Can't delete song

[Banana_Molester]

i can delete a song im my my iphone 4s on iOS 7 i try to swipe to delete the delete bottom don't show up.

The song don't show up on iTunes or any other programs can some one help me.

[whatthe_fuzz]

OP- just try and open the iPhone on your computer and view it as a drive. then try and locate the song and delete it via your PC then restart your phone

[simtransporter]

I don't have a lot of hands on experience with iOS devices, I think you can back up your phone using itunes, then go to your phone a do a factory reset, then restore the back up you made on iTunes. This "could" fix the problem.

[whatthe_fuzz]

i think the troll was more helpful.

 

IMO, yes absolutely. i love that resolution but unfortunately i dont think the OP would be able to take that route  

 

Google Play has made my music library so easy. i switched phones and BAM. entire music library at my fingertips

[simtransporter]

IMO, yes absolutely. i love that resolution but unfortunately i dont think the OP would be able to take that route

 

Google Play has made my music library so easy. i switched phones and BAM. entire music library at my fingertips

yes. 100% agree, I'm glad you released that i was joking. (phew)

[whatthe_fuzz]

yes. 100% agree, I'm glad you released that i was joking. (phew)

 

i caught your sarcasm  

 

the difference between your post and the troll post is you tried to help. 

 

he was just antagonizing the OP

[WilliamDB]

i caught your sarcasm

 

the difference between your post and the troll post is you tried to help. 

 

he was just antagonizing the OP

Usually i'm quite helpful, but iphones are the bane of my existence. I have around 30 phones I have to support as well as a couple hundred computers at my job. By far I've had more iphones returned to me for issues and broken buttons/screens/you name it it breaks. I rarely ever have an android user come to me complaining about anything other than a shattered screen. Not to mention I have to teach almost every iphone user every week how to use their phone while my android users never need that kind of hand holding.

[whatthe_fuzz]

Usually i'm quite helpful, but iphones are the bane of my existence. I have around 30 phones I have to support as well as a couple hundred computers at my job. By far I've had more iphones returned to me for issues and broken buttons/screens/you name it it breaks. I rarely ever have an android user come to me complaining about anything other than a shattered screen. Not to mention I have to teach almost every iphone user every week how to use their phone while my android users never need that kind of hand holding.

I agree with you 100%. Apples QC doesnt align with their quality presentation.

BUT we should take out our hatred for Apple in the OP

[WilliamDB]

I agree with you 100%. Apples QC doesnt align with their quality presentation.

BUT we should take out our hatred for Apple in the OP

... no ... but I can provide him a guiding light to the prosperous land of android in a way that I find humorous.

[R4STABAN]

i can delete a song im my my iphone 4s on iOS 7 i try to swipe to delete the delete bottom don't show up.

The song don't show up on iTunes or any other programs can some one help me.

 

There's some kind of issue with music/icloud integration after upgrading. There are some fixes you can try here. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5323762?start=15&tstart=0

 

I saw another thread like this with a solution but I can't find it now.

 

This seems to be the issue

 

 

I think the issue here might be to do with cached songs.  If you actually download a song onto your iPhone by tapping the cloud icon, you can delete that song by swiping to the left.

 

However, if you simply "listen" to the song, then it is cached on your iPhone. When you turn off "Show All Music", you will be left with the music you have manually "downloaded" AND the music iOS has "downladed to cache"

 

You can delete the stuff you've downloaded, but not the stuff iOS has cached !!! 

 

To prove the point, after simplying playing a track and having iOS cache it I was unable to delete.  I then manually downloaded the track using cloud icon after which I was able to delete it.