IPhone is syncing songs that are unchecked

Some songs that are unchecked on iTunes on my computer still show up on my iPhone and I can't figure out how to get them off.

While your iPhone is plugged in to iTunes, click on the "Music" tab after the iPhone's summary page.
Under "Sync Music", do you have "Entire Music Library" checked? If so, that's your issue.

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HT1351 iTunes keeps adding back songs that are unchecked and manually deleted from my iPhone?

I am trying to get rid of songs on my iphone. I sync manually only certain playlists, I have double checked to make sure that these songs are neither in my playlists and or unchecked if they are in the Purchased Playlist for example? I have manually deleted them from my iphone only to have itunes add them back once I sync
What am I missing?

I am also having a similar problem. I have at least 100 songs I deleted from my itunes library and from my iphone that keep showing back up on my iphone. I have manually deleted them repeatedly from my iphone and yet they continue to show back up on the phone. They are not listed in my library so I have no idea where they are coming back from as they are not in the cloud either. I have also emptied the trash on my Macbook, so they cannot be coming from there either I would love for this to stop, as I keep getting a statement that my iphone is full, but if these 100 songs would stay off of my phone that woulld not be the case.

HT201272 What is it with songs that are not from the itunes store, but are coming from cd's and other download sources that all of a sudden do not play on my iphone and have a red stop button in a red round circle around them, behind the title?

Songs that I have had previously downloaded from various other sources, but NOW ALL of a sudden they DO NOT PLAY on my IPHONE and DISPLAY a RED STOP BUTTON in a red round circle next to the title. Everytime I click on it it DOESNT play. What happen???? How can i get them to play., Why should i have to pay for the songs, and why are they in the ITUNES store and not in my regular playlist.

Amazing steps you've done so far! The great news is this is very unlikely an issue with your iPhone.
I've run into a similar issue lately as well. I narrowed it down to one song that was causing 30 songs not to sync. I removed the song from the sync list (unchecked it) and all 29 songs were able to sync.
You may be running into a similar issue. This may be a problem with this version of iTunes, an issue with one song or a group of songs; hard to know for sure. It's important to narrow down and isolate the cause. Most imporantly get that music back on there!
The way to narrow down the casue add just a few songs at a time (even 1, just to get that first sync finished). Manually syncing is what you'll need here.
Plug in your iPhone, on the Summary screen (shows a picture of your iPhone, the iOS version, Restore iPhone....; etc). Under the Options area at the bottom choose to Manually Manage Videos and Music then choose Apply in the lower right. The music that's on your iPhone now should be removed from your iPhone now. You're now able to sync music manually.
The link below explains how to drag the songs from the iTunes library on the computer on to your iPhone which will start the sync. Add just one song just to see if you can get 1 of those hundreds of songs on there. If you can, awesome! Keep adding until you find the song or group of songs that are causing this issue.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535
Please let me know how things are going.
Cheers!

Itunes on my iPhone 5 only displays the artist list with the UP NEXT feature. How can I change the UP NEXT feature on my iPhone 5 to display the next songs that are to be played on my play list?

Itunes on my iPhone 5 only displays the artist list with the UP NEXT feature. How can I change the UP NEXT feature on my iPhone 5 to display the next songs that are to be played on my play list?

Hi Sarah,
It sounds like the songs have either not yet synced over to the iPhone, or something went wrong when attempting to sync to the iPhone. My recommendation is to uncheck the "Sync Music" checkbox.
Once you have done that, recheck the "Sync Music" checkbox, and apply the changes once more. This will instruct iTunes to completely remove all music from your iPhone, and then copy the files once more. If you have a large amount of music, this initial sync may take a while.
If the above does not resolve your issue, see the following articles:
iOS: Syncing with iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386
iOS: How to transfer or sync content to your computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1296
Thanks,
Matt M.

I have an iPhone 5c and want to play songs that are stored on my PC iTunes library, but were not bought through iTunes. How do I do this?

I have an iPhone 5c and want to play songs that are stored on my PC iTunes library, but were not bought through iTunes. How do I do this?

Hi there eramhar,
It sounds like you are wanting to sync your music to your iPhone. If so, you may find the information in the article below helpful.
iTunes 11 for Windows: Set up syncing for iPod, iPhone, or iPad
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph12313
-Griff W.

How can I sync my iPod with my computer without deleting the songs that are on my ipod

how can I sync my iPod with my computer without deleting the songs that are on my ipod

See this post by forum regular Zevoneer on transferring files from the iPod to your computer.
tt2

ITunes Match on my iPhone shows songs that are not in iTunes on my Mac and PC.

Yes, I know that deleting songs from iTunes does not necessarily mean they are deleted from iTunes Match, too. Not checking the box when deleting songs is definitely not why this is occurring, so hear me out. My Mac hosts my main iTunes library. What I do there, is synched with iTunes Match. In iTunes in Boot Camp, I have no local files, so all that iTunes on Windows shows me, are the songs that are matched with and uploaded to iTunes Match. As far as I can tell, it's exactly the same as my main library on my Mac.
It's a different story on my iPhone, though. There are songs that show up on my iPhone that I have deleted on my Mac. Some several times, even. A little while ago, I ripped one of my CDs and had it matched with iTunes Match. I made some changes to the metadeta afterwards, though, so I deleted the songs and added and matched them again. And again, that same day. I did the same things with a single song.
And now I'm stuck with three copies of the album and of the song in iTunes Match. But the weird thing is, that only one of each shows up in iTunes on Windows. That library, again, does not have any local music; it only shows what's in iTunes Match. I have tried disabling iTunes Match on my iPhone, I have deleted all local content on my iPhone, I have deleted the album and the song – the files that are showing up multiple times on my iPhone – from my Mac, updated iTunes Match, re-added the files and updated Match again. Unfortunately, none of this helped.
After deleting the files and updating Match, I saw only two instances of the album and the song in question, instead of three. After re-adding them and updating Match again, there were three of each again. That means that there are two instances of the album and of the song 'stuck' in iTunes Match. And yet they don't show up in iTunes on either OS X or in Windows.
Why is this happening? And, more importantly, how can I fix it? In the grand scheme of things, this is obviously a minor problem, but it's annoying me a lot nonetheless.

Is there really nobody else with this problem? Really?

TS3217 When I try to skip one song on my ipone, it skips through several. The songs that are skipped can be played on the same iphone if I go into my itunes and select that song. So this tells me that the song can be played, therefore, it is not the song.

When I try to skip through a song on my iPhone, it skips through several songs. The songs that are skipped can be played on the same iphone (when I go into to itunes library on my phone), so I know that it's not the song. I have the latest softeware downloaded on both my iphone and itunes. In fact, this only recently started occuring when I reconnected my iphone to my laptop about a month ago to install the new updates on itunes.
I also have an itouch and an ipod, both of which have been updated at the same time as my iphone and they do not skip through songs.

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync all music and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
BTW this is the iPod touch forum

TS3694 i just want my itunes songs that are on my mac os x 10.5.8, also to be on my iphone like they were before i updated the phone

i just want my itunes songs that are on my mac os x 10.5.8, also to be on my iphone like they were before i updated the phone?

i already lost a bunch of songs and videos after the update. i don't knowwhat happened to them, or where they are?

Sync with Shuffle/can't play songs that are on shuffle

I can no longer play the songs that are on my shuffle when I sync with itunes. Before the update I could select a song and play it before I would remove it.
I can select the song but the play button remains gray. This is no good because I would regularly add and remove songs. I like to give a quick listen before I remove the song. Can't do that now.
Help?
thanks in advance

Well I restarted my computer and sync'd my shuffle again for the 3rd time and now it likes it again. All songs play like before now. Still dont know why it did this though?

How do i retreive songs that are on my iphone, but not on itunes

how do i retrieve songs that are on my iphone that itunes cannot locate?

Settings---> Music---> Turn off "Show All Music"
KOT

How can I delete duplicate songs that are appearing on my iphone but not in my itunes?

How can I delete duplicate songs that are appearing on my iphone

Hi jpere041,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
You can delete individual songs, artists, albums, playlists, compilations and composers from your iPhone. To delete an item, swipe across it, then tap Delete.
This information is on page 61 of the iPhone User Guide
manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf
Delete a song from iPhone: In Songs, swipe the song, then tap Delete.
The song is deleted from iPhone, but not from your iTunes library on your Mac or PC, or from iCloud.
Regards,
Jeremy

If I have 500+ songs that are on my iPhone and I change the Apple ID in setting will I lose my songs that are on my phone (not icloud)

If I have 500+ songs that are on my iPhone and I change the Apple ID in setting will I lose my songs that are on my phone (not icloud)

KTtuckett wrote:
Have you done this yet, I have the same problem but I need to know if it worked for you without loosing anything
You will not lose anything by changing the AppleID on your iPhone.

Is there a way to drag a new playlist onto my ipod without creating doubles of all of the songs that are already on my ipod?

i just want to put the playlist on my ipod but it re adds all the songs that are already on my ipod. do i just have to recreate the playlists on my ipod?

Playlists are just files with pointers. If you have a song on multiple playlists that doesn't mean the song is copied twice. Any instance of a song in playlists just points to the single file it syncs over.
If you have not synced in a while however and the song is already on the phone there is a chance it has been a while and with changes made with each iTunes update or iPhone iOS update, they may have changed the logic of the playlists files or how it manages and organizes the file structure, thus it may be needed to update (resync) some of your files. That is just an educated guess.
What I mentioned first still applies, songs are only copied once even if on multiple playlists. Regular syncing helps keep things fresh and up to date and yes at times there are changes to the process that may cause extra sync time to redo some things an updated way.

I already have my computer authorized in my name, but for some reason it is asking for another email authorization password that i dont even have, how can i get that password so that i can play the songs that are secured?

PLEASE HELP????? i already have my computer authorized in my name, but for some reason it is asking for another email authorization password that i dont even have, how can i get that password so that i can play the songs that are secured?

Hi Kazmania89,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
If you require additional assistance with this, click on the link below for guidance:
Apple ID: Contacting Apple for help with Apple ID account security
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5699
Once you are able to gain access to the old Apple ID, this article may be helpful:
Using your Apple ID for Apple services
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4895
I have purchased music, apps, or books with multiple Apple IDs. How can I get all of this content onto my iOS device? 
First, you need to copy all of your purchased content so it is on the same Mac or PC with iTunes. This computer should be the one you sync your device with. For more information on how to move your content, see these articles:
Mac: iTunes for Mac: How to copy purchases between computers
PC: iTunes for Windows: How to copy purchases between computers
Next, authorize your computer to play content with each Apple ID in iTunes. Once your computer is authorized for all your content, it can be synced to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
Cheers,
- Judy

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