How to disable Genius Mixes on IOS - Ipad2?

Yes please! Same problem here. I wish I could turn off Genius, but that's not an option with iTunes Match.

FYI, they're on the iPhone too. It's just that the iPhone (thankfully) has a separate category for Genius Mixes, whereas the iPad merges them with Playlists.

I don't know that the Genius Mixes really sync at all. I think they may be created locally. The iPhone has the same thing, but not under Plylists. There's a separate category which may or may not be shown by default (e.g. You might have to hit the 'More' button to see it) which behaves similarly to the iPad.

I'm in the same boat as you. Can't get rid of them on the iPad (or iPhone, but at least you can effectively hide them there).

Exact same issue. Noticed that I have all these extra genius playlists on my iPad (was just focusing on the music on my iPad b/c I upgraded to a 3). On my 4S (which I use all the time for music), I didn't see them but like Kevin said, they have been there just in a separate category than Playlists. I tried "unhiding" genius in iTunes preferences and then deleting all the genius mixes hoping that this would then somehow erase them on my iOS devices (since I think in iTunes you are just hiding, not eliminating genius). Was able to delete all but one (weird). Then tried turning iCloud off and back on on each iOS device and all of the original genius mixes (most of which I had since deleted) were still there. Doesn't seem like you can hold your finger on the genius mixes in the iPad music app and just delete them. Haven't tried on the iPhone but I'm sure it is the same.

Very annoying. Basically I would like to totally disable genius in iTunes (must be slowing my PC down) and not have my iOS devices cluttered w/ all this garbage.

I recently converted to iTunes match / iCloud for all my music which I like (despite the 5 days it took me to get my music up there)....please help.

Before coming here, I just googled the issue and there were a ton of complaints about not being able to use Genius w/ iTunes match / iCloud - guess they must have "fixed" it...should be some sort of toggle option to disable in iTunes and on each iOS device.

Seems like Apple must have "fixed" something on their end to get Genius playlists and mixes working w/ iTunes Match. The timing I think was coincidental for me. I rarely used my 1G iPad for music so never paid attention to the genius mixes being combined w/ my other playlists. On my 4S, which I use regularly, I wouldn't have noticed the Genius button in the "More" menu because I never go there (and not sure it was even there before - see below).

Since I got a new iPad on Friday and needed to basically turn iCloud on for the first time, I think that must have triggered the Genius mixes getting synced with my new iPad (see posts in the thread below - seems like you need to toggle iCloud off and back on on the individual iOS devices to get it to sync if you had been using iCloud before). In messing around w/ my iPhone today I then toggled iCloud off and back on (hadn't done that in a couple of weeks when I first started using iCloud), and that brough the "Genius" button to one of the four visible items in the Music app. I now buried it in the "More" menu so it is a lot less annoying.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3788095?answerId=17864687022#17864687022

So what I still want to know is how we turn it off!! And why can't you disable Genius altogether in iTunes (just hide it). I think in older versions of iTunes there was an option in the "Store" menu to "Disable Genius".

Annoying.

I'm so pleased to find out that others are trying to get rid of the Genius Playlists. While getting acquainted with my new iPad this weekend, I found that I now have 15 Genius Playlists included on my Playlist Tab. Tried everything I could think of to remove or turn off the Genius Playlist, including all the actions mentioned here.

UPDATE: I NOW HAVE 22 GENIUS MIXES ON MY NEW iPad. This is Crazy!!!

Apple Please provide a way to hide this mess of Genius Mixes.

If I wanted random music I'd use PANDORA.

I'm so pleased to find out that others are trying to get rid of the Genius Playlists. While getting acquainted with my new iPad this weekend, I found that I now have 15 Genius Playlists included on my Playlist Tab. Tried everything I could think of to remove or turn off the Genius Playlist, including all the actions mentioned here.

Same here, but we need to get over this. It is not possible to use iTunes Match without having "Genius" lists -- except perhaps by turning on Home Sharing with a computer that has Genius turned off -- but that won't help you when you're away from home.

What an oxymoron! Idiot lists, because they assume that we are not smart enough to create or own playlists.

Same problem here. There's simply no way to get rid of Genius with iTunes Match. Apple should provide a way to turn this off again.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

I have to say, I don't appreciate stuff being jammed down my throat with no way to delete it. This includes apps AND playlists.

Same problem. I don't use genius, I don't like genius, but I have to schroll trough 31 genius folders to get to the music I want to listen to. How can it be turned off.

I think I figured this out - partly.

Tap on the unwanted Genius list in the Playlist.

In the resulting Playlist, tap on the Save button.

Tap on the <Playlist button to get to your colleciton of Playlists

Tap and Hold on unwanted Genius list

Tap the X to delete the list.

This only seems to work on secondary Genius lists, I have an original Genius list that can't be deleted, nor can I view it's contents.

GRRRRRR! I hate this feature too! I tried to follow the directions posted by chaosplan but when i click on a genius playlist it just starts playing music and I can't actually see the playlist. So that was a no go.

HOWEVER just before I started typing this I turned off Genius on iTunes on my Macbook Pro (where i sync my new iPad) and started a sync with the iPad and BAM they were gone!! So try that!!

I can't get rid of these at all, and I want to see my own playlists. On call with Apple they told me to select the genius playlists and sync, then delete them. Ha ha - that put 2 sets of genius playlists on my ipad and maxed out my memory. Also when setting up my new ipad by restoring to backup of my iPad2, it put playlists in, but I had to manually download the music and videos. WHat a pain. 12 songs are stuck in the download cue, and there is no way to remove them. The songs are on the iPad. I did try deleting, but that didnt help. Spent 45 minutes on the phone with Apple after referred up 2 levels, and still no help. Guess I can live with the problem in the cue, but with a brand new item that cost $829, why should we be forced to have genius mixes cluttering and bad cues?

Savalleygirl - I also had the problem when trying to do the method by chaosplan, and I couldn't turn off genius on my mac, could only hide it. How did you do it? Only thing I have is choice to do is update genius.

Any help to either issue would be appreciated.