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How do I erase all music on my iPad2? I want to replace it with what's in my library, but the sync function tells me there's not enough room. This might be related: when I go to "music on this iPad" in iTunes, only my purchases are showing up, while the majority of my music has been ripped from CD. It's like iTunes doesn't realise that I have other music.
iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G, iOS 7.0.6
The iTunes Store does not recognize music that you have on the device that was imported from CD's. It only sees purchased music....if you are talking about the iTunes Store on the iPad.
Have you tried unsyncing the music that is on the device and then select the music in your iTunes library that you do want to sync and sync that instead?
You can try Settings>General>Usage>Storage>Music>Edit and see if you can delete all of the music that way.
I'm talking about in the iTunes PC application, when I click the "iPad" button on the top right, then the "on this iPad" tab. It only lists my purchases, and the music component of the usage bar at the bottom is tiny, much less than the listed usage on the device itself. Is this usual?
I don't know what you mean by "unsyncing".
I've tried Settings>General>Usage>Storage>Music> left swipe and "delete", then my music usage shows up as "no data"... until I exit settings, go back to my music app and it's all still there. Then when I go back to Settings etc, my music usage displays 20GB again. Rinse and repeat.
OK. I got it now. The usage bar in iTunes should match the storage settings on the device so there is something wrong, which you already knew anyway.
What I mean by unsyncing is to uncheck the Sync Music Heading and then sync to remove the music from the iPad.
I didn't reply for a long time because the synchronisation randomly worked the next day. But now I'm trying to sync again and I'm having the same issue.
So... iTunes tells me there's not enough space to synchronise. I have 25GB of music in my library, 20GB of which is on the device from my last sync. I want the 5GB of new music to be transferred onto the device. There's 18GB free space.
As you suggested, I tried to unsync all music. When I unchecked 'sync music', the blue audio portion of the storage bar dropped to zero, but when I clicked 'Apply', it went through a syncing process in which the original blue audio section just reappeared.
Now the 'sync music' box is unchecked, with 25GB of music still showing up on the usage bar and when I click 'sync', it tells me there's not enough free space (despite the grey portion of the usage bar reading 18GB). It says I need another 7GB, which would be about right if it was trying to add my full library to what's already on the device rather than just syncing the new stuff.
Want to erase all music on my iPad2 because of sync issue.
