Many people expect Suggest Less to work like a skip button or a delete. Then the song shows up again in a playlist and they wonder if it is broken. It is not, but the feature does less than its name suggests.

I use it constantly, because SongSweep sets it on every song you sort out. So I read exactly what Apple says about it, and this guide keeps to that.

What does Suggest Less do?

Apple describes it in its guide for Apple Music on the web: if you dislike a song or album, you receive fewer suggestions for similar music. It sits next to Favorite (the star, formerly Love) in the More menu, and it is the opposite signal.

So it feeds the recommendation side: mixes, For You and similar picks. How strongly it counts is not published. For the bigger picture, see why Apple Music recommendations go bad.

What does Suggest Less not do?

Apple's description mentions only fewer suggestions. Nothing in it says more than that, so do not count on the following:

If you want a song gone from your library, you have to delete it yourself in the Music app with Delete from Library. See how to clean up your Apple Music library.

  • It does not delete the song from your library
  • It does not promise to skip the song in a playlist or album you play
  • It does not free any storage
  • It does not mark the song anywhere you can browse

How do you set Suggest Less?

Doing this for hundreds of songs by hand takes a long time, which is the main reason people give up on it.

  1. Open the Music app and find the song or album
  2. Touch and hold it, or tap the More button
  3. Tap Suggest Less (on iPhone the label can read Suggest Less Like This)

Can you see which songs you marked?

I found no list or filter for it in the Music app, and Apple's guide does not mention one. Once you mark a song, you have no place to review it later.

SongSweep works around this for its own songs. Every song you sort out gets Suggest Less and goes into the playlist 'SongSweep · Sorted Out', so that playlist is your list. It covers only songs you marked through SongSweep, not marks you made earlier in the Music app.

How do you undo Suggest Less?

Open the same menu for the song or album and choose Undo Suggest Less. Apple's guide for Apple Music on the web lists exactly this entry. The song then no longer counts as disliked.

For songs in your sorted-out playlist, find the song there and use the same menu.

Is Suggest Less enough to clean up a library?

No. It improves what Apple suggests, but your library stays as full as before. For a clean library you also have to remove songs, and only Apple's Music app can do that.

A practical order: mark songs you skip, then delete the ones you will never play, in short sessions. The guide on songs you never played shows where to start.