[iMore Question]

I want to remove songs from playing on portable devices, but remain on my mac to play when I choose. I have some songs (Holiday) that show removed in iCloud status,
but I can't seem to repeat this. I have both Apple music and Match enabled.

[Just_Me_D]

If your use of the term 'portable devices" include the iPhone and iPod Touch then open the Music app, select the song(s) you want to remove, tap on the 3 dots (...) and then select "Delete" and then "Remove Download". Doing so will remove the song(s) from the device but should NOT affect the items on your Mac.