Removing items from Recently Played history

[iLaurynn]

I would also like it if we had the option to remove our recently played history because sometimes I would listen to someone's playlist, an artist, or one of my own playlists by accident and I don't really listen to the playlist or artist anymore or I already have a song by that artist and it doesn't make sense to keep it in my library or recently played history.

[k7535x]

Really? I am using Spotify since 2017, I am sure it was possible to remove items from "recents" in the past. Why it doesn't work now? Why I can't remove something after account hacking? Why your customer service is not allowed to help me? It's a shame. 

[Rickytron]

Ye if I play something for mate/their kid etc..

It's affecting my algorithm negatively..

Thanks

[pozerice12]

I let other people play music in my car using my spotify so I don't have to connect a new bluetooth user every time. They don't know about private sessions, and I only learned about it last week. It's not an obvious function. I shouldn't have to be bombarded by suggestions based on other peoples interests, or my own exploration into a genre or artist. Especially if I find out later how much I hate it.

Not being allowed to remove disliked content from one's history actively discourages Spotify Users to branch out and try new music. Private sessions doesn't always cut it as it needs to be manually activated or disabled. I'm not going to remember to turn it on every time I pick up my mom from work. I've tried. It is not a viable alternative to simply removing tracks or artists from the history.

If one of the most data hungry entities (Google and Youtube) gives me the option to clear my history, or selectively clear it, then why on earth can't this OFTEN PAID FOR music streaming service??

[Fiix]

2024 - Please let us just clear the "Recently played" history. End of discussion.

[whatevermakesmeallow]

It's 2024. Fixing this is not that complicated.

Why not close the issue, with a won't fix. This feels such a corporate sell out thingy

[excustomer96486]

Writing this from my husband’s account as I no longer have an account. After listening to one podcast episode that I didn’t want my kids to see, I was forced to cancel our premium subscription, close my account, and delete all of my data. 

you see, because this one incomprehensible short-sighted feature deprecation, the podcast in question was slapped on the home page of my Apple car play and was impossible to remove. So, I removed it the only way I knew how. I hope my family and I will have much better luck with Amazon Music. 

[Shydally_Spot]

Yes please, remove history.

Could it be though that Spotify needs this to be able to sell your history to third parties ?

[Abel117]

It's crazy that this function isn't in the app yet. The whole appeal of Spotify is the way it profiles your tastes in order to recommend you more music that you like. It should be a no brainer that if some friends come over and play dumb music on my account I should be able to erase it afterwards.

[Vlade]

We're still waiting for this option. It's so frustrating that this simple option is not yet implemented.

[_pvanb]

The time it takes Spotify to implement the features they claim come from user feedback averages 5 years. Some of them as long as 8 years. So don't hold your breath.