Quick methods to find the number of songs in your Apple Music
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Trying to find out how many songs you have on Apple Music? There are a few easy methods you can use! You can check the number of downloaded songs in the Settings app on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. You can also check the storage space they take up in the Settings app. Or, see the total number of songs in your library by using iTunes or Apple Music on your Windows PC or Mac. Checking the number of songs in a playlist is also easy in the Apple Music mobile app! This wikiHow guide will show you how to see how many songs you have on Apple Music.
Things You Should Know
- On your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > General > About to see the number of downloaded songs.
- On your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > General > iPhone Storage to see how much storage space your songs are using.
- On your Mac or Windows PC, use iTunes to see the total number of songs in your Library.
Steps
Downloaded Songs (Mobile)
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1Open the Settings app. It’s the gray icon with gears on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. This method will show you the number of Apple Music songs you have downloaded on your device.
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2Tap General. This will open the General settings page.
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3Tap About. This will open the About page.
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4Look at the “Songs” category. The number listed next to “Songs” is how many songs you have downloaded on your device.
Storage Amount (Mobile)
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1Open the Settings app. It’s the gray icon with gears on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. This method will show you how much storage space your downloaded Apple Music songs are taking up on your device.
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2Tap General. This will open the General settings page.
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3Tap iPhone Storage. This will open a list of apps you have installed.
- Note that this will be labeled iPad Storage or iPod touch Storage depending on your device.
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4Tap Music. It’s a white music note on a red background.
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5Look at the “All Songs” category. You’ll see the amount of storage the songs you’ve downloaded on Apple Music are taking up.
- Next, check out how to add your own music to Apple Music.
Songs in Your Apple Music Library (Desktop)
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1Open iTunes on your computer. Its icon is a purple and blue music note inside of a circle. This method allows you to check the number of songs added to your Apple Music Library by logging in to iTunes or Apple Music on your computer.
- Note that iTunes was discontinued on macOS High Sierra and later. It was replaced with Apple Music. The app is still called iTunes on Windows devices.
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2Click Songs. This is in the left sidebar under the “Library” section.
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3Click View. This is a tab at the top of the window. A pop up menu will open.
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4Click Show Status Bar. This will make the status bar appear at the bottom of the window.
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5Check the number of songs in your library. The status bar lists the number of songs in your library. It will be written as “[number] items.”
- Did you know you can also find Loved songs in your iTunes library?
Songs in a Playlist (Mobile)
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1Open the Music app. It has a white music note on a red background.
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2Tap the Library tab. It’s at the bottom of the Apple Music app.
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3Tap Playlists. It has a red icon with a music note and three horizontal lines.
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4Tap the playlist that you want to check. This will open the playlist’s list of songs.
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5Scroll to the bottom of the list and check the number of songs. At the bottom of the list of songs, you’ll see the number of songs in the playlist.
- Are your Apple Music recommendations not as good as they used to be? Try resetting your Apple Music!