Social and Sharing

What is Spotify Social?

Spotify Social is our name for all the features of Spotify that help you share music with friends. In fact, you’ll find you can share music with a single click.

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Who can see my playlists?

The playlists published in your public profile can be seen by everybody on your People list and by anybody who knows your Spotify username. Your username can be found in playlist links that you post, for instance.

Your “Top artists” and “Top tracks” lists are also visible. If you want to remove a playlist from your public library, click on your own name at the top of the People list, select “Edit” and then turn off publication for the playlist.

If you’ve already sent the playlists to friends, they’ll still be able to listen to them. To stop that, you’d have to delete the tracks in the actual playlist.

Can I add any Spotify user to my People list?

Yes. Here are a couple of ways to view a Spotify user’s public profile:

  • If you know their username, type spotify:user:username in the search box. (Note that the username must be written in lower-case)
  • You can simply click on a username wherever it appears. For instance, if you are viewing a playlist created by another Spotify user, their username appears at the top of the page.

Once you are viewing a user’s public profile you can add the user to your People list by clicking the “Add ..” button at the top of the page.

Why can't I publish my collaborative playlist?

A Collaborative playlist can be modified by any user who has access to it. That’s why they’re kept private between the people who you have shared them with.

Remember that you can share your collaborative playlists with your friends by sending them links. Learn more.

Can I use any social network other than Facebook?

Not right now. But remember you can add any Spotify user to your People list. Here’s how

What’s my Spotify Inbox for?

This is where you’ll find all the music you’ve been sent by other Spotify users. You can drag tracks from the inbox to your playlists, and also share music with others by dragging it to their username.

Help! Someone I don't know has sent me a track

Fear not. It may be because they like the music on one of your playlists, and want to send you a track you might like.

What does the blue dot next to a track in my inbox mean?

This little blue dot lets you know that you’ve not yet listened to the track. It will disappear as soon as you play the track, or when you click the dot itself. You can mark tracks as un-played again by clicking the dot once more.

How do send music to someone's inbox?

You can share music straight to the inbox of any Spotify user on your People list. To do so, simply drag the track, album or artist or playlist to their name in your People list.

Someone sent me a song but I can't play it (Spotify message: "You need to import the track to play it.")

When someone drops one of their own MP3s into your inbox, we’ll attempt to match that track from the Spotify catalogue. If it can’t be matched, you won’t be able to play the track unless you also have it on your computer and have imported it into Spotify as one of your local files.

How can I share my music? 

Directly from Spotify drag’n'drop in to instant messaging, post on your blog or your favorite social network. Or even directly on your Spotify Profile!

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What personal information does Facebook share with Spotify?

Facebook will share very basic personal information such as email address, username, gender, date of birth and postal code. This is so Spotify can play ads that are suitable to you. You can read our Privacy Policy here.

How can I enable or disable sharing of the music that I listen to to my Facebook friends?

Spotify will share the music that you listen to, by adding it to your Facebook friends’ ticker bars. You can enable or disable this feature whenever you like. There are two ways to do this:

  1. In the File menu, select “Private Session”. If you choose this mode, Spotify will not share any of your listening for the rest of the session (That is, until you log into Spotify again), or after a long period of not using Spotify when it is running).
  2. In the Preferences page in Spotify (win: File menu, mac: Spotify menu). The setting is in the Facebook section. If you uncheck this box, Spotify will not share the music you are playing until you check the box again.
Why does Spotify automatically publish my playlists on my profile page?

It saves you time. Otherwise you’d have to manually publish each new playlist you create.

You can turn off automatic publishing in Preferences. Look under the Edit menu on Windows, or under the Spotify menu on Mac. Then see under the Profile section.

How do I block someone from sending me tracks?

There are two ways you can block users from your inbox:

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