Apple (AAPL) has released a new tool that will delete U2’s newest album, Songs of Innocence, from iTunes.
Apple’s tool to remove Songs of Innocence from iTunes has users visiting https://itunes.com/soi-remove. The webpage has a button labeled “Remove Album” and clicking it will delete the U2 album from users iTunes account after they’ve entered their Apple ID and password.
The release of the tool to delete U2’s album comes after several iTunes users complained about being forced to download and keep the free album. These users had the ability to delete the music from their devices, but it would always remain in their libraries on iCloud.
U2 anticipated that not everyone would enjoy having their new album and addressed this in a blog post.
“What a mind blowing, head scratching, 21st century situation. Over 500 million people… that’s a billion ears. And for the people out there who have no interest in checking us out, look at it this way… the blood, sweat and tears of some Irish guys are in your junk mail.”
If iTunes users have a change of heart and decide that they want Songs of Innocence again, they can just redownload it. However, Apple’s support page states that the album is only free until October 13, 2014. After this, the album will be available for purchase.
