Music player and locked screen - iOS15

Similar situation - Is there a way to remove the Lock Screen Music widget all together? I can't stand that the widget is there when I'm driving and I'm obviously connected to and using CarPlay. What reason is there to show the widget when you're playing music on your dash?! @Apple please make it a toggle option to remove the widgit from being displayed.

I’m running iOS 15.3.1, don’t even have Apple Music installed on my devices (because I don’t use them), and I STILL get the player on my lockscreen all the time. The only way I can get rid of it is to shut down the device and restart it. Also, I always keep my Bluetooth off, but for some reason it randomly turns on all by itself and drains my battery. I have an iPhone X and and iPad Pro. This happens too often for Apple to not have a fix for this issue.

I thought I was the only one having this issue with the music player showing on the locked screen. The iOS is on the latest version 15.3.1 It's really frustrating to see music player popping up every now and then.

This has to be the most annoying bug about the iPhone. Yes, I'm calling it a bug. My phone will literally be sitting on the table and will randomly start blasting music out of the speaker phone. I unlock the phone to quit the music app but the app isn't running. The only thing that works to shut it off is to open the music app and pause the music. So ******. I can't think of a single scenario where I would want to put music control on the lock screen, no scenario.

I think it’s got something to do with YouTube. If I’ve watched something on there I have the problem but if I don’t look at YouTube for a few days it doesn’t happen so………

I have no idea how or why it happens it’s just something I noticed. A bug with YouTube maybe

Does anyone have a fax for this issue yet? I’m pretty sure I have the latest iOS, I think it’s 15.4.2, and the only thing connected to my iPhone via Bluetooth as my watch. I’ve tried swiping up to close all the apps, closing all the Safari windows, making sure that the music player is disabled for notifications, and turning Bluetooth off and back on again. The music player still shows up on my iPhone lock screen, even though there is nothing attached to the phone for it to play music on. I even checked it with Bluetooth disabled, and the music player still shows up on the lock screen. I only noticed this recently, but I don’t know what changed to cause the problem.

I disagree about deleting Music and it will fix it. I have never used Music and I deleted the Music app as soon as I got my devices. This has not solved this problem. I still get the music player on my Lock Screen and can’t get rid of it. Apple needs to find a permanent solution to this problem. The only way I have been able to get it off the Lock Screen is to shut down my device and restart it. It’s annoying to have to do this all the time.

Just spoke to Apple support about this issue. I’d tried everything, including deleting the music app. But I reinstalled the music app, went to notifications, and unchecked Lock Screen, then the issue went away. Not sure if this will work for others as it appears to be a Bluetooth issue for many, but worth a try maybe.

I’m glad that worked for you, but I don’t even HAVE the music app on my phone and it still comes up on my lock screen. But it’s good to know that Apple doesn’t even care to have one of their people monitor their Apple Support Community to find out where their errors lie.

Been dealing with this for months. Sooooo annoying and frustrating! I'm use my blutooth earbuds for the phone and navigation but I DON'T want the music player on my lock screen where I have a picture of my wife and grandbaby. When I use tye player I prefer to go directly into the Music App! I have tried everything off and on for weeks to permanently get rid of the music player lock screen widget. Apple support seems to be incompetent! Apple iOS developers seem to fk things up every time they change something. Samsung doesn't have this problem and I'm seriously thinking of switching back with my next phone. Get it together Apple!

Turn Off the Lock Screen and Notification Center ALERTS from Settings-Notifications-Apple Music

iOS 15.3 this issue is still occurring on my iPad mini 5. Press the home button to get to the Lock Screen and this pops up. Bluetooth is enabled but has never been used and has no devices memorized.

That’s because it’s connected to an Apple device right there in the store