Apple offers advice on how to get rid of new U2 album

Apple has introduced a one-button tool to remove the U2 album it gifted to customers following a backlash from iTunes account holders.

At a live event last week, as well as introducing new versions of its iPhone, Apple chief executive Tim Cook announced that all 500m of iTunes customers would receive a free copy of the band’s new album, Songs of Innocence, five weeks ahead of its release in October.

Apple has now had to create an option for users who wish to remove the album from their library in the wake of a backlash.