes to revert back to how I had it? I ALSO HAD MY SONGS RATED IN MY LIBRARY, WILL I BE ABLE TO RETRIEVE THE OLD RATINGS?

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I accidentally deleted all of the playlists in my iTunes sidebar, including the pre-setup ones that come with the installation. Is there any way I can get those back? Like the "25 most played" and "Recently added".
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Most of the preloaded playlists are nothing more than Smart Playlists (SPLs). So you can go to File -> Create Smart Playlist and recreate them.
For example, for the 25 Most Played SPL you want to make it look like this...
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ITunes: How to delete song duplicates

I currently have 6200 songs on my ipod touch and around 1100 are all duplicates. I know how to use the display the option on itunes, to display all duplicates, but I just want to see the ones I have to delete, not the whole list. If that is the case, I would have delete each duplicate one by one. Basically what I am saying is that I just want to select all the duplicates I need to delete and delete them, lol.

This forum is for questions from those managing sites on iTunes U, Apple's service for colleges and universities to post educational material in the iTunes Store. You'll be most likely to get help with this issue if you ask in the general iTunes for Windows forums.
Regards.

ITunes does not delete songs -- Send song files to the Trash for deletion

27May2012
Apple Support:
I have Itunes on an external drive. I put the (song) files on another external drive for storage becasue the itunes drive is full.
After copying the files, I tried to delete the songs. I had the option to keep the files or send them to the trash.
I selected the send to trash option, then went to the Finder to empty the trash.
The files were taken off the library, but the files were not deleted. My hard drive is still very full.
How do I delete the files -- remove them from my hard drive.
Anohter issue:
I tried the same thing earlier this morning. I may need to reinstall the songs on Itunes (once I get itunes to delete the files from the hard drive).
I appreciate any help you can give me.
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It's definitely intel, why wouldn't it be?
I don't know.
You list a G5.
A G5 is a PowerPC chip made by Motorola, not Intel.
And G5 Macs/iMacs have not been made for +4 years.

Itunes wishlist wont delete songs!

Updated to the latest version of itunes yesterday and since then the order of my wishlist has changed with the buy now button disseapearing. Unable to delete any song in the list just reappears 2 seconds later. Anyone else having the same problem?

I wrote a user tip on this just yesterday. It should solve your issue.
iTunes has an issue deleting individual songs from the wish list. Albums can be deleted just fine. My tip explains how to delete the songs.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5831

Same Ipod recognized twice by iTunes, crashes when deleting songs off iPod.

I know that others have had this issue but there was never an answer and it was awhile back so I figured I'd post a new message. Everytime I sync my iPod it is recognized twice by iTunes. What I mean by this is that it looks as if I am syncing two iPods with the same name at the same time, although upon examination there contents appear different (when looking at the color bar that shows how much of the iPod is video, music, other, etc...) In addition, if I attempt to delete a song or songs off of the iPod, Itunes crashes but with no error message, just straight to the desktop, no questions asked. I know this is not a problem with drive letters as I have already checked that out and Windows is only recognizing the iPod once as the Q drive and no other drive shares that letter. Can someone please help? (or will my question end up in the iTunes message board graveyard of unanswered problems like so many others?)

so yeah i just tried that... didnt work. I changed the drive letter from G: to I: and no dice. This is all after i used msconfig to disable all third party services that automatically load at windows start up. Yet once again, those weren't the problem. So i completely uninstalled itunes, redownloaded, and then reinstalled the newest version with the third party services still disabled. Once again, itunes crashes : /
my friend is coming over in a bit and im going to see if i can successfully connect to her itunes. Only other options right now i feel i have is to pay apples sorry *** $30 to help me solve this over the phone.. or i can restore my ipod, then try again : ( any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated : )

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