Remove Store Arrows in iTunes 8
I updated iTunes to version 8 following the “Let’s Rock” event the other day – Genius looked snazzy, and I wanted it! – and was merrily looking through my recommendations when I noticed something a little strange. The arrow links to the iTunes store were appearing again. One of the first things I do upon installing iTunes is tell it to hide those. I went to check the preferences, and even the option to hide them was gone.
Fortunately for me, and anyone else annoyed by this, a little poking about in the plist files uncovered a way to hide them.
- Quit iTunes
- Open Terminal.app and input this:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes show-store-arrow-links -bool FALSE - Restart iTunes
All of the arrows to the iTunes store should be gone!
To re-enable the arrows just open Terminal.app and input this: defaults write com.apple.iTunes show-store-arrow-links -bool TRUE
A quick tip to start your Monday off musically and arrow-free.
[Hat tip: MacOSXHints.com]
Katie E. on September 15th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
I upgraded to iTunes 8 as well, and one of my favorite features is lacking: the “Mute” option for the toolbar icon in Windows XP! Do you have any ideas as to how to get it back?
Luca on September 15th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Thanks for that tip! I was in the same boat as you and didnt know how to get rid of them!
Juri on September 16th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Oh THANK YOU… pfoei… I really was getting annoyed by this…
Ejdub on September 16th, 2008 at 7:58 am
Thank you SO much. I noticed it immediately and it was really bugging me.
Galley on September 16th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
I actually like the arrows. You can option-click them to take you to that album or artist in your own library. :)
Thomas on September 18th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
THANK YOU. I hate those damn little arrows, they really kill the nice look of things.
Doug on September 19th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Any way to do this in XP? These arrows are really obnoxious.
Doug on September 19th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
I did a bit of searching and found my own answer. Here’s the info for anyone else looking for it:
from http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8046620
1) Shutdown iTunes
2) Backup your prefs file
VISTA:
C:\Users\(youruser)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes\iTunesPrefs.xml
OR
XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\(your username)\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iTunesPrefs.xml
3) Edit the file in a real text editor that understands UNIX linefeeds (notepad++, ultraedit, vi, etc) and paste the following lines below the line under User Preferences:
show-store-arrow-links
AA==
4) Start iTunes and you should be set.
Alex McLarty on September 21st, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Thank the Gods.
New version, evil arrows. Baaad times.
Crinan on September 30th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Good work. Thanks. I dislike them enough to have googled this too.
Britas on October 15th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Worked perfectly, thank you so much! I hate those little arrows!
Mark on November 6th, 2008 at 5:51 am
THANK YOU!!!
another Mark on July 4th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
I hated those arrows as well. THANK YOU!
goom on August 2nd, 2009 at 2:01 am
i just disabled the store completely, removed the arrows.
:)