Hide from devices on same network

[cewhitmore]

Plan

Premium

Country

 USA

My Question or Issue

 I use Spotify Premium at work- either on my phone or my computer.  Both are connected to the company network (LAN or WiFi).  Today I noticed my coworker's computer showed up on my list of devices. This is disturbing.  Do all devices with Spotify show up if they're on the same network, regardless of whether they're logged into the same account?  MAKE IT STOP!!!

[cewhitmore]

If you have an iPhone, I found a workaround outside of Spotify that seems to work. I also have the same problem in my workplace. I use the WI-FI there, but I don't want random people listening to my music.

Again, this only works for iPhone, but:

- Go to Settings

- Privacy and Security

- Local Network

 - Toggle off "Spotify".

This worked for me. It prevents Spotify from showing my device to other devices in the same network. Maybe there's something similar for Android as well. Hope it helps.

[cewhitmore]

Hey @SptifySuxFixIt,

Thank you for joining the conversation and welcome.

Currently, we don't have an option to hide or remove a device from the list of available devices. However, if you think other users would like this feature too, feel free to post it as an idea on out Ideas exchange board here. Before posting it, we'd recommend taking a look at our guidelines to know a bit more about the process.

If the idea gets enough kudos, it will reach the relevant team to take it into account and start a process of investigation and implementing. More info on how your feedback reaches Spotify via the Idea Exchange can be found here.

Hope this helps, If you have any additional questions don't hesitate to ask.

[Manjyome]

If you have an iPhone, I found a workaround outside of Spotify that seems to work. I also have the same problem in my workplace. I use the WI-FI there, but I don't want random people listening to my music.

Again, this only works for iPhone, but:

- Go to Settings

- Privacy and Security

- Local Network

 - Toggle off "Spotify".

This worked for me. It prevents Spotify from showing my device to other devices in the same network. Maybe there's something similar for Android as well. Hope it helps.

[stevetogekiss]

Plan

Premium

Country

United States

Device

Samsung Galaxy S21+

Operating System

Android 14

My Question or Issue

Currently I live in an apartment complex which has a shared network between various apartments and because of this whenever I open the app Spotify Connect immediately starts searching through over 50 devices and while doing so will lag every single other aspect of the app, from playing a song to downloading an album to searching for other songs to loading lyrics to everything else. I know I can just use the offline mode but I would rather be able to use the app with its online features rather than using what basically becomes an mp3 player with no other features.