Liked songs not syncing between devices

[PresqueVu]

Plan

Premium

Country

Australia

Device

iPhone 15 Pro/iPad Pro 3rd gen

Operating System

iOS 17.3/Windows 11

My Question or Issue

Liked songs are not syncing between the PC/Web apps and the iPhone/iPad apps.

Liked songs will sync between the PC and web apps.

Like songs will sync between the iPhone and iPad apps.

To test this I used an album where all the songs on the album were set to Liked.  This was the same on all the apps, PC, web, iPhone and iPad.  

I then removed the Liked status for all songs on the PC app.  This change was reflected in the web app but not the iPhone or iPad app.  

I cleared the cache for all apps which had no effect.

I uninstalled the app from the iPhone and then reinstalled it.  The songs on the iPhone were set to Liked.  I watched as the Liked song ticks came on for each song in the album.  This still did not reflect the Liked status on the PC app.

I removed the Liked status for one song on the iPhone app.  This was immediately reflected in the iPad app but not the PC or web apps.

Thanks,

Toby

[PresqueVu]

Hey, little thing I've tried. Using Mobile app on Android, and then the native .exe app on Win10 (not microsoft store version)

After losing a lot of hope of my devices being synced, i tried one last thing. in the windows app drawer thing (little arrow in the bottom-right next to clock/date and such) find the spotify app>right click>Troubleshooting>Reset app data and restart. it will log you out, and take a little bit to wake back up, but it worked for me. full sync between Android app, Web player (Chrome) and the native desktop app on Win10. Hopefully this works for you!

[aubuts24]

My liked songs are a month out of date on the Windows app. I have tried reinstalling and other fixes on the internet, and none worked.

[Verix]

This one worked for me - thank you!

[aanders50]

Same issue here, started for me probably within the past few days

[LOG4JU]

Just like one song on the device which is correctly displaying the number of songs then it resolves itself (my case was slightly different as it would not load on the device I had not opened for a long time)

[CyberChord72]

I'm having similar issues as well. It is also weird, because it seems to sometimes even be selective between artists. Such as, if I like a song by one artist, it will populate the liked playlist across all devices, but if I like a song from a different artist, it refuses to sync properly. 

[chimichonga]

Plan

Free/Premium

Country

Device

(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)

Operating System

(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)

My Question or Issue

songs on my phones library are not showing up on my pc 

[splonds]

Albums showing as added on the Android app are not showing as added on the desktop app (Win10).

I don't know which of these is correct (most up-to-date) so I don't know which app is failing to sync.

So I searched this site and followed the instructions to re-install both apps, and also deleted the Spotify cache data on Android.

None of the above has helped. Anything else I can try to get everything to sync please?

[THEWHITEBOY503]

I'm having the same issue across all my devices. I've tried offline mode and everything, but all my different devices are missing different amount of liked songs. Adding songs to my playlist reflects instantly across all devices, but liked songs refuses to update. 

[MihailY]

Hey folks, 

Apologies for the radio silence.

Are you able to transfer the playback between your devices using Spotify Connect? If yes, try liking a track, playing it from one device and then choosing from the device picker the device where it doesn't sync.

Let us know how it goes.

[zets1me]

Hello, this does not help, it gives you an error on the output device (launched the app on my phone and tried to play the song which didn't synchronize on the Mac).

[Ivelina]

Hey there folks,

As it's been a while, could you let us know in case this is still happening for you as we've only gotten one recent report?

If this is happening, we'd like to look into it further and it'd also be very helpful in case you could share what troubleshooting you've tried so far as suggested previously in this and this comment from us.

Thanks and we'll be on the lookout.

[jair27]

Hi all,

I fixed it for me, not sure how but I did a few steps.
1. Uninstalled app on desktop and reloaded it on mobile.
2. Turned offline mode (located in playback) on and off on my mobile device
3. Made sure all my songs were synced / downloaded on spotify (My wifi connection was disabled and hence it was not downloading the songs)

Hope this helps!

[Sameolejik_]

Yes this is still a problem, liked song and playlists not adding songs that are added on mobile to desktop app. Personally i have had this issue for 3 weeks now, and its also causing playback issues, say if i hit play on my liked songs on desktop and tab out to do something else, if the song ends or its skipped it has a chance to be a missing track, (no track name or cover art just the music note on a grey screen) perhaps a unsynced song but it causes the music to stop, which you then have to tab back in to replay the playlist as skip button will not do anything as it stops the queue, where the issue will likely happen again in a matter of minutes

[jellyrollin]

My apps were up to date, I don't use any VPN, I tried re-logging several times as well as pairing the devices by QR code.None of this worked.

So here is what did work for me.

Originally I downloaded Spotify installer for my PC through the Spotify website and not the Microsoft store. I have now uninstalled the original installation and re-installed it through the Microsoft store, it has finally synced my library. Just a simple uninstall and then a new install through the Microsoft store. No rebooting in between or anything.

Hope this helps others!

Plan

Premium

Country

Netherlands

Device

PC / Mobile (Samsung Galaxy S10+)

Operating System

Win 10 / Android 12

[Blubbl74]

Plan

Premium

Country

Germany

Operating System

iOS 18.3.1, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 11 Home

My Question or Issue

Hello all,

i use Spotify on multiple devices but discovered an issue with the Desktop Version on my Windows 10 Pc. Since about February, the Favourite Song Playlist does not sync anymore and also cannot play the Songs when controlled (forced) by another client (ios or win 11) The error message just reads ,,this song cannot be played curently". I havent found any recent similar problems and resetting the App or signing in and out did not work. Weirdly, the problem only occurs on my favourites Playlist and not with other playlists.

[JamesB3]

Yes this issue is still occurring, I'm missing almost 1000 songs so who knows how long since it's last synced

[MihailY]

Hey folks,

Thanks for your replies.

If the issue persists, please let us know the following so we can report it to our tech team:

• The model, OS version and Spotify version of the devices you're using.
• Which device are you liking the songs on and on which device are they not appearing?
• Are you able to control/transfer the playback from one device to the other?
• The troubleshooting steps you've tried so far.

Cheers,

[dawmd]

The issue is recurring. I've experienced it multiple times by now.

Clearing all cache information and reloading the application may help, but it's a temporary solution as the problem is coming back. Surprisingly, when I ran spotify from the terminal right now (exact command: `spotify --debug-level=MAX --show-console`), the playlist got synced with the server. It might've been luck, though, since I really doubt log level would affect it. The command run when starting the application by clicking on it is defined as `spotify %U`.

It seems like it might be a consistency issue in the cluster. Maybe part of the cache is the IP of the server the application should connect to?

Devices/versions:
* iPhone 15, iOS 18.3.1, Spotify version: 9.0.26.607
* PC, Fedora 41, GNOME Shell 47.4, all third-party dependencies always kept up-to-date. Spotify version: 1.2.56.502.ga68d2d4f, Copyright (c) 2025, Spotify Ltd

[mantzanita3]

My Liked Songs playlist doesn't update the songs I add from my phone in my laptop. On my phone, I've liked more songs the past few days, but on my laptop they don't show on my Liked Songs playlist. I don't know how to fix this. Could you help me please?

[GreenPixel173]

Also having this exact same issue, in particular songs added on iOS don't always update the liked playlist on Windows 10 desktop version