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Losing sorting criteria on playlist export to Garmin and Spotlistr.

gaetanol23 — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 02:17:35 GMT

Country: USA

Device: Garmin Fenix 5 Plus

Operating System: Garmin software version 18.00

I have a playlist that I've sorted alphabetically by title via my Spotify app on my laptop (which I've verified by scrolling down the playlist in the app). However, when I export the playlist to my Garmin watch, the sorting is not retained. I also see the loss of sorting when I view the playlist via Spotlistr. Is there anything I can do so the sorting is retained on export? Thanks.

(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)

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Re: Losing sorting criteria on playlist export to Garmin and Spotlistr.

Alex — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 07:23:18 GMT

Hey there @gaetanol23,

Thanks for the post.

The Sort option works in the Spotify app only. This is because you have a custom order of the songs in the playlist - this is when you move songs into the desired position in the Spotify app. Once you Sort the playlist in any other way (Date/ Artist etc.) The custom order is ignored and the playlist is sorted by your new criteria for the time being.

So, if you want your songs in certain order click on Custom Order and move them manually. This is easily done on the Desktop app.

Hope this helps 🙂