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How do I get rid of music / songs from my Apple Watch, that shouldn’t even be there?

I am constantly constantly constantly getting messages on my Apple Watch telling me that the storage is full and that I should try removing music or photos using the Apple Watch app on my iPhone. 

(My phone also randomly locks even when I am wearing it, which seemed to happen at suspiciously around the same time I started getting these storage-full warnings.)


The only music I have set up to sync over from my Mac to my Apple Watch is ONE playlist. 

It is a Smart Playlist set to only ever be a maximum of 2GBs in size. 

There is nothing else. That’s it. No more music. 


But when I check my Apple Watch’s Storage, it says the Music app’s Documents & Data is taking up over 21GBs. 

So where is all this additional music coming from, and how do I get rid of it???





Apple Watch Series 6

Posted on Feb 20, 2023 8:46 AM

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Feb 21, 2023 2:18 PM in response to Brett Archibald

Good day to you Brett Archibald, 


We’d like to have you remove that one playlist and see if that removes all the Music data or if it remains the same. Remove music from Apple Watch


Remove music using your iPhone
1. Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
2. Tap My Watch, tap Music, then do any of the following:
• For music you’ve added: Tap Edit, then tap next to the items you want to remove.
• For music that was automatically added: Turn off Recent Music or other music automatically added to your Apple Watch.
Note: Music you’ve recently played won’t be automatically added to Apple Watch until you turn on Recent Music again.

Music you remove from your Apple Watch remains on your iPhone.

Remove music using your Apple Watch
If you’re an Apple Music subscriber, you can remove music directly on Apple Watch, whether it was added automatically or you chose to add it.
1. Open the Music app on your Apple Watch.
2. Tap Library, scroll down, tap Downloaded, then tap Playlists or Albums.
3. Swipe left on a playlist or album, tap the three ellipses, then tap Remove.
4. Tap Delete.
The music is removed from your Apple Watch and from all other devices that use the same Apple ID.

Note: You can also remove individual songs. If you swipe left on a song, tap the three ellipses, tap Remove, then tap Delete, the song is removed from your Apple Watch and from all other devices that use the same Apple ID.


Thanks. 

How do I get rid of music / songs from my Apple Watch, that shouldn’t even be there?

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