Guide: How to keep iTunes Purchases Private
Since its launch in 2003, the iTunes Store has been a great place to find and purchase digital content, and as the store grew over time from music, TV shows, movies, and more, there are plenty of options for users to to grow their libraries of digital content. For example, Apple regularly offers free downloads of television pilot episodes and behind-the-scenes documentaries, and the company also makes it easy to get a taste of a new show by allowing the purchase of individual episodes of TV series before the full seasons take place. However, this flexibility means that many iTunes users now have huge digital libraries full of things they don’t want. To hide these unwanted TV shows and movies from your iTunes library as well as get them back if you change your mind, first delete them from your local Mac or PC if they have already been downloaded. To do this, just select them in iTunes and hit remove key on your keyboard (the Backspace key also works for Windows users), or right-click on the item and choose remove from the menu. If you just want to delete the file from iTunes or delete it from your drive as well (most users will want to delete the file from their disk to save space), make your selection as desired (most users will want to delete the file from their disk to save space). The file has now been deleted from your Mac or PC storage drive but you may be surprised to learn that it is still listed in iTunes. This is thanks to Apple’s “iTunes in the Cloud” infrastructure which allows users view all of their purchased content without actually having to download it. This is great overall but can be annoying when dealing with unwanted content like we are here.
iTunes may be configured to hide cloud purchases. You can change this behavior by going to View> All My TV Shows (or movies, music, etc., depending on the type of content you are working with).
To hide content from your iTunes library, select the file and press remove (or Backspace). This will hide the content from your library and you can now repeat these steps for any remaining content you want to hide. But what if you get a little overzealous and accidentally hide something, or decide a few months later that you really want those Days of Our Lives episodes you bought drunk last Valentine’s Day?Fortunately, there is a quick way to recover hidden iTunes purchases at any time. To do this, click on your name in the iTunes title bar and select Account Info. Enter your account password when prompted and find the Hidden purchases section under ‘iTunes in the Cloud’. Click Management.Here you will see a list of all the songs, movies, TV shows and other iTunes content that you have hidden. Find the item you want to restore and click View. The item will immediately reappear in your iTunes Cloud library and you can stream or redownload it as you wish.
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