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Q: iOS 10 - Show only downloaded music

Hi all, It appears that the Music app forces us to display our iTunes purchases. I do not like this and only want my downloaded music to appear on the device.

 

I'm not ok with tapping the >Downloaded tab every time I open the app. There must be a solution, so how do I fix this?

 

I would not have updated had I known this feature would be so strongly imposed. Thanks for your help.

iPhone 6s, iOS 10

Posted on Sep 15, 2016 9:29 AM

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  • by Txaginmi,

    Txaginmi Txaginmi Sep 17, 2016 12:26 AM in response to sskkooommaa
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    Sep 17, 2016 12:26 AM in response to sskkooommaa

    in the app, go to top lh corner(Library) and select "Downloaded Music" at bottom of drag down.  This should now give you a new dropdown to select Playlists, Artists, songs, etc.   Now you should only see what you have downloaded.

  • by MichWitz,

    MichWitz MichWitz Sep 17, 2016 8:26 AM in response to Txaginmi
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    Sep 17, 2016 8:26 AM in response to Txaginmi

    Hi - I have the same question, but do not get your advise right.

     

    If I open music app, I can't click any thing in the left top corner - is that a special config item I have to select elsewhere?


    Thanks for advice.

    Michael

  • by trevno,

    trevno trevno Sep 18, 2016 3:46 AM in response to Txaginmi
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    Sep 18, 2016 3:46 AM in response to Txaginmi

    You are recommending he do exactly what he, and others including myself think is unnecessary; in iOS 10 you now have to open: Music>Downloaded>Artist>Choose Artist>Album>Song.  That's way too many steps just to play a track.  The old default to Artists was much more useful, and probably the way people would search for a Song.   I am not a fan of Apple Music, and have no intention of using it, so if I disable that from the menu, why would I still want to see Songs that aren't on my device?? FAIL

  • by PunkRockDoc,

    PunkRockDoc PunkRockDoc Sep 19, 2016 7:21 AM in response to sskkooommaa
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    Sep 19, 2016 7:21 AM in response to sskkooommaa

    I have this same issue. There are ton of tracks that are in my iTunes library that I can't stand and do not want on my phone (stuff that my wife downloaded on my account, free samplers with songs I don't like).  I shouldnt have to delete each song individually. The biggest issue that I have is when I connect my phone to my car via USB, the car shows all of the songs in the iTunes library, not just what is on my phone, regardless of whether my phone is set to display only downloaded music. this is very frustrating.

  • by and_ita,

    and_ita and_ita Sep 19, 2016 11:22 AM in response to PunkRockDoc
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    Sep 19, 2016 11:22 AM in response to PunkRockDoc

    Same issue....iphone in car dock it's very frustrating now....

  • by Henk Cortier1,

    Henk Cortier1 Henk Cortier1 Sep 20, 2016 7:20 AM in response to sskkooommaa
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    Sep 20, 2016 7:20 AM in response to sskkooommaa

    same here, bad evolution in iTunes for iPhone

  • by Garrett Nelson,

    Garrett Nelson Garrett Nelson Sep 20, 2016 9:03 AM in response to sskkooommaa
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    Sep 20, 2016 9:03 AM in response to sskkooommaa

    Just chiming in to say that the new requirement to navigate through the "Downloaded" menu option is really annoying, and a definite step backwards from iOS 9 (though I suspect it is part of Apple's plan to nudge people towards Apple Music subscriptions and away from syncing actual song files). It's obnoxious to have my phone's music library cluttered by default with everything I've ever purchased.

  • by bitslasher,

    bitslasher bitslasher Sep 20, 2016 9:27 AM in response to sskkooommaa
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    Sep 20, 2016 9:27 AM in response to sskkooommaa

    The way the iOS 10 Music app approaches downloaded vs. purchased music and exactly opposite what I would expect, and going out on a limb here, but probably most people would expect.  I would expect (and would want) it to show what I have on my device via the top level menus, and then have a menu titled "Purchased Music" (replacing "Downloaded Music"), that I could go to find something I know I purchased but haven't downloaded yet.

     

    Can you please add a setting to flip this behavior?  Call it "Show only music on this device" or something.

  • by grporcaro,

    grporcaro grporcaro Sep 21, 2016 2:20 PM in response to sskkooommaa
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    Sep 21, 2016 2:20 PM in response to sskkooommaa

    i dont understand what's so hard with putting a little toggle under the music in settings that says something like "show only downloaded music" or something like that

     

    seems simple. i hate seeing all those songs on my phone.

  • by cyrilmtl,

    cyrilmtl cyrilmtl Sep 21, 2016 4:40 PM in response to sskkooommaa
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    Sep 21, 2016 4:40 PM in response to sskkooommaa

    same problem here, apple will not do anything else to force us to use its cloud stuff

     

    my iphone even start to download music that is not voluntary synced in it when I am listening in suffle play,

    instead of my chosen song suddenly I start to old classic music that I have at home in my itune, but NEVER in my iphone, and when I look at the music apps, it was downloading the file and the image, I don't know where did it get it

    even if I disable every music stuff/cloud/download I can see in my configuration.

    I am afraid that it is going to kill my 3g data by downloading music in my back.

  • by SanderEvers,

    SanderEvers SanderEvers Sep 23, 2016 12:41 AM in response to sskkooommaa
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    Sep 23, 2016 12:41 AM in response to sskkooommaa

    Indeed I have this issue too. You can go to downloaded music and select the "music on iphone" playlist and shuffle that. But it's too much of a hassle.

  • by BrawlX,

    BrawlX BrawlX Sep 23, 2016 3:11 AM in response to sskkooommaa
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    Sep 23, 2016 3:11 AM in response to sskkooommaa

    Only solution I could find was to delete the track off your phone. Can be done by holding your finger on the track. Can do the same for a whole album (just hold the album)

  • by Starsox,

    Starsox Starsox Sep 23, 2016 5:46 AM in response to cyrilmtl
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    Sep 23, 2016 5:46 AM in response to cyrilmtl

    Yep I've got that problem too... my iPhone has suddenly deleted some of the music I listen too and it's been replaced with rubbish like that U2 album that was given away there's songs now on my iPhone be that I've never synced to it , hopefully it's just teething problems

  • by Tractorgirl,

    Tractorgirl Tractorgirl Sep 23, 2016 8:51 AM in response to PunkRockDoc
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    Sep 23, 2016 8:51 AM in response to PunkRockDoc

    yes yes yes , this is exactly the problem I have , it's so annoying!

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