How do you add to a collaborative playlist on Spotify?

How to create a collaborative playlist on Spotify

1

Open Spotify on your computer. The Spotify icon looks like three sound waves in a green circle.

• You can find it on your Start menu on Windows, or in your Applications folder on Mac.

2

Select the playlist you want to share on the left menu. The left sidebar lists all your saved playlists.

• This will open the playlist's contents on the right-side.
• You can also click New Playlist on the bottom-left, and create a new playlist before sharing it.

3

Click the three-dot icon next to the PLAY button. It's located next to the playlist's picture at the top. This will show your options on a drop-down menu.

• Alternatively, you can right-click on the playlist's name on the left sidebar.

4

Click Collaborative Playlist on the menu. It will immediately turn this playlist into a collaborative playlist.

• You can now share it with other users, and they can freely add or remove songs.
• You can undo this the same way. Just click the three-dot icon, and click the checked Collaborative Playlist option. The checkmark will disappear, and other users' access will be revoked.

5

Share your collaborative playlist with other users. Click the three-dot icon at the top of the playlist, and hover over Share on the menu to see your options.

Part 2 Part 2 of 2:Adding Songs to a Collaborative Playlist

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   Right-click on the song or album you want to add. This will open your options on a drop-down menu.

   • Alternatively, you can click the three-dot icon next to a song or album. It will open the same menu.

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   Hover over Add to Playlist on the menu. A list of all your playlists will pop up.

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   Select your collaborative playlist on the list. This will add the selected song or album to your collaborative playlist.

   • Other users will be able to view, play, or remove these songs on the collaborative playlist.

How to make a Collaborative Spotify playlist

You can make a Collaborative playlist in both the mobile and desktop apps. You don't need a Premium subscription.

1. Open Spotify and start a new playlist, or open one you already have that you want to make Collaborative.

Quick tip: You have to be the playlist's owner to make it Collaborative. Playlists that others made but you added to your library won't work.

2. Click or tap the three dot icon underneath the playlist's name and picture, then select Make Collaborative or Collaborative playlist.

You've now got a Collaborative playlist. If you ever want to make it private again, just go through the same steps.

Once your playlist is Collaborative, you can share it with other people.

3. Click or tap the three dot icon again and select Share, then pick how you want to share it. The simplest option is just Copy Link, which lets you share a direct link using whatever app or messaging program you want.

How to create a collaborative playlist on Spotify

Spotify now lets you and your buddies collaborate on a common playlist. Here’s how to do it.

• By: Tech Desk | Mumbai |
• October 17, 2021 12:40:47 pm

Spotify allows you to not just listen to your music by streaming it, but also make music listening an interactive experience with your buddies with features like Group Sessions. Spotify also lets you and your friends make a playlist together with its Collaborative Playlists feature.

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The new feature lets you “team up” with your friends to create a playlist together that each one of you can edit, shuffle and add songs to or remove songs from. Users can also see who is contributing to the playlist and each song features the avatar of the user who added it to the playlist next to it.

With names like "COVID-19 Quarantine Bangers" and "Corona Virus Playlist for the End of the World," those of us "Flattening the Curve" have finally discovered what individuals on house arrest have known all along — when you're stuck indoors, you're probably going to make a Spotify playlist.

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But you're not a DJ. Hell, you might not even have good taste in music. How are you possibly going to make a playlist anyone else is going to want to listen to?

Easy. You get your friends to make a "Collaborative Playlist" with you.