topic Re: How can I determine what playlist a song is saved to? in Your Library

How can I determine what playlist a song is saved to?

charmedbirds — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 22:56:02 GMT

Sometimes I will visit an album or a playlist and find that some of the songs have a check mark on them. This means that I have saved those songs to a playlist somewhere in my library. How can I reveal which playlist that song is saved to?

Re: How can I determine what playlist a song is saved to?

ribezaz — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 23:35:33 GMT

Hey, how are you? Welcome to the Spotify Community!

I believe this specific function does not exist on Spotify, but you can suggest adding this functionality in this section!

It's a great idea, and certainly many of us who use the app would use it.

Keep me informed 🙂

Cheers,
ribezaz

Re: How can I determine what playlist a song is saved to?

Vasil — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 08:15:52 GMT

Hey @charmedbirds & @ribezaz,

There is actually a workaround that should yield almost the same described functionality :)!
Just search for the song in question/ select it from the album or playlist and tap on 'Add to other playlist'.
This will open up a menu where you will find checkmarks next to every playlist this library item is saved to.

Hope this helps 🙌🏼

Re: How can I determine what playlist a song is saved to?

charmedbirds — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 15:27:08 GMT

That sounds like a good solution. However, I don't see checkmarks beside playlist names, at least not on the desktop app.

I have over 1000 playlists, so that's also a factor. 🙂

Re: How can I determine what playlist a song is saved to?

charmedbirds — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 19:28:54 GMT

I've been trying this out, and this seems to work most of the time. The relevant playlists will appear at the top of the list, and if they are in a folder, that folder will appear at the top.

In some cases, nothing is highlighted. One possible reason could be that I saved it to my library several years ago, and Spotify has changed the way it saves songs and albums to your library since. Just conjecture.