User level: Level 1 (4 points)New iphone 17e. When I delete duplicate songs by pressing "Remove Download" nothing changes. The song is still there. Any suggestions please?
The context: This is a new phone. When I transferred music over from my old phone not all the music made it so I foolishly trusted Google gemini when it said to upload my Music library from my MacBook, assuring me that duplicate songs would not be created. Well, now I have 3,000 duplicate songs I have to delete on my brand new shiny phone.
Posted on Oct 14, 2026 8:17 AM
User level: Level 7 (21,779 points)Oct 14, 2026 1:36 PM in response to GeorgePat100
With your phone connected to your Mac, sync with no music selected (which should remove all music), then sync with music selected.
User level: Level 1 (4 points)Oct 15, 2026 2:31 AM in response to picas
Thank you for that response. I am concerned if I do that I will lose permanently music I have on my phone from CDs that won't be in my Apple Music account. I am really trying to figure out why the "Remove Download" button does not work properly.
User level: Level 9 (55,707 points)Oct 15, 2026 7:11 AM in response to GeorgePat100
GeorgePat100 wrote:
Thank you for that response. I am concerned if I do that I will lose permanently music I have on my phone from CDs that won't be in my Apple Music account. I am really trying to figure out why the "Remove Download" button does not work properly.
How are you doing syncing currently?
User level: Level 1 (4 points)Oct 16, 2026 3:52 AM in response to Servant of Cats
Hello,
Thank you for your response. I sync manually. I do not have any music subscriptions. When I tap "Remove Download" on the song on my phone nothing happens.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256376124