Announcements

Help Wizard

Step 1

NEXT STEP

FAQs

Please see below the most popular frequently asked questions.

Loading article...

Loading faqs...

VIEW ALL

Ongoing Issues

Please see below the current ongoing issues which are under investigation.

Loading issue...

Loading ongoing issues...

VIEW ALL

[All Platforms] Customize Start Screen

This is not a new idea, but I haven't found any practical reply to it, so I think it needs to be repeated. I completely agree with Rennestein (screen capture below), we need to stop seeing irrelevant suggestions because it is annoying. Why can't it be possible to decide what we first see when we open Spotify on any device? (playlists, recently played, artists we're following, etc), and enjoy better our Spotify experience?
Please Spotify, let us have the home screen as we'd like. :)) Thank you!
SPOTIFY customize screen.JPG

Updated on 2023-02-23

Hey folks,

We appreciate you sharing your feedback on the Community and showing your support to this idea.
 
We're setting this idea to 'Not Right Now', as this isn't something we have any immediate plans to implement. If we do have any new info to share, rest assured we'll check back in here with a new status.
 
Update from the 23rd of Feb 2023:
 
A new feature was recently introduced in the mobile app which you may find interesting as it allows users to remove content recommendations from the subfeeds (Music and Podcasts & Shows) of their Home screen, thus expanding upon the current customization options and offering a improved, more personalized experience. You can find more info about it in the Status update here.
 
Thanks.
Comments
ViviMK

quit and canceled with this making the app unable to be tolerated anymore.

my discover weekly constantly is songs I already have saved or completely unrelated to what I listen to for 2-3 years and counting, have to click shuffle each time a new playlist starts for some reason when before itd always be on if I chose, THEN what made me too uncomfortable is months of opening Spotify and first thing is seeing documentaries on sexual assault, murder, and so many traumas I listen to spotify to get away from and escape, without a option to make them not appear I can't feel good anytime I open it which leads to it not being used or needing paid for anymore.

Never even listened to a podcast before and zero intentions, these ruined what was a good app for me, this is UNACCEPTABLE in a world of severely rising costs.

MsMagoo

I have been reading through the massive list of people asking for a simple option in regards to removing podcasts from the Recommended list on the Home Screen and the numbers are staggering.  Hundreds, if not thousands of requests (when combined from ALL the threads that address this topic) have been asking for this since 2019.  In June 2023, Spotify announced that a “Not Interested” button had been added to the subpages (NOT the Home Screen).  I have tried this option and discovered that it does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!  Podcasts that I SPECIFICALLY LISTED as “not interested” are still showing up in Discover podcasts, even on the subpage Podcasts & Shows.  

I am not asking for recommendations to be removed, that’s the only way I’m going to see new things so I understand why this option will never disappear. What I AM asking for is a simple “do not show me this particular podcast again” option.  I’m able to do this during Smart Shuffle in my playlists and that works just fine so I know this isn’t some crazy, impossible programming ask.  Specific recommendations that continue to show up after I have indicated that I DO NOT LIKE THEM in a service that I PAY TO CUSTOMIZE seems like either poor programming, professional negligence, or blatant favouritism to higher paying content creators.  

 

P.S. While I cannot read or comment on any specific post’s level of offensiveness if it’s been removed, I find it EXTREMELY IRONIC that moderators have the option of removing something that they find offensive while paying customers, who have been asking for this simple option for YEARS, cannot do the same.  I have seen “post removed due to inappropriate language” on just about all of the threads that are begging for a simple Please-Remove-This-From-My-Suggestions option in podcasts and it never ceases to amaze me.  

df9x

It's a feature that's been requested for years.  To remove content from the following sections on the home page: Good morning/afternoon/evening, Your shows, and Jump back in.

They've closed new idea suggestions and close any ticket requesting the features as RESOLVED even though it's not.  It is clear they will not listen to their users and fix the app.  I encourage all of you to cancel your subscriptions and go to Apple Music or Amazon Music.  They do not have this issue.  

Spotify needs to get their stuff together.  I'm canceling at the end of the month.

vaajy

I see many irrelevant content on the main page.

 

The option simply to dislike with option to not see this again could fix it to the point one couldn't see any podcast. I think this could be the main reason why they are not giving it. They invested a lot in the podcasts, audiobooks etc. except hifi.

 

I wish more customization too.

 

For example:

 

I would like to remove all lists/podcasts I have no interest in. For example music genres I do not listen.

In my opinion paying for Premium should give whole main page suggestions only based on users listening data.

So remove all pop, metal etc. lists if I only drop bass from my Spotify. Eg. show 100 % edm music.

 

There is no reason to have a home page which can not be customized with:

- show more of this, show less of this, remove completely and never show again

- it can be based on certain artists, even in my genre, i am completely tired of

 

I have no time in my life to listen mainstream music, so now it feels like someone gets advertised when they show mainstream music i am not interested in. Perhaps big labels who own a part of Spotify, are against implementing this.

 

 

rafawaik

Quitting spotify and using a hacked app for free premium services, since THEY CAN ACTUALLY FIX**bleep**.
Someone played a jordan peterson podcast at my house as a joke 5 years ago. It's still on my dash and it's more visible than the stuff i actually use.
Enough.

113735114

Well here goes another one into the obyss of comments. 

 

I have artists with inappropriate front covers on my front page in the "new releases now"

 

For crying out loud! When you add a new feature to Spotify always add a hide/remove.

 

We are already paying for this service, now please act on your customers request. 

 

To the rest of you, Spotify have grown too big for them to change or for people to move to other platforms. 

 

It is tragic there are software engineers and marketing people not listening to user feedback and adjustmenting their products accordingly. 

 

Ruin my evening mood here. 😕

I wish you all good luck in ignoring your issues you have with Spotify 

113735114

Please remove this content from my home screen 

 

 

nazartopolsky

The fact that you as a user still can't do anything about irrelevant suggestions is insane. It's a basic requirement.

RobH3

Voting is ridiculous - this is simply something Spotify should have done years ago - I am fed up opening Spotify to see HITLER staring out at me as an 'EPISODES FOR YOU' !! and having no means of removing it.

I can imagine this particular instance could be extremely upsetting for thousands of users - maybe there is even a legal case here !!

As a result I will be moving off of Spotify and signing up elsewhere.

unseenlarks

sorely needed for both start screen and 'made for you'. let us choose which sections, genres, etc. are shown to us. for example, i might have no interest in christmas or merch, have never and will not interact with those. so i'd prefer other sections to be listed before them.

the app could learn which we use the most and move those to the top of the 'made for you' area. or at least let us pin a few, like it does playlists.