topic Re: Tip: The limit to the amount of playlists & folders that can be created is 9074 in Desktop (Windows)

Tip: playlists & folder limit

Arikabeth — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 09:05:10 GMT

~~Hey, it seems that the limit to the amount of folders and playlists that can be created on spotify seems to currently be 9074 (when using spotify version 1.1.3.259.g8172f63a ).~~

~~Once a playlist or folder is created while having 9074 folders/playlists, the next playlist or folder created, will disappear shortly after being created.~~

~~I didn't see this anywhere when I searched for the topic, so I thought I'd share it here in case anyone else wanted to know.~~

Edit: It seems that the playlists & folders use the same "pool" that the "songs saved to library" does, hence the sum of {songs saved to library, created/followed playlists and folders} seems to be around 10 000 (though for me the limit ended up as 10 413 instead of 10 000 for some reason).

Edit 2: Apparently, it seems possible to add songs to the library in spite of having hit the cap on the amount of playlists/folders that can be created, so I am still not sure what determines the playlist/folder cap, and would love if anyone who knew what determins it could explain it to me.

Sorry if I spread some misinformation or if I still got it wrong!

Re: Tip: The limit to the amount of playlists & folders that can be created is 9074

OneByBoo — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 17:49:45 GMT

Hey there @Arikabeth,

thanks for posting !

If you wish to contribute to an idea about this issue you can put your vote here.

Have a great week 😃

Re: Tip: The limit to the amount of playlists & folders that can be created is 9074

Arikabeth — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 22:15:48 GMT

Oh, I did not realize that {max songs saved to library} counted towards {max amount of folders and playlists in the library}. I though they had a separate pool, as the sum of folders, playlista and songs in my library did not add up to 10000, (but rather around 100413 'units' of either stored songs/playlists/folders).

After testing by saving a song while just under the limit, it does indeed prevent making additional folders and playlists, indicating that they share the same pool.

Sorry if I was misinforming, I guess the tip was not that helpful then, and I'll edit it.

The idea you refered to makes no mention about the playlists/folders counting towards the pool, so, perhaps the thread should be renamed something like "increase the song/folder/playlist limit" for clarity?

Re: Tip: The limit to the amount of playlists & folders that can be created is 9074

Arikabeth — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 09:00:20 GMT

Apparently, it seems possible to add songs to the library in spite of having hit the cap on the amount of playlists/folders that can be created, so I am still not sure what determines the playlist/folder cap, and would love if anyone who knew what determins it could explain it to me.