How to Play YouTube Music in the Background

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How to Play YouTube Music in the Background

Play any YouTube music video in the background on your iPad or iPhone. You can listen to music and browse the web or play games at the same time.! Please like/comment if this was helpful, thanks!

Techy Girl

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Step 1 of 3

Touch the YouTube app on your iPad/iPhone and select a music video to play. {Note: This might work with other music apps as well}

Step 2 of 3

Now, press the Home button. Note: this will close the YouTube app but don't worry. Press the Home button twice (quickly) like you would to exit your apps.

Step 3 of 3

Swipe to the right and you'll see your music controls and the name of the YouTube video playing in your playlist. Hit 'Play' and enjoy :)

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When i swipe to the right on mu iPhone 5 , I don't get YouTube to be played As a background;( I get my own music player/ my music list !!

Macy Castellano yesterday

What? The music controls just play a song from my playlist. YouTube closes and doesn't work

Cory King 4 days ago

It did before the update :)

Megan L last week

What the hell people. It so doesn't work

Lavinia Bachan last week

It doesn't work:-(

Laura Mikkelsen last month

Thanks, I could before the upgrade:-)<3

Laura Mikkelsen last month

It won't work with iOS 6 as apple don't give you the YouTube app, you have to download it separately and it won't work - used to do this all the time before tho!!

Kira Lou last month

Yes does 😣not work 😁

La Wade last month

Won't work on iPhone 5

John Davila last month

This doesn't work for me, is that all you do? :-(

🌹Dulcie Thompson 🌹 3 months ago

I did this and it worked but I updated my iPod and no it doesn't anymore :(

Axelle Vankeirsbilck 4 months ago

Thank you so much this was sooo helpful!😛

Sophia S. 4 months ago

Thank u so muuuch!! Works great!)

Felix Redkov 4 months ago

@Alan Morley - It works with the app called YouPlay. I posted this awhile ago so I'm sure things have changed :) But you just have to try out various apps and see which ones it works with. Good luck!

Techy Girl (author) 4 months ago

This was a good tip but now iPhone as updated to iso6 this now no longer works. Plus they also removed the YouTube app so now you need to redownload the app from the App Store.

Alan Morley 5 months ago

Thanks!!

Jess Fleming 5 months ago

Thankss!!

Valerie B R 5 months ago

I don't think this works with ios6 with the YouTube app.

Melanie Dingman 5 months ago

Thats so cool! (listening to music right now!) 🎶🎵🎶✨🎵🎶🎵✨

Adele Marchiando 6 months ago

Thank you that's really handy

ℱaՏℌⅈöɳⅈ$ɬɑ🌹 ! 7 months ago

Yeah, it doesn't work on the new app.

Miss Apple 7 months ago

I got it I work on my boyfriends, I guess it's cause I don't have the original YouTube app

Brooke Adams 7 months ago

iPhone 4gs

Brooke Adams 7 months ago

What device do you have, Brooke?

Miss Apple 8 months ago

Doesn't work on mine

Brooke Adams 8 months ago

Thanks a lot ! Great tip !!

Someshwar Bupelli 10 months ago

Just what I have been wanting to know! Thx

S A 11 months ago

This works for iTunes as well! Thanks, Techy Girl!

Cerulean Apple 12 months ago

How did u get that wallpaper.

Nici💩💩 Rudd 12 months ago

Loved it!!!! Thanks!

Stephanie Colorado last year

Great. Thanks.

Michael Greez last year

This worked on my iPod perfectly.^

Haley McDaniel last year

Not to be negative and all but this does not work on iPods

Hawie Bulcha last year

Awesome! You can also do this with pandora too.

Taina Delgado last year

AWESOME!!

Sarah Horvath last year

Great.tnx

Myra Mariboe last year

Cool background! Where did u get it?

Robert K last year

Cool thank u soo much I've always wanted to do this

Shivani Garg last year

@Samantha O'Brien I don't have iHome so I can't test it out. Will see if I can find out if there's a way to make it work

Techy Girl (author) last year

@Gabriel Cuevas for most apps yes. There was one particular radio app that this didn't work with and I can't recall the name of it. But it works great for other apps.

Techy Girl (author) last year