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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.

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.

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

Spotify premium apk no root 2017. 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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2. Change Playlist Cover on Spotify for iOS

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.

Note: The ability to change Spotify cover image works only on the desktop app and not on the web or mobile apps. Strange UI choice seeing how most people use smartphones to listen to their Spotify collection.

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Spotify 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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• You can change your Spotify username by connecting your account to Facebook, or by adding a display name.
• When you connect your Spotify account to Facebook, it'll override your current Spotify username and replace it with your Facebook name.
• Adding a display name won't change your actual username, but will change the name that everyone sees you as.
• If all else fails, you can contact Spotify directly to ask them to change your username, but it's not guaranteed that they'll help you.
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Unfortunately, it's impossible to freely change your Spotify username — but there are a few workarounds.

One solution to the issue is to connect your Spotify account to Facebook. This will replace your original Spotify username with your Facebook username. And whenever you change your Facebook name, your Spotify name will update to match. You can make this change from the desktop or mobile app.

Another solution is to change your display name, which will override your Facebook name if your account is already connected to Facebook. This won't change your real username, but will alter the name that everyone sees you as. However, you can only make this change from the mobile app.

Lastly, you can ask Spotify to change your username directly. However, there's no guarantee that they'll help you.

How to change your Spotify username on a computer

1. Open the Spotify app on your computer.

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2. Click on the downward-pointing arrow next to your profile picture and name in the upper right corner.

3. Select 'Settings' from the dropdown menu.

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4. This will take you to your Settings page. Scroll down until you find the 'Social' section, where you'll see a blue button that reads, 'Connect to Facebook.' Click this button to begin the process.

It seems Spotify can't handle adding lots of music at once to a playlist, all is fine and dandy on the desktop app but somehow the mobile app does not sync the files equally. For example my favorites (starred) playlist has 0 tracks in while the mobile app show about 990, another playlist on the desktop has about 5700 while on the mobile app. How to keep a playlist in sync from Apple Music to Spotify? The steps below can help you create a synchronization between a Apple Music playlist and a Spotify playlist. After your synchronization is created daily/weekly/monthly, your Apple Music playlist tracks will be automatically merged to your Spotify. How to keep a playlist in sync from Spotify to Apple Music? The steps below can help you create a synchronization between a Spotify playlist and a Apple Music playlist. After your synchronization is created daily/weekly/monthly, your Spotify playlist tracks will be automatically merged to your Apple Music. Sync music spotify app.

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5. This will open a pop-up. Enter your email and password to use your Facebook account.

6. Click the 'Log In' button to link your accounts.

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How to change your Spotify username in the mobile app

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1. Open the Spotify app on your mobile device.

2. Tap the gear icon in the upper right corner to open your settings.

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3. Scroll down until you find the 'Social' tab. Tap to open it.

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4. Along with toggles to switch certain settings on and off, you'll find the 'Connect to Facebook…' option at the bottom of the page. Tap this.

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5. A pop-up will appear announcing that Spotify wants to use Facebook to sign in. Tap 'Continue,' which will automatically open Facebook in an Internet tab or its mobile app. Enter your login information if prompted to connect the accounts.

How to change your Spotify username by adding a display name in the mobile app

At this time, you can't change your Spotify display name on the desktop app, but you can change it on the mobile app for Android and iOS.

1. Open the Spotify app on your device and log in if necessary.

2. Tap the gear icon in the upper right corner to open your settings.

© Grace Eliza Goodwin/Business Insider Tap the gear icon to go to your Settings menu. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Business Insider

3. At the top of the Settings page, tap 'View Profile' underneath your name.

Settings On Spotify

© Grace Eliza Goodwin/Business Insider Tap 'View Profile' under your name and picture. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Business Insider

4. On the next screen, tap 'Edit Profile' under your name and picture.

© Grace Eliza Goodwin/Business Insider Tap 'Edit Profile' under your name and picture. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Business Insider

5. Here, you can change your display name and profile photo. Click 'Save' in the top right corner to save your changes.

You may be able to change your Spotify username without Facebook by contacting Spotify

If you don't want to connect your account to Facebook, you may be able to contact the Spotify support team to help set up a new account with the same email.

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A representative may be able to help transfer your information to a new account, where you can create a new username. This will save your playlists, the music saved to your library, and the people you follow.

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