How To Make A Collaborative Playlist On Spotify?

If you want to learn how to make a collaborative playlist on Spotify, then keep reading.

As you already know, Spotify allows you to share your playlists with your friends, which you can listen to. However, with Spotify’s collaborative playlist, you can create a playlist with your friends where everyone can add and remove songs and create the ultimate Spotify playlist. The best part is you don’t need Spotify premium to make a collaborative Spotify playlist. 

All you have to do is create a playlist and add collaborators to your Spotify playlist. Don’t how?

In this article, we will show you how to make a collaborative playlist on Spotify, how to add songs, customize a Spotify collaborative playlist, and everything else you need to know about Spotify’s shared playlist!

Spotify Collaborative Playlist

You can make an old playlist saved in your library collaborative or create a new one! In this guide, we will show you how to create a new collaborative playlist on Spotify. You can follow the same steps to convert an old playlist into a collaborative playlist on Spotify.

Step 1: Create A New Playlist On Spotify

So to create a new playlist on Spotify, you need to go to your library and tap on the plus sign at the top. Then, give a name to your newly created playlist.

That’s it. You have created a new playlist on Spotify. It’s a simple playlist, now, we have to make it a collaborative Spotify playlist.

Step 3: Add Collaborators To Your Spotify Playlist

Now to add collaborators to your Spotify playlist, you need to tap on the “Add Collaborators” icon and copy the link to your playlist. You can then share the link of your collaborative playlist with anyone you wish to collab with on Spotify.

The collab link expires after 7 days of sharing. So make sure your friend opens the link to your collaborative playlist on Spotify before the link expires.

Once your friend taps on the collaboration link, they will get an option to join the Playlist. Once they join your playlist, they can add songs to the playlist. A small avatar will appear next to the song, indicating who added that song to the shared playlist on Spotify.

Step 4: Edit Spotify Playlist’s Cover Image

Your Spotify Collaborative playlist is now ready. You can edit your playlist by tapping on the three horizontal dots and selecting the edit option.

You can change the cover image of your playlist as well. You can take a photo or choose one from your Spotifulibrary. It’s fun to be able to customize your playlist.

How To Make A Collaborative Playlist On Spotify On PC?

In this guide to make a collaborative playlist on Spotify on PC, we will take an example of how to make an existing playlist collaborative:

1. Open Spotify App on your PC
2. Click on ‘Your Library’
3. Select the existing playlist that you want to collaborate on
4. Click on the three horizontal dots
5. Select the option to ‘Add Collaborators’
6. The collaboration link will then be copied to your keyboard. Share it with your friends.

How To Edit A Collaborative Playlist On Spotify?

Collaborators can add and remove as many songs as they wish. Earlier, Spotify has a 10,000 song limit but that’s in the past. Now you can add as many songs as you want to your Spotify library.

How To Add Songs To A Collaborative Playlist On Spotify?

Here’s how you can add songs to your collaborative Spotify playlist:

• Open Spotify app
• Tap on Your Library 
• Open your shared playlist 
• Select ‘Add Songs’
• Search the song you want to add
• Tap on Plus icon

If you are listening to a song on Spotify and want to add that particular song to your collaborative playlist, then you don’t have to follow the long way mentioned above. Here’s how you can directly add songs to your shared Spotify playlist:

• Play the song you like on Spotify
• Tap on the three horizontal dots
• Select ‘Add to Playlist’
• Choose the playlist you want to add the song to.

How To Remove Songs From A Collaborative Playlist On Spotify?

Any collaborator can remove a song from a collaborative Spotify playlist. Here’s how you can remove a song added by anyone in the shared playlist on Spotify:

• Open the Spotify app on your iPhone
• Tap on Your Library 
• Open your shared playlist 
• Tap on the three horizontal dots next to the song you want to remove.
• Choose Remove from this playlist.

The song will be removed from the collaborative Spotify playlist. Other collaborators won’t be notified that you removed a song from the playlist. It will be silently removed from everyone’s Spotify playlist.

What Can Collaborators Do On Spotify?

• Collaborators can add as many songs as they wish on their collaborative playlists on Spotify. There is no limit on how many songs you can add.
• You can remove a song from the playlist that any collaborator adds.
• Only the owner of the playlist can edit the name and cover image of the shared playlist on Spotify. Collaborators cannot change the name or cover image.
• Collaborators cannot delete the collaborative playlist. Only the owner of the shared playlist can delete the playlist.
• Collaborators can share the playlist with anyone they want, but they cannot add collaborators to the playlist. Only the owner can add a collaborator to the collaborative playlist.

When you share a playlist with someone, they can listen to the songs in your playlist. They cannot add or remove songs from the playlist. Only collaborators can edit a playlist.

• Collaborators can leave a collaborative Spotify playlist.

Once you leave a playlist, you can still access it as all playlists on Spotify are public unless the owner makes it private. However, you won’t be able to edit the playlist after you leave it.

• As a playlist creator, you can not only add collaborators to your playlist but even remove collaborators from your Spotify playlist. Once you remove someone from your playlist they cannot edit your playlist but can access the playlist as it’s public.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. Why can’t I make a playlist collaborative on Spotify?

There is no option that says “Create collaborative playlist” on Spotify yet. You need to select “Add collaborators” option to make a collaborative playlist. The playlist of your liked songs that you find in your library is not a playlist that you have created. Hence you won’t find the option to add collaborators for your liked songs playlist.

You can make a playlist collaborative on Spotify if you are the owner of the playlist. If you have been added as a collaborator, then too, you won’t see the Add collaborator option in the playlist on Spotify.

Just create a new playlist and see if you can add collaborators to that playlist. If you can see the “Add collaborator” option on your new Spotify playlist, then there is no issue with your collab feature on Spotify.

Q2. How do you make a collaborative playlist on Spotify for two people?

The process to make a collaborative playlist on Spotify is the same whether you are making it for one, two to twenty people. You have to tap on the Add Collaborator option at the top and share the link with the people you want to collab with on Spotify.

Q3. Can anyone edit a collaborative playlist on Spotify?

No, only collaborators added by the owner of the playlist can edit a collaborative playlist on Spotify. If any collaborator doesn’t respect the process, then the playlist creator can even remove the collaborator from the playlist.

The playlist can edit the song list, the name of the playlist, the playlist cover image as well as the collaborator list.

The collaborators, however, can only edit the song list.

Q4. Is collaborative playlist only for premium?

No, a collaborative playlist is a freemium Spotify feature. It’s available for all. You don’t need a premium Spotify account to collaborate on Spotify.

Q5. Are collaborative playlists public?

By default, your collaborative playlists are public on Spotify/ However, you can make your shared playlists on Spotify private. Here’s how:

• Open your collaborative playlist.
• Tap on three horizontal dots.
• Select Make Private from the list.

Conclusion

• Tap on the small Add Collaborator icon at the top on the playlist
• Share the link with friends you want to collab with on Spotify

Collab playlist is a great social feature of Spotify that doesn’t require a premium account. You can invite collaborators on Spotify in just two steps and create the ultimate playlist that you can listen to at any time. Another feature of Spotify is the Add Friends option that allows you to follow your friends on Spotify. You can then see all their public playlists and listen to songs that they listen to. You can also see what song they are currently listening to with the friends listening activity feature.