topic Re: set default sorting of playlists in Other (Podcasts, Partners, etc.)

set default sorting of playlists

TeddyPancakes — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 12:53:02 GMT

I love Spotify, LOVE it. So much I use it very regularly, and as you can imagine a good portion of my use is while I'm at work or driving. The one thing that I think could use a tweak is how the organization of playlists is handled. I would love to see an option to set a default method of sorting for each or all playlists.

I understand that I'm general, oldest --> newest sorting of music makes the most sense, but I have some large playlists. Some of them I use to play new songs I've found, but it is fairly tedious to re-sort the list every time you go back into it - especially while busy.

I don't imagine thus should be a hard fix, I just hope I'm not the only one who wants to see this. if there is already a way to accomplish this and I've missed something, please disregard this post and just let me know haha.

Thank you!

Re: set default sorting of playlists

Joe — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 13:47:22 GMT

Unfortunately there's no way to do this and, from a quick scan of the ideas topic, it's unlikely to be implemented. However, there is an easy work-around which you can use on the dektop client.

Sort a playlist in your preferred order then select all the tracks and add them to a new playlist. This way, the order will be preserved in the new playlist and the original list can be deleted.

Re: set default sorting of playlists

TeddyPancakes — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 01:23:30 GMT

I figured it isn't likely to be implimented =/ That work around is a good idea though, thanks for the idea =]

Re: set default sorting of playlists

NotBeverly — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 19:27:50 GMT

How do you sor playlists? I would love for mine to be in alphabetical order instead of order of creation.

Re: set default sorting of playlists

Peter__ — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 18:18:49 GMT

@NotBeverly - Unfortunately dragging and dropping in the desktop client is the only way to sort.

Re: set default sorting of playlists

scarletmiri — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:41:51 GMT

If you want to put posts in alphabetical order, go to the desired playlist and select "Track" on the desktop client (the first title above the first song in your playlist). 1 click=alphabetical a to z, 2 clicks=alphabetical z to a, 3 clicks=back to normal. When you come back, it should still be how you last organized it. Hope that helps! 🙂

Re: set default sorting of playlists

emzet — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:18:08 GMT

Unfortunately this sort_and_copy_to_a_new_playlist solution doesn't seem to work on a new 1.0.1.1060 build on PC 😕

Re: set default sorting of playlists

philipstessens — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:03:58 GMT

There is a solution. When you click a collumn heading to sort it according to the collumn contents, just press it twice more so the up/down arrow disappears. At that moment the list is back in it's original order

Re: set default sorting of playlists

MattSuda — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 06:44:11 GMT

You can do this since 2015:

https://support.spotify.com/article/sorting-and-filtering/

On the mobile and tablet app, you can sort:

Song listings within playlists. Either alphabetically by Title, Artist, or Album, or by Recently added.
Playlists, Songs, Artists, and Albums in Your Library. Either alphabetically by Name, Title, Album, or Artist, or by Recently played or Recently added. Sort options may vary depending on the list you’re sorting.

Here’s how:

Go to the list you’d like to sort.
Pull down and release to display at the top. Tap it.
Under Sort By, tap your preferred option.
Repeat these steps to reverse the order or pick another sort option.

Tip: There’s also an option to sort by Custom. This is the list’s default view. If you created the list, you can manually reorder this. Check out the steps to sort songs and playlists for desktop above, or how to Create and edit playlists.

Re: set default sorting of playlists

enesalgul — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 07:05:42 GMT

That worked. You're awesome 🙂

Re: set default sorting of playlists

MattSuda — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:31:57 GMT

You're welcome!

Re: set default sorting of playlists

user-removed — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:40:03 GMT

Would really like this to work on the web version, but it doesn't...