How to Clear Queue on Spotify Upgrade

“Clear Queue” lets you remove songs that were either added by you or automatically by Spotify. While it used to be easy to find, many users have noticed that the option seems to be missing after recent updates. If you're facing the same issue, you're in the right place. In this guide, we’ll show you how to clear the queue in both Spotify upgrade and the old version, whether you want to delete a single track from play queue or wipe the entire queue.

How to Clear Queue on Spotify iPhone/Android

It is easy to clear queue on Spotify mobile app. However, there’s a catch - Spotify only allows premium members to clear their queues on the app. Here are the steps.

For Spotify Upgrade

Step 1. Tap the queue icon (hamburger icon) at the bottom of Now Playing view screen.

Step 2. Clear the play queue based on your needs.

• To delete individual songs from queue: swipe left the target tracks.
• To remove manually-queued songs: hit Clear next to the playing track.
• To clear whole queue: swipe left unwanted songs one by one.

Tip: If you can't see the Clear option, it is possible that you haven't added songs to queue or something is wrong with your Spotify app. In the second case, you can try to update your Spotify to see whether the issue is gone.

For Spotify Older Versions

Step 1: Open Spotify, tap any track and access its playback screen.

Step 2: Tap on the three-line(queue icon) at the bottom right corner.

Step 3: Hit Clear Queue to clear all the songs in your Spotify queue.

To select single songs to remove, check the circle in front of the unwanted song and then hit Remove.

How to Clear Queue on Spotify Desktop/Web

Unlike mobile apps, Spotify's desktop/web platform allows both free and premium users to clear their queues without limitations.

Here is how:

Step 1: In your Spotify desktop, tap the queue icon in the playback control bar.

Step 2: Choose Clear Queue to remove all songs in your Spotify Queue. To remove specific tracks from the queue, right-click it and choose Remove from queue.

How to Add Songs to Your Queue on Spotify Mobile/Desktop

Editing your queue on Spotify is also a great way to customize your listening experience. Here, we’ve discussed the procedure to add songs to Spotify queue on mobile and desktop devices.

For Desktop:

Step 1: Go to Spotify and select a song that you’d like to play next and right-click it.

Step 2: Click on Add to queue.

For Mobile:

Step 1: Open Spotify and choose the target track.

Step 2: Tap the three dots icon that is next to the music track and choose Add to queue. You can also swipe right on a song to add it to the queue.

How to Change the Song Order in Your Spotify Queue

By default, songs in the queue play in the order they were added. However, you can manually change the playback order.

For Desktop:

Step 1: Visit Spotify and click on the queue icon near the microphone.

Step 2: In the queue list, click and hold the selected song. Next, drag the song to a desired position in your Spotify queue.

For Mobile:

Step 1: Open the Now Playing view in your Spotify.

Step 2: Choose Queue (the three-line icon) at the bottom-right side of the interface.

Step 3: Tap and drag the three-line icon at the right side of the song you want to move in your Spotify queue to a different location.

Bonus: How to Save Spotify Songs as Local Files

There are many advantages to downloading Spotify music to local files. One of them is that you don't have to worry about your downloaded music becoming invalid when your Spotify subscription expires. Another is that the downloaded Spotify local music files can be played in media players other than Spotify. So how do you convert Spotify music to local files? The best way is using StreamFox for Music, the Eassiy All-in-one Music Converter. This tool can download Spotify songs in popular audio formats like MP3, M4A, and FLAC, so you can keep them forever until you delete them. In the meantime, you are able to enjoy downloaded Spotify music offline without losing quality and ID3 tags.

How to Download Spotify Music as Local MP3:

Prep: You need to first install the StreamFox for Music app on a compatible computer. Then, open the software to proceed.

Step 1: Choose Spotify from the music services in the app screen.

Step 2: Click the Log in button and enter your Spotify account (free or premium) details to sign in.

Step 3: Drag the songs that you want to download and drop them onto the red “Plus” icon on the right-hand side.

Step 4: Click on the drop-down icon next to the song and choose a preferred file format like MP3 for it. You can also set a storage location for the music downloads by clicking Browse and choosing a new folder or an external drive. After that, click Convert All to begin the download.

Once the download process is complete, scroll to the Finished tab and click View Output File to open the storage location of downloads. Now, you can double-click the wanted song and start listening to it with another media player like WMP and VLC on your computer.

Conclusion

When it comes to clearing Spotify queue, this page has explained every possible way to go about it. Furthermore, whether you want to remove a single song from the queue or add songs to queue, it has covered the steps you can follow to execute the operation.

Additionally, if you want to download your Spotify songs forever, don’t hesitate to use StreamFox for Music which enables you to download unlimited songs as MP3 from Spotify losslessly.