Liked songs playlist isn't updating across different platforms

[Arthur_trsn]

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share an issue I've been having with my "Liked Songs" playlist on Spotify. It seems that the playlist isn't updating consistently across different platforms, including the Windows 11 app, the iOS app, and the web version.

Here are the current discrepancies in the number of songs displayed on each platform:

Windows 11: 468 songs
iOS: 352 songs
Web: 480 songs

As you can see, the number of songs varies quite a bit, and there are several missing tracks depending on which device I use.

Has anyone else experienced this issue? If so, do you have any tips on how to resolve it? It’s pretty frustrating to have such an inconsistent experience across devices.

[sarahemilyjo]

I've been having this issue for a week and no fixes have worked! My ios app shows 2966 songs and my desktop app for windows shows 2961 songs. The last 5 songs are not appearing on my liked playlists and nothing is syncing the 2 devices together 

[sarahemilyjo]

someone suggested removing a liked song and then re-adding to the device that shows more songs. this is working for me! bit of an annoying fix but better than reinstalling stuff 

[Joan]

Hi there folks,

Thanks for all the replies.

As previously mentioned, we've reopened this investigation and are looking into this once again. To that end, could you please provide us the following:

• What devices does this happen on?
• The exact makes, models and OS of all your affected devices
• The exact Spotify Versions you use.

This will greatly aid us in our investigation.

Keep us posted.

[Simayy]

Hi Joan,

I'm still experiencing the issue on Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.62.580.gb27ad23e. This is Windows 10, make is not applicable since it's a desktop machine. Force refresh does not work, also flushing the DNS cache has no effect. If you require any further information you can reply.. I regrettably don't think I will deal with this issue for much longer since Spotify is just not working well for me like this.

[lilpumpernickel]

• it happens on my PC in the desktop app
• Make: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd., Model: Z97X-Gaming 7, OS: Windows 10 Pro, Version 22H2, Build 19045.5737
• Spotify Version: Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.62.580.gb27ad23e

[lostsorc]

I'm having the same issue in the desktop app.
Windows 11 with the latest updates.
Spotify für Windows (64 Bit)
1.2.62.580.gb27ad23e

[Lintrom]

Same thing happening to me and quiete frequently. It is annoying.

[Garyhendo]

My telephone, iPad, and laptop all continue to play the same Liked playlist in the same order. When I use Spotify on the TV, it plays a totally different playlist and usually the same few songs from the same few bands

[jmg1968]

I have added songs to my liked songs in the iOS app. The songs do not appear in Windows desktop app. They do, however, appear in the web app. Any ideas re: a fix?

[mlpmlp]

I am also having a similar issue for about a year only on my iPad, but it's not just song adds that don't sync – nothing does, from preferences to where I am in an audiobook/podcast to creating playlists to adding songs. I have to reinstall the iPad app fresh to get it to update any content and it stays "frozen" at that time of the new install. 

I sync Spotify between about 10 devices that all work fine – including ones with VPNs, no background app refresh turned on, etc – but my iPad will never update. I have rebuilt the iPad from scratch multiple times, am not using a VPN, background app refresh is on... yet the only thing that will see the app update is the 50+ times I have reinstalled Spotify from a fresh download, and then waited about 24 hours or so for the locally stored files to re-download as well. 

[roopeliina]

Plan

Premium

Country

Finland

Device

PC

Operating System

Windows 10

My Question or Issue

So i sat down to make my summer playlist for this year and noticed that my Liked songs-list had less songs than the same list on my phone. There were 34 songs missing to be exact. 16 of them were the ones i just liked the few previous days, the rest are unknown. I am just going on the numbers the list told me. Tried to relog and reinstall but still the same problem. Anybody with similar issues?

[ApotifyHater]

Пропали 300 или 400+ песен из плейлиста "Понравившиеся". Как эта хуйня заебала. SoundCloud пора возвращаться...

Нахуц вы лезите обновлять и ломаете все что только можно?

[vitor19]

I've had the same issue. What you need to do is force a sync in the playlist, so what works for me is:
- Start playing a song from the playlist you want to sync, from the updated device (the one that has all the songs)
- Sync the devices, so the song that's playing appears on the other device (the one that does not have the songs)
- Remove the song that's playing from the playlist, from the unsynced device
- Add it back on the synced device
By doing this mine updates every time.

[afunnynut]

Devices:
1. iPhone 14pro with Spotify App with latest IOS 

2. Macbook with latest MacOS

Add songs to the library on the phone

Issue:

MacOS Spotify app, signed to the same account - both Spotify and Apple just refuse to sync. 

So far these are the steps that do not work

• Delete both Mac and iPhone Apps
• Reinstall both Apps
• Go to Mac settings for the Spotify App and clear cache and reinstall/reboot

What DOES work

• Clear cache manually - ~/Library/Application Support/Spotify and ~/Library/com.spotify etc
• Re-open the app or just uninstall and reinstall

What needs to happen

• Spotify app should allow for cache cleaning completely
• Sync should trigger a clean/cache update should the iPhone/Mac app detect a cache miss
• A service implemented that periodically syncs data between the Mac and iPhone apps (maybe)
• Trigger a cache clean when the Mac App is uninstalled - maybe a custom uninstaller? 

[meiersa78]

Still not working... I've tried everything, also old "solutions" I found on Reddit. Nothing. It does not sync. My "Liked Songs" playlist on my desktop has 44 more songs by now than the "Liked Songs" playlist on my phone. They are supposed to be synced. Always! Fix it!

[aijsdajsd]

My Windows app is missing all liked songs from the past couple of months. They show up on both of my phones. I've tried "Reset app data and restart", but it didn't help.

[sarahjoy1]

I have a related issue - my liked songs list is not synching btwn PC and phone app.  The PC doesn't show the last 6 songs that I added.  I've restarted etc.  This is a new phenomenon I just noticed.  It always matched before.  Any suggestions?  

[dawmd]

The issue is still present on Fedora 42 Workstation Edition, Linux kernel version 6.15.3-200, architecture: x86-64, Spotify version: 1.2.60.564.gcc6305cb.

[Affinity4Rhythm]

I've been having the same issue with liked song synchronization across multiple devices/browsers; your solution works find and dandy I'm sure but I don't want to have to uninstall my app every time I have the issue (my downloads have to all be reinstalled as well which takes forever)

Spotify is the best music app and I will continue to support it! Please work on fixing this issue as it is one of the recurring bugs presented nowadays (June 29, 2025) I run into this bug frequently 

Thanks Spotify personnel I love this app! Continue to improve 👍🏼

[simekdg]

Plan

Premium

Country

Poland

Device

(iPhone 13 / PC computer)

Operating System

(iOS 18.5 / Windows 11)

My Question or Issue

Hello,

I would like to report a problem with the Windows desktop version of your application regarding the synchronization of my favorites list. After installing the app and logging in to my paid account, the favorites list is updated only during the first login. When I add new songs to my favorites using the iOS app, these changes are not reflected in the Windows desktop app, even after logging out and logging back in.

Could you please investigate this issue? It seems that the favorites list does not synchronize properly between devices. I would appreciate your assistance in resolving this problem.

Thank you in advance for your help.