Add back the recents button in the menu when you click your profile picture

[Shammy50]

Before, when you clicked on your profile picture it would lead you to a menu that included the recents button, now it’s gone. Please add it back.

[Vasil · Accepted solution]

Hey @Shammy50,

Thanks for reaching out! We moved your post out of the Idea section, hope you don't mind 🙂

I recently noticed a difference in the iOS app, wherein the 'Recents' had seemingly disappeared and is instead only visible in the Home tab. Spotify is often testing new app changes, so this may be one such change that has affected you as well. Could you check if it's there on your end? We'll take a look for more info backstage in the meantime!

Selecting 'Show all' should open the same section you're looking for.
Hope this helps! Keep us in the loop 🙌🏼

[altbeastiv]

Plan

Premium

Country 

United States

Device

Samsung A54 5G

Operating System

Android 15

My Question or Issue

After updating the app to its most recent version in the Play Store, the "recently played" button that usually comes up when clicking on my profile icon (along with What's New, Settings and Privacy, and Add Account) is gone. I heard something in a playlist and wanted to go back and find it, but have no idea if the button has moved or if it's a glitch. Currently the website still gives instructions to find the button there on mobile.

Thank you

[Bayargonaut]

Hi did this option disappear? I’m not seeing listening history anymore when I click on my avatar

[Bayargonaut]

This is what  I see now

[lbearm]

Plan: Premium

Country: US

Device: Samsung Galaxy S25

Operating System: Android v15 [Security Patch Level June 1, 2025]

Spotify Version: 9.0.60.614

My Question or Issue

After Spotify updated yesterday, I noticed today that the "Recents" Option under Home >> Profile is no longer showing (So the steps at https://support.spotify.com/us/article/recent-activity/ don't work!).

I have cleared Data and Cache, uninstalled Spotify and re-installed.  The problem persists.

[lbearm]

Thanks for the instructions.  Can you please get them to update the help article so that people can find this!

https://support.spotify.com/us/article/recent-activity/

[Dessi]

Hi folks,

Thanks for reaching out!

If you're not seeing Recents when you click on your avatar, do check if you can find it in Home as mentioned by @Vasil here.

@lbearm, this is still in the testing stages but if it rolls out to all devices and platforms, we'll make sure the Support article you sent gets updated. We really appreciate you flagging this and thank you for your input!

Hope this clears things up.

[jjbox]

It's very useful to be able to find previously played songs and add them to playlist.  This used to be accomplished by accessing the "recently played" section. However, it's been taken away and I plead to Spotify to bring it back to make this more easily accessible and functional! 🙂

[JohnHippisley]

Plan

Free/Premium

Country

USA

Device

all devices

Operating System

IOS, Ubuntu, Windows 

My Question or Issue

There is no longer an option to view my playback history. I have looked everywhere and tried on all my devices, and it simply doesn't exist anymore. Spoke with someone on "support," and they told me I was seeing a "new improvement" they had just released. What? 

[narodenvrag]

Return the recents button to the side menu pls

[Huskydog]

Plan

Premium

Country

Germany

Device

iPhone 16 pro 

Operating System

iOS 18.5

My Question or Issue

Hey Spotify Community 

I’m really sad to report that my Listening History has suddenly disappeared from the iOS app 😢

I used to find it by tapping on my profile and scrolling down – and it was one of my absolute favorite features. I used it all the time to:

• Find songs I just listened to (“What was that amazing track two songs ago?”)
• Go back to playlists or albums I forgot to save
• Continue listening across devices (iPhone, Alexa, Desktop…)

And now it’s just… gone 🥺 I looked everywhere in the app, checked all settings, searched the Community, asked the internet, no answer.

I also found a Community thread from another user reporting the same thing, but weirdly, that post was deleted 🤔

So now I’m wondering:

• Was the Listening History feature intentionally removed?
• Or is this some kind of bug?
• Either way, please bring it back 🙏 It was such a helpful part of my daily Spotify life!

Thanks a lot for looking into this 💫

[Khánh27394]

**bleep** it s same to me, i dont know why i also used iphone like yours

[uinicivs]

Plan: Premium Student

Country: Brazil

Device: Samsung Galaxy A14 5G

Operating System: Android 15

My Question or Issue

I'm currently unable to access my listening history on my phone. I've already tried the following troubleshooting steps, but none have resolved the issue:

• Uninstalled and reinstalled the app

• Logged out and logged back in

• Restarted my phone

As shown in the screenshot below, the Listening History option is missing from the profile menu.

[JennNicole96]

As of August 6th mine has completely stopped 'tracking' what I listen to.. which is very annoying because I usually let the songs play and then go back and add them later so I'm not constantly having to pick my phone up to add it to the list RIGHT THEN.. but now I HAVE TO and it's driving me insane 

[JennNicole96]

I'd like to add that I contacted support and they told me to 'simply request my data and then in 30 days I will have a PDF file that tells me my history'... as if I want to wait and then search all of the songs manually ect ect.. I really hope they fix this SOON because I've been a premium user since like 2012 and I'd hate to have to switch to something else but I don't want to have to constantly be picking my phone up at every song that plays..