ITunes Match keeps downloading songs on iPad 2

I have an iPad 2 anud turned on iTunes Match. I realized that I was downloading doubles of songs onto my iPad via my playlists (Purchased AAC and AAC) and I turned some of the songs off and I went to the iTunes store to purchase a new album and found out I was downloading and I have automatic downloads turned off on my iPad. Why is that happening and how do I get it to stop. Do I turn off iTunes Match and the see all downloaded and then sync?? Need help... My 16 gigs is filled up so when I delete a few downloaded songs I didn't even download from the cloud, it downloads more. It's a vicious cycle

Try a reset: Simultaneously hold down the Home and On buttons until the iPad shuts down. Ignore the off slider if it appears. Once shut down is complete, if it doesn't restart on it own, turn the iPad back on using the On button. In some cases it also helps to double click the Home button and close all apps from the tray before doing the reset.
I would suspect, but not certain, you should go ahead and turn Match On before the reset, but it just as easily could be irrelevent.
Woudl also add that the first time I turn iTunes Match On on the iPad, it turned out to be best to let it site and run a few minutes before attempting anything. But I have a sizable (17,000 track) library. After that all was well.

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