HM57
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Q: How do I hide offline music with iOS 10?

I would like the hide purchased songs, that I have deleted in my music. This way hiding offline songs.

Posted on Sep 17, 2016 5:21 AM

by kb11c,Solvedanswer
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The problem is that there used to be a setting to show "Only Downloaded Music".  This setting on prior versions of iOS kept another device that was connected to the iPhone from seeing the songs that were not really on the phone.  Not having this option breaks playback from other devices or results in unexpected operation.  From what I've experienced, it either causes playback of the songs not on the iPhone to fail if there is no cellular data connectivity, or it actually plays the song from the cloud, resulting in unexpected data usage.

 

This is a bug.  It is not an issue with the device connected to the iPhone, as that device is simply given a catalog of songs by iOS that it treats as playable.  The suggestions in other threads about hiding purchases does not address this problem.  Apple needs to fix this and restore the ability to block the listing of songs that are not playable directly from the device.

Posted on Oct 13, 2016 2:51 AM

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  • by brenden dv,

    brenden dv brenden dv Sep 18, 2016 1:30 PM in response to HM57
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    Sep 18, 2016 1:30 PM in response to HM57

    Hi HM57,

    Thanks for your questions, but I am unsure of what you are trying to ask. I see this one of two ways. The first is you want to hide your purchases so that you don't see them on your iPhone. The second is that you only want to see downloaded content on your iPhone. I can answer both of these for you. 

    To start with the first scenario, you can hide purchases from the iTunes Store. To do that, you will need to use iTunes. Navigate to your purchased content as if you are going to download them again. When you move your mouse over the content, you will see an X in the upper hand corner of the artwork. Click that and you will see the option to hide the purchased content. This will make it so that when you look at your iPhone and the content is not downloaded, you won't see it.

    Take a look at the article below for more details. 

    Hide and unhide iTunes Store, App Store, or iBooks Store purchases
    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201322

    For the second scenario, you can show only downloaded content on your iPhone. To accomplish that, open the Music app and make sure that you are on the Library tab. You should see and option for Downloaded Music. Tap that, and you will only see the downloaded content. Refer the image below for reference. 



    Have a good day

  • by GaborTor,

    GaborTor GaborTor Oct 1, 2016 10:48 AM in response to brenden dv
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    Oct 1, 2016 10:48 AM in response to brenden dv

    Look, it's a very simple question. I have a lot of music in my library. Some downloaded from the iTunes Store, some from Amazon, some are imported from CDs, etc. Any given time, I'm only interested in a small fraction of that - the ones that I've uploaded unto my iPhone. These are the ones I'm planning to listen to in the near future. My iPhone's storage space is more than enough for me, so little need to show the purchased music in the cloud. Actually, they are disturbing, because it makes it more difficult to find the ones I was planning to listen to, effectively spamming my album list with albums I have no intention of listening to.

     

    So can I just turn off this whole unwanted mess without going over a list of all of my purchases one by one?

  • by GaborTor,

    GaborTor GaborTor Oct 2, 2016 3:30 AM in response to brenden dv
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    Oct 2, 2016 3:30 AM in response to brenden dv

    Another issue is that if I accidentally start something that's offline, then you can use up a lot of bandwidth. It's especially bad if you have limited internet, especially abroad while roaming.

  • by GaborTor,

    GaborTor GaborTor Oct 2, 2016 3:31 AM in response to GaborTor
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    Oct 2, 2016 3:31 AM in response to GaborTor

    I meant something that's online.

  • by kb11c,Solvedanswer

    kb11c kb11c Oct 13, 2016 2:51 AM in response to GaborTor
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    Oct 13, 2016 2:51 AM in response to GaborTor

    The problem is that there used to be a setting to show "Only Downloaded Music".  This setting on prior versions of iOS kept another device that was connected to the iPhone from seeing the songs that were not really on the phone.  Not having this option breaks playback from other devices or results in unexpected operation.  From what I've experienced, it either causes playback of the songs not on the iPhone to fail if there is no cellular data connectivity, or it actually plays the song from the cloud, resulting in unexpected data usage.

     

    This is a bug.  It is not an issue with the device connected to the iPhone, as that device is simply given a catalog of songs by iOS that it treats as playable.  The suggestions in other threads about hiding purchases does not address this problem.  Apple needs to fix this and restore the ability to block the listing of songs that are not playable directly from the device.

  • by DanJayUK,

    DanJayUK DanJayUK Oct 13, 2016 3:12 AM in response to kb11c
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    Oct 13, 2016 3:12 AM in response to kb11c

    It never occurred to me Apple would make such a total mess of their iOS Music app - I would have stayed on iOS 9 had I known this was going to be the outcome of upgrading.  Playing music is about half what I use my phone for and I'm now left with a integrated app that I cannot stand.  I've had iPhones since the 3G and am now on a 6S but if this doesn't improve pretty **** quickly it'll make me walk from the ecosystem.  We've left everything else in the house on 9 where it'll be staying until this changes.  I thought Apple was meant to be around it "just working"?