How to delete music uploaded to iCloud

Apple Music and iTunes allow you to upload songs from your Mac or Windows computer to iCloud, keeping them synced across all your devices, including your iPhone and iPad. This also allows you to quickly delete songs uploaded to iCloud without having to do too much work. Here's how to delete music uploaded to iCloud.

How to delete music uploaded to iCloud

Step 1:

You open the Apple Music application on your computer. Next, you right-click on the top column and click on the Cloud Status option in the displayed list .

Step 2:

In the Cloud Status column, users look for songs that show the Uploaded notification to filter songs uploaded to iCloud.

Step 3:

Find the song you want to delete, right-click on the song , select Delete, and then select Delete Uploaded Song .

This song will be deleted from iCloud and then removed from the Apple Music app on all devices that have Sync Library turned on.

To delete multiple uploaded songs, hold down the Command key, then click on the songs you want to delete and delete them. Although you can't sort songs in the Music app on your iPhone or iPad by download list, if you know which uploaded songs you want to delete, you can just delete them on your iPhone.

Micah Soto

Update 26 September 2025