How to Edit Music Tags on iPhone – Song Names, Artists and Albums

Updated Sep 04,2018 | by Micky

Q: How to modify song info in the iPhone music App since I can find no related options?

More than a worldwide popular mobile phone, iPhone is also a convenient portable music player with high-quality output. Users can purchase whatever music they love from iTunes Store or transfer from PC to iPhone. However, every music or song in the Music App doesn’t necessarily has complete info such as song names, artists, and Album and that users can’t directly edit the music on iPhone makes it even worse. So, how to edit music tags on iPhone becomes our major topic in the following tutorial. 2 commonest but practical methods will be provided to deal with this issue.

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In the past, iTunes always came to be the first choice when users need to change iPhone music info. Indeed, as the official way for iPhone management, iTunes is trustworthy and the safest.

However, sometimes, iTunes also suffers from countless worldwide complaints because there are still many defects staying unsolved.

For example, some users say that after connecting iPhone to iTunes, the music files don’t appear in Library, or even they’re seen, some info is missing.

To make things easier, choosing a reliable alternative to iTunes seems to be inevitable. IOTransfer iPhone transfer software, can’t only provide you the most convenient way to manage your iPhone data including music, videos, contacts, and Apps, download videos from mainstream sites like YouTube and Vimeo, but also, it allows you to edit iPhone music tags within only a few clicks.

Unlike its counterpart iTunes, you don’t need to sync the changed tag back to your iPhone, the change will be made once the edit is finished. 

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Edit Music Tags on iPhone within 3 Steps 

Step 1

Install and launch IOTransfer, connect your iPhone to the computer and wait until the device detection gets completed. When seeing “Trust This Computer” pops up on the phone screen, tap on “Trust” to continue.

Step 2

Click on “MANAGE” in the toolbar at the top. In the opened panel, click on the tag “Music” on the left and then all the music and songs on your iPhone will be listed up on the interface.

Step 3

Move your cursor onto the music’s title. Then, you will see a pencil “icon” on the left. Click on it and the edit window will pop up. Fill in the chart and click on “Save”. Wait a few seconds before the process is completed.

As I mentioned above, you can’t directly edit music info on iPhone while Apple does provide us with an official method – iTunes to help us do this job, although it’s a little bit complex.

So, follow the detailed tutorial below to do it properly.

Step 1

Connect your iPhone to a computer and launch iTunes.

Step 2

Click on “Library” > “Music” to see what you already have.

Step 3

Right-click on the music whose info you want to edit and click on “Get info” to let a dialog box pop up. Then, select “Info”.

Step 4

Now, you can customize the music info including the song’s name. Then, click “Ok” to save the changed info.

Step 5

Click on “iPhone” on the upper right and hit “Sync” to start the process. When it’s done, the music info on your iPhone will be changed.

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Bottom Line

How to rename music on iPhone or change other related info? Choose the one you think most reliable from the 2 options given above.

Hopefully, this article can do you some favor.

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