4 easy ways: How to delete music from iPhone or iPod

 How to Delete songs music from your iPhone, iPad, iPod (2021)

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If youre new to iPhone, or have never needed to delete music from your iPhone before, it may not be immediately apparent how to delete songs or albums from your device. Do not fear, though! In this article, well guide you through 4 easy ways in which you can remove music from your iPhone.

Before deleting music from your device, or syncing your iTunes library with your iPhone, we highly recommend backing the device up using iTunes or a third-party software. You can create a backup of your iPhone by connecting it to iTunes > click your device icon > click Back up Now.

Alternatively, you can use a third party software such as TouchCopy to transfer all of your iPhone music to your PC or Mac, or directly into your iTunes library or Apple Music app.

How to delete music from iPhone:

From your iPhone menu, tap Settings > General > iPhone Storage.

Select the Music header from the list of apps.

Tap Edit in top right corner.

Under the Artists heading, youll see a list of all of the music artists stored on your device.

Delete all songs by tapping the red circle next to All Songs, or the circle next to an artist to delete all songs by that particular artist.

Tap Delete to confirm

Tap the red circle to delete individual artists, or all iPhone music.

If you only wish to get rid of certain tracks or albums from your iPhone, this is the method for you:

If youre using iOS 9 or an earlier version, make sure only music downloaded to your device is displayed. Go to Settings > Music Show All Music, and turn off the setting by sliding it off, if it is on already. This option was removed in iOS 10

Open the Music app from your iPhone app menu

From your Music Library page, tap either the Albums or Songs header, depending on if you would like to delete entire albums or single songs.

Tap and hold your finger on an album or songs you wish to delete until a menu is displayed.

Tap the Delete From Library or “Remove” option, then confirm the deletion.

How to delete an album from iPhone

If the previous method was too slow for you, or if you wish to start from scratch by removing all of the music currently stored on your iPhone, youre in the right place.

To delete all music from your iPhone, follow these steps:

From your iPhone menu, tap Settings > General > Storage and iCloud Usage.

Select the Manage Storage header, then the Music header from the list of apps.

Youll see a list of all of the music artists stored on your device. Tap Edit.

Delete all songs by tapping the red circle next to All Songs, or the circle next to an artist to delete all songs by that particular artist.

Tap Delete to confirm

How to delete all music from an iPhone

3. How to delete songs from iPod or iPhone with iTunes or Apple Music app.

If you prefer to use iTunes (or Apple Music app) for your music management, you can remove music stored on your iPhone through the program.

Heres how to delete songs from iPod or iPhone using iTunes or Apple Music app:

Open iTunes (or Apple Music if you are using macOS Catalina or higher).

Connect your iPhone.

When the device is found, click the Music header from under On my Device in the menu bar on the left.

Select the tracks you wish to delete from your iPhone.

Hit the Delete key on your keyboard, or right-click on one of your selected tracks, and click Delete from Library.

Confirm the deletion.

If you think you have more than one copy of a song on your iPhone, the song will play more often when shuffling songs, and will also take up unnecessary space on your device.

Unfortunately, the iPhone currently provides no way to find which of your tracks are duplicated, so the use of a computer is necessary. We will firstly remove any duplicate songs from iTunes (or Apple Music), then sync your cleaned library with your iPhone, ensuring that your iPhones library is the same as your iTunes library.

The quickest way to find and remove these duplicates, with the most control, is by using a trusted third-party software such as Tune Sweeper.

Tune Sweeper is an application for PC and Mac computers which will analyze your iTunes library for duplicate songs, and delete them for you automatically.