iTunes is a player for storing and playing music and video files. On a PC with Windows OS it does not always work well: it takes a long time to load and freezes. To solve the problem, restart the program. But this doesn't always help. What to do? Reinstall iTunes. If you no longer need it, uninstall it. But difficulties may arise. Let's look at how to remove iTunes from your computer. What methods to use for this.
Removal using Windows
Let's look at how to completely uninstall the program using the standard Windows utility. Press the key combination Win+R and write the command “appwiz.cpl”. 
Next, find iTunes, right-click on the shortcut, and select “Delete.” 
We're waiting for a while.
Interconnected add-ons are loaded onto the PC with the player:
We remove them in the following sequence:
- Apple Software;
- Mobile Device;
- Bonjour;
- Apple Application Support (thirty-two or sixty-four bit version).
On some systems, iTunes installs two versions of Application Support. Remove them.
Now delete the remains in C:\Program Files (x86):
- Bonjour;
- Common Files\Apple;
- iTunes.
Delete the library: C:\User\Username\Music\iTunes.
After completing all the steps described above, restart your PC.
Backups will remain on the PC.
How to delete a backup
Cleaning the registry
Perform the following sequence of actions:
Right-click on the desired entry and then “Delete”. 
In this way we delete all entries from the registry.
We use specialized software
Some users may find the above steps difficult. Then remove iTunes and its components using special uninstallers. I like to use or Your Uninstaller, which will automatically remove program information from the registry.
Let's look at the example of the Your Uninstaller program. Open the utility and find the program in the list. Next, click on the blue button. Uninstaller will do everything on its own. 
Checking that everything has been deleted
In rare cases, some support files remain on the system. How can I check this? After completely uninstalling the program, do the following:
- Press Win+R. In the “Run” window write %programfiles%;
- Delete if the following folders remain: iTunes, Bonjour, iPod.
What are the problems?
When installing or uninstalling iTunes, error 2503 may occur. Displayed as “Itunes Error Code 2503". This is due to the use of software from Apple Inc. The reasons for its appearance are as follows:
- Damaged or incomplete installation of the program;
- A virus that has damaged a file associated with a program.
How to fix
Let's perform the following sequence of actions:
An error appears during the first installation
This problem is due to the presence of viruses on your PC. Scan your PC with the antivirus installed on your system. I recommend using Dr.Web CureIt. It will scan the system and remove viruses. Download it for free from the official website at: free.drweb.ru/download+cureit+free/?lng=ru After treatment, restart your PC and try installing iTunes again.
iPodService Error
This means that the file is being used by another application. Do this:
- Close iTunes and iPod Updater;
- Launch the “Task Manager” and press the key combination Ctrl+Alt+Del;
- Go to the “Processes” tab;
- Find iPodService.exe in the list and click the “End Process” button.
Conclusion
We looked at how to properly uninstall iTunes. Despite everything complete removal It looks quite complicated; in most cases, errors do not occur when uninstalling using standard Windows tools. Personally, I use CCleaner or Your Uninstaller. They work great. If you plan to reinstall iTunes after uninstallation, then I recommend downloading the program only from the official website located at: apple.com/ru/itunes/download. It's free and will help you avoid many mistakes in the future.
Hello everyone, dear readers. Today I’ll tell you how you can completely remove Apple’s iTunes program from your computer. The fact is that simply by deleting programs, the libraries that the program used may remain on your computer. For example, a library with music or a library with system files.
Removal
In order to completely erase a program from your computer and delete all the files it used, you need to do the following:
- The first step is to uninstall iTunes itself. To do this, go to the control panel and go to view - view by category (screenshot below);
- Next, select the “Uninstall programs” section;
- You will see a list of all programs installed on your computer that are available for removal. You need to find the iTunes program;
- Select the iTunes program and click the button - remove - located in the toolbar above.
So, you have removed the program itself, now you need to remove its libraries and system files. This can be done in two stages.
Removing system files
Do the following:
- Open HDD(where iTunes was installed, usually drive C);
- Next, go to the folder – Program Files;
- Find three folders (if they are not there, then everything is ok): iPod, iTunes and Bonjour. Delete these folders.
Delete a library
Now, for your complete personal computer All that remains is to delete the folders from the media library. It's very easy to do this:
Go to the following path: Drive C/Users (or Users)/Username/My Music (or Music)/ and delete the folder called iTunes.
iTunes is a cross-platform media player that is designed not only for playing audio and video materials, but also for downloading content from the Apple store, creating backup iPhone copies and iPad. However, if on a Mac the program runs relatively quickly and without any errors, then on computers with operating system Windows iTunes is unstable. Users often notice that software takes a long time to start up, runs slowly, and contains errors.
Uninstalling iTunes via Control Panel
iTunes installs various components on your Windows 7 PC. Among them, it is worth highlighting Apple Application Support, Apple Software Update, Apple Mobile Device Support and Bonjour. These components are responsible for updating software, connecting devices and synchronizing them.
You can uninstall iTunes through the “Control Panel”, “Programs and Features” section, but ONLY in a certain sequence. It is prohibited to change the order of software removal, as this may cause undesirable consequences. The sequence is as follows:
- iTunes;
- Apple Software Update;
- Apple Mobile Device Support;
- Bonjour;
- Apple Application Support (32-bit);
- Apple Application Support (64-bit).
If on your computer iTunes installed two versions of the Apple Application Support component Apple programs), then be sure to delete both.
After uninstalling the program, you should restart your PC.
Removing iTunes manually
To manually remove iTunes from your computer under Windows control 7 It is worth ending all software processes, deleting the program itself and its components and cleaning the registry. Therefore, let's consider step by step instructions removing the player.
- We complete the processes. To do this, click “Ctrl+Alt+Del” and select “Launch Task Manager” or right-click on the panel Windows tasks and select the desired action.
- Depending on what programs are running on the PC, these are the services that will be displayed. Therefore, it is worth initially closing all Apple programs and deselecting all tasks and processes in the Task Manager.
- In addition to the process shown in the screenshot, it is necessary to terminate “exe”, “AppleMobileDeviceService.exe”, “iTunesHelper.exe”.
- Or, as an option, in order not to click all the processes in a row, you can right-click and select “End process tree”, and then confirm the selected action.
At the second stage, we remove the program and components through the Control Panel, as described above. The main thing is not to violate the deletion sequence.
After deleting, go to drive C and delete the following folders:
- C:\Program Files\Common FilesApple\
- C:\Program Files\iTunes\
- C:\Program Files\iPod\
- C:\Program Files\QuickTime\
- C:\Windows\System32\QuickTime\
- C:\Windows\System32\QuickTimeVR\
- C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Apple\
- C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Apple Computer\
- C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Apple Inc\
- C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\
At the third stage, you need to clean the system registry. Before performing this operation, you should make a backup copy of the registry.
- Press “Win+R” and enter “regedit”.
- The Registry Editor will open. Click “Edit”, “Find”.
- Enter “iTunes” into the search bar. Click “Find Next”.
- All values that relate to this program should be deleted. To do this, right-click on the section and select “Delete”.
- After removal, you should reboot the system.
Important! If you are not sure of your actions, you should download CCleaner and remove iTunes and registry values with it.
To learn how to remove program components, watch the video:
Arising from iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, it's not always iOS's fault. Quite often, iTunes is responsible for them, the operation of which has failed. In such cases, it is necessary to reinstall iTunes, the correct implementation of which is far from an obvious process. We described in detail how to properly reinstall iTunes on a Windows computer in this instruction.
Remove installed version of iTunes
In most cases, problems with reinstalling iTunes occur due to the removal of components previous version utilities in the wrong order. Moreover, many users limit themselves to removing only the program itself, and leave additional components, which are often associated with the error, on the computer. This, of course, cannot be done.
You must remove iTunes components in the following strict order:
- iTunes.
- Apple Software Update.
- Apple Mobile Device Support.
- Bonjour.
- Apple software support (32-bit).
- Apple software support (64-bit).
The uninstallation itself is performed in the add/remove program menu in the computer control panel.
Check if everything has been deleted
After removing all iTunes components, you need to make sure that all files old version utilities have been removed from the computer. Although such a check is not mandatory, it is recommended. Only in this case will you eliminate any possibility of an error occurring during installation new version iTunes.
- Check your Program Files folder. If it still contains folders iTunes, Bonjour And iPod, delete them.
- Check the Program Files\Common Files\Apple folder. If it still contains folders Mobile Device Support, Apple Application Support And CoreFP, delete them.
If your computer has 32-bit Windows version, instead of the Program Files folder, the directory of the old version of iTunes must be searched in the folder Program Files (x86).
Restart your computer and install the latest version of iTunes
After permanently uninstalling iTunes, restart your computer. Then download from Apple official website latest version iTunes and install it on your PC. The installation process is not difficult - you just need to follow the instructions in the installation file.
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iTunes is not only an almost indispensable tool for managing Apple devices from a computer, but also an excellent tool for storing your media library in one place. Using this program, you can organize your huge music collection, movies, apps and other media content. Today, the article will take a closer look at the situation when you need to completely clear your iTunes library.
Unfortunately, iTunes does not provide a function that would allow you to delete your entire iTunes library at once, so this task will need to be performed manually.
How to clean out your iTunes library?
1. Launch iTunes. In the upper left corner of the program is the name of the currently open section. In our case it is "Movies" . If you click on it, it will open extra menu, in which you can select the section in which further deletion of the media library will be performed.
2. For example, we want to delete videos from the library. To do this, in the upper area of the window, make sure that the tab is open "My films" , and then in the left area of the window open the desired section, for example, in our case this is the section "Home videos" , which displays videos you've added to iTunes from your computer.
3. Click on any video once with the left mouse button, and then select all videos with a keyboard shortcut Ctrl+A . To delete a video, click on the key on the keyboard Del or click on the highlighted one with the right mouse button and in the displayed context menu select an item "Delete" .
4. At the end of the procedure, you will need to confirm the erasure of the partition to be deleted.
You can also delete other sections of your iTunes library in a similar manner. Let's say we also want to remove music. To do this, click on the currently open iTunes section in the upper left area of the window and go to the section "Music" .
Open the tab at the top of the window "My music" to open custom music files, and in the left area of the window select the item "Songs" to open all tracks in your library.
Left-click on any track and then press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+A to highlight tracks. To delete, press the key Del or right-click on the selection and select "Delete" .
Finally, all you have to do is confirm deleting the music collection from your iTunes library.
Similarly, iTunes cleans other sections of your media library. If you have any questions, ask them in the comments.
