Removing iTunes Artwork

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For some, iTunes art work is a great feature. For others, itis just taking up hard drive space. If you want to remove album cover artwork from tracks either because you need to clear up some extra drive space, or maybe because a particular album cover doesnit suit your fancy, you can delete the graphic files from iTunes with just a couple of mouse clicks. Hereis how:

  • While in iTunes, click the track that has the album art you want to remove.
  • Type Command-I to open the track Get Info window.
  • Click the Artwork tab.
  • Click the album artwork image.
  • Click the Delete button.


Deleting album art in iTunes.

If you want to remove album artwork for several tracks, do this:

  • For a group of tracks, click on the first track and Shift-Click on the last track. Alternately, you can click on an album name to select an entire album.
  • Type Command-I to open the track Get Info window.
  • Click the Yes button to confirm that you want to edit information for multiple tracks at once.
  • Click the Artwork check box.
  • Click the OK button.


Check Artwork to clear the album art for multiple tracks.

This trick works for both the Mac and Windows versions of iTunes.

Jeff Gamet

Jeff Gamet

Jeff is the Mac Observer's Managing Editor, and co-host of the Apple Context Machine podcast. He is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X" from Peachpit Press, and writes for several design-related publications. Jeff has presented at events such as Macworld Expo, the RSA Conference, and the Mac Computer Expo. In all his spare time, he also co-hosts the We Have Communicators podcast, and makes guest appearances on several other podcasts, too. Jeff dreams in HD.

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