iTunes, how to remove songs not in playlist from Library?

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Urbansory

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I have duplicates and unwanted songs in my library, i wonder is it possible to only have songs that are in my playlists appear in the library?
 
Do you mean by "library" your actual stash of MP3's, or the files that appear in the Library listing?
 
the songs that appear in the library listing. I have duplicates of older songs, I guess when i choose to preview a song that wasn't already in a playlist. I would think it would be smart enough to realize if a song has the exact same name, length... it's the same damn song, but I guess not. I just want to clean up my library.
 
If you get info on those, do both of the entries point to the same file on disk, or different ones?

Anyway, I think you'll have to go through your library and manually delete the duplicates. If they're different files, tell it to put the files in the Trash, as well. If not, then don't. ;)

I've only ever seen this one with playlists I make, not the main library one. You can drag the same song to any playlist as often as you want...stupid option, if you ask me. :p
 
Many are on CDs, so i will manually have to check each then delete, but there are a lot of these, I would guess 100 at the least. Wait for a rainy day and knock that out.
 
Export your playlists, then delete everything from your library and add all your songs back (it helps to search for MP3's and AAC's in your designated music folder). Then either import your playlists, or open the file(s) in a text editor and add them back manually.

This will reset your play counts and probably your ratings, though, so don't do it if those concern you. If so, simply list the files by song name and start scanning. I would lock my music folder so iTunes wouldn't ask me if I want to delete the actual files each time, then use the arrow keys to scan for dupes.
 
I was going to do it by song name, I'm rather attached to how often a play my songs and things, that information i would like to keep track of, because I can see my music taste change as i get.... older.
 
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