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Q: Music app on ios10 - How to clear 'Up Next'?

I actually posted this before, but now the topic has vanished?

 

Anyway, again.....

 

 

I installed ios 10 and actually quite like the new music app, apart from one thing, there is no option that I can find that allows you to clear "Up Next".

You can clear individual tracks, but not the whole queue.

 

Problem is I organise my music into playlists and a lot of it is house mixes, so I might have 60+ mixes in the year 2015 folder for an artist. I know where all the tracks are in the playlists, so that is how I search for something I want, but if it is the 3rd track in how do I just play that track without it adding the next 50 odd tracks to 'Up Next' from the playlist?

 

I know I can find it in the playlist and then search for the track title in songs, but that is all a bit long winded.

 

Hoping I have just missed something?

iPhone 6, ios 10.0.1

Posted on Sep 13, 2016 2:48 PM

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  • by Carolyn Samit,

    Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit Sep 13, 2016 3:55 PM in response to gizze
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    Sep 13, 2016 3:55 PM in response to gizze
  • by gizze,

    gizze gizze Sep 13, 2016 5:00 PM in response to Carolyn Samit
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    Sep 13, 2016 5:00 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

    Thanks for the reply, but that doesn't answer my question.

     

    How do I clear the "Up Next" list in one go?

     

    Sometimes there is 100+ tracks in the "Up Next" section, but I can only delete them individually.

    There needs to be a 'clear all' option.

     

    Or when adding a new song 'replace queue' option rather than just 'play now' or 'play next'.

     

    The only way of doing it currently is closing the app completely and then searching for the song.

  • by cardinal4,

    cardinal4 cardinal4 Sep 14, 2016 7:29 PM in response to Carolyn Samit
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    Sep 14, 2016 7:29 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

    That didn't answer the question

  • by pheareme,

    pheareme pheareme Sep 15, 2016 5:56 AM in response to gizze
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    Sep 15, 2016 5:56 AM in response to gizze

    I would very much like to know how this is done as well.  It seems to me it is not possible, which is a major oversight, imo.

     

    Further, if I remove a single song from 'Up Next', it will reappear after the next 'Up Next' song starts to play.

  • by jase1177,

    jase1177 jase1177 Sep 20, 2016 9:12 PM in response to gizze
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    Sep 20, 2016 9:12 PM in response to gizze

    Hi

    Not sure if this helps but I have found that just shutting down the app (double clicking the home button and swiping up) clears the next up completely.

     

    Hope this helps in some way

  • by Tim Kite,

    Tim Kite Tim Kite Sep 24, 2016 6:45 PM in response to gizze
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    Sep 24, 2016 6:45 PM in response to gizze

    I also noticed this, and given how much I use the feature I actually backed out my upgrade and am back on 9.3.5 until Apple fixes this. I would suggest that everyone affected by this bug/oversight/feature removal leaves feedback at www.apple.com/feedback. If enough report it, hopefully it will be addressed. Given the fast pace of patches after release, iOS 10 seems to be a pretty bug-filled release, but they are working to fix it.

  • by pheareme,

    pheareme pheareme Sep 25, 2016 7:58 AM in response to Tim Kite
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    Sep 25, 2016 7:58 AM in response to Tim Kite

    I am curious what your use case is when you use the 'clear up next'?  And, assuming the end goal is more than just an empty 'up next' list, why you cannot achieve the same ends using the functionality that is there. 

     

    I too was initially upset this feature was missing, but after using ios10 apple music regularly since launch, I am finding I have no need to 'clear' up next and I can get to where I need to be by using the existing functionality.  I am starting to suspect removing it was a conscious decision by apple and not some oversight.

     

    Yes, if you want to clear up next for the sake of having an empty 'up next' queue, that is more difficult to do now. 

     

    But if you are looking to clear the queue so you can have a 'fresh start' when adding more music, I am finding clearing up next is just not needed. It is a bit of a change in mindset, in that you might still have those songs you wanted cleared in your queue, but really, does it matter as long as you are able to listen to what you want when you want?

     

    The only situation I could think of where the lack of a clear up next is troublesome is the times where you have multiple up next queues that could have individually been cleared in iOS 9.  And say you wanted to clear one 'up next' that was sandwiched between two other 'up next's' - that becomes a pain in ios10.  But that is an edge case for me.

     

    Curious as to what other use cases people are finding they cannot achieve because of the lack of 'clear up next'

  • by Tim Kite,

    Tim Kite Tim Kite Sep 25, 2016 8:07 AM in response to pheareme
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    Sep 25, 2016 8:07 AM in response to pheareme

    The way I use up next, still do on my Macs since the feature still exists in iTunes, and have since the feature debuted, is:

    1. Start playing a song. This loads the rest of its album to the up next queue.
    2. Decide I want to change things up a bit. Clear the remainder of the queue and add songs from other albums. Alternatively, add songs from other albums and then go back and clear the queue so the original album doesn't pick back up after my playlist plays.

     

    There really is no way to accomplish that easily in iOS 10 now, especially since the bug that re-adds the original queue even after you clear it.

  • by pheareme,

    pheareme pheareme Sep 25, 2016 8:26 AM in response to Tim Kite
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    Sep 25, 2016 8:26 AM in response to Tim Kite

    In that scenario, what if you don't focus on having to clear the queue, but simply start adding the songs you want to play next as 'play next'?

     

    Yes, you will still have the songs from the original album in the queue and they will play when your playlist is done, but does that really matter at the end of the day?  Maybe it does to you. I think this scenario falls under the 'mindset' change I was talking about above. 

     

    As an fyi, if you know you are only interested in one or two songs from the initial album, even with an empty up next queue, you can long press the song and select play next - doing so prevents the rest of the album from being added to 'up next'.  This would prevent the scenario you are describing above.

  • by Tim Kite,

    Tim Kite Tim Kite Sep 25, 2016 11:29 AM in response to pheareme
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    Sep 25, 2016 11:29 AM in response to pheareme

    That's a great workaround with the foresight to start out adding songs to the up next playlist. However, with that foresight, I may as well ignore the up next feature and just make regular playlists. The reason I think this is a bug is that iTunes still has the feature, and because cleared songs return to the up next list. Leaving the rest of the album there is also fine if you've got the device on you, but if you've kicked off a playlist to run over dinner on AirPlay it may not be super convenient or graceful to run for your device when your playlist is over and Music kicks back to the original album.

  • by pheareme,

    pheareme pheareme Sep 25, 2016 11:55 AM in response to Tim Kite
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    Sep 25, 2016 11:55 AM in response to Tim Kite

    I hear you, I mean, I'd like to see 'clear up next' returned as well. 

     

    However, as I use it, I am finding not having the option just isn't nearly the issue I originally thought it would be. I can't imagine a scenario where I'd care if some songs, I wish were removed, started up because the songs I explicitly selected finished playing.

     

    Of course everyone's mileage will vary.