# iTunes Question (Duplication)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-question-duplication/943886>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 9, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-question-duplication/943886 "2021-06-09T02:52:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![19USMC69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ac91a4/32.png) [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-question-duplication/943886/1 "2021-06-09T02:52:01Z")

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I purchased/downloaded an album from iTunes. All the individual songs appear on my iPhone, but in duplicate. The duplicates appear with a shaded circle with an arrow pointing down. Until recently it was a “cloud” icon. Anyway, when I play that album the same song plays twice.

What is this and can I get rid of the dup?

Thx

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**Author:** ![md-2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@md-2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md-2000)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-question-duplication/943886/2 "2021-06-09T03:46:03Z")

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I have no idea, but I’m going to guess based on apps in app store - what you see is the songs on your phone plus the songs in “your cloud”. They indicated “in the cloud” now indicate “ready to download”? Is there a place to ask to only show what’s on your phone, not everything available?

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**Author:** ![19USMC69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ac91a4/32.png) [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-question-duplication/943886/3 "2021-06-09T04:09:31Z")

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I’ll chk. but it’s odd not all of the songs I’ve purchased/downloaded are duplicated. Thx.

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**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-question-duplication/943886/4 "2021-06-09T07:45:16Z")

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No idea, but evidently others have had similar problems. Try this:

[Duplicate songs in iTunes - Apple Community](https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250000640)

or look for the comment from “Jimzgoldfinch” in this thread:

[iTunes iCloud purchase music duplicated i… - Apple Community](https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250671964)

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-question-duplication/943886/5 "2021-06-09T16:06:09Z")

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Why not just delete the duplicates?