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Deleting duplicate music

I have 2 copies of 33 songs on my iPad. There is only 1 copy on the computer apparently. This is making it impossible to install iOS5. Saw another question about deleting music and the answer was to swipe from left to right, but when i did that it only started the song playing.

iPad 2, iOS 4.3.2

Posted on Mar 23, 2012 3:18 PM

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Mar 23, 2012 8:30 PM in response to Chris CA

I'm not trying to delete from a playlist. I'm in the Music section of the Library with 1500 songs displayed in alphabetical order. Displayed in the A section are 15 songs including one set of duplicates.I don't see any Delete function. What am I not seeing?

(I am reluctant to synch with the computer because even though the duplicates don't appear there it is the source of all the music so I suspect the duplicates must exist there,)


Thanks for your help though.

Mar 24, 2012 9:21 AM in response to Chris CA

Perhaps I'm unaware of something very basic. I'm trying to delete the dupicates from the iPod app Music Library on the iPad. The content of the screen is not the same as the sample screen you sent me. I don't know of a Music app on the iPad. Is this from iOS5 perchance? I can't get iOS5 installed because of the discrepancy in the music content of the iPad and the computer.


I appreciate your continued assistance. Thanks.

Mar 24, 2012 10:52 AM in response to Chris CA

I don't want to transfer the purchases because I can't find any of the iPad duplicates in purchases and I think it is the duplicates that are being referred to as missing.

The count of songs in the iPod app on the iPad is 31 greater than the count in iTunes on the computer and there are 33 duplicates (2 copies of the same song by the same artist of the same length) on the iPad and I know that at least some of these were not purchases from iTunes, but music I owned and loaded on the computer to get onto my original iPod several years ago. Also, I know of at least 1 item on the computer that is not on the iPad but that was intentional.


I get the feeling that there is no way to delete items from the Pad in iOs 4.3.2 I'm hesitant to do a synch because I believe there must have been a bug to create these duplicates in the first place.

Deleting duplicate music

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