Spotify continues to be one of the best platforms for streaming music and podcasts. As such, you would expect Spotify's UI to be easy to use and pleasing to the eyes. Unfortunately, most users are not happy with the changes they keep making. Take changing playlist covers on mobile, desktop or web. Many people don't know how to change a playlist cover on mobile, desktop, and web.
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Creating, editing, and managing playlists should be easy and simple. It's one of the primary features of any music streaming app. But many users were having trouble with how the new UI works and couldn't change playlist cover on their Spotify app. We will show you how.
Go to your profile page. Scroll down to the box on the right hand side that says my images. Click the 'upload an image' button. Upload the picture that you want to use as an avatar. Go to 'my settings' and click on avatars. Click on 'from uploaded images'. The picture that you want to use as an avatar should be in there.
Let's begin.
How Spotify Playlist Cover Works
By default, there is no way to choose a playlist cover when creating a new one in Spotify app. That is true for both web and mobile apps. The desktop app is more flexible.
Spotify will automatically create a playlist cover collage by taking the album cover of the first four songs on your list.
That's not very imaginative. You can't choose an image of your liking. However, what you can do is rearrange the first four songs in your playlist to change the playlist cover collage. We will see how that works below.
The desktop app is the only place where you can choose any image as your Spotify playlist cover art. Even one that you downloaded from the web and not necessarily one of the song's album art.
1. Change Playlist Cover on Spotify for Android
Open the playlist that you want to change the cover and tap on the three-dot menu icon to select Edit playlist.
You should now notice three horizontal lines next to each song. Tap and hold it to move the song up and down the list.
Save changes and recheck the playlist cover.
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The steps largely remain the same for iOS users as well. Open the playlist that needs a new cover and tap on the three-dot menu icon to select Edit.
You can now move songs up and down the list by dragging the three horizontal lines icon next to each song.
The first four songs in the playlist will be used to recreate the playlist cover image, as is the system, sadly.
3. Change Playlist Cover on Spotify for Desktop
The steps for both Windows and macOS are the same. I will be using Windows 10 for this guide. Open the Spotify app on your computer and select the playlist you want to change the cover of.
You should see the playlist cover with the collage in action. Hover over the playlist collage image to view the edit button. Click on it once.
A pop-up will follow with options to change the name and description of the playlist. It is not immediately obvious, but clicking on the cover image should allow you to choose an image saved on your desktop.
You should be greeted with the Windows file manager in a new pop-up.
Alternatively, click on the three-dot menu icon on the cover image to select Replace image option.
Choose your favorite image as Spotify cover and save settings. The same should now reflect on your smartphone Spotify apps too.
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Read MoreSpotify Cover Image Facts
Spotify hasn't released any information on cover image size or dimensions. Here are some details based on the Spotify community and their experiments. Take it with a grain a salt.
The image is square in a 1:1 ratio (square), which is pretty evident looking at the cover image. The minimum dimensions should be 300x300 pixels; otherwise, it won't look good. The image size shouldn't exceed 4MB, according to some users. And finally, the image should be in JPEG format.
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A lot of people also use Spotify on their desktops and laptops. They like to listen to music while studying or working. Changing the Spotify cover image for them will be less annoying than those who rely more on mobile apps. Still, there is a way to change those autogenerated cover images, and that's a plus. Otherwise, we would be stuck and I don't always like to shuffle my playlist songs to change the cover art. That's way too much trouble. But I know people who have spent hours getting everything right. This guide should help them.
Do you know of a better way to change the Spotify cover image? Let us know in the comments section below.
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© S3studio/Getty Images You can rearrange the top four songs in your playlist on the Android Spotify app to change the cover art. S3studio/Getty Images- You can change a playlist cover on the Spotify Android app by rearranging which tracks are in the list's first four positions.
- To change which songs are the first four in your Spotify playlist on the Android app, you will need to access your list's 'Settings' menu and select 'Edit Playlist.'
- You can also edit your playlist cover on the desktop app and desktop site through an image upload process.
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Aside from paying a flat rate for basically unlimited music every month and having the ability to download the app to any smartphone, one of Spotify's main draws is how easy it is to create and curate playlists.
Creating the covers for those playlists is a slightly different story. Some Spotify users have been openly critical of how the streaming music service's playlist cover selection works.
When you're creating a playlist, the cover automatically becomes a collage of the art for the playlist's first four songs. Spotify's desktop site lets you manually replace the cover so long you have rights to the image you want to upload. But on the mobile app for Android, the only way to change it is to rearrange your playlist's opening tracks.
If you don't mind having to switch the tracks in the first four positions of your playlist now and then, here's how Android users can change their Spotify playlist covers on the desktop and their mobile phones.
How to change a playlist cover on the SpotifyAndroid app
1. Open the Spotify app.
2. Select the playlist you want to rearrange.
3. In the top right corner of your playlist screen, tap the three vertical dots.
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© Melanie Weir/Business Insider These vertical dots are to the right of your playlist title. Melanie Weir/Business Insider4. Choose 'Edit playlist.'
© Melanie Weir/Business Insider This menu lets you edit the order of your playlist, add songs, delete the playlist, and more. Melanie Weir/Business Insider5. A list of tracks will appear. To move a song to a different position on the list, press and hold the horizontal lines icon to the right of the song's title.
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6. Drag up and down to reposition the track in or outside of the first four spots on your playlist.
© Melanie Weir/Business Insider Press and drag the track to its new position on the playlist. Melanie Weir/Business Insider7. Rearrange your playlist like this until you are satisfied with the songs in the first four positions.
8. Tap 'Save' in the top right.
How to change a Spotify playlist cover using a computer
1. Open the Spotify desktop site or app.
2. Select the playlist you want to edit.
3. Hover your mouse over the playlist cover image until a pencil icon appears. Click it.
© Melanie Weir/Business Insider The white pencil icon will appear in the center of your playlist cover image. Melanie Weir/Business Insider4. A pop up labeled 'Edit Playlist' will appear.
- On the desktop site, a file upload window should appear. If it doesn't, hover over the playlist cover again and select 'Choose photo.'
- On the desktop app, click the three dots in the upper right corner of the playlist cover and select 'Replace image.'
5. Upload an image saved to your computer for the playlist.
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© Melanie Weir/Business Insider Depending on whether you use the desktop site or app, you'll have the option to 'Replace image' or 'Choose photo.' Melanie Weir/Business Insider6. Once the image is uploaded, click 'Save.'