topic Re: Adding links to playlist description in Desktop (Windows)

Adding links to playlist description

Noguri — Tue, 03 May 2022 12:43:06 GMT

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Plan

Premium

Country

Slovakia

Device

Dell Inspiron

Operating System

Windows 10

My Question or Issue

Please, how to add links to another Spotify playlists in playlist description? I would like to add some links to My other Spotify playlists, but I don't know, how to do It.

Thank You.

Re: Adding links to playlist description

Yordan — Wed, 04 May 2022 13:13:04 GMT

Hi @Noguri,

Thanks for reaching out to the Community!

Well, you can add the playlist's URL (right-click the playlist > Share > Copy link) to the description, but keep in mind that the URL will not be hyperlinked in the app as this is not supported - the user has to copy it manually and paste it in the Search bar.

Hope this clears things up. Cheers!

Re: Adding links to playlist description

jibiel — Tue, 17 May 2022 13:46:54 GMT

Looks like it's possible:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3VuM2IVll3qTJOArVERazL

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Jl4zMXcGWW9Qf5rzBQkns

but the question is how they did it.

The API shows that they are using simple HTML but pasting it in the web app doesn't work.

<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/68DWke2VjdDmA75aJX5C57">Yelawolf</a>

Pasting it in the mobile app will work but the link will be displayed correctly only in the mobile app.

Maybe it's an old discontinued feature or maybe it's available only to huge verified profiles.

Re: Adding links to playlist description

Jeremy — Wed, 18 May 2022 14:36:05 GMT

Hi there @jibiel,

Thank you for your reply.

We can confirm that it's only artists and verified profiles that gets hyperlink in the description.

We hope that this cleared things up 🙂

Let us know if we can help you with anything else.

Take care!

Re: Adding links to playlist description

TillRobert — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 11:54:06 GMT

How can I create a Playlist as an Artist? I’ve tried to create one with the normale Account “behind” the Artist Account which means the one with the same email but I couldn’t implement the Hyperlinks into the description. Any ideas? 🙂

Re: Adding links to playlist description

Jeremy — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 12:15:36 GMT

Hi there @TillRobert,

Thank you for taking the time to post in this thread.

For more information about this we recommend that you contact Spotify For Artists here.

Have a great continued week 🙂

Re: Adding links to playlist description

QBY — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 09:54:42 GMT

Hi there,

I got a vertifed profile but still not able to add link to playlist description, may I know how to do it? Thanks!

Re: Adding links to playlist description

MortalisDjs — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 12:34:31 GMT

Got the same problem... Verified Artist profile but the FAQ said you have to make playlists with the privat account... so how can work this ?

Re: Adding links to playlist description

benedettasarti — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:08:11 GMT

Any news here?

Re: Adding links to playlist description

TillRobert — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 18:01:12 GMT

Hi, I got in contact with the support chat itself and they fixed this for me

Re: Adding links to playlist description

Bramvk — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 23:21:13 GMT

What was the problem?

Re: Adding links to playlist description

Noguri — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 22:11:12 GMT

No! It isn't, what I'd like to find.

For example in playlist descriptions, there are links to other playlists or websites. How to do that?

Thank You.

How do I add a web link IN my playlist description?

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 17:16:35 GMT

It's not accepting my HTML.

Hyperlinks in Spotify Playlist Description

1118903817 — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:30:52 GMT

Plan
Premium

Country
France

Device
iPhone 14, Windows PC

Operating System
Windows 11

Hi there,

I’ve been trying for some time to add a hyperlink to my Artist Playlist description (via Desktop App). I’ve noticed that other playlists seem to be able to do this.

Examples :

My public playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0YtU0rbiVvX31CDUNLMZzo?si=90f5e585a27240e5

Other playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/71brLwM7JrDt9gQSg7d7kZ?si=7829aa3a25ab4dc0

From what I understand, I should simply be able to add an <a href> tag, but when I do, it only appears as plain text and not as an active link.

Have things changed recently? Could this be due to other restrictions or requirements?

My artist profile is verified, and the user profile I use to create the playlist is verified as well (though not with the blue checkmark).

I’m wondering what I should do to make this work, as others seem to manage it without any issue.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Cheers

Re: Adding links to playlist description

SteveKayOfficial — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:49:06 GMT

Seems like two different topics have been mixed up here..

1. creating playlists as an artist from my understanding is not possible. you have to use your private account to create playlists. However, you can refer to them on your artist profile using Spotify for artists.

2. hyperlinks in playlist descriptions can be used as direct links with the html href tag (see example from jibiel above). you could also just paste the URL, but in this case you do not create a direct link. With href you create a clickable link and you can also use a description for it. i.e. “click here for my other playlists”.

I tried it with my artist account, which is not verified yet. however it seems like there is a different behavior between webbrowser and mobile app. With the webbrowser html is parsed properly creating a link. - At the mobile app this HTML is not parsed and appears as plain text. I have seen other playlists where this works on both, the browser and the mobile app. With my artist account, I was not able to get this working on the mobile app.

any new information on this would be appreciated

Re: Adding links to playlist description

Iva — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 10:15:19 GMT

Hey @SteveKayOfficial,

Thanks for joining the thread.

According to this article from the Artists' page, you should be able to add a playlist to your profile both through the web browser and through the app. If I understand correctly, adding a playlist through web is working for you which is great to hear.

Here in the forum we're more focused on assisting with issues related to the regular Spotify app. In case you'd like to get more help with the Spotify for Artists app, it's best to reach out to the Artists' team. You can do so here.

We'll be here if there's anything else we can assist with.