How to Transfer Music from iPhone to iTunes on Windows Computer

Why transfer music from iPhone to iTunes?

You may spend thousands of dollars and hours building an awesome music library on your iPhone. If necessary, you could transfer songs from iPhone to iPhone using AirDrop. However, your iPhone may encounter some unexpected issues making your music gone. Or if you buy the latest iPhone 14, you want to save music on your new device quickly. Then you can transfer music from iPhone to iTunes, then your playlists can be easily added to another device.

On the other hand, transferring songs to your computer via iTunes can help you to free up some space on your iPhone. Besides, you can enjoy your music on your PC if you have a fancy sound device.  Anyway, no matter what reason you need to transfer your music, you can refer to the following content, we will guide you on how to transfer music from iPhone to iTunes in detail.

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• How to transfer music from iPhone 14/13/12/11 to iTunes on Windows computer

• Additional content: Transfer non-purchased music from iPhone to computer

How to transfer music from iPhone 14/13/12/11 to iTunes on Windows computer

Make sure you have downloaded the latest version of iTunes on your computer, and connect your iPhone or iPad, iPod Touch to the computer. Then follow the steps below.

Tip: You can only sync purchased iPhone music to iTunes and can’t move your audio files between different sources. If you want to transfer non-purchased music or songs from other apps to your iPhone, you can refer to next part.

Step 1.  Run iTunes on your computer. Click  "Account" on the toolbar, and select "Authorizations" > "Authorize This Computer"  so the PC can read your iPhone.

Step 2. Sign in with your Apple ID and password, then click on the "Authorize" button to ensure the computer is authorized to play iTunes Store purchases.

Step 3. Select "File" > "Devices" and choose "Transfer Purchases From [iPhone device]".

Step 4. Then you can click "Recently Added" and check newly imported songs. Then your songs will be listed in your iTunes library.

✍ Tip: If you want to save the music on your computer

1. Select "Account" > "Purchased" in the toolbar. If you are in a family sharing group, you will see "Family Purchases".

2. Select the Music section on the left and download the music you purchased on your iPhone to your computer.

This is how to transfer music from iPhone to iTunes directly without downloading anything. Then your can view your music on your iTunes library. 

Additional content: Transfer non-purchased music from iPhone to computer

As we know, iTunes only allows you to transfer purchased music between your devices. If you want to send non-purchased songs or add downloaded music to iTunes/computer, you can turn to another professional iOS transfer too named  FoneTool. With this tool, you can easily send purchased or non-purchased music from iPhone, iPad, iPod to a Windows 11/10/8/7 computer, as well as import music to your iPhone.

It comes with the following advantages:

• It has a clear interface, a user-friendly design, and no advertisements.

• The transfer speed is so fast, saving much time.

• It allows you to select music from your iPhone.

• Supports transferring multiple data types, including contacts, messages, photos, and videos, and so on.

• It is fully compatible with iPhone 14/13/12/11, iPad 8/ Air 4, and supports iOS 16/15/14.

Now, download FoneTool, install, and launch it. Then, follow the steps below to transfer music from iPhone to Windows 11/10/8/7 with FoneTool.

Step 1. On the FoneTool, click Phone Transfer > Select iPhone to PC and click Start Transfer.

Step 2. Click the plus icon to add music files.

Step 3. Select the songs from your iPhone and click OK.

Step 4. Click Start Transfer to export songs to computer.

Step 5. To add the transferred music to iTunes,  go to iTunes > Click File in the upper-left corner, select Add File to Library, locate the songs, and then add downloaded music to iTunes.

Verdict

You can learn how to transfer music from iPhone to iTunes library on Windows 11/10/8/7 computer free above. However, sometimes you could not use iTunes due to problems with updating the App. In addition, the procedures and interface of iTunes are quite complicated that using iTunes would really take a long time for you to transfer music.

Therefore, FoneTool may be a better tool as iPhone data transfer on Windows PC. You can transfer music from iPhone to iTunes and gives you more flexible selections with simple operations. In addition, FoneTool is an excellent iPhone backup software, if you want to backup iPhone to computer, you can try it.