Most of us have a bunch of duplicate songs stored in iTunes and need to clear them out but don't know how. These instructions will explain in detail just how to delete duplicates in iTunes all at once and easily. iTunes is a brilliant tool for organizing songs invented and released by Apple. It not only organizes and manages music it also does the same for TV shows, movies, and books etc. It works on both Windows and Mac computers and devices. Like any software it's not perfect and when it comes to deleting duplicates in iTunes it can be challenging. Then can iTunes remove duplicates by itselfs? For those using the V11 edition, V12 edition or later versions of iTunes, it was fairly easy to remove a single duplicate on a Mac by just clicking 'View > Show Duplicate Items' or 'View > Show Exact Duplicate Items' and then you would just check off the duplicates that you wanted to remove. The downside is that you must delete your duplicate songs in iTunes manually one-by-one. It's time consuming.
Here you will learn how you can remove duplicate music from your iTunes library all at once with easily using the 3rd-party cleaner program for iTunes called 'iTunes Duplicate Remover'.

Download iTunes Duplicate Remover Mac / Win

ITunes has the built-in feature to find and delete duplicate items. Choose Songs in the Library section. Go to the menu bar, choose File Library Show Duplicate Items. Select the duplicate item you want to delete. From the menu bar, go to Song Delete. This freeware program will help you quickly and easily find and remove duplicates in iTunes. ITunes - it is very convenient media player designed by Apple. The peculiarity of it is that it can be used not only on the devices of this brand (Mac, iPhone, iPad), but also on the ordinary computer or laptop running Windows operating system.

iTunes Duplicate Remover was created as a one-stop system for sweeping and organizing your iTunes which can delete duplicate songs contained in your iTunes music library automatically and easily. There is no need to spend the time trying to figure out which files to keep and which to remove and then having to do this one-by-one, hour after hour. iTunes Duplicate Remover will take care of all of this automatically, finding and removing all your duplicate songs automatically and easily.

Step 1. Run iTunes Duplicate Remover program

– When you launch this program to find your duplicates you will notice that you have 4 options:
Start to Clean iTunes
Open Music Files
Clean-up Duplicates
Load Saved Results
Click on the option to 'Clean-up Duplicates'

Step 2.Click 'Start to Clean iTunes'

– Once finished with step 1 you will choose this option in order to delete your duplicate songs and repair your iTunes music library.
Choose a scanning mode by looking on the left side of the program, either Deep Scan or Quick Scan.
- Deep Scan is recommended, although it takes longer, but it works by using Acoustic Fingerprint technology in order to accurately and more widely scan your music.
- Quick Scan identifies duplicate songs and originals in iTunes by using song tags such as artist, album name, album artwork, etc.

Step 3. Select music library and remove duplicate songs

– After step 2 is completed, your iTunes duplicates will be deleted immediately.
- Missing items such as artist, album name, and album artwork will be repaired.
- When all of this cleaning up has been completed click 'Apply' and this applies the new organized music library.

Important Information:
• Songs listed under 'Unrecognized Songs' may not have been totally cleaned up the first time around.
When you discover this, go to that particular category and click on the link 'Refix'
This will again repair your iTunes library and should take care of the 'Unrecognized Songs'.
• If you have songs that have too little information they may not be able to be fixed by the program.
Go to that particular category which is usually 'Unrecognized Songs'.
Click to select a particular item
Click the 'Edit' icon on the right and you can manually edit that song's metadata which includes the song's name, the artist, the album name, album cover etc.

• If you choose 'Open Music Files' when you start the program you will also be able to organize your song files which you've placed under other directories on your computer.

Aaron | 2016-05-25 15:01:47

It's not only remove the duplicate songs from my iTunes, but also fixed my library with getting missing tags, delete missing tracks. Saved more than 4G space from my iPhone, really great app!

Joseph D. | 2016-02-29 09:17:55

Very user friendly program that enabled me to delete duplicates in itunes and clean up my collection in no time over 2000 titles so farFound over 300 songs without artwork in about a minute. Made my iTunes much more attractive and easier to use with the artwork

Christina | 2015-12-12 19:34:09

I had a lot of duplicates in my iTunes and my attempts to find them and remove them myself resulted in a big mess. This was the answer! Great product.

Theresa Charpentier | 2015-10-29 22:10:47

I have a huge library of ripped CDs, Amazon MP3s, and stuff I've (legally) downloaded. This iTunes Duplicate Remover seems to do a pretty good job of deleting duplicates in iTunes and find artwork, but it works best if you keep everything in iTunes. Found 705 songs without artwork and 936 dupes. Found most of the missing art work and a numbers of duplicate files in iTunes from when I accidentally reloaded some songs.

Ankur Kejriwal | 2015-08-25 14:33:05

AWESOME! What a great application, easy to delete duplicates and find album art in iTunes, automatically fixes them all without requiring an iTunes Store account.

Kien Nguyen | 2015-07-13 05:12:53

I have large library. This iTunes Duplicate Remover helped to remove duplicates in iTunes, cleaned up artwork and unidentified in an hour. Saved me hours of time.I should have had at least 10 times as many duplicates as were found, but I am very pleased with the retrieval of artwork.Found 300 songs without album art and some without artist Fixed a total of 323 songs really quick Super impressed! iTunes duplicate remover does what it's suppose to do. My iTunes music library was a mess before using this utility, now neat and tidyWas able to find results for some of my international music and some more obscure finds in the library. Looking forward to see its work with duplicatesI was pleasantly surprised how quickly it downloaded, installed and did the initial analysis.The 35 fixes didn't take long either. I thought it all would take much longer.After years of throwing music in a folder I didn't think I would ever get help like this from one program. I am amazed. My itunes is now clean, free of duplicates, includes all of my artwork and good to go.

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Aditya Benny | 2015-05-20 10:57:01

My collection of music spans many years, and a Terabyte and half of hard-drive space. I'm setting up a Nas, but didn't want to transfer a mess over to the new setup. I used iTunes Duplicate Remover and my problem was solved, all duplicates in iTunes have been removed quickly. Tomorrow I start the transfer. Great software for a massive group of files! While this duplicates remover does have a nice interface, and does find dupes and missing items, however I hope there will be some settings for how it finds songs, or how it fixes songs, which would make it better for UE.

Dane Wooley | 2015-03-08 20:08:51

Nothing could be easier than clicking one button then like magic itunes duplicate remover mac did a fantastic job to delete duplicates in iTunes automatically! Not sure if it could be much simpler. Fixed almost 3000 songs. Simple for getting album artwork and other related information. My iTunes library was a real mess, this tool fixed things that I would have spent all night trying to sort out. Awesome.Ran this on a small sample of my music (and I know I've got many duplicates in all my music files)and it found all duplicates no problemI just click a button and it runs. It might be because my iTunes isn't in terrible shape, but I didn't have to do a thing to have the software process my library.I have been waiting for a product like iTunes Duplicate Remover for a long time. It is quick, simple to use but amazingly effective. My iTunes look so much better now compared to before.It does what it says. I have over 9,800 songs and it found and corrected most missing artwork and information quickly. Some art work was way off! For some albums it did not put the same cover (if any) on all the the tracks.

Aumbre | 2015-02-20 12:29:01

I delete the duplicates in itunes manually before and sometimes itunes doesn't work. When download this iTunes Duplicate Remover, things get simple. With a few clicks, the duplicates in iTunes are deleted and also the missing information of my songs are automatically got. Worth to download. And at first I thought clicking in on of the areas, like music without album, would only process the selected category, but it does all categories (no artwork, duplicate songs, no album info...). Second, I did not know that you could right click to bring up the select all/select none. I found that by accident, it would be better to be part of the interface directly.

Bud Glass | 2015-02-05 22:01:23

This iTunes duplicate remover works great and does everything it claims! Freed up lots of hard drive space by finding hundreds of duplicates in iTunes, cleans up music file tags so they are correct, adds album covers, and lets you customize what you do. I highly recommend this great app! I have tried a few directory and the program was able to find almost all the missing data. That will be great to continue to use to fix my entire set of music in iTunes.

Peter Mahoo | 2015-01-27 15:37:10

Very good/accurate software. Found album art for non-popular songs and delete duplicates in iTunes nicely. I have over 80GB of music and the scan whipped right through them all. Wow I had a lot of duplicates. This iTunes duplicate remover mac rules! I'm very impressed with how thorough the program is. It's definitely helped me to catch up on my music information. We have been fighting the dupes in iTunes issue, missing art, missing artist names. This looks like it will fix almost everything!! Hard to tell how well the 'fixed' ones are until I dig deeper. My iTunes collection is so much better! Found artwork and removed all my duplicates!

Mark P | 2015-01-21 14:06:07

Nothing could be easier than clicking one button then like magic itunes duplicate remover did a fantastic job! Not sure if it could be much simpler. Fixed my iTunes with deleting duplicates in iTunes of almost 3000 songs. Simple for getting album artwork and other related information. My iTunes library was a real mess, this tool fixed things and get rid of duplicates in iTunes that I would have spent all night trying to sort out. Awesome. Ran this on a small sample of my music (and I know I've got many duplicates in all my music files)and it found all duplicates without problem. I just click a button and it runs. It might be because my iTunes isn't in terrible shape, but I didn't have to do a thing to have the software process my library.

NK Riddock | 2015-01-13 20:59:33

Don't watest your time looking for other program to remove duplicate songs in iTunes, download this one! I have been looking for a program which chould delete duplicates songs in iTunes and fix iTunes library forever. This is going to get quite a bit of use on our householdEasiest to use this iTunes Duplicate Remover I've ever tried. iTunes, Amazon, ripped cds, incomplete meta data - NO Problem! It may take awhile for it to fix the errors but it'll be worth your time. It surely beats having to do all the fixes manually. That's for sure. Downloaded. Easy install. Cleaned up and accurately deleted duplicate songs I had in my iTunes Library. Worth it's weight!

Jorge Rosales | 2015-01-08 09:34:21

This is the one to get! Corrected about 90% of my music files and saved me hours of work (just kidding - I would have never cleaned up these files if it was left up to me...)Very easy to use. The program scans your music library very fast and shows the results in seconds. Results are sorted between: (i) songs without album art; (ii) duplicate songs; (iii) missing information. The install was quick and complete. When I started the cleaning process there was nothing that needed to be configured. All I did was click the start button and then about 15 minutes later, all my artwork was populated and duplicate songs in iTunes were gone.

Bijendra kumar | 2015-01-03 15:02:17

My iTunes library has lots of historical MP3's that have been missing artwork for years. In about 10 mins, I had over 800 songs fixed. It was amazing. Also it found and help deleting duplicate songs in iTunes 12 all at once that I can now gain more disk space. Saved me a lot of time and headache from doing all this myself. Very good product.It had hard time finding artworks for official remixes(which are included in album) Also it gave weird results for russian music (especially artwork)

Helio Martins | 2014-12-30 10:33:47

After several moves of my library from computer to computer or from recovering computers I didn't have much artwork left. iTunes Duplicate Remover found the artwork for all except the most obscure songs. It also did a better job finding true duplicates instead of iTunes. I'll keep it around for occasional cleaning of my library.

Frank Swiatek | 2014-12-13 21:13:37

Too many duplicates, too many folders, no time to clean. Decent sized iTunes library (20,000+ songs) fixed and improved in just a couple of hours. Good user interface and seems to work flawlessly.

Greg Daye | 2014-10-31 11:02:45

I used it to clean up my network drive of all the duplicates in iTunes. It took along time (2 days) to get through it, but it did a great job! It did find Album cover to songs that neither iTunes or Tune-up could find.

Kevin Olaughlin | 2014-06-29 19:32:02

I added a music folder into iTunes library, and found out that I had more than 2000 duplicates in the library. Although iTunes remove duplicates function is available, manually deleting these duplicates will be a waste of time, so I googled and found this iTunes cleaning program. It helped me delete the music duplicates within seconds. Thanks!

John Gallagher | 2014-06-23 09:57:46

Quick, easy and efficient. Does exactly what it says. - This iTunes Duplicate Remover program is exactly the one I want, thanks! I have tons of music files in my iTunes, and I don’t know how many duplicates are available in my iTunes library. With this software, I can delete the duplicates with ease.

How to delete duplicate songs on iPhone/iPad/iPod?
Q: I have over 10K music files in my iTunes library, my iPhone really can not take them all anymore. I don't listen to all songs anytime, I searched and found many duplicate songs in my iTunes with very small different. How can I delete those duplicates in iTunes all at once before sync to my iPhone? Or is there a way to delete them on iPhone directly, not via iTunes?

Many iPhone users may be troubled with music library manager. You've downloaded and enjoyed digital music for years via iTunes store, and find that your iTunes library are in a mess caused by hundreds of duplicate songs, music with missing tracks, songs without artworks and music tags. Why the iTunes library is messed up? There are many reasons for creating so many duplicates in your iTunes, maybe some reimport operation, or you've synced your iTunes with different iOS devices which included many copies of songs.

Then it's really a nightmare after you sync all those music to your new iPhone/iPad/iPod with only 16G memory. You do need a duplicate remover to clean and sort the massive iTunes library. Here we introduce you 2 ways to delete duplicate songs on iPhone, iPad and iPod with few clicks.

The 2 methods can be used to delete duplicate songs on iPhone SE, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS automatically.

First of all, connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod to your computer with charging cable. We have to know that, it's impossible to delete duplicate songs on iPhone without computer directly as the iOS sandbox. PC tools is needed for the cleanup work. Then there are 2 tools for you to deleting duplicates.

Method 1, Remove Duplicate Songs on iPhone/iPad/iPod via iTunes
For iTunes 11 and later versions, users can preview and delete duplicate songs one-by-one directly. There are also 2 ways to show duplicate songs in iTunes:
1, Choose 'View > Show Duplicate Items', then the song with the same name and artist would display. It may include the same songs with different version, such as live and studio versions, or versions from different albums.
2, Hold the Alt or Option key (for Mac OS X) or the Shift key (for Windows) and choose 'View > Show Exact Duplicate Items', this will show only duplicate songs having the same name, artist, and album.
After the duplicate songs displayed and sorted, then click 'Edit > Delete' to select the duplicate songs you may want to delete one-by-one and delete them. But if you get a big amount of duplicate songs, this might cost you much time.

Method 2, Delete Duplicate Songs on iPhone/iPad/iPod via iTunes Duplicate Remover
iTunes Duplicate Remover is a professional iTunes duplicate remover software, with it, users can find and delete duplicates in iTunes fast and easily. There are 2 scanning modes: Quick Scan and Deep Scan.
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How to delete dead & duplicate songs in iTunes?

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Catalog: Manual Solution

One reader has asked me such a question as below:
I’ve moved my iTunes music library from the original location to a new foloder as I’ve to reinstall my operation system. However, I found about 18000 dead tracks in my new iTunes library after reinstallation. I’m trying to find a way to delete all those useless dead music files with few clicks, but failed. How to get rid of duplicates in itunes? Can I only delete them one by one manually? Or should I remove my whole iTunes library and rebuild it once again? It’s really a terrible work to rebuild all my songs, artworks and playlist. Could you please help?

iTunes can help to fix some iTunes cleanup staff, however you have to do it by hand one by one. Here is the manual solution:
1, Lunch iTunes
2, Use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicate Items to display duplicates as this is normally a more useful selection
3, Click list by date after all duplicate tracks displayed, it will help you to identify dead or duplicate songs if your duplicates were created recently.
After delete all dead and duplicate songs one by one, please restart your iTunes and reload you iTunes library. If there are still dead tracks or duplicate songs in your iTunes, you may need to do the steps above once again till you get what you want.
Then if it’s really a terrible work for you to do it manually, I suggest you to use a 3rd party software named iTunes Duplicate Remover which chould help to fine all the duplicates in iTunes and automatical delete them within seconds.
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Top tips for deleting duplicates in iTunes manually
Catalog: Manual Solution

Q: I’ve used iTunes sine 90’s, and I have a library of 12,000+ song almost all ripped from my CD collection of about 1000 or so CDs. I found it’s too large with mutiple duplicate songs after I upgrade to iTunes. I’ve tried to delete the duplicates in iTunes manually, but it’s terrible and sometimes itunes doesn't work. Any faster ways?
Free way to remove duplicates in iTunes manually:
In order to delete duplicates in iTunes free, you’ve to find the duplicate songs and movies in the library fristly, then delete the duplicates manually one by one.
1) Lunch iTunes
2) Go to Manu and click View
3a) Find every duplicates of a song with same artist from any album in your library, please Select Show Exact Duplicate Items.directly and duplicate items will be sorted next to one another..
3b) If your duplicates are with different name and version, such as live show or different albums, please hold the Alt or Option key (for Mac OS X) or the Shift key (for Windows) firstly, then select Show Exact Duplicate Items. This will show only duplicate songs having the same name, artist, and album.
4) Check all listed duplicates in your library one by one to decide which one you'd like to remove from your iTunes. When deleting duplicates, please compare the track length, date added, genre, play count, size, bit rate, and more of each duplicates displayed, that will help you to make the finnal decision.
Restart your iTunes after delete the duplicate items, and click the Show All Items at to bottom of the itune’s windows. You could do the above steps again if you still find there are duplicates in your iTunes libarary.

However, if you have a big iTunes library, and there are hundreds of music songs and podcasts in your library and most of them are duplicated for some reason, it'll be horrible to delete the duplicates in iTunes manually by yourself. A third party software namediTunes Duplicate Remover would be a great choice, it could help to delete duplicates in iTunes all at once and get album artworks at the same time.
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/Mac Cleaner /iTunes Cleanup: Completely Remove Redundant Songs

Is it time for an iTunes cleanup? If the answer is yes, then this article is perfect for you. First of all, congratulations for finally deciding to cleanup your iTunes. At some point, you just have to do it. If not, you’re going to end up storing a lot of redundant files, not just on your iTunes but on your Mac as well.

It’s easy to fill up your iTunes if you’re not careful. There is also a good chance that you might have downloaded the same song over and over again in the past. So, take a good look at your iTunes list and see for yourself how it desperately needs a cleanup.

Article GuidePart 1. Can iTunes Delete Duplicate Songs Automatically? Part 2. What is The Best iTunes Cleanup Software in 2021?Part 3. How Do I Clean up My iTunes Library with Other iTunes Cleanup Tools?Part 4. In Conclusion

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Part 1. Can iTunes Delete Duplicate Songs Automatically?

Your iTunes list is something you can’t take for granted. If you do, you’re going to have a long list of redundant songs. Those redundant songs will just take up a lot of space that you need to release. There’s no reason why you should even keep those redundant songs. They’re just going to slow down your Mac. Think about it. It’s high time you get rid of them.

But can iTunes delete duplicate songs automatically? It won't, you have to do that manually. To do that, follow the steps below to do an iTunes cleanup:

1. Open iTunes.
2. Go to the toolbar and click on File.
3. Go to the Library.
4. Click on Show Duplicate Items. Make sure that the All button on the mid-top part of the screen is clicked on. All the duplicate songs you have on your iTunes are going to show up.
5. Click on the Duplicate files.
6. Hold down Command and delete. You can also do a right-click. Then choose Delete from Library
7. Click on the Remove Songs button on the pop-up window.
8. Choose whether you’re going to Keep Files or Move to Trash. Click on the appropriate button. Keep in mind that if you click on the latter button, even your hard drive will be cleaned up.
9. Go to Trash and empty it.

Part 2. What is The Best iTunes Cleanup Software in 2021?

There’s no reason why you should even hesitate to clean up your iTunes. There are lots of ways to do it. If you want a powerful program that can immediately clean up your iTunes, then iMyMac PowerMyMac is perfect for you. It locates your iTunes backup and removes it.

Here is a step-by-step guide on how to do an iTunes cleanup:

1. Download iMyMac PowerMyMac.
2. Search for iTunes Junk on the Left Panel.
3. Click on the Clean button.
4. Review Cleanup.

Now, let’s get into the details of how to use the PowerMyMac.

Step 1. Download iMyMac PowerMyMac

Once you have downloaded the PowerMyMac; install and launch it. You will notice a very simple interface.

Step 2. Scan for iTunes Junks

Take your cursor to the left panel of the PowerMyMac and scroll down to find Master Scan. Click on it soon as you see it. Then click on the Scan button. The iTunes cache, backups and downloads will show up immediately on your screen.

Step 3. Clean iTunes Junks

You will see the Clean button on the bottom part of the screen. Click on it.

Step 4. Review Cleanup

Click on the Review button. That way, you can check on the remaining files so that you can free up more space.

PowerMyMac not only cleans up your iTunes. It also scans and cleans up mail cache, attachment, trash, and folders. It’s safe to say that PowerMyMac helps you take care of your Mac. It’s the perfect tool for someone too lazy to clean up a Mac.

Part 3. How Do I Clean up My iTunes Library with Other iTunes Cleanup Tools?

Option #1. Use A Program Called TuneUp Media

TuneUp is an add-on to iTunes. It fills in all the missing data in your music library. It organizes your catalog. It helps tune up your music automagically by fixing mislabeled and removing duplicate songs. TuneUp can access a massive database with 90 million track references and fills in the blank for you. Below are the steps for you to follow.

1. Download TuneUp Media. You can try their free version.
2. Install and launch it. Once it’s launched, open your iTunes. TuneUp Media opens up automatically and you will see it on the right side of the screen. You can easily close or minimize it as well.
3. Drag and drop a file into the Clean area. Wait until the cleaning process is done.
4. Click the Save All button.

Option #2. Use the Leawo Tunes Cleaner

Just like the other two programs, Leawo can do an iTunes cleanup by finding duplicate songs and filling in missing information such as the album art and name of the artist.

1. Go to their website.
2. Download, install and launch on your Mac. When you will see a pop-up window on your screen, click on the Open button.
3. Click on the Start to Clean iTunes button on the next screen. By doing so, you will open up the music files stored in your iTunes.
4. Look at the left-hand side of the screen and click on Duplicate songs.
5. Click on the Fix All button found on the top right-hand side of the screen. You can also pause and save the project. Just click on the Save Project link seen on the top part of the screen.
6. Type in a name on the pop-up window and click on the Save button.
7. Click on the Open Music Files to clean out the other music files not found in your iTunes. Do the same thing you did when you cleaned up iTunes.

Part 4. In Conclusion

When was the last time you cleaned your iTunes library? If you can’t remember when then now is the time to do it. You can do it manually or make use of the iTunes cleanup tools to remove junks automatically. What the best tool is the iMyMac PowerMyMac, it not only cleans up iTunes junk files but also can remove other junk files from your Mac. Now you can get its free trial to have a good experience!

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