The cloud songs are not taking up any space on your device, but they can make it difficult to locate the downloaded songs that you intentionally added to your iPhone. Fortunately this is a feature that you can turn off, and it can be done with just a few simple steps.
Stop Showing Cloud Music on the iPhone 5
If you decide later that you want to download a song from the cloud to your iPhone, you can simply follow the steps below again, but turn on the Show All Music option that we will be turning off. Once the song is downloaded, you can simply turn it off again. Step 1: Touch the Settings icon.
Step 2: Scroll down and select the Music option.
Step 3: Touch the button to the right of Show All Music to turn it off. Note that there will not be any green shading around the button when it is turned off. For example, this feature is turned off in the image below.
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