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5 Easy Ways to Fix Apple Music Playlist Disappeared 2021

Has your Apple Music playlist disappeared suddenly on iPhone? There are 5 easy ways for you to fix this issue.

By @Demi
Last Updated November 24, 2021

Why has my Apple Music playlist disappeared?

Last night, when I was away to go check for songs, I realized all of my playlists have disappeared but when I try and add a song to the playlist, they are there to add into. What's happened?

- Question from Apple Community

Apple Music is seen as one of the best music apps in the world. However, it is not as perfect as people expect. For example, when you intend to listen to some music on iPhone, you may suddenly find Apple Music playlist disappeared.

To make things worse, no matter how you sign out and sign in Apple music, you cannot restore the playlist even though they are in iTunes on computer. If you have the same trouble, keep reading the passage to find solutions to it.

  • Why is Apple Music playlist disappeared?
  • 5 ways to fix the Apple Music playlist disappeared
    • Method 1. Check the Subscription
    • Method 2. Turn on Show Apple Music
    • Method 3. Turn on iCloud Music Library
    • Method 4. Update iCloud Music Library with iTunes
    • Method 5. Find disappeared playlist via AOMEI MBackupper
  • Conclusion

Why is Apple Music playlist disappeared?

You may wonder why playlist not showing up on iPhone.Here is the answer. It is suggested to figure out the reasons first and choose a specific method to handle it.

Errors in iCloud Music Library. It is most likely that there is something wrong with iCloud Music Library, so that iPhone cannot scan or unload anything to Apple Music. An expired Apple Music subscription. If your subscription is outdated, all the playlists on Apple Music will be gone. Changes made by software. Sometimes if your Apple Music playlists disappear from iPhone after iOS 14/15 update, it might result that your iTunes account has synced across the devices or your Show Apple Music option is off automatically.

5 ways to fix the Apple Music playlist disappeared

So you may wonder how to recover Apple Music playlist.There are 5 ways available for you to fix Apple Music delete your playlist with ease.

Method 1. Check the Subscription

The first thing you can do is to check whether the subscription is out of date on your iPhone. Follow the steps below to make it.

Go to Settings > Tap your name > Tap Subscriptions to see if its expired. If there isnt the option, you can also go to iTunes & App Store > your Apple ID > View Apple ID, sign in and scroll down to tap Subscription.

Method 2. Turn on Show Apple Music

As we mentioned before, after updating iOS, "Show Apple Music" option may be turned off automatically. To make Apple Music playlist visible, you can check it and turn it on.

Tutorials are as follows. Go to Settings > Music > Under Music column, you can see Show Apple Music, turn it on if it is off. If its already on, you can tap it off and toggle it on again. Now, you can go to Apple Music to check whether your playlists come back.

Method 3. Turn on iCloud Music Library

iCloud Music Library is used to sync and transfer streaming music tracks from Apple Music and iTunes among devices. You can add music to iCloud Music Library from computer with iTunes.

Follow these simple steps to make it. Go to Settings > Music > Under Library column, youll see iCloud Music Library option. If it is off, toggle it on. If its already on, you need to turn it off and activate it again. Select Merge on the popup which asks you whether to enable iCloud Music Library or not.

Now the deleted Apple Music playlists will be merged or replaced by the music in iCloud. Therefore, you can get your Apple Music playlists back.

Note: Youd better turn off iCloud Music Library by the steps above to avoid your music being deleted in the future. After all, iCloud has only 5 GB of storage spaces for free. If the 5GB of free storage spaces run out, you may either pay for extra storage space monthly or encounter troubles like your iPhone backup failed for not enough storage space in iCloud.

Method 4. Update iCloud Music Library with iTunes

Alternatively, you can also update iCloud Music Library with iTunes to get Apple Music playlist back. Follow the steps to make it. Open iTunes on your PC or Mac > Go to File > Library > Click the Update iCloud Music Library to make it. Updating iCloud Music Library will refresh the whole library on your iPhone, it may help you restore the disappeared Apple Music playlist as well.

Method 5. Find disappeared playlist via AOMEI MBackupper

Chances are that Apple Music playlists still exist on your iPhone but cannot be available currently. To make these playlists visible, you can try the power tool -AOMEI MBackupperto transfer the music from iPhone to computer, so that you may get Apple Music playlists back.

Selective music transfer.AOMEI MBackupper helps scan all music on your iPhone. You're also allowed to transfer both purchased and non-purchased music selectively. Types of transfer features.It enables you to achieve iPhone to iPhone/iPad transfer, iPhone to computer transfer, and vice versa at a super-fast transfer speed. Wide compatibility. It can work well on iPhone from iPhone 4 to the latest iPhone 13 series, as well as iPad, iPod.

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Now, follow the steps below to transfer music from iPhone to computer with AOMEI MBackupper.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to computer with USB > Launch AOMEI MBackupper and chooseTransfer to Computeron its homepage.

Step 2. Click the+icon > Check the Musicicon to browse music in your iPhone > Locate and choose the disappeared music you want to get it back > ClickOKto confirm.

Step 3. Choose a storage path as you like (You can save these files to a local folder or an external hard drive, etc.) > ClickTransferto complete the task.

When the transfer process is finished, you can browse it on your computer. If necessary, you're also able to transfer music from computer to iPhoneagain.

Conclusion

Hopefully, you can fix Apple Music playlist disappeared with these easy methods. You can try to connect your iPhone to computer, and let AOMEI MBackupper scan and transfer your disappeared music to computer.

To avoid data loss in the future, it is also recommended to backup iPhone to PC with AOMEI MBackupper regularly. For more queries, suggestions, or feedback, please feel free to contact us.