Reset songlist on iTunes??

Question

How do I reset my songlist on iTunes. I want to clear my playlist and imported songs on itunes to erase some unwanted files.
I think I can drag and drop the songs in the 'iTunes folder' on my hard drive and restore all the info including song info and cover art in my playlist afterwords.
am I right or wrong? how do I do this?

Answer 1

You cannot empty a Smart Playlist without changing it's rules. You can only delete the Playlist.
You can remove (delete) any songs from a Static Playlist or just delete the whole list.
You do not need to drag the songs back into theLibrary as they are only reference pointers.
You must leave the song references within the main iTunes Library.
If you want to remove the references from iTunes or the song files from the PC, that's another question.
The 'Longer' Answer:
The "Main Library" (the gold "Library" icon) is basically a list of references to the music files on your computer. These files can be anywhere on the internal hard drive, an external hard drive, or any combination of several folders or drives. The Library is holding, more or less, a pointer to those files. The Library must contain all the music known and available to iTunes. This is the ‘Master Inventory List’ of your songs. Playlists are your views to subsets of that Library and there are two kinds: Smart & Static.
A "Smart Playlist" looks at the various ID3 tags stored in your music files and automatically fills itself based on the criteria you define for that playlist. These playlists have a dark purple icon with a picture of a gear. A "Static Playlist" holds whatever entries you drag into it from the gold Library, a Smart Playlist, or another Static Playlist. You can ‘lock’ a Smart Playlist by dragging its complete contents into a Static Playlist. These playlists have a light blue icon with a picture of a music note.