ITunes showing updates available for the account of a visitor

All my apps are up to date. Some time ago a visitor signed into iTunes on my iMac, bought some tracks and apps etc, then signed out. iTunes keeps showing the updates for those apps even though the visitor is long gone. How do I erase the update notification? I don't have their account name or password. Thanks in advance.

Michael Allbritton wrote:
You know which ones are showing as having updates available, right?
No I don't know which ones. I click where it says '3 updates available', then it says 'Not updates are currently available. To check updates for another Apple ID, sign in with that Apple ID'
and that's the problem, I don't know what that other Apple ID is, nor do I know its password.

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