how do i disable the Music app appearing on iphone locked screen

Same thing was happening to me. I figured out that if you swipe up to open the control center, then open the iPod (music). I had to hold my finger on it for about 3 seconds then you tap on a lighter grey area around the outside of the iPod, it will actually close the app and remove it from your lock screen. Same thing when you’re swiping between apps, to actually get to your home screen you have to tap on the lighter gray area around the outside of the apps.

I tried all the suggestions- only a hard reset worked. To Apple engineers: This is not about the music player appearing in the control center as a widget, it’s about it appearing on the lock screen when you lift the phone to see the time.

I am also having this issue. I have a 7+, It's annoying but realize I'm also running Beta 11. If I hard rest I really dont wanna redo all my apple pay stuff either lol. Maybe they will fix this glitch with final pushes of iOS11 ... one can hope!

A hard reset (turning the device off for 30 seconds, and then turning it back on again) worked for me on an iPhone 6+. Thank you for the suggestion.

And for the person concerned about fixing Apple Pay, the device should return to normal function with all settings intact. Nothing should be lost.

Hello, I have been having the same problem and it drives me nuts. Today I did a chat with support and one of the things they asked me is if I headphones connected, which I don't. He then asked me to check if anything in Bluetooth was connected. There wasn't any connections. So while I was waiting, I decided to turn off Bluetooth to see if it would do anything and when I checked my lockscreen the music player was off. Then, I went back into Bluetooth and turned it back on, went back to lockscreen and the music player is still off. So far it has stayed off and its been about 20 minutes. I don't know if it will happen again but if it does I'll just turn off Bluetooth again. I don't know if this will help you but I just thought I would share, good luck and take care

I tried all the suggestions- only a hard reset worked. To Apple engineers: This is not about the music player appearing in the control center as a widget, it’s about it appearing on the lock screen when you lift the phone to see the time.

This is ridiculous. Everytime I plug in a cord, the music player shows up on the lock screen and NEVER goes away.

Apple expects me to turn off soft/hard/or otherwise the phone to make it go away every time????

Between this and botching the Bluetooth antenna on/off/"off for 24 hrs" setting. It is a mess.

Hello, I have been experiencing the same problem with the music player in the lock screen. Yesterday I called Apple and they transferred me up to a senior tech advisor who had me do a reset All settings only. Since then I have not had the issue. I am hoping that this continues to work so I don’t need to do a hard reset.

By the way, I just posted the same reply (see above) a few minutes prior and had it removed, so I removed a couple of benign words then reposted it to see if they remove it again. This feels very reminiscent of being controlled and censored since I only expressed my frustration using the language kids use in elementary school. Apple is batting zero today.

So the Apple Music app continues to pop up every two or three days, and each time I do a soft reset to get rid of it. But seriously, the Apple software engineers need to fix this. It's annoying and it's the little stuff like this that makes me think, "Hmmm, should I be thinking about getting a Galaxy instead?"

I know. It will stay off the locked screen for a day or two, but then when I do something like update the iOS or open Pandora or change my gmail password, then it reappears. There's obviously a glitch that needs some fixing. Thank you for your input though!

This is a the same issue again before your previous update that fixed it. Since Apples last update the issue has reoccurred. I don't even have the music setting on. This appears to occur every time I turn my car off and the radio has been on. Please fix this issue which is very annoying. I have to continually turn my phone off and on again when I get out of my car.

Same problem IPad Air2. Do a hard reset of the device. Worked for me.

I just pressed the play symbol and it disappeared, not sure why or what it does.

I had the same issue, solution is very simple!

Settings - Music - shop apple music (switch slider off)

Done.

Did you try to quit the Music app clicking Home button and swiping the app up?