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Hello,
I have a question and was wondering if someone could help. I have iTunes on my PC laptop and whenever I get a new song to download, the song(s) goes straight to both my laptop and my phone. I listen to a lot of music. Right now I have 800+ and some of these songs I don't want on my iPhone. How would I delete songs from my phone so it wouldn't delete the library from my laptop?
If any help that would be great, thanks.
iPhone 6s, iOS 13
If you wish to keep a song in your iTunes Library but not have it on the phone, you can use the Sync only ticked songs and videos feature in iTunes.
When you next connect your phone to iTunes, look on the Device/Settings/Summary pane (indicated above) and turn on the Sync only ticked songs and videos. Once you have that turned on, simply untick any song in your library (at any time) and it will be removed from the phone (at the next Sync), but stay in the Library. To add the song back to the phone, simply tick the song and then connect the phone up for a Sync.
Note though, that iTunes will not play that unticked song unless you specifically select it.
The only other method is to sync selected playlists, artists, albums and genres, but that's a more involved procedure, which may not be worth using for just one or two songs.
If you wish to keep a song in your iTunes Library but not have it on the phone, you can use the Sync only ticked songs and videos feature in iTunes.
When you next connect your phone to iTunes, look on the Device/Settings/Summary pane (indicated above) and turn on the Sync only ticked songs and videos. Once you have that turned on, simply untick any song in your library (at any time) and it will be removed from the phone (at the next Sync), but stay in the Library. To add the song back to the phone, simply tick the song and then connect the phone up for a Sync.
Note though, that iTunes will not play that unticked song unless you specifically select it.
The only other method is to sync selected playlists, artists, albums and genres, but that's a more involved procedure, which may not be worth using for just one or two songs.
I think you should post your problem in this community: Apple Music on Windows - Apple Community where others who know more about Apple Music works may be able to help you.
Although some experienced contributors look both there and here, others may only check that particular forum. Personally, I know very little about it since I don't use the service.
You can delete songs from your iphone and it will not effect your iTunes library. However, next time you sync your iTunes with your iPhone, the songs will go back onto your iphone unless you remove them from your iTunes library.
On your iPhone, select Songs, then the song you want to delete, pause playing, highlight the playing song (paused), hit the 3 dots upper right corner, and select Delete from Library.
Okay, these must be songs downloaded from Apple, right? You can re-download purchased music anytime by signing in with the same account you originally purchased the from.
If they were your own songs from your own music collection, they would remain in your iTunes library when deleted from your iPhone. Sorry, didn't read your original post properly.
You're fine. I was just confused on what I am doing wrong: I deleted one song from my iphone (delete from Library) and then it deleted the same song on my Windows laptop Itunes Library. Is there a way so when I delete a song(s) from my Iphone but still show up on my Laptop? Is there a way I can stop syncing music so that when I download a song on my laptop it doesn't go straight to my phone? Sorry for making this difficult. I really do appreciate your kindness in helping me.
Thanks, I don't see any of this on my Windows iTunes. I have the version. Version 12.10.5.12
Is there a way where I can download a song but it wont sync to my iPhone going forward?
I am still iffy about deleted a song from my iPhone it's going to deleted the song from both devices.
Thank you! How would I stop my iphone from syncing music from my Itunes Library? I tried deleting one song from my iphone and it both disappeared from my phone and my Windows Itunes.
Are you using Apple Music? Are the songs downloaded from Apple Music or from digital purchases or from CDs?
First they were from CD's that I converted to Apple Music, then I started doing digital purchases and then I went to Apple Music.
Laptop Itunes vs. iPhone Itunes
