Liked songs "Date added" out of order

[notkylea]

Hey all, I am having an issue with my "Liked songs" playlist where the "Date added" does not correspond correctly between iOS/Web and macOS. macOS has the correct order of my liked songs in the order that I added them, but the order on iOS is completely wrong and "randomized" basically. This issue may have started when I tried to sync my playlists from Spotify to Apple Music. I have reinstalled the app 5+ times and relogged in and out. 

Spotify "Send a message" was not helpful so I am reaching out here as I just want my Liked Songs back to what it was 72 hours ago.

Plan

Premium

Country

Canada

Device

iPhone 17 Pro Max

Operating System

iOS 26, macOS Tahoe, web

My Question or Issue

[Yordan]

Hi, @notkylea,

Thanks for reaching out! Perhaps the syncing process has something to do with this indeed.

In general, if a song is re-added to the Liked Songs playlist, the "Date added" column will be overwritten and display the new date from when the update occurred, so maybe that's what happened here, with the sync somehow re-adding the songs and thus resulting in the discrepancy between devices.

I'm afraid the original dates aren't something that can be reverted at this time, but we appreciate your feedback on the matter.

Speaking of discrepancy, there's another thread where users are reporting that their Liked Songs aren't syncing between mobile and desktop, which might explain the playlist order being different on across your devices. This is currently being investigated & we'll post updates there as soon as we have any new info to share.

💡 Note: Something else that's worth mentioning is that unlike on desktop, the order of the Liked Songs playlist cannot be reversed on mobile at the moment, so check if the tracks at the bottom on let's say, your phone, match the ones at the top on the desktop app.

Hope this clears things up. The Community is just a post away in case you need assistance with anything else.