Again in July, an enterprising engineer named Riley Walz ambushed some high-profile authorities officers, tech executives and journalists by publishing what he contended had been their Spotify playlists on a public web site known as the Panama Playlists.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (reportedly a fan of Dixon Dallas), FTX villain Sam Bankman-Fried (The Weeknd) and even Vice President JD Vance (Backstreet Boys) had been all caught up within the expose, however they had been doubtless no extra stunned than the typical Spotify consumer — “You imply all of our playlists are public?!”
Spotify playlists have at all times been public, however the Panama Playlists serves as a reminder that even playlists not proven in your profiles might be accessed by anybody on the service.
The confusion stems from a long-time Spotify follow of calling playlists that weren’t on customers’ profile pages “Private Playlists.” The corporate clarified that within the settings in 2021 and added the choice of creating playlists actually personal.
If you would like to make your Spotify playlists invisible to the general public, learn on to learn to change the setting and even make all of your future playlists personal should you like.
The best way to make your Spotify playlists personal
Spotify playlists are publicly shared by default. That implies that anybody with a Spotify account can view your whole playlists that you have not designated as personal, both with a direct hyperlink or by way of Spotify search.
As a way to maintain a Spotify playlist secret, you will must particularly mark it as personal. Here is tips on how to do it in your iPhone, iPad, Android machine, desktop or internet variations of Spotify.
Set a Spotify playlist to non-public on iPhone, iPad or Android machine
It solely takes a pair faucets to make a playlist personal on a cellular machine.
- Open your Spotify app
- Browse to the playlist that you just wish to set as personal
- Faucet the 3-dot menu proper subsequent to the share button
- Scroll down and faucet Make playlist personal
Set a Spotify playlist to non-public on desktop or the net
The method for making a playlist personal with the desktop or web-based Spotify software program is sort of equivalent to what it’s on cellular. The one variations are the identify of the setting and the variety of choices within the drop-down menu.
- Open the Spotify app and browse to the playlist you wish to set personal
- Click on the 3-dot menu that is on the identical row because the Play button
- Scroll down and click on on the choice that claims Make personal (under “Obtain”)
Sadly, you can’t set a number of Spotify playlists to non-public in bulk. You’ll be able to solely make playlists personal one by one.
The best way to make your whole future playlists mechanically personal
You’ll be able to set all future playlists to be personal however solely on iOS, iPadOS or Android. The characteristic is not out there on internet or desktop app.
On the cellular app:
- Faucet your profile picture
- Faucet Settings and privateness
- Faucet Privateness and social
- Scroll all the way down to Playlist visibility
- Toggle off the slider subsequent to Public playlists
The settings change solely impacts new Spotify playlists. You are still on the hook for hiding all these embarrassing previous mixes individually.
What does setting a Spotify playlist to non-public really imply?
Setting your Spotify playlists to private will make them inaccessible to anybody however you. Hyperlinks to the playlist that you just shared beforehand will not work and the playlist will not be returned as a Spotify search outcome. If you happen to had beforehand added the playlist to your public profile, the hyperlink to that playlist will disappear out of your profile after changing into personal.
You’ll be able to nonetheless share a hyperlink to a non-public playlist to household and associates, however that URL will expire after 7 days. If you wish to make a non-public playlist completely out there to another person, you will must add them as a contributor.
Are you more likely to find yourself on an internet site for movie star Spotify playlists? Uncertain. However do you really need your new crush to by chance discover your My Little Pony Equestria Ladies extremely megamix? (That could be my particular concern.)
I’m still on Spotify, and I am not afraid to share my playlists… a minimum of those on my profile web page.
Really, wait a minute whereas I make a number of playlists personal…
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OK now I am not afraid.
