How to Hide and Unhide Songs on Spotify?

Spotify is like a mega warehouse of awesome, soul-soothing music of all genres. The music streaming app allows you to select your favorite songs and create a playlist. You can also access public playlists created and shared by other Spotify s.

While browsing through a public playlist on Spotify, you may come across songs that may not your vibe check. It may bring up memories that make you uncomfortable. Fortunately, to make the music streaming experience suitable for all types of s, Spotify allows hiding songs on a playlist.

This guide covers the steps on how to hide one or more songs on a Spotify Playlist. Also, if you have a change of mind and want to explore songs that you have previously hidden, it is possible to undo the act and unhide songs on a Spotify playlist.

How to Hide a Song on a Spotify Playlist?

The option to hide a song on a playlist is available only on a public playlist. You won’t find that option on a playlist exclusively created by you. Instead, you get the option to entirely remove a song from the playlist.

Also, the feature of hiding a song on a Spotify playlist is available only on the Android and iOS versions of the app. The Spotify desktop and web versions do not offer the feature to hide songs from a playlist.

To hide a song on a Spotify playlist,

1. Open the Spotify app.
2. Access a playlist from the home page or search.
3. Tap on the playlist to view the tracks available on it.
4. Press the 3-dot button next to the song you want to hide.
5. Select the option Hide in this Playlist.
   

A hidden song will be marked with a grey blocker icon next to it. Interestingly, even though Spotify uses the term hiding a song, a track is not exactly hidden. It will still be visible on the playlist but grayed out. Tapping on it won’t play the song.

How to Unhide Songs on Spotify?

A Spotify playlist often has lots of songs on it. You may have hidden the wrong song and now you want to unhide it. It is easy to unhide a song and make it playable on a playlist.

1. Open Spotify and access the playlist where you marked a song as hidden.
2. Press the 3-dot menu button next to the hidden song.
3. Choose the option Show in this playlist.
   
4. Alternatively, you may tap the gray blocker icon next to the song to instantly unhide the track.
   

How to Hide a Song in a Spotify Playlist Created by You?

Hiding and unhiding songs on a Spotify playlist is available for public playlists. What about the playlist that you have created? How do you hide a song on your playlist?

On your playlist, you cannot hide a song. Instead, you get an option to remove it completely. Here is how to do it on Spotify for Android and iOS.

1. Open Spotify and tap on Your Library to view the playlists you have created.
2. Tap on the playlist to view the songs in it.
3. Press the 3-dot button and select Remove from this Playlist.
   

On the Spotify web, to remove a song from your playlist,

1. Go to Spotify for web and to your .
2. Click on your playlist displayed on the left sidebar.
3. Press the kebab menu icon next to the song you want to get rid of from the playlist.
4. Select the option Remove from this Playlist.
   

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Frequently Asked Questions(FAQs)

Can I hide songs on any Spotify playlist?

NO. You can hide/unhide songs only on a public playlist, chart, or radio available on Spotify.

How to hide a song on a Spotify playlist created by me?

You can only remove a song from the playlist created by you. There is no option to hide or unhide a track.

Is it possible to hide songs on all Spotify platforms?

NO. The hide/unhide songs on a Spotify playlist feature is limited to the Android and iOS versions of Spotify. There is no similar option on the Spotify web or the Spotify desktop client.

Stream the Music that You Like

Just because a playlist on Spotify has hundreds of songs doesn’t mean you have to listen to all of them. There may be tracks from an artist or genre that you don’t like. You can easily hide such songs on a public Spotify playlist and unhide them anytime. Customize any Spotify playlist to your convenience and enjoy streaming good music.

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