I am trying to delete songs off of my iPhone 4S that I just updated to iOS 7 but the songs I want to delete have a cloud with an arrow pointing down next to it. It won't let me delete them but will let me delete the songs without the cloud. What is this cloud and how can I get it to go away so I can delete these songs?
iPhone 4S, iOS 7
There isn't a way to do that from the phone, however if you go to itunes on your computer, you can download the songs/apps to your library and then sync them to your device.
In itunes, go to the itunes store, sign in with your apple id and password. Under the quick links go to purchased and select download all. When they have downloaded sync them to your device.
Much faster than hitting the cloud icon for each item on the device 😀
what is the point in the cloud! i am so frustrated i never had this cloud rubbish before i did the ios7 update, everybody i speak to hates it!! i am so annoyed i am actually concidering changing my phone.. i havent a clue what this cloud means on mt i tunes on laptop or the cloud with arrow on phone and neither does anyone i talk to i cant even set a reminder on my phone anymore... i cant even begin to explain how wound up i am about this.Please help me!! iv registered on this chat forum especially to find this out, its stopping me from playing my music on my phone, i dont even no how to make playlist anymore! I would really appreciate your help x
Take a deep breath, relax. iOS 7 introduced new features which you're not used to, and may not have a use for, but others do find these changes useful.
As noted above, the cloud symbol indicates something that you've purchased but have not installed. This applies to your iPhone and iTunes, but can be turned off if you don't want to see such things:
On your iPhone: Go to Settings/iTunes & App Store. Under the "Show All" heading, turn OFF the setting for Music and Videos. This hides purchases you've made but not loaded onto your iPhone, which keeps your Music and Video apps "clean" so that you can only play items which are actually on your device, or make playlists from them.
On iTunes: Go to Preferences/Store. De-select "Show iTunes in the Cloud purchases". This may not be necessary, but I turn this off because there are times when I'll alter the tag information of something I've bought from iTunes, and without this turned off I'll see the original (unaltered) version available as an iCloud download, which is not necessary.
In reference to apps or music it means the item is available in iCloud but not downloaded and physically on your phone.
But how do you delete them?
So how do you actually download them with one task?
tnbrock wrote:
But how do you delete them?
You're looking at your purchase history, so in essence, you can't delete that.
Hi Spanx. Please start your own thread instead of hijacking this one. Calmly explain what you don't understand wth specific questions and I'm sure someone can help you.
What does the cloud with an arrow pointing down mean?
