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TL;DR
- Many Spotify users are complaining that their playlists have vanished. They also cannot see any playlists on their friends’ profiles.
- Spotify has acknowledged that this is a bug, and its tech team is looking into it.
Despite the recent price rises and the lack of lossless audio music, Spotify still remains the primary music streaming app for many users. Spotify’s excellent cross-device functionality is one of the reasons why many people, including myself, prefer it over YouTube Music. But if you recently opened Spotify and found all of your playlists have vanished, don’t panic, as that’s definitely a bug and not a feature.
We’re seeing multiple reports from users complaining that their playlists have vanished. These reports are generally from desktop and web browser users.
My team and I are not affected, but there are enough reports around for this to be considered a currently prevalent bug.
Spotify has acknowledged the issue, mentioning that some users are unable to see playlists posted on their profiles and on the profiles of other users. This might prevent them from browsing their playlists or creating new ones. Their tech team is looking into it.
We could not locate any real fixes or workarounds for the issue. You should be able to access the rest of Spotify’s functionality unhindered, outside of playlists. However, playlists do form a big part of the community behind Spotify, and their absence would definitely impact Spotify fans.
We’ll update this article once Spotify announces and rolls out a confirmed fix for the playlist issue.