How to remove stuck music player notification from the lock screen?

Music Player notification on the lock screen is useful; you can view, pause or play, as well as jump to next or previous track with the widget. But it is worrying when it appears without playing any track or video. If the Music Player notification is stuck on your iPhone’s lock screen, try this:

1.    Open your device lock.

2.    Open the ‘Music Player’ app.

3.    Keep the app open.

4.    Now, bring up the ‘App Drawer.’ To bring up app drawer in iPhone 8 or previous double tap on ‘Home’ button, and in iPhone X swipe up from the lower of the screen.

5.    Remove the ‘Music app’ from the app switcher.

If the music app is running in the background, this will close it and hence removes the stuck Music Player notification from the lock screen of your device.

If you’ve already tried it or this wouldn’t remove the music player widget from the lock screen, use next solutions.

Close all the running apps

If just removing the music app was helpless, then possibly any other media-playing program is using the music app and displaying the music player widget on the lock screen. For instance, you used YouTube on Safari or played a video on other media player apps. So, try closing all of the running applications. To do so,

1.    Open your device lock.

2.    Bring up the ‘App Drawer.’ Use the method given into the above steps to bring up the app drawer on your device.

3.    Now, remove all the apps from the app switcher.

4.    Make sure you’ve closed all the running programs.

After closing all the applications, lock your device and check whether the widget is still there. Try the next solution, if the music player widget hasn’t been removed.

Try Powering off your device and then power it on (Restart)

Rebooting will refresh a device; this will remove temporary data and closes all the programs running in the background.

To reboot an iPhone X:

1.    Press the side button for some seconds. You’ll see ‘Slide to power off’ option on your screen.

2.    Now, touch and slide the slider to the next side. This will turn off your iPhone X.

3.    Allow it to turn off completely.

4.     After turning off, wait for a minute.

5.    Now, again press and hold down the side button for some seconds. This will turn on your iPhone X.

To reboot an iPhone 8, 8+ or previous:

1.    Press the top/side button for some seconds. You’ll see ‘Slide to power off’ option on your screen.

2.    Now, touch and slide the slider to the next side. This will turn off your iOS device.

3.    Allow it to turn off completely.

4.     After turning off, wait for a minute.

5.    Now, again press and hold down the top/side button for some seconds and allow your device to boot up completely.

Done! Now check the lock screen and see whether the music player notification has gone away.

Tips for iOS 11: If you’re using iOS 11 on your iOS device, then you can shut down it from the settings also.

•    Go to ‘Settings.’

•    Open ‘General.’

•    Scroll down and tap on ‘Shut Down.’

Try Hard Resetting (Force restart)

Although, restarting will remove stuck Music Player notification from the lock screen. If still the widget hasn’t been removed, try hard resetting your device. Here is how to hard reset or force start an iPhone.

To hard reset iPhone X, 8 or 8+:

1.    Just press and release the ‘Volume Up’ button quickly.

2.    Now, repeat the same thing with the ‘Volume Down’ button.

3.    Next, press the side button until the Apple logo displays on the screen.

To hard reset iPhone 7 or 7+:

1.    Hold down the ‘Power’ button located at the right side of the device.

2.    Keep holding and press the ‘Volume Down’ button located at the left side of the device.

3.    Hold down both the button until the Apple logo displays on the screen. Ignore ‘Slide to power off’ option, if appears on the screen.

To hard reset iPad, iPhone 6S, iPhone SE or previous:

1.    Press and hold down the ‘Power’ and ‘Home’ button at the same time.

2.    Hold down both the button until the Apple logo displays on the screen.

This will hard reset your device and surely removes the stuck Music Player notification from the lock screen. Start your device and check for it, if it is still there, try updating your device.

Anna Mathew, an employee currently living in USA and working at a top service provider company in the day, and a technical writer at night. I am passionate about writing troubleshooting tips, beginner’s guides, news, and other articles on varied topics like Brother Printer Support, Brother Printer Customer Support etc.