Remove personal info from iTunes Plus Tracks

Although iTunes Plus files feature no copy protection, files downloaded still contain the email address you have registered with iTunes. every iTunes Plus file that you download from the iTunes store carries a bit of personal information: your iTunes username, email address and other private information, meaning that, while you can freely transfer the files among your own devices, you may want to think twice about setting it free into the world, lest you have your name attached to a file the next time record companies come hunting for music pirates. for example: If one of your iTunes songs is placed on a P2P site, your personal information will be available for everybody to see.  This is great as it is a resistance to people giving all their files away.  However, if your music is stolen (through spyware or other means), you might be considered a pirate!

How to remove personal account info and email from DRM-free Music downloaded on iTunes Plus?

Here is a way from Ghacks.com to remove this information right in iTunes.

All that needs to be done is convert the song(s) once which will remove the personal information. Please note that you only have to change the preferences (steps 1-5) once. Start at step 6 if you have changed them before. Here are the details:


Click on Edit > Preferences
Select Advanced > Importing from the menu
Change the setting “Import Using” to AAC Encoder
And select Custom for Setting
Now select 256 Kbps Stereo Bitrate from the menu
Select a song (or songs), right-click it (them) and choose Convert Selection to AAC
A second song should appear after some seconds, right click that song and verify that it contains no personal information at all. (by right-clicking the song and selecting Get Info


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