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How to unhide a song on Spotify?

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Spotify is a rather popular music streaming service with a surprising amount of social features. Users can share their playlists, follow other users and even post their favourite songs to Instagram straight from the Spotify app. 

Apart from this, Spotify also adds a bunch of listening features for its user s including the ability to hide songs and manage their music with a lot of control. 

In this article, we’re taking a look at how to unhide songs in Spotify.

Also read: Spotify can’t play this right now: 10 Fixes


Unhiding Spotify music

Unhiding music in Spotify is rather easy. Just follow these steps:

How to unhide a song on Spotify?
  • Open Spotify and tap on the settings gear icon in the top right. 
  • Scroll down and enable the Show unplayable songs slider. 

And that’s all. You’ll now see all hidden and unplayable songs in your playlists. Do keep in mind that these songs will be greyed out. 

These settings are automatically synced with the Spotify PC app, so you don’t need to make any changes there. If you’re listening to music on your PC using Spotify, it’ll automatically show you any hidden songs. 

Why a song may be hidden depends on a lot of reasons. The song or album might not be available in your region, there might be copyright issues, or you might’ve hidden the song yourself.

How to hide a song in Spotify?

To hide a song, follow these steps:

How to unhide a song on Spotify?
  • Open your playlist and tap and hold the song you want to hide alternatively, you can press the three vertical dots next to the song. 
  • Tap the Hide his song option.  

Also read: How to change Spotify email?

Yadullah Abidi

Yadullah Abidi

Yadullah is a Computer Science graduate who writes/edits/shoots/codes all things cybersecurity, gaming, and tech hardware. When he's not, he streams himself racing virtual cars. He's been writing and reporting on tech and cybersecurity with websites like Candid.Technology and MakeUseOf since 2018. You can contact him here: yadullahabidi@pm.me.

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