Spotify which playlists are public

By default, all the playlists you create on Spotify are public. You can only change your default settings on the Spotify desktop app.

However, the changes apply to all Spotify versions, including the desktop and mobile app. Now that you know how to make your playlists private on Spotify, you can now hide them from your followers or other users on the app.

Always remember that you can still share your private playlists with other users. More Button Icon Circle with three vertical dots. It indicates a way to see more nav menu items inside the site menu by triggering the side menu to open and close. Jennifer Still. You can make your Spotify playlists public at any time.

Only Spotify playlists you've created can be made public or private — the creator of the playlist controls the playlist's status. Public Spotify playlists are searchable, saveable, and playable by all Spotify users.

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Receive a selection of our best stories daily based on your reading preferences. Spotify automatically shares all its users' activity with followers and with the public. By default, anyone with an account can also see your public playlists, your recently played music and your followers. As long as you have a Spotify account and you know the person's username, you can search for and follow any user.

There are a few small steps users can take to shield their listening habits from the public. The closest feature Spotify has to blocking users is the Private Session button, which can be found under the Social tab in the mobile app's settings or from the drop-down menu next to your profile in the desktop app. This mode cuts off your music activity from everyone, including your friends. This isn't a perfect solution, however: Private Sessions automatically end once a user has been offline for six hours or when the app restarts, resetting to the default public mode.

And even when you're using a Private Session, anyone can still see your public playlists, who follows you and who you follow among friends and musicians. Users also can make their playlists secret, meaning that only the user can view the playlist — but this can only be done from the desktop app and after you've already made the playlist, which is public by default.

Once you click to open a previously made playlist, the drop-down menu next to the Play button allows you make a playlist secret. If you ever wanted to share your secret playlist with your friends, they wouldn't be able to see it. If you wanted to make a completely anonymous Spotify account, where no one would be able to know who you are or see what you're listening to, there are quite a few hoops you would have to jump through.

First, you would have to create an account with a fake username and without linking it to your Facebook account. Next, every playlist you create would have to be made secret.