Find items and duplicates

You can quickly locate items in your library or a playlist.

Find an item in your iTunes library or a playlist

  1. Click in the search field in the top-right corner of the iTunes window and type search criteria for the item you want to find.

    The search field in iTunes.

    As you type, iTunes displays a list of items that match the criteria you entered. To choose where you want to search, click In Library or All Apple Music (if you’re an Apple Music subscriber).

    To search song comments, make sure the Comments column is displayed (choose View > View Options).

  2. To see your search results in the iTunes window, press the Return key.

  3. To see all your items again, delete the text from the search field (or press the Escape key).

    Tip: To delete text quickly, click the Delete button in the search field.

    The search field with text entered; the Delete button is on the right side of the field.

You can’t search radio listings.

Find duplicates

You can find every instance of a song by the same artist anywhere in your iTunes library. For example, the same song could appear on the artist’s album and on a movie soundtrack.

You can also search for exact duplicates, in which the song, artist, album, and version are all the same (if, for example, you inadvertently imported the song twice).

Select an item and do one of the following:

To see all items again, choose File > Library > Show All Items.