Why can't I delete any songs from my library??

I saw this question was posted but no one had an answer even though it was marked as "solved".
I can't delete any songs from my library whether or not they are starred. None of the songs are on my playlists. When I right click on a song, the delete option is in gray so I can't select it. It's driving me crazy! Please help me! :catmad:

avery18 wrote:
"Greyed out Delete button songs are from playlist or local files in Library view. You can't delete songs from Library."
That fixed it. I've had this problem for MONTHS and I couldn't find a work around. This comment made me finally think to just delete the songs on the playlists and that FINALLY removed them from my library. Thanks so much for the heads up!
Hey there, enjoy your Spotify :)

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