Unable to remove songs from Discover Weekly

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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? 

[adrian_vg]

@dharlequin

Not conclusive yet then.
OTOH, we may never know... 🙂

[Sindrom]

@michaldybczak
I can't say how it was before because I can't remember and I am unsure. What I can say is that NOW the sync between what you do on mobile regarding hiding songs in Discover Weekly does not reflect in to the desktop app. And I agree that we need better communication from the Spotify team on this issue. 

@RexiLabs

I think most of us who are here complaining about this had the same flow of interacting with the Discover Weekly playlist. My Liked Songs playlist is probably more than 95% populated with songs discovered in this way.

@ceae
You are correct. This thread is marked as fixed when it is definitely not fixed. I wonder is anyone is still tracking the discussion.

@adrian_vg
There is no way for me to say for certain anything in regards to this issue that does not involve my own devices. On my desktop devices the feature is missing. On the mobile devices the feature is there. According to wrapped I am in top 5%.

[Sindrom]

We are all crying about this over HERE 
Join us.

[Loneliest_Cabin · Accepted solution]

Hi everyone, wanted to jump in here as there seems to be confusion over what a "Solution" is. It is a way for us to present the current answer to the discussion. I understand it isn't "Solved" in terms of resolving the issue, but we use this function of the platform so that the answer is visible to all who find it - and hopefully reduces the need for others to have to take more effort to register and post.

The current Solution explains that we have removed this "hide" feature while we look to improve the underlying solution across Mobile and Desktop.

We are absolutely reading and passing your comments on to internal teams, as we always do. There are no further updates at this time, but we will reply in here when this is fixed and available again for you. Thanks for your understanding and patience - we are Spotify users too and also love this feature! Of course your voices always help keep things in focus for our internal teams, so feel free to tell us how important this feature is for you. 

[axhoff]

Same here.
Even more frustrating that this is apparently by design (only on Desktop??). If i don't want a song, i don't want a song.

Please fix this or provide an alternative of some sort.

[hercule18]

Same for me on Ubuntu. Seams also to work on Mobile (Android) But Desktop app does not care preference and do not propose the dislike button.

[Modamo]

Thank you, Loneliest_Cabin from Spotify, for your reply. Happy to see Spotify is indeed reading our comments and listening to us, and your post explains nicely what's happening. I can only speak for myself of course, but it makes sense and knowing this, I'll just patiently wait and see what happens before deciding to move away from Spotify towards a different streaming service.
Cheers!

[Sindrom]

My Premium Duo gets renewed tomorrow so I will still be here for one more month just because of my familiarity with the Spotify app and the reluctance of making the change to another music app. I've added a reminder for 2 days before the February bill is due, just so I can be sure I will keep my promise of leaving Spotify Premium if this does not get fixed until then. By that time, more than 3 months will have passed since this issue was reported and was not fixed. I really hope I won't be forced to do this change.

[zoryn]

Can't believe such a basic feature is broken yet again. Have had Spotify premium for years, and if this isn't fixed/returned I will absolutely look elsewhere.

[laelito]

Ridiculous. The whole point of Discover Weekly is for Spotify to help us "discover" new music we like, not force us to listen to music we DON'T like! Without the dislike button, 50% of that discovery equation is missing. More importantly, there is no way that I'm gonna repeatedly listen to the Discover Weekly playlist if it has even one single song that I don't like, but cannot remove. 

Curiously, the Release Radar playlist still has the minus/dislike button. Which gives me some hope that this is just a bug to be fixed and not another sleazy tactic to keep us listening to music that's cheaper for Spotify (I'm looking at you "Smart" Shuffle). But it seems just as likely that this is an intentional decision to make the app and music discovery experience worse for users while making the shareholders and executives happier by forcing more profitable tracks into our streaming diet.

[JoshuaStrobl]

What was the technical reason for its removal in the first place? I won't be placated by a vague "oh we need to improve the underlying solution". The functionality _worked_ on the desktop. If there was expected improvements to be made to it, a solution existing across all verticals should have been considered blocking for a rollout of the change. How did the decision come about and how was it considered acceptable to disrupt the user experience to such a degree?

[Sindrom]

Very true. The Release Radar playlist does indeed still have on the desktop app the Hide song functionality that is missing on the Discover Weekly. 

[fernandezcojonz]

This is my #1 used feature in Spotify. Music discovery is important to me, but since Discover Weekly very often suggests the music it already suggested (and I did not like) or suggests things that I'm really not into, I want to be able to hide them or I won't use Discover Weekly at all. Discover Weekly is the thing that keeps me with Spotify. If this is gone permanently, I'll find no value in Spotify above what the competition offers.

[thorthratt]

Bring the dislike button back! skipping a song is not a way to stop songs from playing on discover weekly, nor on playlists. If I want to stop listening to a song, I want a button to remove it from my queue because I dislike that song!

[tamyr37]

This frequently used button needs to be restored.

[tombarnes_dnb]

Thank you for confirming that Eni!
Although, that's disappointing to hear. A feature update is meant to be just that; an 'UPdate'. This removal demonstrates that Spotify are instead going backwards in terms of feature offerings. How unfortunate.

[bob349]

This is a big problem. Previously, I could quickly select tracks, but now I don't have that option.

[bob349]

Spotify has many annoying little things, but this was the last straw. How could such a critical feature for users be broken? Judging by the discussion, the Spotify team doesn't seem too concerned about it and assumes users will just put up with it.

[jfnoubel]

For the past couple of weeks, the button "hide song" has disappeared from the lists. I really loved and used this button so that I don't have to hear again unpleasant musics, and I would also teach Spotify's algorithm about my taste. This function has disappeared on the Mac app, although it still exists on the iphone's app.

Any idea why?

Thanks.

[Domiins]

Spotify is really making their best attempt at ensh*tification huh