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[Mobile] Get rid of 'Create' button on mobile navigation bar

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I recently got the last update, and found that a fourth button was added to the bottom navbar. What's the point of this? It's in the way of entering 'Your Library' section, as this was the default spot for that button.

Besides that, does it really need to have a shortcut? How often do people create new playlists or blends? There's already a button for that in 'Your Library', so...

I think removing this button will improve UI.

Updated on 2025-07-31

 

Hey folks!

Thanks for coming to the Spotify Idea Exchange.

We're setting this one to ‘Implemented’. Check out the steps here to learn how to hide and display the Create button.

 

Once again, thanks for helping us make Spotify better, by participating here on the Community.

If you don’t see this yet, we continuously test and refine features to give users even more control of their Spotify experience so your friends still might see something you don’t. Rest assured, we'll let the team know about your thoughts on this. You can continue to let us know what you think here in Community.

Top Answer
beomi

the new settings to turn off + button on nav bar appears at [my profile icon click -> settings -> contents and display -> + button toggle on the bottom of the list]. I successfully removed via that menu.

Comments
Cya59

Just got this UI update. WHY DO YOU HAVE TWO CREATE BUTTONS ON THE APP NOW? IF I WANT TO CREATE A PLAYLIST I CAN ALREADY TAP AT THE TOP, NOW I WILL BE ACCIDENTALLY CLICKING THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM BECAUSE MY THUMB IS TRYING TO GET TO LIBRARY

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Jaycem4

Finding this post and seeing some people have been dealing with this nightmare for 6 months..!!!! 😭😭 bless you.

 

This just happened to me out of the blue this morning when I went to start my podcasts before work and wasn't really paying attention because like others have said it's just muscle memory, so I didn't notice the new button until the playlist options popped up. 

It feels like Spotifys goal is actively trying to make their app worse at this point. Like finallyyyyy after so long of suffering with the horrible smart shuffle they give us a button to disable it and now this!! Smart Shuffle was my mortal enemy but this new button is even worse. I would argue that probably one of the most frequently pressed buttons on the app has been replaced with something so useless. Who is making so many dozens of playlists daily that the "create playlist" button needed to be in the most ergonomicaly comfortable position on a phone screen???? 

 

If in some universe this button is THAT useful for 1% of Spotify users at least allow the rest of us to customize our Homescreen/Navigation UI. 

Spotify should take a page from stats.fm

Doubthat93

I left Apple Music a decade ago because they constantly changed the user interface! Please explain why your developers want to take ideal screen real estate and use it for an auxiliary function?!?! 

If one assumes that 70-90% of your users are right handed and the majority of users use their phone single handed. Then the button in the bottom right hand corner of the screen is where the most used icon should be. THAT SHOULD BE ‘YOUR LIBRARY’!


If this is an attempt to show off the AI Playlist, please make it a pop up. NOT AN ENTIRE BUTTON! 


You have pushed all my buttons with the addition of this ridiculous button!

griffinmh12345

Spotify, please get rid of this or at least give us a toggle switch to turn it off.

griffinmh12345

Please remove this or give us a toggle switch to turn it off.

griffinmh12345

Please give us an option to remove "Create" from the bottom right. It sucks

RapperTapper

I appreciate new features and improvements, but please don’t force changes on users without offering options. It would be much better if we could choose to revert to previous versions or disable certain features. Even better would be to allow users more flexibility to customize and organize the app according to their preferences. That way, everyone can work in the way that suits them best.

RapperTapper

I appreciate new features and improvements, but please don’t force changes on users without offering options. It would be much better if we could choose to revert to previous versions or disable certain features. Even better would be to allow users more flexibility to customize and organize the app according to their preferences. That way, everyone can work in the way that suits them best.

RapperTapper

I appreciate new features and improvements, but please don’t force changes on users without offering options. It would be much better if we could choose to revert to previous versions or disable certain features. Even better would be to allow users more flexibility to customize and organize the app according to their preferences. That way, everyone can work in the way that suits them best.

Mees59

Please spotify stop doing this annoying changes in the ui!!!