[barksdale]

I am trying to give Foobar another shot.  I am finding the music organization very poor compared to iTunes 'automatically manage music.'

When I remove a song in Foobar, it's not actually deleted.  I am not exactly sure what this feature even does.  When you open Foobar again, the song is back.  I assume 'remove' is only for playlists. 
 
If you go 'right click > file operations > delete file' it will move the song to the recycle bin.  The folder however remains.
 
So if I delete 100 songs from different albums, there will be a ton of empty folders.  So I will have to go through each folder one by one to clean out my music library.  This is not convenient at all.

How can I fix this?

 

[NA Blur]

Think of Foobar2000 as a music manager not a storage program.  This is the beauty of the program.  You can move, delete, and create new playlists and not worry about accidentally removing your precious music from your hard drive.
 
Just delete the songs from the playlist and keep the actual music file.

 

[barksdale]

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Think of Foobar2000 as a music manager not a storage program.  This is the beauty of the program.  You can move, delete, and create new playlists and not worry about accidentally removing your precious music from your hard drive.
 
Just delete the songs from the playlist and keep the actual music file.

That's not what I want.
 
Just as you say - as Music Manager.
 
I want my collection of albums and songs to be organized.  Not empty folders, properly tagged songs, and so on.

 

[liquidzoo]

You want something that removes them from disk as well or just removes them from your album list for good, but keeps the files?
 
There should be an option in Foobar to do that (exclude previously deleted files from future scans).  I know there is an option to do that in J. River Media Jukebox (as well as a popup when you delete a file that asks you if you want to just delete it from the album list, move it to the recycle bin, or remove it from disk entirely). 
 

 

[barksdale]

No I want them removed from disk.

Example - song in my library I don't want anymore AT ALL.
 
Delete the song - song is sent to recycle bin - but empty folder the song was in remains.

 

[TimPrice]

Options/Display/Context menu/File Operations/Delete file
 
Now I guess you want the option directly in the context menu and without the prompt, sorry...

 

[barksdale]

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Options/Display/Context menu/File Operations/Delete file
 
Now I guess you want the option directly in the context menu and without the prompt, sorry...

There is no File operations under context menu.  You can right click a song and go file operations > delete.
 
I don't think you understand.
 
I have no problem deleting a song or songs.
 
Empty folders are left behind when a song is deleted.  That leaves a very messy music library.

 

[Honkytime]

So your saying then the songs are left in the library viewer after you delete the songs in the music folder? im trying to replicate your issue

 

[liquidzoo]

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There is no File operations under context menu.  You can right click a song and go file operations > delete.
 
I don't think you understand.
 
I have no problem deleting a song or songs.
 
Empty folders are left behind when a song is deleted.  That leaves a very messy music library.

I just installed Foobar (installing a plugin for Media Jukebox, and installed it for Foobar too just in case) and I noticed that File Operations is not installed by default.  You have to check the box under Optional Components.  Not sure how to add it after the fact.

 

[barksdale]

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So your saying then the songs are left in the library viewer after you delete the songs in the music folder? im trying to replicate your issue

No I have NO problem deleting a song inside Foobar.
 
Right click song > file operations > delete file = Song goes to recycle bin.
 
C:\ Music \ Artist Name Here \ Album Name here \ SONG WAS DELETED HERE
 
Song was deleted bu "ALBUM" remains.

So there is an empty folder inside my music.
 
 
To LiquidZoo - I made sure that was checked when installing.

 

[liquidzoo]

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To LiquidZoo - I made sure that was checked when installing.

 
Fair enough.  I didn't know it was there before I installed, so I thought I'd mention it, just in case.

 

[Honkytime]

i see your issue my does that too i guess i never deleted the music in foobar before just out of the folder

 

[Honkytime]

try this and see if it helps if you go to library>album list>album name>file operations>delete

 

[anney121]

hi
you just delete song in your playlist
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[Honkytime]

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hi
you just delete song in your playlist

yes but if you do that it only deletes the song and hes trying to remove the whole album folder