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

I honestly don't care what it does regarding the music app... As the person who started the thread, I don't use Apple's music app. So that being said, turning off that option in the music settings will remove the music player widget from the lockscreen, only to return when you're using or having a music app in the background. If no music app is being used or is on background, music widget is not present at lockscreen.

So, I was trying to replicate the problem again by turning on that music option (Settings/Music/ Show Apple Music to on) and it seems that after turning off and then turning on that option the music player widget will not come back to the lockscreen permanently as it did previously but it will work as intended only showing up when you have a music app running or in the background. Could someone else verify this?

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. The only way to get rid of it is to turn Bluetooth off. Smh

not sure if that's an answer for this. I don't even have Spotify on my iPhone. The geniuses at Apple tell me now that this is the expected and desired behavior... to take over the lock screen if the music app is running, or even if it was stopped. Some genus.

solved in that some engineer decided this is the way it must run.... thats not solving the problem. That's deflecting the problem. Most people have no desire to have the lock screen hijacked by an app that covers up the notifications. Stupid programming. There's no way to turn it off. Thus the first question is solved, but the problem is not solved.

j kfrommorgantown wrote:

solved in that some engineer decided this is the way it must run.... thats not solving the problem. That's deflecting the problem. Most people have no desire to have the lock screen hijacked by an app that covers up the notifications. Stupid programming. There's no way to turn it off. Thus the first question is solved, but the problem is not solved.

It was the original poster of this thread who marked it solved. Only they know their reasons for doing so. They could have been satisfied with the answer (even if you aren't) or they could have marked it by accident. However, they're still the ones who did it. Not Apple.

I think that we're all finding ways to turn it off. The problem is that once a car radio or bluetooth device connects with it, the music player app then reappears on the lock screen and doesn't automatically turn off once you're no longer connected to the car/bt device.

So getting it to turn off just takes several steps. Getting it to stay off is impossible.

Had this stupid problem too. Not sure what I did. I tried just about everything I saw and it didn't work. I then shut off my phone and restarted it and VIOLA, it was gone. Hopefully it does not return... Good luck to you.

yes.. we all have tried the hard reboot. But as soon as you get in a car or use bluetooth earbuds, it comes back. We've tried deleting the music app. we've tried turning of music notifications and show Apple music button.

None of it works because Apple WANTS it to work this way, regardless of what the user wants.

To remove the music player from your lock screen, try the following:

1) Go to Settings --> Notifications --> Music

2) Turn off "Allow Notifications"

3) Go back to Settings

4) Double-press Home button and close Settings

5) Press Home button and Power button until phone reboots

6) Check your Lock Screen to verify the music player is no longer showing

7) If this works, you can re-enable "Allow Notifications" for the Music section now.

If the above does not work, try the following:

1) Go to Settings --> Music

2) Turn off "Show Apple Music"

3) Go back to Settings

4) Double-press Home button and close Settings

5) Press Home button and Power button until phone reboots

6) Check your Lock Screen to verify the music player is no longer showing

7) If this works, you can re-enable "Show Apple Music" for the Music section now.

I hope this helps. It worked for me.

Ok I've had this problem as well. This is what I did. First off let me say this issue was plaguing me for over a month! I called AppleCare several times and got nowhere. Their solution was to restart the phone from scratch, delete everything and remake the phone as brand-new. Here's what I did:

If you're using a bluetooth connection with a car or speaker, Delete it.

Any app like Pandora or Spotify on your phone delete it and reinstall.

Re-pair your phone with your car or external speaker.

Problem solved. At least for me! Again I was struggling with this for over a month and tried everything that has been suggested in the past 19 pages and nothing worked. I believe this is a bluetooth related bug. Since upgrading to iOS11 I've had nothing but trouble with the bluetooth working properly in my car. Incidentally I'd be curious to know if anyone else has trouble with their car's bluetooth. I have a 3 year old BMW. Cheers and I hope this helps.

Jeff

Apparently (from what I was told by an apple rep) this happens if you have Pandora on your phone (not if you listen to it but if you have it on your phone period)... they have not updated their app so it cause glitches with iOS11

Apparently (from what I was told by an apple rep) this happens if you have Pandora on your phone (not if you listen to it but if you have it on your phone period)... they have not updated their app so it cause glitches with iOS11

I uninstalled the music player a few days ago. Still having the music player camped out on my lock screen.

However, today updated my iPhone 8 Plus to 11.2.2.

Preliminary test a few minutes ago: Connected to Bluetooth in the car, no player showing on the notification screen. Played music via Pandora, no player showing. Turned off the car, no player, swiped away Pandora and no player.

I like it like this! Hope this is the result of the latest patch and never see that stupid thing again...

First, close all the apps. Then, lock, and unlock the screen again. When you see the music app, click the play button. (there will be nothing to play since you closed all the apps) Then lock the screen again. When you go to unlock it again, it should be gone.