{"id":252,"date":"2018-08-31T14:34:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T14:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/?p=252"},"modified":"2025-11-24T10:42:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:42:50","slug":"clean-up-windows-media-player-music-from-junk-and-duplicate-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/clean-up-windows-media-player-music-from-junk-and-duplicate-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean up Windows Media Player Music from Junk and Duplicate Files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The need to get rid of junk and duplicate music files is almost always imperative. Whether it be someone with several <\/span><b>TB<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s of storage or someone with scarce storage capacity, there is never a logical reason behind keeping duplicate files unless they have been created as a backup, in which case they should be backed up in some other storage media rather than your internal <\/span><b>HDD<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clonefileschecker.com\/download\/ibx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em><strong>Clean Up Windows Media Player Duplicates<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Clone Files Checker follows Google Software Principles<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Junk files, like duplicate ones, should also be cleaned up. After all, they get this name because they are unwanted. Therefore, it is better to clean them up altogether than have them sit in the <\/span><b>Recycle Bin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gratefully, there is a way around deleting duplicate <\/span><b>Windows Media Player<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> music using the player itself. All you need to do is follow a few straightforward steps explained below, and you will be able to relieve yourself of these duplicates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QZobYvYR5YA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><b>Cleaning Duplicate Music Files using File Explorer<\/b><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First of all, open <\/span><b>Windows Media Player<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. To do this, search for <\/span><b>Windows Media Player<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and select it from the <\/span><b>Best match<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> section.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once that it\u2019s open, press the <\/span><b>Ctrl<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> + <\/span><b>M<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shortcut keys combination on the keyboard so that the menu bar shows up.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select <\/span><b>File<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><b>Manage libraries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Music<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Music Library Locations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> window will popup. This is basically a list of all the directories from which <\/span><b>Windows Media Player<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gathers its music files, generating a library for you.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can add all other directories that contain music so that a library comprising of all the music from your system can come into being. Simply select <\/span><b>Add<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, select the folder and click <\/span><b>Include folder<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> once you\u2019re done. Do this for all the folders you want to check for duplicates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><b>OK<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> once you have added all the folders.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similarly, you can also choose <\/span><b>Videos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Pictures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Recorded TV<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> if you want to scan them for duplicates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that you have the list of all the music files, you can sort these files in an alphabetical order, which will help you spot any duplicates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you\u2019ve spotted a duplicate, right-click it and select <\/span><b>Open file location<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Once <\/span><b>File Explorer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has opened the exact location, you can easily delete the duplicate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Repeat the above-mentioned step to remove all the remaining duplicates.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Cleaning Junk Music Files from the Recycle Bin<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The music files can also be cleaned up from the <\/span><b>Recycle Bin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. To be able to clean up junk <\/span><b>Windows Media Player<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> music files, you can perform the following steps:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to the <\/span><b>Desktop<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and lookup for the <\/span><b>Recycle Bin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> icon. If you can\u2019t find it there, type in <\/span><b>Recycle Bin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and select it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now you must be viewing all the junk music files. In <\/span><b>Windows 10<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you can sort the junk files by <\/span><b>Name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Original Location<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Date Deleted<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Size<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Item Type<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Date Modified<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For your ease, you can sort the files by <\/span><b>Item Type<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now you should be able to view all the music files grouped together into the kind they are, e.g. .<\/span><b>mp3<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>.wma<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and so on.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select all the junk files you want to delete and press the <\/span><b>Shift<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> + \u00a0<\/span><b>Delete<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> keys combination. Click <\/span><b>Yes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the prompt to get rid of the junk.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are some fairly simple, yet extremely handy steps one needs to perform to clean up <\/span><b>Windows Media Player<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from duplicate as well as junk and files.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The need to get rid of junk and duplicate music files is almost always imperative. Whether it be someone with several TBs of storage or someone with scarce storage capacity, there is never a logical reason behind keeping duplicate files unless they have been created as a backup, in which case they should be backed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[113,117,114,118,115,119,122,123,121,116,120],"class_list":["post-252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solutions","tag-delete-windows-media-player-duplicates","tag-delete-windows-media-player-junk","tag-erase-windows-media-player-duplicates","tag-erase-windows-media-player-junk","tag-get-rid-of-windows-media-player-duplicates","tag-get-rid-of-windows-media-player-junk","tag-how-do-i-free-up-the-recycle-bin","tag-how-do-i-permanently-delete-recycle-bin-contents","tag-sweep-clean-the-recycle-bin","tag-sweep-clean-windows-media-player-duplicates","tag-sweep-clean-windows-media-player-junk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":462,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions\/462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}