# Removing duplicates -numbers B4 & after title

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-duplicates-numbers-b4-after-title/14173
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 27, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-duplicates-numbers-b4-after-title/14173 "2012-11-27T19:34:46Z")
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### Author: ![stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/stevehero/32/337_2.png) [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-duplicates-numbers-b4-after-title/14173/2 "2012-11-27T23:16:33Z")

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> [@edh133](#):
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> After combining all our computers music I discovered there were up to six duplicates in each folder but only one showed in iTunes. The tracks were renamed with numbers before and after the title. I actually started going through each folder and removing the dups one by one but this will take weeks if not months. The size of my library is showing 156gb and I know I don't have that much music.

I don't think you need to go to any bother doing what your doing.

Try [this post](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/14152/3) I previously posted in relation to the something similar. It may be of interest to you. Them tracks you're referring to are called 'orphan tracks' whereby they're in your music library location but not actually part of the iTunes library itself. The tool in that post can search the folder library location against that of the 'iTunes Music Library.xml' file and get rid of all the dups, orphan tracks etc.

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