Apple Music downloading songs in playlist and in corresponding album

Whenever I download a playlist, some of the songs on that playlist are also located on albums I've added to my library. When I want to see my downloaded content, some of the songs appear both on the downloaded playlist and ALSO as part of the corresponding album (as if I had downloaded the album with just one song on it.) This is very annoying, particularly when listening offline, since it creates a management mess.


Is there a way to stop this? I turned off "Add Playlist Songs" and it seems to only affect the adding of new albums from playlist songs, but this problem appears to be related to songs that are on albums already on my library

iPhone 11

Posted on Aug 1, 2023 01:49 PM

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Aug 2, 2023 01:07 PM in response to diazcamilo_bass

Hey there diazcamilo_bass,


Thanks for reaching out to the Apple Support Communities.


To get started, do you also by chance have Automatic Downloads enabled in Settings > Music?


If so, does the same issue persist if you disable this setting. More details can be found at this link here: Add music to iPhone and listen offline - Apple Support


If the issue persists with Automatic Downloads disabled, we would recommend reaching out to Apple Support who may be able to provide some additional settings to look into, or may be able to confirm if this is expected behavior.


You can reach out to them directly at this link here: Get Support


We hope that's able to help.


Take care!

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