Song duplicates in library and file

Question

I have now 5 copies of most songs in my itunes library, how do I get rid off all the access copies and how do I prevent this from happening all the time??
I have erased my etire library and gone folder to folder to delete each duplicate song, over 30g of music, and still keeps happening...HELP!

Answer 1

sometimes your phone downloads the songs you purchased just from your apple ID.
before you do this, make sure you have everything you want on your phone. backed up onto your computer.
Turn off music syncing to the phone in the computer's iTunes.
Sync to remove music.  Everything will be gone except the infernal iCloud duplicates.
Make sure iTunes Match is off in the phone Settings.
go to the iTunes & App Store settings on the phone.
Click your apple id account and Sign Out
Power off the phone
When powered back on, all music should be gone.
Then turn on music syncing in the computer's iTunes and resync the library.
or
go into Settings -> General -> Usage
then under Storage-- if Music is not listed tap Show all apps
then tap Music
tap Edit in the upper right hand corner
then tap the red circle with the line to remove all music