How to Fix Purchased Music Not Showing Up on iPhone iPad

Hi, not a big user of iTunes, I’ve bought probably 15-20 songs off it and they used to be in my iPhone when I open the Apple music app. Sometimes but I can’t find ALL the songs I’ve purchased, any advice. Thanks.

Many users are used to buying their favorite songs from iTunes store. Normally, after you finish purchasing process, the songs would automatically show up on your iPhone iPad when you launch the Apple music app.

However, there could be an error that the purchased music did not show up on your iPhone iPad after you bought it from iTunes store and open the music app, according to the user’s feedback, just like the user description mentioned above.

What can we do to fix this purchased music not showing up on iPhone? Don’t worry. Here our team has just collected 8 tips to help you with this issue. Try them one by one now.

How to Fix Purchased Music Not Showing Up on iPhone

Solution 1. Make Sure of Toggling on Show Apple Music

Firstly you need to go to the Settings app to check if you have turned on the Showing Apple Music option. Settings > Music > Toggle on Show Apple Music if it is off.

Solution 2. Restart the Music App

If Show Apple Music is on originally, or after you turn it on, and purchased music is still not showing up on iPhone iPad, you can try restarting the Music app to see if they are back.

Solution 3. Restart iPhone iPad

iDevice restarting could be troubleshooting for many iPhone iPad problems. And it works for this issue many times.

Solution 4. Sign out and Sign in Apple ID

Signing out Apple ID, and signing in it again is a good choice to make Apple servers check if there is some new updating and purchasing information.

Go to Settings on your iPhone > Tap your Apple ID account > Tap Sign Out at the bottom > Enter your code and choose Turn Off > Then sign it in again.

Solution 5. Reset Network Settings

Sometimes iTunes store purchased songs not showing on iPhone iPad is just not updating the information because of the network.

In such a situation, you need to go to Settings to reset the network settings. Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.

Solution 6. Sync Purchased Songs to iPhone with iTunes

If the five methods above did not work for you, you can also firstly download the purchased songs on your PC/Mac, and then transfer them to your iPhone. But you need first to know that: iTunes music syncing will erase the existing media files on your iPhone. So we prefer recommending you the other way to transfer songs from iTunes to iPhone, without any data loss and erasing, in Solution 7.

1. Launch iTunes on the computer.
2. Plug your iPhone into your computer.
3. Wait for it to show up as a device in iTunes.
4. Click on your device.
5. On the left sidebar, choose Music.
6. Check “Sync Music”.
7. Check the purchased music you want to transfer to iPhone.
8. Tap Apply to sync the purchased songs to iPhone.

Solution 7. Transfer Purchased Music to iPhone without iTunes

Just like we mentioned in part 6, iTunes syncing is a practical way to transfer your purchased songs to iPhone, but it also leads to iPhone’s existing media files being erased. So here we recommend you AnyTrans to get the job done.

Step 1. Download AnyTrans and open it on your PC/Mac > Connect your iPhone to it.

Step 2. Choose iTunes Library tab > All songs in iTunes library would be displayed. Check the purchased songs > Then click on Send to Device button.

Solution 8. Restore Your iPhone

The last method is restoring your iPhone, which is not highly recommended though. It will erase all data and settings on your iPhone, so please backup your iPhone firstly before taking this method to fix purchased Music not showing up on iPhone. We have also prepared a practical guide for you to backup your iPhone: How to Backup iPhone to iTunes/iCloud/PC/Mac >

1. Open iTunes on the Mac or PC.
2. Connect your device to your computer with a USB cable.
3. Select your iPhone when it appears in iTunes.
4. Select Restore iPhone.

The Bottom Line

With these 8 methods above, you can totally get the issue of purchased music not showing up on iPhone done. And if you have any other new way to fix it, please share it in the comments below, and help more people.