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[Playlists] Sorting Options for List of Playlists

Submitted by on ‎2012-02-09 01:04 PM
Status: Implemented

I would love to be able to sort my playlists by Artists, then drill down by album so as not to clutter my Spotify. It's pretty hard to organize my playlists the current way. Any ideas on a future iteration that will enable this capability?

Updated on 2019-06-25

Hey folks,



 

Slight update to this idea, which we think is worth highlighting. With the recent update to Your Library on mobile, it's now possible to sort and filter your Playlists, Artists and Albums in more ways. 

 

To find the filters, just pull down on the tab you're on, select filters and then choose the one you'd like. The 'Custom Order' filter on the Playlist section will mirror the order you have on Desktop - which means it's now possible to maintain the way your organise your tunes on Desktop across to Mobile. 

 

We'd recommend checking out this Spotify Answer for tips on how to add playlist folders using the desktop app. They're super handy for keeping your music organized.

 

With the search function at the top it's also possible to drill down by Artist in your Album section. To do so, just pull down and type the name of the artist you're looking for. 

 

Will now mark this idea as Implemented.

 



Thanks!

Comments
livinitwarrior
Newbie
2015-01-10 11:48 PM
It's been three years and this hasn't been added. Are these forms just a joke?
choel
Newbie
2015-01-11 12:09 AM

How hard can it be? Come on Spotify...

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secondhelping
Newbie
2015-01-11 12:44 AM

Clearly one of those things where devs are so "we know better" stubborn that no amount of whining and requesting will change their view.

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Hopester
Newbie
2015-01-14 05:28 PM

Annoying as I use Spotify in the car all the time. Having to use the search facility as I have 200+ playlists is a pain in the hoop.

Cant believe people have been asking for this fore nearly three years!

 

Dave68
Newbie
2015-01-17 09:35 PM

Within the Apple iOS mobile app it's possible to manually rearrange your personal playlists, why isn't this possible on Android ? This is a major fail in my opinion and could cause me to defect to google play music all access !

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secondhelping
Newbie
2015-01-17 10:23 PM

> Within the Apple iOS mobile app it's possible to manually rearrange your personal playlists, why isn't this possible on Android ? This is a major fail in my opinion and could cause me to defect to google play music all access !

 

Android app sorts them automatically alphabetically. But this request is about the desktop version which does no automatic sorting at all.

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miketab
Newbie
2015-01-19 10:40 PM

I've been waiting for about 2 years for this feature.  I now just create new playlists every few days that are duplicates of old playlists because I'm too lazy to look through 200+ lines of playlists.

 

I just want my playlists in alphabetical order, so I can actually find stuff!!!! Is there a Spotify app that allows it?

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gaz8080
Roadie
2015-01-20 08:21 AM

@miketab Check out https://github.com/williamschey/cocoalibspotify

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miketab
Newbie
2015-01-21 11:51 PM

@gaz8080 I have no clue how to use that... looks like source code for Mac; no Mac, and no clue how to compile nowadays anyways.

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lorimcunningham
Newbie
2015-01-29 04:07 AM

After spending an hour trying to figure out how to sort my playlist, only to find that I cannot do that on my ipod . . . I just created a new playlist, looke at my current playlist and sorted by artist on my PC, then copied all those songs on to the new playlist.  Now, this was a great temporary fix, but I will have to drag/drop any new songs that I download.  

 

The comments on this issue go back 3 years.  Why is it that there is no plans to add this feature?  Manually sorting through hundreds of songs on the mobile device is too daunting of a task.  It shouldn't be that hard.

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