How to Turn Off iCloud Music Library?

How to Turn Off iCloud Music Library?
iCloud Music Library will allow you to share the songs you have on one of your devices with all the other devices you own. However, turning off iCloud Music Library is sometimes necessary. In this article, we will be showing you how to turn off iCloud Music Library. But, why is turning off your iCloud Music Library necessary?

There are various reasons why you might want to turn off your iCloud Music Library. One of these is that you may have more songs on your device than iCloud Music library can hold. iCloud Music Library is designed to only hold a maximum of 100,000 songs. Another reason is that you may have a lot of artwork and manually tagged meta-data. You may not want Apple to accidentally mismatch these while making your songs available on the other devices.


Part 1: How to Turn Off iCloud Music Library?


On iPhone/iPad


On Mac


On Windows


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Part 1: How to Turn Off iCloud Music Library?

You can disable your iCloud Music Library on iPhone and on your iPad. If you don’t have access to any of these iOS devices, you can use your PC or Mac. Below, we show you how to turn off iCloud Music Library using all these devices.
On iPhone/iPad:


Open Settings on your device. Tap Music.


Locate iCloud Music Library under Music and toggle it off. When you toggle off your iCloud Music Library, you will get a warning telling you that your Apple Music tracks you had already downloaded will be removed. You will need to accept this message.



On Mac:


Open the iTunes menu.


From the iTunes menu, select Preferences.


Uncheck iCloud Music Library under this General tab. This will turn off iCloud Music Library.



On Windows:


Launch iTunes.


In the top bar menu, click Edit and then select Preferences.


Under the General tab, uncheck iCloud Music Library to turn it off. Click OK.



Note: What will you lose when turning off iCloud Music Library

By choosing to turn off your iCloud Music Library, there are some things you will end up losing. These will include the following:


You will no longer have a cloud-based Mac’s iTunes library copy.


If you were using iTunes Match or Apple Music, your Mac’s Uploaded or Matched tracks will not be available for streaming on the other devices you own.


Any of the songs from Apple Music catalog you have saved will no longer be available.

However, even if you have turned off your iCloud Music Library, you will still have access to the songs you had purchased from iTunes. These will always be available on all your devices irrespective of whether you have iCloud Music Library on or not.Also Read:How to Change Message/iMessage Background on iPhone with/without Jailbreak
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