Can I filter my Library on Apple Music ?

Hello,


My 'Library' in Apple Music is too cluttered for the following reason: whenever I add a song, the corresponding album and artist are also added. Similarly, whenever I add an album, all the individual songs of the album are added as well.


As a result, my library is filled with Artists and Albums that I am not interested in and that are there just because I added on the fly (usually through Shazzam) one song that I happened to like. This problem is compounded by the fact that Apple Music links the song to an arbitrarily chosen album, when the song could as legitimately be linked to another album.

Furthermore, the individual songs that I added because I like them individually are drowned among all the songs of all the albums that I added because I like the albums generally.


In order to sort the wheat from the chaff, I would like to see in the each of the three sections (songs, albums, artists) only the items that I did personally add to it, and hide those that were added there automatically because I added an item elsewhere.


For example, if I add 'Yellow submarine' to my songs, I do not want 'The Beatles' to appear among my Artists. I also do not want 'Revolver', '1' or 'The Red Album' to appear among my albums.

Similarly, if I do add 'Exile on Main Street' to my albums, I want neither all of its songs added to my songs nor 'The Rolling Stones' added to my Artists.


In a word, I want to see just what I added myself - no more, no less.


Is there a setting or a filter on Apple Music that could help me achieve this? If not, is there a third party app that could link with my library and allow the kind of filtering that I want?


I that you in advance for your help and suggestions. W.


PS: I navigate Apple Music through iOS and macOS devices.

Posted on Mar 6, 2021 12:49 AM

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Mar 7, 2021 1:21 PM in response to Wladdy

Hi Wladdy,


Thank you for using the Apple Support Communities! We understand you'd like to have more control over how Apple Music organizes and adds to your music collection.


Based on our understanding of your given description, it sounds like Apple Music is behaving as expected.


Listen to music and more in the Apple Music app


Apple Music User Guide - Apple Support


You're always invited to share feedback to Apple here: Feedback - Apple Music - Apple


Best regards.

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