How to get Music off iPhone lock screen

SOLVED - Yes, you are right. As soon as I "upgraded" to 11.2.6 the music widget was back. But I think though I have the answer now.

Go to settings>Face ID & Passcode - Go to "Allow Access when when locked" which is near the bottom and turn off 3 things - Today view, Control Centre and Reply with Message. It shows up if music is playing but disappears if the music is paused but only when it is paused when the phone is unlocked.

If this fails turn off Home Control as well.

This video is the perfect answer to my problem, I recommend everyone watch it. I have my Music lock screen image removed now, and so I can see my beautiful puppy, instead. It is too bad Apple doesn't provide this information for us, and we had to go to YouTube for it. I wasted twenty minutes of my time going through their discussions site looking for a solution before findings this excellent response.

Thank you, Uddhabay!

beeziie_ wrote:

I have tried everything that YouTube video showed, and everything all these users have mentioned, nothing works. I’ve restarted my phone multiple times and it still comes back. It’s extremely annoying, does anyone know if Apple is aware of this glitch?

You can let them know you're having a problem by submitting feedback here:

Product Feedback - Apple

This recently happened to me on my iPhone running iOS 11.2.5. The solution was easy, but took awhile to discover. I went to setttings, then scrolled down and selected the Music app. On that screen, I de-selected “show Apple Music”. That did the trick and Music is no longer dominating my lock screen.

None of the methods recommended here or on YouTube have worked. Once I get in the car and the phone connects via Bluetooth, the widget comes back. Not connecting to Bluetooth is not an option in my business.

ernie289 wrote:

Why are there no answers to this question??? If more than one person is complaining about this problem, why doesn't Apple come up with a solution?

This is a user-to-user forum. Apple's participation here is mostly limited to ensuring that people conform to the terms of use. If you want to let Apple know how you feel, use the feedback page:

Product Feedback - Apple

If you want to discuss the matter with Apple directly, use the Contact Support link at the top right of every page of the forums.

I did all of those as much as I could actually do it on iOS 9, which I am stuck on. I want the Music widget to actually show when I am playing music but not to show when I am not playing music. I never saw the today view

in the touch ID section I think that's what was doing it, i'm not sure which one was actually doing it, it has been driving me crazy.

I think that this is an Apple glitch.

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

Try this:

At lock screen, turn volume all the way up.

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

Slide power off to restart.

This doesn’t work. As soon as you use a devise with Bluetooth it comes back. I want to see the pic I put on my screen lock NOT the iPhone music widget. Please explain to me why Apple can’t write a program to fix this!!!!!!

That's the theory but it does not go away when you stop playing music. That's why everyone is complaining.

It stays there until you restart the phone. I have an iPhone X and this problem emerged after about 2 updates ago. Apple now uses us as its beta testers. As a result these boards are full of complaints about weird and stupid bugs like this one.

I have tried everything that YouTube video showed, and everything all these users have mentioned, nothing works. I’ve restarted my phone multiple times and it still comes back. It’s extremely annoying, does anyone know if Apple is aware of this glitch?

I've noticed the widget comes back after I've been in my vehicle where the Bluetooth connects. If I go in the house and turn my phone off it disappears again until I get back in my car and it comes back.

I have used all the techniques in the YouTube video. I don’t even have Touch ID or a passcode enabled. When I turn on my car, it connects via Bluetooth, and when I disconnect the widget stays on my lock screen (forever and ever). The only fix is to restart my phone, which is highly annoying and totally unreasonable in my opinion. I hope Apple finds a true fix for this one.

Finally found perm fix. Settings > General > scroll to the bottom and choose 'Reset' > choose the very top one 'Reset all Settings'. Make sure you DON'T choose 'Erase all content and settings.

Afterwards you will have to reset your wallpaper on your phone but otherwise should work fine. I have been in my car where my Bluetooth connects, etc. and the widget has not reappeared on my screen.

Good luck!

I regress; unfortunately the widget came back. I have tried every fix in this forum as well as others and videos. Still searching, because this is very frustrating. I have Bluetooth at home, in my car, in my office so it constantly comes back on and this is NOT when I have even been using my music.