turn off shuffle in itunes

Jets fan 1457,

Actually.. Not helpful. I accidentally pressed the helpful button. We are talking about iPhones here, and the timeline you reference is not on my 6s. I pressed the space you indicated but the song that played next and in the 'up next' list are still shuffled.

Truthfully. I've looked for a solution to this before, and came away with: it can't be done, fuhgettaboutit, which is frustrating when an album (like Hamilton) really begs to be played sequentially.

I do wish apple would fix this. In my opinion it is a serious flaw.

C@Leonard wrote:

Nancy,

Are you referring to computer use?

On phones, the shuffle can not be turned off. The only choice is 'repeat.'

C@

That's not correct, you can turn Shuffle off on iPhones -- please read the thread above for instructions.

C@Leonard wrote:

Jets fan 1457,

We are talking about iPhones here, and the timeline you reference is not on my 6s. I pressed the space you indicated but the song that played next and in the 'up next' list are still shuffled.

The reply that you're referring to was from five years ago, and at that time those were the correct instructions.

Now it is a different process. While music is playing bring up the full screen artwork of what's playing. Now slide the artwork up and you'll see a big red Shuffle button -- tap that to turn Shuffle OFF.

No no no. What is essential and not even described, is after you tap the art work and the pop up song screen comes up you must scroll down on the screen to see the shuffle and repeat buttons. There is where you choose.

iPhone User Guide (For iOS 5.1 Software)

When a song is playing, under the bar showing how much time has elapsed in the song, on the right side is a set of arrows that cross in the middle. Press that until it turns white. That should do it.

Embarrassed to admit this but I had to revert to the User Guide - page 76-77. When a song is playing just tap the artwork and the song timeline and shuffle / repeat / genius icons appear - just tap to select which one you want. Finally, I can sleep again - hope this works for you. Cheers

just start playing music from your artists, songs, etc list without selecting Shuffle.. not hard.

ED3K wrote:

just start playing music from your artists, songs, etc list without selecting Shuffle.. not hard.

If Shuffle was previously used, it will remain ON even if you don't select the "Shuffle" selection at the top of a playlist, album, or All Songs by an artist. You have to turn if OFF from the Now Playing screen anytime it was previously used.

Yep, that was the ticket. Drove me up the wall for hours, didn't notice the icon was blue.

Thank you!

Thanks CraigAus. That solution did it for me.

thank you, your directions finally helped me turn off shuffle on iPhone 6

I was able to do it by turning the iPhone off and on again.

Now if the developers could find a way to disappear the "shuffle" icon.

Nancy Rathke wrote:

Now if the developers could find a way to disappear the "shuffle" icon.

Why would you want the shuffle icon hidden (or removed)? It is a very useful feature, and simple to use once you get past the initial learning curve (which admittedly, shouldn't be required).