5 Best Spotify Hacks You Wish You Knew Before

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Spotify is nothing short of a blessing for music lovers. With millions of tracks and albums, there isn’t a song you can’t find on Spotify. You can create playlists, collaborate with friends, get thousands of curations just to fit your music taste, and so much more.

But what if I told you that there were more Spotify features that you have been missing out on all this time? Keep on reading to find out the best Spotify hacks that will make your listening experience even more enjoyable!

Send People Your Favorite Part from A Song

Sometimes, sending people your favorite song isn’t enough. Don’t you wish you could highlight which part of a particular song makes you love it so much? Perhaps it is the lyrics, perhaps it is bass drop, perhaps it is the coolest guitar solo you’ve ever heard.

Well, you’re in luck. You might not have known that you can send your friends Spotify links with specific timestamps? Moreover, you can also bookmark these links for later – so that you can always groove to the snippets that you love the most.

Here are the steps for adding timestamps to your Spotify links:

  • Click the three dots icon next to the name of the song you want to share.
  • Select the ‘Share’ option and choose ‘Copy Spotify URL’.
  • Make sure that you do not choose ‘Copy Song Link’ as this might not allow you to add the timestamp to the link.
  • Now add the timestamp of your favorite part of the song in this format – #0:00 at the end of the URL you retrieved.
  • Adding ‘#1:22’ at the end of a link will make the song play at this timestamp when someone else views it.

Accidentally Deleted Your Favorite Playlist? There’s A Way To Bring It Back

Have you ever thought about a lost playlist and wish you could listen to it again? Maybe you might want a time capsule with all your playlists from over the years. Or perhaps you accidentally deleted your favorite playlist and want to bring it back. 

No matter what the situation is, we’ve got you covered. This is one of Spotify’s best features and yet not known by a lot of people – you can bring back any deleted playlist in a few simple steps. 

Here’s what you need to do:

  1. For this hack, you’ll need to use the Spotify web browser.
  2. Next to your name and icon in the top right corner, choose ‘Account’ option.
  3. This will take you to another tab where you’ll find the ‘Recover Playlists’.
  4. This will take you to all the playlists you’ve made and deleted.
  5. Here, you’ll have the option to restore whichever playlist(s) you wish to.

Get Results To Match Exactly What You’re Looking For

Sometimes, you might want to listen or even dance to a very specific selection of songs. It could be music by your favorite artist, music from a specific era, or anything but a particular artist and era. 

You might be in the mood for music by an artist that was released during a particular stage in their career. Maybe you liked how they sound when they started but don’t want anything to do with their recent music. 

So, what can you do if you want to channel a very specific vibe or era for your jam session? Leave it to us – here’s a Spotify search bar hack to help you find exactly the music that you’re looking for.

This search hack works on both mobile and desktop apps. You can specify the year, artist, genre, and label that you’re looking for. And the best part is that you can also add commands to filter out what you don’t want to listen to.

Here is how to use this search bar hack:

  • The basic format that you need to follow is ‘Modifier: Parameter.’
  • For example, if you want pop music from 2011, type ‘genre: pop year:2011’ in the search bar. This will display all the music categorized as ‘pop’ that was released in the year 2011.
  • Let’s take another example. If you want rock music from the 80s, but want to exclude the early years, you can always add finer search parameters.
  • In such a situation, type ‘genre: rock year:1980-1989 NOT year:1980-1984’ or if you don’t like a particular artist, add ‘NOT [name of the artist]’.

Better Yet, Add the Music You’re In The Mood For

If you can’t find a specific song even after the refined search hack, there’s no need to fret. We’ve got your back. We know how frustrating it can be to look for a song over and over and still not be able to add it to your playlist.

Nobody wants Spotify stopping their favorite jam sessions. This next hack will let you add your favorite artists and songs to your library. Here’s how you can do that:

  • For this hack, you’ll need to open the desktop app.
  • Go to the ‘Preferences’ section by clicking your name and icon in the top right corner.
  • Here, you will find the ‘Add a Source’ option which will open up the folder(s) containing music files on your desktop.
  • Now, you can add any music you wish. You will be able to find these in the ‘Local Folders’ section of your Spotify library.

Beat The Stats and Your Prying Friends

We don’t know about you, but we have a long list of guilty pleasures and cheesy music favorites. Like us, you might be embarrassed to let anyone know about these – or the fact that you listen to them way too often.

Everyone has a friend who loves to pry on people’s Spotify status. Or maybe you listened to a cheesy song way too many times and it showed up on your yearly Spotify Wrapped. 

But what if we told you there was a way to avoid all this while jamming to that one song whenever you want? All you need to do is listen with the ‘Private Session’ mode.

The ‘Private Session’ feature on Spotify lets you listen to music without it adding to your recent history, your friend activity, and your yearly Wrapped statistics. 

Here is how you can activate it:

  1. If you are on iOS, click ‘Settings’ on the top right corner.
  2. Look for the ‘Social’ option.
  3. Here, you’ll find the ‘Private Session’ option.
  4. If you are on an Android phone, find ‘Settings’ in the top right corner.
  5. Here, you’ll find the ‘Private Session’ option.

For both iOS and Android, follow these steps again to turn on the ‘Private Session’ option.

Finally

We hope that after reading this article, you know more ways to enrich your music listening experience. Now you can find music that is perfectly tailored to your mood, send your favorite snippets to your friends, and so much more!