Q: can't delete purchased music from iPhone

I have the same problem with an iPhone 5 (using ios7). Swiping the song from left to right does nothing, but swiping from right to left does bring up a "delete" option. For most songs. There are some songs it does not do that as to. No idea why. I don't have cloud back-up turned on, or match. The albums are not even in my iTunes system (two of them never were; I deleted the other two). Yet they show up on my phone and I can't get rid of them. One of them asks me if I want to see the rest of the album, which it then does greyed out, asking me if I want to buy the rest of it. But I already purchased the whole album, had it on iTunes, but then deleted it (after it gave me all those messages). Anyone have any ideas at all? This is driving me crazy!

Hi! Ok I just figured out how to delete the songs! so here's the deal: You just played the songs from iCloud right? You didn't press the little download cloud yet. You can't delete something that technically isn't there. So go to setting>music and turn ON Show all music. Press the cloud to download the songs you want to delete, go back to setting>music And turn OFF show all music. Now go to the songs you want to delete, slide and delete! :-) Hope that helped!

This is seriously driving me insane.  I've turned off everything relating to icloud.  I don't want any of my stuff stored in iCloud.  I still can't get rid of these songs.  It's songs I don't even want or even remember having.

i tried but once i get the delete button by sliding the song is still there and the cloud shows up again! please help!

none of these options are working for me either. i have an iPhone 5 with the iOS 7 software. swipe and delte? no, doesn't work. back up to computer instead of iCloud? no, doest work. restore? no, doesn't work. my purchased songs are always on my iPhone. if there is a way to get them off there that's not one the 3 methods already mentioned on this thread, please let me know. i'm this close to going windows / galaxy.

I've been on the phone with an Apple tech for about an hour. Nothing. Then a senior tech tried to help me for about an hour. Nothing. I tried this:  http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4919?viewlocale=en_US    Didn't work.

Purchased music from the iTunes store will not go away on my iPhone. I had the same problem as lilouf too with the sliding to delete. I press the cloud thing next to the track to start the download of the track from the cloud. Once it's downloaded, I swipe to get the red "Delete" symbol. I press "Delete," and the track is still there and the cloud re-appears.

Any other ideas?

go on settings on your iphone then music, then untick 'show all music'

i figuered it out.. make sure you are signed in with the apple i.d. u bought the music with..  then go back into the settings and turn off view alll music

If you connect your phone to your itunes and when syncing you go to the Music tab and go to Albums and untick all the albums you bought on your phone it should work!

simple way of doing guys is as follows

SETTINGS

MUSIC

SCROLL DOWN TO WHERE IT SAYS " SHOW ALL MUSIC"

TURN IT OFF

NOW YOUR MUSIC FOLDER IN YOUR PHONE SHALL HAVE ONLY THE SONGS YOU SYNC TO IT INSTEAD OF SHOWING PURCHASED ITEMS AS WELL

Thanks! This worked. So simple.

BTW I also had a problem where I couldn't "swipe to delete" an entire album.  But I could do it with each individual song so that worked.  No idea why there is a difference for some people.

Thanks lcwange_e! This worked for me.

THANK GOD! As one person said: This was seriously driving me crazy. With advice from lcwange_e I fixed it.

None of the previous options worked for me. I've turned "Show All Music" off but the unwanted songs were still there. I purchased an album which contained 100 songs, but I just wanted 30 of those songs on my iPhone, so I put those 30 songs on a playlist, then on iTunes I chose to sync "only the selected playlists"; in theory I would have only those 30 songs on my iPhone. But that happened only when I played "playlists". Every time I play randomly, one of the unwanted songs shows up. Then I go to the album and try to swipe and delete, but interestingly enough, it works only with the chosen songs, (those which are on iTunes and on my Play Lists), but when I try to swipe & delete the unwanted songs, (those with the iCluud icon), the "delete" option is not available. Conclusion: It's a cloud issue, but not sure if it comes from iTunes Store or iCloud, but it's hard to believe that Apple didnt' figure it out yet, How old is this thread? more than 2 years old?