Apple has been celebrating the launch of their new Ping music social network claiming that millions of users have downloaded the new iTunes versions and are consequently happy Ping users. But to be fair, there are loads of users who are not really enamored by the intrusive networking features of Ping and shall be more than happy to remove the features from their iTunes application.
If you are a Windows user, this is what you will do. This is assuming your iTunes application is stored in the Program Files of C: drive. Firstly, launch the command prompt by navigating to Start -> Run and entering cmd
For users on 32-bit Windows (?)
To remove Ping dropdown
“C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt hide-ping-dropdown 1
To restore arrows on music list to take you to iTunes album listing
“C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt show-store-link-arrows 1
To disable Ping sidebar
“C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt disablePingSidebar 1
For users on 64-bit Windows
To remove Ping dropdown
“C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt hide-ping-dropdown 1
To restore arrows on music list to take you to iTunes album listing
“C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt show-store-link-arrows 1
To disable Ping sidebar
“C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt disablePingSidebar 1
5 replies on “How To Remove Ping Sidebar & Dropdown From iTunes 10.0.1 [Windows]”
Hello,
Disable Ping Sidebar trick doesn’t work on my windows xp pro x86 ! I still have it.
The Ping Dropdown removing trick works fine, Thanks.
sorry, does not work on my 32-bit XP Win machine either…
This does not work for me. Very unhappy as unable to use iTunes store at work as Ping is blocked by proxy.
I tried to disable it but this command it did not work and I was unable to disable it
Just tried it and got an error message. However it works if you replace the “smart quotes” with straight quotes in the iTunes path.