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hakureimu Author

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I accidentally downloaded the U2 album...?

Unfortunately, I've received U2's "Songs of Innocence" on my iPhone, and I want to get rid of it. I figured that if I downloaded it, I would be able to delete it just like any other song on my music, so I tried that with a couple songs, and they came back, so is there a way I can remove it from my music? Space is also a serious issue on my phone, so it's annoying for me to know that a band that I don't like is taking up valuable space. I had to create a new playlist with all my songs before U2 decided they had the right to sneak itself onto my phone. So if I've downloaded parts of the album, can I delete those songs or nah?

Edit: Yes I've tried the swiping thing. I've deleted songs off my music before.

Posted on Sep 10, 2014 9:26 PM

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Dec 12, 2014 1:23 PM in response to petermac87

Thanks Pete but I had also read that answer "a hundred times here" but it wasn't working. The link removes them from your itunes library / account but not physically from the phone. The songs were still stuck in the music player after doing so. I just did fix it by logging out of my apple ID then logging back in. It must have forced a refresh.

petermac87

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Dec 12, 2014 1:53 PM in response to Armchair Allstar

Cheers

Pete

I accidentally downloaded the U2 album...?