Upgraded to OS3 on apple watch, and I noticed music app in dock. I didn't want it, but can't get rid of it. iPhone shows in NOT in dock, but watch has it in dock. In trying to get rid of it, I now have 2 music apps in the dock, and I can't get rid of either one of them. Can't swipe up to get rid of them, can't use the phone to get rid of them.
Anyone have the same issue, or know how to get them out of the dock?
Apple Watch, watchOS 3
I have the fix for when the "now playing" no matter what you do does not come off of the dock. I have restarted the phone and the watch, iv factory reset the watch. I thought i tried everything but then i went to my phones settings, general, background app refresh. I turned off all of my music apps. Restarted the watch and BAM its gone and has been gone since then!!
Go to iPhone My watch app> dock> edit > remove/delete Music app> Done and your good to go hope this helps.
I did that first. Unfortunately, that does not get rid of "now playing" from the dock. It stays there permanently (even though it doesn't show on the dock on the Apple Watch app on the iPhone). it stays on the watch dock with the "keep in dock" button. Seems to be different app than the music app.
Do you have spotfiy ? or any other music service? as it is that. 2 things, look in the top left hand corner do you see an icon? what is it mind was spotify, second try pressing play and see what music or like pod cast /radio is playing, close that app down the you find it. also if you keep it dock pressed then swipe it away to remove it. It will reappear if the app music/radio/spotify/pandora etc is open.
I'm having this problem!!
Nothing has solved it. Reboot, hard reboot, swiping up to remove. Deleting all music. this is the only thread I've seen talking about the problem so it must not be that common.
its not listed as an app on the dock in the phone watch app. But it's always on there and if I swipe up on it let's me swipe up and click remove but then it just slides back in from the right! :/
frustrating!
Any other ideas?!
Apple Watch Series 1, OS3
Takes waaaaay too long!
Hi
It is normal for Now Playing to be shown in the Dock. The Dock shows up to 10 of your favourite apps, plus Recent and Now Playing.
It is possible to add Now Playing to the Dock as one of your permanent favourites, but not to remove it when it is shown automatically.
More information:
Switch between apps using the Dock on your Apple Watch - Apple Support
I had the same issue on my brand new Apple Watch Series 2. At first I thought that Now Playing/Music was always going to be in the dock, but all it took was powering down the watch and restarting it. It took a while to restart and reload, but when it was finished my dock was completely empty.
My concern is that unnecessarily having items open in the dock may be taking up precious battery life (although overall my battery life seems to be doing pretty well).
Hi, I am away on Holiday until 2nd Nov 2016. I will be able to deal with your request on my return.
Thanks
Sean D.
Franchisse
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Regrettably, that is a temporary fix. As soon as you open any sound or music app on your iPhone it will be back
Thx you so much I was going crazy no matter how much I swiped I wasn't able to get the darn thing off dock.. thx you again
Thank you for the info. Very helpul. Problem solve :)
Removing music apps from dock
