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Q: How can I turn off "Music" (especially iTunes Radio) on an iPhone/iPad (iOS 8)?

This seems to be a common question.  Use Parental Controls in iTunes to set content restrictions - Apple Support shows a way to turn off "Internet Radio" in iTunes.  I can't find anything similar for Music in iOS.  Why not? 

 

I am not satisfied with a "solution" that requires being signed out of my account.  That might work for an iPad that's only used by a kid, but being signed out is no good at all when (for example) you're babysitting said kid while waiting nervously for the e-mail update on a sibling who's on the way.

 

I'd be satisfied with turning off the Music app altogether in Settings > General > Restrictions.  I'd be happy leaving it there (it's empty) and turning off just the internet radio option like you can on desktop. 

 

It'd be more work, but I'd also be happy with leaving it on and turning off the lousy "Featured stations" and showing only the ones that I add myself.  The "Featured stations" have never contained any music that I had the slightest interest in, but I have recently learned that it does offer a remarkable number of pictures of half-dressed women and a wide selection of profanity even while restricted to "clean" lyrics.  I've come to the conclusion that "clean" means "only contains cuss words that 12-year-old boys know", rather than "things you could let your three-year-old grandchild listen to without having to explain how he learned those words".

 

Is there any actual solution? 

 

If not, is there any statement from Apple about why they offer this level of control to desktop systems but not to mobile systems?  Or are they just hoping that the many requests for this feature will go away if they ignore them long enough?

Posted on Aug 10, 2015 8:35 PM

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Q: How can I turn off "Music" (especially iTunes Radio) on an iPhone/iPad (iOS 8)?

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  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Aug 10, 2015 8:43 PM in response to sfsv
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    Aug 10, 2015 8:43 PM in response to sfsv

    sfsv wrote:

     

     

    If not, is there any statement from Apple about why they offer this level of control to desktop systems but not to mobile systems?  Or are they just hoping that the many requests for this feature will go away if they ignore them long enough?

    This is a user-to-user support forum. There would be no statement from Apple here. Speculation about Apple's decisions is prohibited.

     

    Submit your feedback to Apple requesting such a feature here:

    http://www.apple.com/feedback

  • by sfsv,

    sfsv sfsv Aug 10, 2015 8:48 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    Aug 10, 2015 8:48 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    There might be a statement from Apple elsewhere, though.  I believe that they have a whole department dedicated to producing press releases and answering questions that journalists ask them.

  • by gail from maine,

    gail from maine gail from maine Aug 10, 2015 9:01 PM in response to sfsv
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    Aug 10, 2015 9:01 PM in response to sfsv

    Meg's point is that we have no more information as to what Apple may or may not have stated about this than you do. We are just users like you, and would have to resort to the same Google search you would have to resort to to find such a statement if one exists. We are here to provide technical support for folks having issues with their Apple products. The knowledge base is pretty much technically centered.

     

    Your query is a very specific query about a very specific issue that is not posed by many people. We might be aware of a place to point you to regarding a press release or other Apple-generated information about something like the newest iOS or iDevice, but again, as Meg indicated, this is not something that we would know about. You need to send your feedback to Apple.

     

    Cheers,

     

    GB

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Aug 11, 2015 7:20 AM in response to sfsv
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    Aug 11, 2015 7:20 AM in response to sfsv

    sfsv wrote:

     

    There might be a statement from Apple elsewhere, though.  I believe that they have a whole department dedicated to producing press releases and answering questions that journalists ask them.

    I'm sure there is. Perhaps you should ask them your question.