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

Last night I got an update from apple for my iPhone 7 plus. This morning I reloaded Pandora (which someone on the forum suggested I do). I have connected bluetooth to my car which is what brings on the music player in the lock page. I've connected 5 times today and no music player. I suspect that this update I got last night fixed it.

If you haven't received the update yet, connect to iTunes and ask it if there is an update on your connected phone.

I'm trying to figure out what I did that was different than others. Immediately after the recent update, my problem has gone away. But I've read that others did the update and nothing changed. They still have the music player showing up on their lock screen.

The only thing I can say is that when I did the update, I had removed Pandora from my phone. I don't bluetooth to anything inside the house. I did a hard restart and the widget went away. Both the music player widget and Pandora were not present when I did the update. After the update I reinstalled Pandora. I have sense connected bluetooth to my car at least 15 times. And the music player widget hasn't come back.

The only way I have gotten rid of it was to reboot the iPhone. The problem is it will come back after some time again. This is absolutely annoying and I hope the bug out people from this wonderful company will fix this bug soon.

Reposting from earlier today:

I found the answer (I just had the same issue this week too)! Found this from another website" On your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > Music and turn off “Show Apple Music”. Than Go to Settings-Music- Turn off Show Apple Music - then restart your phone." Also, make sure your bluetooth is turned off. Hope this helps you.

I can't say that I discovered the cause, but I did relieve the symptoms. I'm running 11.2.2 on an iPhone SE and also discovered the Music Player on my lock screen. I don't know what I did to put it there. I tried shutting down all the apps I had open, but the Music Player stayed on my lock screen. I finally got it to disappear when I shutdown and then powered on my phone. I would still be interested in learning how one can intentionally put the Music Player on the lock screen (and remove it).

I had the same problem with my music player always on the lock screen. Press and hold the home button and on/off button at the same time until the phone shuts down. This will do a soft reset of the phone. The music player went away.

None of these work. Simply press play on your lock screen on the music player. It is usually Pandora, Stitcher, InRadio, etc. Simply go back to what app is playing on your music player and reopen that app and close it by double tapping your home button. Then clear your Safari in setting-safari. Then soft reset your phone by holding the on/off button and the screen button at the same time. The player will be gone once your iPhone turns back on. More than likely you accidently hit the Music app (which is worthless) while playing or paused in a radio type app.

Super annoying problem! Apple, hello!?

I think that this is an Apple glitch.

I didn't want other alerts or control center turned off.

Try this Apple voodoo described in a bit more detail:

At lock screen, turn volume all the way up.

Then hold power button + turn volume all the way down.

Slide power off and then restart.

I don’t have iTunes... I do have the music app set to “off” but it’s a Bluetooth issue for me. . I finally gave up and solved it by turning off my Bluetooth. I don’t sync with my car but I could turn it back on if needed. Very frustrating!

If you haven’t discovered how to do it yet. Go to Settings, then Notifications, click on Music, and then make sure notifications are off. Once they are off restart your phone and all should be good.

Just close the music app (spotify, apple music etc) by double clicking the home button and that will resolve it

Hi. The solution is very easy.

You can read the fix here:

http://applediario.com/como-quitar-el-widget-de-apple-music-de-la-pantalla-de-bl oqueo/

I can't see the "show music" option

Same problem here. Easy fix for me was to turn phone off then back on. Also cleared temp files and data in safari.

Restart your phone