topic Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist? in Desktop (Windows)

Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

walrus_ — Sat, 21 Apr 2018 10:34:42 GMT

So for some reason most of my playlists won't let me change the order of the songs on them now, I can still add and remove tracks and can still do it on a couple of others but it just wont work on this select few and it's getting really annoying. Anyone know a solution?

Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

MattSuda — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 18:41:58 GMT

Hey @walrus_

Look at the column headers at the top of the playlist "Song, Artist, Album, Title" and make sure you have not sorted the playlist by one of the columns. If there is a green up or down arrow next to one of them, click it twice and the playlist should return to the normal order.

Then, you can drag songs up or down to rearrange them.

Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

docljunior — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:08:22 GMT

This happened to me too. Solved by clicking on one of the categories mentioned by MattSuda (even though no green arrow was next to any of them)- green arrow appears, then click it twice. Now you should be able to sort your playlist.

Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

kate_ — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 08:10:45 GMT

thank you for giving us the obvious and CORRECT answer!! I spent too many minutes trying to figure this out! xoxo

Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

Ya_yeet — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 07:35:12 GMT

I don't have these options, is there any other way I can fix this issue? I'm on android. My android tablet can rearrange song order and can reshuffle play lists, but my phone can't, and I can't just edit my playlist on my tablet then go to my phone as the playlist order doesn't change on my phone

Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

a474356 — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:13:01 GMT

You can just click the menu at the top right (3 dots) and hit the "Edit Playlist" button. Then you can rearrange or remove songs, and change the name of the Playlist.

Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

berwick120 — Fri, 15 May 2020 21:13:49 GMT

That works on playlists I've made, but not on the Liked playlist - ?? Am I missing something?

Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

a474356 — Fri, 15 May 2020 21:29:08 GMT

You can sort them by pressing the 3 dots and pressing "Sort liked songs". This allows you to sort them by Title, artist, album, and recently played. I don't think you can rearrange them individually.

Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

berwick120 — Fri, 15 May 2020 21:40:51 GMT

Thanks. Too bad. 😞

Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

vrnm-_q1jy6j8 — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 21:54:55 GMT

Thank you so much man!!!

Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

SD5687 — Sun, 15 May 2022 14:28:15 GMT

Doesn’t work for me.

Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

CarlosE — Mon, 16 May 2022 17:29:22 GMT

Hey @SD5687,

Thanks for your reply in this thread 🙂

In this case, keep in mind it is not possible to manually rearrange the order of playlists made for you by Spotify (e.g. Daily mixes), nor your Liked songs playlist. You can sort these playlists by album, artist, date added or title.

However, you can rearrange the other playlists you've created with your account. If you're in our free service, you can do it from your desktop app. You can find more information about it here.

Hope this clears things up. If you have any questions or need anything else, the Community is here for you.

Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

blj8lcyrdgcjpfw — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 19:38:26 GMT

Yeah sometimes I move the songs on my playlists that I make based on my moods but it won't let me move songs from the top or bottom it only lets me move them down like four or six spots then I try and move them again it kinda sucks

Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

Eni — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 20:06:11 GMT

Hey there @blj8lcyrdgcjpfw,

Thanks for getting in touch about this.

Could you let us know on which device are you experiencing this? Also, does this happen on multiple devices?

On another note, would you mind sending us the exact make/model, operating system and Spotify version of your device?

We'll be on the lookout.

Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

blj8lcyrdgcjpfw — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 02:47:27 GMT

I have spotify downloaded on my iphone and my laptop but this primarily happens on the laptop because I use both the desktop app and the webplayer on chrome. It started happening a month or so. But this happened once and it then I tried rearranging my playlists like a week and it was fixed.

I think this is the version of spotify which is the Spotify for Windows 1.1.91.824.g07f1e963

Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

Dian — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 05:56:44 GMT

Hey @blj8lcyrdgcjpfw,

Thanks for the reply.

Are you able to rearrange the playlist now?

Could you post descriptive screenshots, where we can see how you're trying to rearrange them and get a clear understanding of what is going on on your end? This'll help a lot.

Keep us posted,

Cheers!

Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

dude666natas — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 02:36:15 GMT

i did not work for me

Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

Eni — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 15:52:29 GMT

Hey @dude666natas,

Thanks for getting in touch about this and welcome to the Community.

Could you send us the info @Dian asked for previously? We'll be happy to help.

We'll be waiting for your reply.

Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

larrycurleanmo — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 01:00:57 GMT

Stopped working for me--worked the last couple days (maybe on open.spotify.com...), but I've had worse Spotify problems, like a BLACK SCREEN, no Spotify. I've done several uninstalls and reinstalls. Same thing. I tried Open... a few times to get anything to work.

Re: Can't change order of songs on my playlist?

BobbyG86 — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 23:06:06 GMT

For some reason I can no longer rearrange songs in my playlists. As an example I used to be able to rearrange by artist, song title, etc. I can do it on my phone app but not on my computer desktop. Frustrating!