Two Ways To Permanent Delete Songs On iPhone

"I have iCloud and the songs have downloaded to my iPhone, I want to remove some of the songs from my iPhone permanent, how do I do that?"

"How can I permanently erase songs from iPhone 6? It has bothered me so much that after upgrading to iOS 8.3, dozens of unwanted songs appear on my iPhone 6. I can't delete them. Please help."

Are you getting tired of the songs or the artists on your iPhone device? In need to free up some space? No matter what situation your want to delete songs or playlists on your iPhone, if you just do not want the deleted song coming back, we can certainly tell you, routine to delete is not enough, to permanenet delete songs on your iPhone, what you need is either a good method or an useful software. Keep reading the follow article, we will show you both a good idea and a powerful tool.

Two Ways To Permanent Delete Songs On iPhone

Way 1. Direct Delete Songs On Your iPhone Permanently

Step 1 Disable iTunes Match

Tap 'Settings' on your iPhone home screen > tap 'iTunes & App Stores', scroll down to find the option 'iTunes Match'. Swipe the button beside it to OFF if it is enabled. If you don't turn off iTunes Match, it will automatically download songs to your iPhone.

Step 2 Turn off 'Show All Music'

Some songs appear in Music app with a little Cloud icon beside? Ok, if so, you need to turn off 'Show All Music'. Tap to 'Settings' app > scroll down and tap 'Music' app > Swipe 'Show All Music' to off.

Step 3 Delete songs from iPhone

Open the Music app on your iPhone. At the bottom, tap Songs. Locate a song you want to remove, swipe from right to left to enable the Delete option. Tap 'Delete'.

Way 2. Permanent Delete iPhone Songs With iPhone Data Eraser

iPhone Data Eraser, literally speaking, helps iPhone/iPad/iPod users to remove certain files from their devices. You can erase photos, apps, search history, contacts, messages, music, Call History, Calendar, Email, Note, Reminder, iTunes DB, App (and generated data), System setting, Voice memo, Keyboard Cache, Safari Bookmark, Passbook and more from your iDevice with a click, and without restored.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to computer

After downloading the iPhone Data Eraser on your computer, connect your iPhone to it then, and run this program on your computer. Your iPhone will be detected automatically, and you will get the main interface as below.

Step 2. Choose the right option on your device

You should choose the "Erase All Data" option, so that you can continue the subsequent steps.

There are three choices available for you to delete your data. Among the "High, Medium, Low", you are recommended to choose the "Medium" level, which takes the moderate time in deleting. Click "Start" button to begin the processing.

Note: Attention please, if your erase your songs or other iPhone data by using the above two ways, all the deleted data can not being restored after wiping, even use the most professional data recovery program. So please remember to do some backup for your iPhone before erasing your device.

Related Tutorial: How to Backup Data from iPhone

Besides, if you just want to simple delete your songs from iPhone, or manage all of them easily on your computer, you can also asking iPhone Data Manager for help.

iPhone Data Manager empowers you to directly delete music from iPhone on computer quickly and accurately, so as to save your time and energy.

Step 1. Use a USB cable to connect iPhone with PC

After you download and install iPhone Data Manager, double-click the quick start icon on the desktop to launch it. Use the USB cable coming with iPhone to connect your iPhone to PC. This tool will detect your iPhone instantly and show it on the main window.

Note: To use iPhone Data Manager, please install iTunes on your computer first.

Step 2. How to delete songs from iPhone

When you finish the first step, you can see all data on your iPhone are listed on the left. Click "Media". In the media window, click "Music". This will bring up the music window on the right side. All songs are listed here. Choose the songs that you decide to remove and click "Delete". When a small window pops up, asking you to ensure the deletion, click "Yes". Then this tool begins to delete music from iPhone.