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Can People See Your Library on Spotify?

Can People See Your Library on Spotify?
Written By
David Nield
David Nield
Nov 23, 2013
1 minute read

Every Spotify user has a profile page showing a name, avatar and recent activity. You can also share some of your playlists on this page for other people to see, though which playlists are public and which are private is entirely up to you. Your main Spotify library, where all of your music is collected, is not visible to other people.

Setting Privacy Options

Choose "Edit" and then "Preferences" from inside the Spotify desktop client to make changes to the information you're publicly sharing. You can show or hide your recent activity, your top tracks playlist (automatically generated by Spotify) and the top artists you've been listening to most frequently. You can also set whether new playlists are made public or private by default.

Setting Playlist Visibility

Right-click on a playlist to change its visibility. Tick or untick the "Make Public" option to control whether or not the playlist can be seen by other people. Other areas of your Spotify account, including the Library and Local Files sections, are hidden from other users. The Starred playlist can be made public or private like any standard playlist you've created.

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David Nield

An information technology journalist since 2002, David Nield writes about the Web, technology, hardware and software. He is an experienced editor, proofreader and copywriter for online publications such as CNET, TechRadar and Gizmodo.…

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