Windows Media Player may accumulate duplicate music & media files over a point of time. By cleaning dupes regularly you'd be able to recover lost storage and better organize your music library.

1. DELETE DUPLICATE
FILES IN WINDOWS
MEDIA PLAYER

2. Delete Duplicate Items from Media
Library

3. Step # 1: Gather Music Files in WMP Library
◦ Press Alt key to show the hidden menu bar.
◦ Select File | Manage Libraries | Music.

4. Step # 1: Gather Music Files in WMP Library
◦ You’ll see the default location on your screen. You may want to add new folder(s) containing all
music, media files.
◦ Once you’ve added them, click OK.

5. Step # 2: Gather Other Media Files as well
◦ Similarly, add your videos, pictures, recorded TV shows from File | Manage Libraries, and
choosing appropriate option.

6. Step # 3: Sort Results Title-wise
◦ Click the Title column head. This will rearrange all the media items in ascending manner.

7. Step # 4: Delete Dupes
◦ Right click a duplicate media file, choose Open file location.
◦ Delete the file from File Explorer.

8. Deleting WMP Cache

9. Step # 1
◦ Open the Options dialog from the Tools menu.

10. Step # 2
◦ Using the Privacy tab, clear the history and cache contents.

11. Disable Downloading Media Information

12. Step # 1
◦ Open the Options dialog.
◦ Go to the Privacy tab.
◦ Uncheck the first three boxes under Enhanced Playback and Device Experience category.

13. Step # 2
◦ Click Library tab.
◦ Uncheck the box Retrieve additional information from the Internet.
◦ Click OK.

14. Step # 3
◦ Double click This PC icon on your Desktop.
◦ Open the C: drive.
◦ Press F3, in the Search box on top right corner, type Transcoded Files Cache
◦ You’ll see that folder in the Search Results.
◦ Open it, empty it’s contents.

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media-player