topic Edit local files info in spotify in Desktop (Mac)

Edit local files info in spotify

user-removed — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:24:54 GMT

Is it not possible to edit songs anymore? I remember I used to be able to edit artists and albums, but I can't anymore... what happened to that feature? Is it possible to go to an older version of spotify to bring it back?

Re: Edit song info in spotify

user-removed — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 21:03:21 GMT

They're not saying it, but it's clear they are making it harder and harder to use local files, to force you into using spotifys online library, e.g can't sync local files to phone, can't search for local files...and many more.

Re: Edit song info in spotify

user-removed — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 21:15:19 GMT

well that sucks... i'm just so annoyed because 2/14 songs from an album didn't sync... I'm just like how did that even happen when they came from the same file?

Re: Edit song info in spotify

MattSuda — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 08:29:46 GMT

If you want this back, give this idea a kudo:

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Ideas/Restore-Option-to-Edit-Local-File-Information/idi-p/1045037

Re: Edit song info in spotify

wbradbury — Thu, 21 May 2015 19:25:24 GMT

I agree they should definitely be sorting this out. But in the mean time, just edit the information in itunes then drag and drop back into spotify, it automatically populates track info from there.

Re: Edit song info in spotify

user-removed — Thu, 21 May 2015 23:40:44 GMT

yeah i figured that out myself a while ago too. you don't actually have to drag and drop back in though, it automatically corrects itself once you fix it in itunes.

Re: Edit song info in spotify

nadialesa — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 20:50:10 GMT

SOLUTION

1. Download iTunes

2. Import the local files on iTunes

3. Change the track information (by right-clicking on the song and clicking on "Get Info")

4. Then go to Spotify - Preferences (ctrl + P)

5. Refresh the Source (the place where you have the files, by clicking on the green button, then clicking it again)

Voilà.

Re: Edit song info in spotify

ell153 — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 12:25:25 GMT

I did this, however once my local files updated, it like "autocorrected" the info on its own. Attached are two screenshots from my local files in spotify and my itunes library. It's the same audio file, however the information on spotify edited it to the title of the japanese version of the song which is available on spotify, even though the file that I have is the original korean version, which is not available.

Re: Edit song info in spotify

Luckyluke0001 — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 04:08:21 GMT

man this happened in 2015!

i have songs that spotify is updating THE WRONG track info for. so i can't manually edit them because Spotify wants me to use it's library...

then get ALL of the bruce Springsteen shows then!

Re: Edit song info in spotify

Luckyluke0001 — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 04:25:28 GMT

this is happning to me too man with some bruce Springsteen shows I have bought and downloaded.

the problem is, I can't find the tracks. so now i have to listen to both the file I have in vlc, then match it to random version Spotify says it is.

Re: Edit song info in spotify

cturtle41 — Mon, 15 May 2017 12:37:15 GMT

Downloading iTunes isn't a "solution" to this problem. The only solution is for Spotify to stop being assholes about local files just because they don't make any money when we play them. They've done everything they can to make playing local files the biggest hassle possible. They'd remove the feature entirely if it wasn't something extra given to paying customers.

Re: Edit song info in spotify

user-removed — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 15:30:17 GMT

Not only does this not work and isn't a solution, but it requires another program Spotify doesn't even control.

Re: Edit song info in spotify

user-removed — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:21:13 GMT

Still works for me. You gotta quit and restart spotify each time. It may not be a solution but at least it's something.

Re: Edit song info in spotify

froggy123000 — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 21:24:57 GMT

So this had worked for me in the past, and I just tried to reset the information for a single song so it would be listed alongside the rest of my music from that artist, and it deleted every single local file I had from all of my playlists and reset all of their names to the defaults, NOT what I'd had set in iTunes. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to fix it, and at this point it's literally impossible for me to figure out what all of the 72 local files are without playing at least half of them; even then I can't change their names in Spotify. I'm really unhappy with this. Does anyone know how to fix this now? I tried reloading the source info multiple times, I restarted the application, I even checked in iTunes to see if the files there were messed up too (they weren't). I really don't want to have to redo multiple playlists....

Re: Edit song info in spotify

user-removed — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 22:44:14 GMT

Yeah, this fix was from a few years ago and they have changed stuff now. I haven't found a new way around it.

Re: Edit song info in spotify

froggy123000 — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 17:46:56 GMT

I managed to get most of them back by changing the name of the containing folder on my computer, which for some reason worked. The only one I didn't have it work for was a song that had previously been identified on Spotify as a different version of the song off of a box set which isn't entirely available there.... Which is really annoying, since the album it's on is designed to be listened to continuously without interruption, and it's one of my favorites 😞 Apparently changing the metadata to something unrecognizable helps, but I really don't want to do that either. Sucks.