How do I remove the music player from the lock screen in iOS 11?

Hello Dimadis, thank you for your help but the problem is exactly that. It won’t go away no matter what you do. If you read the rest of the comments you will find more details.

Basically it won’t go away. Never.

So I have an answer to why it’s there but the real question is why it’s not allowed to be removed. Your phone has a control center which is a option when you go into settings; there you are able to select what you want in your Control Center widget (pull screen up, flash light etc); there you will see the screen monitoring, which it’s trying to connect to Apple TV, top right side you will see the loading app, which is what shows up at the lock screen. At the bottom you will see a note that states these are not removable. 1 more reason I’m hating iphones. They want to dictate what you want and can have. Smh

Dear Demo

You may have a level 10 rating but the fact remains that it does not work that way. If the music app is activated by a car bluetooth, you leave the car, and the app is still running (taking over the lock screen), .... it DOES NOT APPEAR WHEN YOU DOUBLE TAP THE HOME BUTTON.... THUS the problem that everyone is complaining about.

Many users are reporting the very same thing. They have to find the music app, start it, start a song, stop a song, and THEN double tap the home button to swipe it away.

The issue seems to be with those using a car radio that accesses your music. Once activated, it hijacks the lock screen with the music app and covers up notifications. Then when you leave the car, it's still there. Double tapping the home button doesn't work either since it doesn't show up as "active" The result is that you have to go start a song and then turn the app off to get the lock screen back to normal.

Ok guys I never usually reply to any posts just read to help solve whatever issue I may have but thus has been driving me crazy for over a week and just tried something that actually worked! First I closed ALL my tabs on safari, then I closed ALL apps that were open. After that I did a hard reset of the phone and Voila, stupid player is gone! Currently using iPhone X running 11.2 public beta. Now I opened up the music app playing songs and all lock my screen and still no music player...very proud of my discovery so far lol....however....I haven’t connected to vehicle Bluetooth or something of the sort, could be what activates the glitch. Hope this works for you guys- Good luck !

I resolved the issue by doing a hard boot:

• Simultaneously hold down the power and home buttons for 3-5 seconds
• When the iPhone powers off release the button
• Power on the iPhone and it should have cleared the banner

It worked on my iPhone running iOS 11.2 and the banner has not returned.

Hope it helps!

I had the same problem as of three days ago, this got rid of it for me. Go to Settings-Music- Turn off Show Apple Music - then restart your phone. Like I said, worked for me and it no longer appears👍-1F3FB;

Rebooting the phone won’t work. Deleting the Music app won’t work. What will work or at least work for me, was going to SETTINGS>MUSIC on that page the title is “Apple Music” the first option under that is “show music “ turn that off and then turn it back on. After that my music controls were back to normal.

I did a hard reboot of my iphone and viola it went away. It was h*cken annoying,

Press and hold the home button and power button until you see the apple logo (or whatever you do to the newest models)

Not sure if that will work forever....?

UTTER eye roll this time.... NO, it doesn't act as you state. If the (cuss word) think "will disappear when you disconnect the bluetooth connection." none of this thread would be here.

If your car bluetooth connects with the music app,... the app stays on the lock screen even after you've left the car or are well away from it's bluetooth connection. It stays on until you unlock the phone, find the music app, start the music app, double click the home button, and swipe the music app off. (you have to start the app because it doesn't appear as an active app even though it's showing on the lock screen)

We all have gone through all 15 pages of comments because what you state isn't true.

Same problem. What seems to have worked for me: Launched music. Was directed to supply my Apple ID for access to my music library, which I did, I think in Settings. After that, the annoying lock screen Music gadget was gone.

I had previously turned off notifications to no avail.

Solution persisted through bluetooth and Apple TV connections.

Fingers crossed that it does not come back, though not holding breath.

I had this same issue and it is very annoying! However, I figured out how to fix it.

1. go to Settings

2. then Notifications

3. find the music app. mine says com.apple.music

4. click that then turn off Allow Notifications. (should be at the very top)

5. restart your phone

6. Enjoy your phone without the annoying music crap on the lock screen.

Hope this helps.

I had this same issue. If you haven't resolved it yet, this worked for me.

Instead of disabling Bluetooth, try unpairing your Bluetooth device (car) in the Bluetooth settings. Then restart your phone. Repair your Bluetooth device and see if the music sheet bug still persists. For me, this eliminated the bug.

This worked for me to get rid of Pandora player screen from my locked screen....

Open the “Settings” app on iPhone or iPad and then go to 'Touch ID & Passcode' Under the “Allow Access When Locked” section, toggle the switches next to “Today View” and “Notifications View” to the OFF position. Exit out of Settings and lock the device again, swiping over will now do nothing.Sep 25, 2016