It is the pleasant thing to listen to music on the go. However, the sudden disappearance of your Apple music library after the iOS 18/17/16/15/14/13 upgrades, or the deletion of iPhone music on its own will panic many of you. For your favorite music downloads or purchases, you may get the question: Is it possible to recover the deleted music from iPhone?
The answer is yes.
My iPhone app disappeared from my iPhone 6! How do I get it back? What's worse, all my music library files are gone, too. What a hell! I just update my iOS. Is Apple deleted my music files? - Jon Schwenke
If you suffer from the same problem like Jon Schwenke, do not panic. More likely than not, you probably deleted your Music icon on your iPhone accidentally.
iPhone apps icon cannot be deleted before iOS 10. However, after iOS 10 update, you are given the option to delete the stock Apple apps from Home screen, while the apps are more hidden than actually gone. Meanwhile, you may notice that your music library files are also gone.
To find deleted apps on iPhone, you just need two steps.
My Apple Music library has disappeared from my iPhone (6s) but my entire Music library is still intact on my iPad (iPad Air 2). Both devices have been updated to the latest iOS software. I have always and still do have both devices synched together. However, my Music library will not restore back onto my iPhone. Any help on fixing this issue? I'm not sure if this is an Apple Music error, an iOS problem, or if there is something wrong with my actual iPhone itself. - Joseph Muniz
If you meet such problem like Joseph Muniz, you may turn off Apple Music.
Look at the steps to fix it.
Go into Settings > Music > Make sure Apple Music is turned on. If it is, try turning it off and then on again, then check your music library.
Please be patient, because it may take minutes for your music to show up.
If that does not work, go into Settings > iTunes and make sure that you are signed in with the correct account. You could also try logging out and logging back in to iTunes.
I was listening to music this morning through my headphones when all of a sudden it just stopped. When I unlocked my phone and went back onto the app, all my music had disappeared! I've tried resetting it and switching it on and off but all that has done has returned my previously purchased music before I signed up for Apple Music. To pay £9.99 a month to have it all disappear is pretty devastating! - Ivan POLLAK
If you encounter the trouble like Ivan POLLAK, you may have your Library from Apple Music missing. This can happen if iCloud Music Library is disabled. we would recommend you turn on iCloud Music Library.
Go to Settings > Music, and tap Sync Library to turn it on.
The above 3 solutions focus on the music that seemly deleted, but just hidden for some reasons because of the settings on your iPhone.
What's worse, you really get stuck in the deleted music.
If you do, just keep reading the second part to recover the deleted songs from iPhone.
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Now, let's check the steps.
After that, you could put music on iPhone freely.
One of the advantages of paying money on Apple music, is that you can re-download the music for free without time limitations.
Go to iTunes Store app > Tap More option on the bottom right > Select Purchased > Music.
You'll see a list of all the songs that you have purchased with your Apple ID. At the top, click on Not On This iPhone instead of All, and you should see your purchased music there to download again.
Songs that are deleted on your iPhone, but still appear on your iTunes? Then you are fortunate to restore the deleted music from iTunes.
In this way, you will find you will remove the existing music on iPhone and sync with the restored iTunes library.
If you backed up music to iCloud before, then here you are able to find back your disappeared music with iCloud account.
But, one thing you need to notice:
Restoring the deleted music with iCloud backup will wipe out all existing data on your iPhone, so you had better backup your iPhone to iTunes firstly, to avoid any other important data loss.
Go to Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Reset > Reset All Content and Settings.
When your iPhone gets factory reset, you can follow the on-screen instructions to setup your iPhone. In the Apps & Data, select Restore from iCloud > Sign in your iCloud account and pick up the backup to restore.
You just need to wait patiently.
If you seek for a way that will not erase all existing data on your iPhone, then you should go to the next part.
Where did my music go in iTunes?
You can simply find the default iTunes Media folder by User > Music > iTunes > iTunes Media. If not, you can open iTunes. On the top menu bar, select Edit > Preferences. Then click the Advanced tab and find the file path under iTunes Media folder location.
Will I lose all my music when iTunes shuts down?
No. Users will have access to their entire music library, whether they downloaded the songs, purchased them or ripped them from a CD."
Why are some of my songs on iTunes not syncing
One reason is that your iTunes may not be able to locate some of the song names. Or you may not have Sync Library turned on all your devices.
Conclusion
This post shows you 7 strategies to help you deal with the issue of deleted music form iPhone. For the disappeared music, you should judge if they are really deleted from your iPhone, or just hidden presently, then you could take the corresponding actions to solve the problem.
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