Unable to remove songs from Discover Weekly

[_fj1-gf6lbp3h]

I'm on the premium plan, using the Windows desktop app version of Spotify.  I'm trying to remove a song from my Discover Weekly playlist, since it's been there before and I didn't think much of it the first time.  The button to do this has been removed.  I can find old posts explaining where it is, and it's not there any more.  How do I remove this song from my playlist? 

[Eni]

Hey folks, 

Thanks for reaching out about this here in the Community. 

We're making some internal changes which means that for now you won't be able to hide songs on Discover Weekly from your Desktop. We understand your frustration and are working on resolving this issue as soon as possible.

Thanks for your understanding. 

Cheers!

[_Eisen_]

Hi,

this issue appeared on my side when I opened Spotify this week. I am assuming its due to some update.

Edit: Realised the thread was for archiving, will create a new one
Edit 2: Issue thread already exists and confirmed (https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Fix-Show-quot-Hide-quot-Button-For-Discover-Weekly-...)

Spotify for Windows (64 bit)
1.2.53.438.g246d60c9

[_Eisen_]

just adding my voice to the others, would like to have it back sooner rather than later

[truqnax]

"We can confirm that the Hide this song feature in Discover Weekly is no longer available on the desktop app and web player. You can still find it in the mobile app." 

What does this even mean? Are desktop/Web users not valid customers anymore?
Please add it back. Why would you remove a functionally that makes the app worse?

[mousey1992]

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We’re always testing possible improvements and new features, so you might see something new or sometimes like this case, features might be removed.

"This small button that is not in the way of the interface in any way but is hugely important for having our users sift through our suggestions, aka this almost unmissable feature in Discover, must be removed to improve our product"
Yeah that sounds like a good idea Spotify... Just add it back ASAP...

[cjreeve]

I had to think think whether this post was scraped from a comment that I made somewhere as it exactly describes the way I used Spotify. The only improvement I wanted to suggest was that Spotify show an archive list of previously recommended tracks.

Without an option to remove a song from a recommended playlist prevents me from letting it play in the background. There are some songs Spotify suggest that I can't stand to hear again. I will also review the competition again.

[errorinterno]

absolutely frustrating. I was using a lot the discover weekly on laptop when working, and listening to the lists several times every single week since years ago, but every week i had to remove/hide between 1 and 5 songs. Now if i can't do this, **bleep**, since some songs i don't like will appear again and again. I will probably stop using the discover weekly if they don't add this button again… i mean: spotify has a lot of useless options and shitty things, why do they remoe some tiny little thing taht was so useful!!??

[AODH]

Just want to jump in here and also ask Spotify to reinstate this feature. For once, I would love if a company who's services I pay for would stop removing useful features and maybe introduce something, or at the very least, stop ensh*tifiying and leave it alone.

[72dpi]

It has happened yet again. Suddenly it's not possible to hide songs in Discover Weekly anymore, and I have to listen to the same crappy songs over and over. Please fix this.

(Yes, I know I can make a playlist of the Discover Weekly and hide the songs I don't want, but that is merely a hack.)

[Edit: I believe this has been moved from being a separate topic to here, probably due to being related.]

Plan

Premium

Country

Norway

Device

iPhone 13, Macbook Pro late 2022

Operating System

iOS 18

[evilapplepicker]

Theres a 'hide this song' function in the android app, not sure how it functions but it might do something similar...? I just used it in the android app for a couple of "[Song] ...Live in... [Location]" tracks; it greyed them out and now they're not playing... 🤷🏻‍

 

 

[sabre13]

Absolutely ridiculous decision to remove this feature.  Whoever came up with it should never be listened to again.

[mcrawffles]

The removal of this feature is very annoying because my discover weekly usually has 3-4 songs on it that I can't stand. I usually listen to the playlist half a dozen times a week normally, but I don't think I can continue to do that without being able to ignore the annoying suggested songs.

[Slasko]

I have the same issue, sometime during last week the Hide/Ignore Song from Discovery weekly disappeared on my Desktop application. But its still in my Android app. Because of this missing feature Discovery weekly is no longer usable.

[Slasko]

Removing this feature makes Discovery Weekly unusable. Each week there is at least 1 song that is unlistenable. It needs to be put back.

[doctorbobster]

"We’re always testing possible improvements and new features, so you might see something new or sometimes like this case, features might be removed."
Really? Why would anyone think this is an improvement?  Please return the HIDE button.

[LordFckHelmchen]

Can you elaborate on how the repeated removal of this functionality is a feature? There are multiple threads over the years where the dislike button has been disappearing. There is a feature request to ADD this to all playlists. But instead of implementing this, you remove it? For discover weekly, where your recommendation algorithm will make suggestions the users don’t like, it is a mandatory feature to remove these songs. Otherwise the list is 1-time use. As mentioned by others as well, I stopped listening to DW due to the inability to remove songs. 

I genuinely would be interested in your rationale on removing the button…

[8520123]

Same issue, this is now gone and the horrible AI/spam artists in my weekly playlist are unblockable. Please restore.

[Kiousu]

It's broken.

[drongie]

Wow!  I can't believe someone else is talking about exactly the problem
that just started for me this past Monday.  I have Spotify premium duo
and have never before had a problem skipping a song from Discover Weekly
on my laptop.  But it's not available anymore so I have to constantly
walk back to my computer to skip those songs.

It's fine when this happens in the car because my hands are an inch away
from the button I have to press to do the same thing.  But in the house
it's a pain and so far, since Monday the 6th, no one at Spotify has been
helpful about getting it resolved.

I hope you have success with getting this issue resolved.  If you need
anything from me, please let me know.

Best regards, Debi

[SonOfNel]

This button you’ve “removed” is quite literally the only reason I pay for Spotify, if it’s not back by my next payment cycle, you’ll be losing a customer here