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“Add playlist songs” keeps turning ON

Only started happening tonight as on Dec 1st, 2023 around midnight. I keep this feature off cause I don’t like a crowded, messy library. But as of tonight when I go to add new songs to my playlists, the “Add playlist songs” just turns right back on all by itself. And the songs/album are shown in my library. This is really irritating.


I’m on ios 17.1.2. Anyone know any sort of solution for this? Maybe just a bug? I already reset my phone and the problem still isn’t fixed.

iPhone XS Max, iOS 14

Posted on Nov 30, 2023 11:24 PM

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Posted on Dec 4, 2023 1:31 PM

Hey guys I just wanna let y’all know that as of right now the bug has been fixed. Appreciate everyone coming out and discussing this annoying *** problem. Hopefully everyone’s Apple Music is fixed too. Wild few days with ts lol.


p.s. For Apple. If this bug were to happen again in the future. Please make it so when something is added to library and you want it deleted from the library. To NOT take the sings that are downloaded in playlists out. This made this bug 100x worse

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Dec 3, 2023 9:54 PM in response to TbRaze

I’ve deleted my playlists, I’ve deleted the app, I’ve turned off the playlist thing, I even restarted my phone. Nothing has worked I was able to add music to playlist before without this happening I’ve never had this issue until I updated my phone. I have none of my playlist anymore I see why people stay with android because it’s things like this that happen they constantly have issues with the iPhone.🤦🏾‍♀️

Dec 4, 2023 4:11 AM in response to TbRaze

This is happening to me!! I’m so glad I’m not the only one.

I’ve always hated this feature, especially whenever I click “add to Library” on accident and have to remove the album from every single one of my playlists if I want to get rid of the clutter. The “Library” section is the only readily accessible section to easily locate your playlists, so to be forced to have to put up with the library feature constantly screwing up my playlists proves to me apple’s just all about the money and finding ways to run up my storage so that I’ll buy a new phone. That’s capitalism for you I guess. So frustrating, and now with this bug, I can’t add any songs to any of my playlists without the risk of losing them from all of my old ones. Capitol F Frustrating.

Dec 6, 2023 6:40 AM in response to TbRaze

I was also having this problem but I think I’ve found a temporary solution. Try using a separate device to add music to the library and it should stop the button from turning back on in your phone. What I mean by separate device is like a gaming console or maybe even an Apple TV. Use one of those to add a song straight to the library and the problem should be settled on your phone. That’s what worked for me. Maybe it was something else but it is a promising alternative

“Add playlist songs” keeps turning ON

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