Comments on: How To Remove Orphaned Files in Your iTunes Music Library Folder

By: Ccorcos

Ccorcos — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:33:00 +0000

The text file didn’t show up in my music folder. what is the text file called? maybe I can search for it

By: Dunc

Dunc — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:37:14 +0000

Unfortunately you can’t run Applescripts on a PC…. here’s an alternative for Windows people:

1) In iTunes, edit ALL of your music files (e.g. changing the BPM property)

2) Now order your files in Windows Explorer by Modified Date. One way is to search for *.mp3 from your root iTunes music folder.

Any orphaned files will have an old Modified Date, so you can safely delete them. I was surprised to find only one orphan (using iTunes 9).

By: Owen

Owen — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:01:55 +0000

Thanks for this. It seemed to be just what I was looking for. However, it doesn’t seem to work with iTunes 8. I’ve emailed Doug so hopefully he’ll have the answer.