How to Mass Delete Music Downloaded on Phone?

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How to Mass Delete Music Downloaded on Phone?

I had sync'd my whole music library to my phone before signing up for Apple Music. Now that I'm signed up and all my music/playlists are on the cloud I'd like to remove the music library from the phone and only keep a playlist or two on my device. The rest of the stuff I'll download if I really want it when on the go. Is there a way to mass remove the file? I can go to each one and press the "..." button and select "Remove Download" but to do this for every song will take me forever.

Posted on Oct 4, 2015 12:23 PM

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Answer 1

swandy

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Oct 5, 2015 9:44 AM in response to KellyGomes

#1 - Make sure you have those music files backed up or on a computer BEFORE you delete them. Because if you ever have to re-download them again from Apple Music/ICML, they will arrive with Apple's DRM attached (which will prevent you from listening to them if you ever cancel your Apple Music subscription).

Ok - so much for the Public Service Announcement.

#2 - You can go to Settings/General/Storage & ICloud Usage/Manage Storage/Music and delete the actual files from there BUT I am not sure if that will make the Music app realize that the downloads were removed. (Used this method for another reason.)

#3 - You can add all the music to one large playlist and then hit the 3 dots next to the playlist name and say remove downloads. Again, I know that this will work if you added the songs AS a playlist, not sure if it would work in this case.

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KellyGomes Author

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Oct 5, 2015 9:49 AM in response to swandy

Thanks. I use a DJ app sometimes and the DRM stuff is blocked. I'll keep it on there for now. If space becomes an issue I'll delete it. Thanks for the answer.

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