Music player and locked screen - iOS15

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 have an older iPhone (iPhone 5 SE) and I upgraded from iOS 14.x to 15.1 and I started to get the random music playing issue.

The first time it happened is when I asked Siri for directions and she opened the Maps app. I have 3 music apps and couldn't figure out which one was playing because the only app showing open was maps. I had to manually open and then close Apple Music to get it to stop. I restarted the phone several times, but it still randomly plays music when I get in my car and bluetooth pairing occurs.

Since Apple Music has become fairly worthless without paying Apple, I solved the problem (I hope) by simply deleting the Music app entirely. Buh Bye.

I don't have the Apple Music App installed on my iPhone and it still randomly shows Now Playing on the lock screen but nothing it listed in Now Playing. It shows Now Playing after I use an app that plays/streams music/video (Youtube, Plex, Spotify etc. (I always close the apps when I'm finished using them, kinda an OCD thing)) Only way I can get rid of it its to shut the phone down then turn it back on again.

Since I listen to all my music on Spotify, I deleted Music Player. Wa-la! Problem solved.

Yep. If you don’t use it delete it. Of course if you do use it you will have to wait for Apple to get around to a fix in iOS 1X.xxx.

For me it’s fixed after updating to 15.3.1

There is no notification choice for Apple Music if you're not subscribed, or at least there is none on my 13 running 15.2, however turning the "Lock Screen" option off from "My Account" removed it from my lock screen until I played a track in the Music app - then that track is showing on the lock screen. Apple needs to fix this. I wonder if anyone from Apple monitors these boards.

quick fix. just delete Apple Music app.

Hello Jimeg,

Thanks for reaching out through the Apple Support Communities about the Music app unexpectedly appearing on your Lock Screen.

Has this occurred with multiple Bluetooth devices?

Does the Music app stop showing up on your Lock Screen if you temporarily disable Bluetooth?

Is your iPhone updated to the latest iOS 15.0.2? Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Also, does restarting have any impact on this behavior, even if only temporarily? Restart your iPhone

Hopefully those details will help to further isolate this behavior.

Take care.

Right now restart is helping but as well i found other way - when on the lock screen i have music player starting it to play music then unlock phone and kill music, than lock phone and is gone :) but really there need to be some fix to that

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 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.