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:
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:
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:
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:
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.