Music missing from storage management

I am trying to purge the stored music on my iPhone 5s after canceling my Match subscription.

I've gone to "Settings > General > Usage > Manage Storage > Music" to do so and I simply cannot find Music. Other Apple apps are showing such as Podcasts and iBooks.

I've tried:

  • Closing and reopening Settings
  • Closing and reopening Music
  • Shuffeling about "Show All Music" plus the above.
  • Restarting the phone + above.

At a loss at what to do and would rather avoid a full reset of the device if possible.

Running IOS 8.3 Build 12F70 (current latest via OTA not a dev build)


Make sure that there is no spinning wheel on top of the "Manage Storage" settings for if there is such a wheel, it indicates the loading of extra elements i.e. Music, Photos, etc. If you have lot's of Music i.e. above 4 or 5 GB, it could take time for the "Manage Storage" settings to bring the Music element on top.

As a last resort, you can simply sync an empty iTunes library with your iPhone and iTunes would do what it does best - it will wipe out the iPhone music library in no time. If you wonder how to open an empty iTunes library on your computer, see this: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201596