Three Best Methods to Delete Music from iPhone

We all love music. It is so great for you when there are lots of songs and playlists in your pocket, right? With various songs overrunning your iPhone, you must want to delete music from iPhone to free up your iPhone storage. Media files like music always take up much storage space. Then how to delete music from iPhone? You need to read this article, which provides three best methods for you to delete albums and songs from iPhone with ease.

• Method 1. How to directly delete music from iPhone
• Method 2. How to remove music from iPhone with iPhone Data Manager
• Method 3. Use iTunes syncing to overwrite iPhone music
• Method 4. How to delete iPhone music with iPhone Data Eraser

Method 1. How to delete music from iPhone, iPod, iPad directly

Go to "Music" app on your iPhone or iPod touch, and you can find all your albums and songs. If not, go to "Settings" > "Music" > toggle "Show All Music" to "ON". However, In iOS 10, Apple has removed the option.

Go back to "Music" app. Find the song or album you want to remove, tap on the three points icon and you'll be presented with options - one of which is "Delete from My Music". Choose this option and you'll be asked to confirm the deletion.

If you have various albums or songs want to delete from iPhone, then the method above is time-consuming. There is a faster way to delete music from iPhone. Navigate to "Settings" > "General" > "Storage & iCloud Usage" > "Manage Storage" > "Music". You'll next be presented with a a list of your iPhone appps. Scroll down the screen and find "Music" app. Your music album list will be presented. Tap "Edit" button at the top-right corner and little red circles will show front of each album title. Tap one red circle, and then tap "Delete to delete music from iPhone.

If you want to directly deleted music on iPhone/iPad/iPod, you can follow the steps above to do that with ease. If you are using an iOS 11/12, the same method can be used to remove songs from your iOS device.

Method 2. How to delete music from iPhone with iPhone Data Manager

How to quickly and effectively delete music from iPhone to free up iPhone storage? Actually, you are recommended with one reputable iPhone Data Manager, FoneTrans to help you. With FoneTrans, you can easily manage iPhone songs and playlists, delete music from iPhone X/8/8 Plus/7/7 Plus/SE/6s/5/5c/5s/4 within just several clicks. Besides. this program can also help you transfer songs from iPhone to PC/Mac/iPad/iPod or vice versa.

What FoneTrans can do for you:

◆ Freely delete music from iPhone without erasing them from iTunes library.
◆ Transfer songs from iPhone to iPhone/iPad/iPod/Windows computer/Mac and vice versa.
◆ Edit the genre, song name, artist and other information of the iPhone music.
◆ FoneTrans can help you convert incompatible song format into iPhone supported ones.

First, download FoneTrans on your Windows PC or Mac.

Step 1Download, install and launch this powerful iPhone music transferring software on your computer. Plug your iPhone into PC or Mac via a USB cable. FoneTrans will soon detect your iPhone and display the main information on the interface like iPhone name, capacity, serial number and version.

Step 2Click "Media" from the left options, then choose "Music" from the upper menu. You can see all available music from iPhone are listed in the window.

Step 3Choose and check the music you want to remove from iPhone, and then click the "Delete" button or right click the mouse and choose to delete music from iPhone in one click.

Note: Want to fast locate iPhone songs? You can use the search box at the top-right corner to fast locate the target iPhone song. With FoneTrans, you can effectively remove iPhone music.

Method 3. Use iTunes syncing to overwrite iPhone music

In fact, when you have the need to delete music from iPhone, you can also rely on iTunes sync feature. Using iTunes syncing way is another method to erase music from iPhone. However, you had better back up your iPhone and save your favorite songs before using this method. iTunes syncing songs doesn't allows you to optionally choose what songs you want keep or remove. It will overwrite your iPhone music library with iTunes library. But it can indeed delete music from iPhone.

Step 1Launch iTunes 12 and connect your iPhone with computer. Wait iTunes till it detect your device.

Step 2Click the iPhone device icon, and click on "Music" from the left menu. Then you are allowed to sync "Entire Music Library" or "Selected Playlists, Artists, Albums and Genres".

Step 3Click "Sync" button to sync iTunes songs to your iPhone. After this process, all the original iPhone music will be removed from your iOS device.

Method 4. How to remove iPhone music with iPhone Data Eraser

If your iPhone storage issue is so serious, I'm afraid that you need to clear up iPhone or reset iPhone to factory settings. Last but not least, If you have such demand, a great and flexible FoneEraser, the best iPhone Data Eraser is introduced here. With this program, you can easily clear all content and settings on iPhone, let alone music from iPhone.

Step 1Launch FoneEraser, and connect your iPhone to computer. The program will soon detect your iPhone.

Step 2Choose an erasing level (Low, Medium and High). "High Level" is recommended here.

Step 3Hit "Start" button and erase all iPhone data. This will completely remove music from iPhone.

In this article, we mainly introduce three best methods for you to delete songs from iPhone. If you want to know how to delete songs from iTunes, our site also provides some tips. If you have any other better method to remove music from iPhone, please leave us a message.