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If youve been using the iTunes betas and want to downgrade back to a stable iTunes build, or you just want to remove iTunes for another reason, here are two ways to delete the app under Mac OS X 10.7: the easy way using the GUI, and a quick way for advanced users using the command line.
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Remove iTunes Using the Finder

Quit iTunes Navigate to /Applications and locate iTunes app Select iTunes and hit Command+i to Get Info on the application Click on the Arrow next to Sharing & Permissions to reveal the access panel Click on the lock icon and authenticate with your administrator password Under Privilege set both instances of everyone to Read & Write Close out the Get Info window and drag iTunes to the Trash, and then empty the trash Remember that without another version of iTunes available for Mac OS X to use, you will likely encounter errors in various places, plus it will make it impossible to sync and backup iOS hardware like an iPhone or iPad. Basically, if you dont have a good reason to be removing iTunes, such as to downgrade or ditch the colorized version, than you should keep it around.

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Delete iTunes via the Terminal

This is a quicker method for users who are comfortable with the command line: Launch the Terminal (located in /Applications/Utilities/

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Type the following commands to kill iTunes: killall iTunes Now kill the Helper process: killall "iTunes Helper" Now to delete the actual application, use this command: sudo rm -rf /Applications/iTunes.app/ Authenticate the sudo command, note there is no warning for the actual deletion of the app As usual, be careful with the rm command because if you mistype the file path, you will delete other things without warning. This is why we recommend the command line for more advanced users only. Note: this does not delete your apps, backups, books, media, or the iTunes library, which is located at ~/Music/iTunes/ (unless you moved it elsewhere)
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Dan the Man says:

September 13, 2011 at 3:13 pm

If you are upgrade to a new iTunes 10.5 beta you can just install over existing betas, but you will want to delete it if you wish to revert back to 10.4
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robot says:
September 18, 2011 at 1:34 pm

THANK YOU!!!!!
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Fix the iTunes Library.itl Cannot Be Read Version Error When Downgrading iTunes says:
September 22, 2011 at 12:27 am

[...] Troubleshooting September 22nd, 2011 Leave a Comment We recently showed you how to delete iTunes, which is typically done for the purposes of downgrading iTunes to a previous version. If [...]

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marcio says:
October 16, 2011 at 7:05 am

Excellent! Thank you!!

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Cyrille G says:
February 25, 2012 at 9:44 am

Thank for this method. I used de command line one, it works without any surprise!! Un grand merci pour cette mthode, jai utilis celle de la ligne de commande. the answer i was looking for weeks, relative to iterative the french message : Voulez-vous que lapplication iTunes.app accepte les connexions rseau entrantes ? and due to this : /Applications/iTunes.app: a sealed resource is missing or invalid No annoying message any more. Plus de message nervant.
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Henrik says:
May 8, 2012 at 1:43 am

Terminal method worked perfectly. Thanks!

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redble says:
August 19, 2012 at 9:21 am

Its useful!!Thanks!!
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