How do I delete a song/album from my library without it deleting from all playlists

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How do I delete a song/album from my library without it deleting from all playlists

When I add a song/album to my library, mostly this is on accident, and then I try to remove it from my library, the only option is to delete it which then deletes that song/album from every playlist in my library, which is not at all my intention since those songs were there before I added it to my library. Is there any way to avoid that? I would like to just remove the song/album from my library but not have its existence deleted from all my playlists.

Posted on Dec 9, 2025 10:45 AM

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Dec 9, 2025 10:52 AM in response to ienny1

No that is not possible. Your library is the single source for songs you have in your Playlists and the song in the playlist is just a reference to the song in your library. Since you can have the same song in multiple playlists, if this was not the case then it would dramatically increase the storage requirements as each song would be a copy instead of just a pointer to the song in your Library.

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