How to Make a Spotify Playlist Private on Phone and Computer

When you create a new Spotify playlist, it is visible to anyone on Spotify, allowing any user to search for and find it. However, you may want to make your playlist accessible only to yourself for reasons such as privacy protection and preventing others from copying it. In this case, activating the Make Private option on Spotify becomes a thing. With this feature, you can make your Spotify playlist private. To do that, we have a simple guide you can follow on Spotify mobile or desktop in this post.

What Happens If You Make a Playlist Private on Spotify?

When you craft a private playlist on Spotify, the key changes below occur:

Visibility is automatically restricted

All of the content you have under your Spotify private playlist becomes hidden from other Spotify users, including those who have access to your profile such as your family and friends.

Sharing and collaboration control

Though your Spotify playlist is private, you can share the content with designated people and also onboard some folks for collaboration purposes in case you need a likeminded fellow to manage your playlist for you.

Spotify algorithm does not affect it

Spotify often shares users’ playlists with the public. But that won’t happen anymore if your playlist is a private one.

How to Make a Playlist Private on Spotify Mobile

Creating a Spotify private playlist on your mobile phone is a simple process. It doesn’t matter whether you use an iOS or Android device, the procedure to follow is the same. Below, we have the complete guide to get this done on Spotify mobile:

• Launch the Spotify app on your phone and sign in to your profile using the correct details.
• Navigate to the Library panel and click Playlist tab.
• Select the playlist you want to make private and click the three horizontal gray dots under the playlist name.
• Some options will pop up, choose Make Private and there you have it. The playlist has been hidden from the public.

In case you want to make the playlist public later on, follow these steps:

• Navigate to the Spotify playlist you want to make public and tap the More option in the playlist header.
• Choose Make Public and the playlist will be made available to the public.

How to Hide a Playlist on Spotify Desktop

On your Spotify desktop app, there are 2 options for you to make your Spotify playlist invisible to others. One is via your profile and the other is by using the Make Private feature. Both methods are discussed below:

Way 1. Use Make Private Feature

Like we have on Spotify mobile, the desktop version also supports the Make Private feature which you can leverage to hide your playlist from the public. Activating this feature follows a straightforward approach. Here is the corresponding instructional guide:

• Launch the Spotify desktop version on your Windows PC or Mac.
• Ensure your profile is signed in and navigate to your Library.
• Locate the playlist you want to make private and click on the three horizontal dots.



• Choose Make Private from the drop-down menu and the playlist will be visible to you only.

Tip: To make your Spotify playlist public again, follow the fore 3 steps but choose Make Public in the last step.

Way 2. Through Profile

By default, Spotify playlist is made public on all profiles unless you specify it. However, you can always change this configuration, so your playlist is automatically private from the moment you are creating it. To make the settings, you have to go through your Spotify profile settings. Here is the guide to follow:

• Launch Spotify desktop app on your computer, locate and tap your profile picture at the top.



• Select Settings from the options displayed.
• Navigate to the Socials panel and toggle the icon for Publish my new playlists on my profile OFF. All of your playlists will be hidden from the public without further ado.

If you desire to make your playlists accessible by anyone in the future, you have to go through the same process as above and toggle the icon for Publish my new playlists on my profile ON.

How to Download Your Spotify Private Playlist Without Premium

Though your Spotify playlist is now private, the content isn’t available for offline listening unless you have an active premium subscription. Also, even if you can download your Spotify private playlist with your premium account, the playlist download can’t be transferred to another device like your phone. So, can you download Spotify private playlists without premium? Yes, StreamFox for Music, the Eassiy All-in-one Music Converter is here to help.

With StreamFox, you can extract and download any audio resource from Spotify to your local storage for permanent offline listening without premium. The software lets you download DRM-free podcasts, albums, playlists, and tracks from Spotify as local MP3 in 320kbps on your computer. Not only that, it preserves the ID3 tag and other important metadata related to your music download, making your library organized and enabling you to easily identify each song download. Besides, StreamFox makes it possible for you to share your private playlist across devices, which is impossible with the native app.

Steps to Download Spotify Private Playlist Using StreamFox for Music

Step 1: Launch StreamFox for Music after installing it on your Windows PC/Mac. You can see all of the music streaming services you can download from the StreamFox interface. Choose Spotify to proceed.

Step 2: Navigate to the upper right corner of the embedded Spotify web player and click on Log in and enter your Spotify credentials.

Step 3: Find the private playlists you want to download and drag them to the conversion icon on the right-hand panel.

Step 4: StreamFox will direct you to the following screen to configure the output format and the destination path for the private playlist download.

Go to where you have Output Format, click on it and select an option from the drop-down menu. If you want to set the destination folder, click on the Browse icon at the lower-left corner of your screen.

Step 5: Once done, click Convert All to start the conversion and download of the private playlist to your local storage.

Once the process is finished, go to the Finished tab to see the playlist. You can click View Output File to locate where saves the songs and then play them with the Windows Media Player or Apple Music.

How to Share Private Playlist on Spotify Desktop or Mobile

After making your playlist private on Spotify, it becomes invisible to everyone including your friends and families. However, you can still share it with others and this part will show you 2 ways to get it done.

Way 1. Through Sharing Links

This is an easy way and especially useful when you want to share your Spotify private playlist with one person. To try this way, simply follow the steps below.

• Open the private playlist you want to share and choose the three-dot icon.



• Select Share from the menu.



• Click Copy Link on the subsequent screen and share with your desired contact that you want to collaborate with.

Way 2. Via Collaborative Playlist

The Collaborative Playlist lets you invite friends, families or any of your contacts to the private playlist. Here is how to use this feature for sharing your private Spotify playlist with others.

• Launch Spotify and ensure your account is signed in.
• Go to the private playlist and click the 3-dot option.
• Choose Invite Collaborators from the options displayed.
• Spotify will immediately provide you with a unique invite link that you can share with anyone you want to bring on board.
• Send the link to who you want to collaborate with. Once the person clicks on it, he/she would have access to your private playlist and can add/remove/reorder songs within your private playlist.

Conclusion

By following the guide provided in this post, you can make your Spotify playlist personal on both mobile or desktop without hassles. Suppose you want to export the Spotify private playlist to your local device storage for permanent offline listening and endless music transfer between devices, StreamFox for Music could help you out. This software allows you to download DRM-free Spotify private playlist in MP3 and other popular formats within minutes.