Remove all media from one iTunes account from iTunes library

Ah, love, marriage, divorce and the electronic age:  many years ago, my ex-wife authorized me to listen to her iTunes music on my computer.  Fast forward several years, through some divorce papers, and all the way to a new MBP that is now not authorized on her account.
It seems every time I try to play iTunes music, I get prompted to enter her password to listen songs she purchased on her account that are selected by iTunes random setting.  It's difficult to individually find these songs and disruptive to work to constantly have to deal with it.
Is there a way to delete all media associated with someone else's iTunes account from my computer?  For instance, is there a way to sort the library by media owner and then delete?
Thanks in advance.
(if it helps, I'm running Yosemite and iTunes 12.1.0.50)

Any ideas that don't involve downloading 3rd party software?  Or at least rely on open source/freeware?
Not really.
You could get info on each individual file and see which iTunes account it was purchased with.
Or you could write some AppleScript to do it (which is what Dougscripts are) .

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