topic Turn OFF Album Art? in Desktop (Windows)

Turn OFF Album Art?

neonbrutalism — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 15:54:30 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Canada

Device

Operating System

Windows 10

My Question or Issue

Is there a way to turn off the album art tiles on the playlists that were just added? Because wow, I absolutely HATE THIS, it takes up too much space, I don't want to see tiny, barely visible tiles, I have a small monitor, I just want to see the list of songs. Is there a way to do this?

Re: Turn OFF Album Art?

Novy — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 18:39:40 GMT

Hey there @neonbrutalism,

Thanks for reaching out about this in the Community, and welcome 🙂

Would you mind sending over a screenshot where we can take a better look at what you're seeing from your end?

You can attach it to your next response to us by using the Insert Photos option in the post editor.

We'll keep an eye out for your reply.

Re: Turn OFF Album Art?

neonbrutalism — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 02:36:47 GMT

Okay, so on the new Desktop version of spotify, this is what I see.

The album art next to the song titles. I am asking if there's a way to turn OFF the album art I'm seeing on the playlist, so I just see the plain text list of songs. I know what I'm listening to, I do not need to see the album art, I am not usually sitting there looking at the program.

Re: Turn OFF Album Art?

Ver — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 09:00:30 GMT

Hey @neonbrutalism,

Thanks for getting back to us 🙂

Currently there is no option to turn off the album art.

We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback with us as we always strive to improve our app.

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If you have questions, don't hesitate to reach out to us. We'll be happy to help.

Re: Turn OFF Album Art?

AlexandriaMoon — Sat, 29 May 2021 10:17:26 GMT

can you guys please add the option to turn off the album art. I really don't like it, like it physically unsettles me and I'm not the only one. thank you.

Re: Turn OFF Album Art?

Speakeasy1990 — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 20:18:57 GMT

There are some album covers that are NSFW and would love the option to turn them off.

Re: Turn OFF Album Art?

TYah — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 16:27:51 GMT

Yes please!!! My kids love to use my Spotify and even with parental controls they still see the album art. And I don’t need my kids learning that according to the music industry women are mostly good for being naked and for men to grope. Thanks a bunch!

Re: Turn OFF Album Art?

1189088033 — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 10:08:20 GMT

Cant believe this is still an issue.

I was running an old version for a long time but that finally stopped working so now forced to run this rubbish.
Spotify please hire a UX designer with a brain because your current design team dont care about UX. this mobile UI does not work on a desktop. its actively making me use the program less.

Also the search box is now two clicks away. great work team. Ruining Spotify with every update. Should just revert back to 2018 when the UI peaked

Re: Turn OFF Album Art?

25903617 — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 20:22:02 GMT

It seems Spotify has reached the max number of feature requests. When submitting I get "Due to a high amount of new Idea Submissions to review, we are temporarily pausing new submissions." Is there already a feature request for turning off album art and/or playlist images as part of the parental controls, or otherwise? I would love to contribute a vote, but my searches do not end with any valid results.

Re: Turn OFF Album Art?

shadowlegs — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:42:02 GMT

I would like to use Spotify at work and without the option to hide these photos there is a lot of inappropriate images that show up. This is primarily what I use Spotify for and at this point when this feature has been unavailable for so long with people requesting it it just seems like Spotify doesn't care/ listen to users.

I'm going to go ahead and just cancel my subscription. Maybe there's a music app out there that listens to user feedback.

Re: Turn OFF Album Art?

Mawkler — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 09:04:13 GMT

I actually have a technical need to toggle playlist song icons:

I’m trying to delete all songs except the last couple of hundred ones in a playlist of ~7000 songs. I click the first song in the playlist and then scroll to the bottom by pressing End on my keyboard, and the plan is then to hold down Shift and click a song near the bottom, to select all those songs in between. However, when I scroll to the end of the playlist Spotify just keeps loading the last songs of the playlist (seemingly) indefinitely. My guess is that it’s trying to download every single album artwork for the 7000 songs, which seems to take a loooooooooong time.

Re: Turn OFF Album Art?

onlytocomplain — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 08:31:59 GMT

i don't want to waste my mobile data on **bleep** like album art, when i'm actually interested in the music

songs icons

icohen — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 19:55:16 GMT

i search a fetchure or app version without pictuers or canvas and icons.

someone can help me?

Re: Turn OFF Album Art?

musiclover2024 — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:49:31 GMT

Id like to add my voice to the request to have the choice to turn off album art. I live with a **bleep** and **bleep** addict and it has been reported that they use spotify to act out. I strongly urge you to give your subscribers the option to turn off these exploitive and titillating images. Please help us protect ourselves and our families. Don't turn a blind eye to the devastation that results from sexual and **bleep** addictions and take accountability for your part.

Re: Turn OFF Album Art?

thelemonturtle — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 20:53:48 GMT

It’s been 4 years since this response? I wonder if there is other reason why Spotify has not made available the option to hide album displays when playing songs on their platform? Possibly other interests on their investors as child abuse through a grey area of “negligence”.. there is a lot of nude content in the albums that users have to see forcefully no matter age… this is inappropriate and speaks bad about Spotify. We all wonder.. not only when - but why?

Re: Turn OFF Album Art?

kmccabe64 — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:01:22 GMT

SPOTIFY, just make the art its own column and then people can customize the view by not showing the column.

Re: Turn OFF Album Art?

JasonDelta — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 21:08:12 GMT

Please add the ability to turn off cover art! This would make Spotify so much more usable as the art is a constant distraction and is something I am not comfortable having open both in my workplace and in my home.