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Set Song to Repeat on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

Mitch BartlettNovember 10, 2018 Comments (2)
iTouch repeat song option

You can set a single song or a playlist to repeat on the Apple iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch a couple of different ways. We’ll show you how with this tutorial.

iOS 10 & Higher

  1. Navigate to the “Now Playing card. You can access the “Now Playing” card from anywhere by swiping up from the bottom of the screen to bring up the Control Center, then swiping left.ios-10-swipe-up-control-centerios-10-swipe-now-playing-card
  2. Select the name of the song.ios-10-select-song
  3. iOS 10 users can select the crossed arrows to toggle the Repeat setting. The arrows will show with a darker box when enabled.
    ios-10-repeat

iOS 9

  1. From any screen, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to bring up the Quick Control panel.
  2. Tap the name of the song.
  3. Tap on the circular arrows below the bar. Tapping it once will repeat all the songs in the list. Tapping it again will repeat the current song. The number 1 will appear on the arrow icon indicating it is currently repeating a single song.
    iOS9 Repeat

iOS 7 & iOS 8

  1. From the “Now Playing” screen within the Music app, you can use the “Repeat” option located at the lower-left portion of the screen.
    iPhone Repeat Music Option
  2. When selected, you will be presented with three options:
    • Repeat Off = Turns repeat off.
    • Repeat Song = Repeats the current song.
    • Repeat All = Play through the currently selected playlist, artist, or album, then repeat playing the list.
      iOS7 Repeat Options

Alternately, you can use Siri to set songs to repeat. Just press and hold the Home button, then say “Repeat” followed by what you want to repeat.

Example: “Repeat Smells Like Teen Spirit”

iOS 6 & Lower

  1. From the “Now Playing” screen, tap on the album art.
  2. Tap on the circular arrows below the bar. Tapping it once will repeat all the songs in the list. Tapping it again will repeat the current song.
    iTouch-repeat-song-option

The number 1 will appear on the arrow icon indicating it is currently repeating a single song.

iPod-Touch-repeat

Note: If you select the “Next” button while you have a single song set to repeat, it will skip to the next song. The repeat functionality only works if the song comes to an end naturally.

Categories: iPhone

Author Mitch Bartlett

My name is Mitch Bartlett. I've been working in technology for over 20 years in a wide range of tech jobs from Tech Support to Software Testing. I started this site as a technical guide for myself and it has grown into what I hope is a useful reference for all.

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Comments

  1. Nicole says:
    September 13, 2020 at 8:08 am

    The bottine for the repet is not on there on my iPod 3 and I’m try to get it off the repet

  2. Fred Flintstone says:
    August 1, 2019 at 10:23 am

    ‘iOS 10 users can select the crossed arrows to toggle the Repeat setting. ‘ No, it’s the circular arrows. Crossed arrows controls shuffle.

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