How to shuffle music on your iPhone

You can ask Siri to turn shuffle on or off. Or you can manually turn shuffle on or off in the Apple Music app.

Ask Siri to shuffle music

You can easily turn shuffle on or off by asking Siri. Just say something like:

  • "Hey Siri, shuffle this album."

  • "Hey Siri, play my roadtrip playlist shuffled."

  • "Hey Siri, shuffle all of my songs."

  • "Hey Siri, turn off shuffle."

Learn more ways you can use Siri to play and control music.

How to shuffle an album or playlist

  1. Open the Apple Music app.

  2. Open an album or playlist.

  3. At the top of an album or playlist, tap the Shuffle button.

    iPhone showing the Shuffle button at the top of an album in the Apple Music app

You can't turn off shuffle from here. Learn how to turn off shuffle.

How to shuffle all songs or albums in your library

  1. Open the Apple Music app.

  2. At the bottom of your screen, tap Library.

  3. Tap Songs or Albums.

  4. At the top of Songs or Albums, tap the Shuffle button.

    iPhone showing the Shuffle button at the top of Albums in the Library tab of the Apple Music app

You can't turn off shuffle from here. Learn how to turn off shuffle.

How to turn off shuffle

  1. Tap the song that's playing at the bottom of your screen.

  2. Tap the Playing Next buttonPlaying Next button showing shuffle is on in the lower-right corner.

    iPhone showing the Playing Next button in the Apple Music app
  3. Tap the Shuffle buttonShuffle On button to turn Shuffle Off.

    iPhone showing the Shuffle button at the top of Playing Next in the Apple Music app

When the Shuffle button isn't highlighted, shuffle is turned off.

If you don't see the Shuffle button

Learn how to shuffle music on more devices

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