How to clear cache on Apple Music?

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How to clear cache on Apple Music?

Hi when I updated to IOS 8.4 I had only about 3.5GB used of my memory, since updating and using Apple Music my usage has moved up to about 8 GB used. I don't deleted all of my apps to investigate and see how much of the usage might be associated with Apple Music.

I reset my phone completely earlier today and had only about 1.5 GB used and have been using Apple Music for about an hour and a half and has moved up to 4 GB used already. I turned of "ICloud Music Library" and turned it back on, even deleted some of my songs and my memory still continues to decrease. Is there any way to clear the cache? I didn't have this problem when using Spotify. I love Apple Music but don't want it to use up 4-5 GB when I have maybe about 200 songs downloaded. I don't understand why it is taking up so much memory.

Anyway, I hope someone is able to assist me with this issue. I truly do not want to stop using the Apple Music app because of this issue. Thank you in advance.

Posted on Jul 19, 2015 10:24 PM

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Answer 1

Chadd

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Jul 27, 2015 10:48 AM in response to Community User

I've had a similar experience streaming music from Apple Music on my iPhone. The only way I've found to clear the streamed songs from cache is to back up the phone to iTunes, erase the iPhone, then restore it from the backup. It's a very time-consuming procedure, but it gave me back over 2GB of storage. I refrained from using Apple Music for several days, but finally gave in and started streaming Apple Music again. After 10 days, my storage is back down to 0MB. As far as I can tell, Apple Music is just broken. it will eventually deplete your iPhone's storage.

I've never turned iCloud Music Library on because of the reports of it destroying existing music collections.

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Answer 2

T!SH

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Nov 23, 2016 11:43 AM in response to Community User

Same problem here.

But found an easy fix:

Simply log out on iTunes.

Reboot iPhone.

Log in again.

Freed up more than 4GB

You're welcome

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