Playlists no longer show an indication of "liked" songs. Is that by design?

[rwhtx]

For years -- 10 to be exact -- I have managed playlists by clicking on either a heart or an "add to liked songs" button, then adding those songs to existing or new playlists. Recently that has been changing. Currently there is no "add to liked" button, and no indication that a song is "liked" other than right-clicking on the song and seeing the option to "remove from liked songs". If this change is by design, then it's a bad design. If not, how to I restore that functionality?

[OscarDC]

Hey @rwhtx,

Thank you for reaching out to the Community.

In the desktop app, the button to "Add to Liked Songs" (or the (+) sign) should be displayed next to the song's name in the now playing bar or if you hover the mouse over the tack list when listening to an album, playlist created by someone else or from the artist page directly. If you have the track added to a playlist, you'll have a green checkmark instead of the (+) sign that when clicked, it displays the list of your playlists including the Liked Songs.

If you don't have this button, it could be related to some damaged cache stored on your device. In that case, we'd recommend performing a clean reinstall of the app by following the steps in this article.

Additionally, the app doesn't currently have a symbol to differentiate which song is added to a playlist and which one is added to the Liked Songs. If you want to show your support for this feature as well, we'd recommend adding your vote (by hitting the thumbs-up button) to this idea.

Hope this helps. If anything else comes up, the Community will be here for you.

[jerrzv]

its almost 2025 and there is no way to view which songs are from my library vs a random playlist like does no one save songs anymore?? And why is this community its own thing like what is the point of having an app and not include this into it??? Can’t wait for this post to get 0 interaction either like Spotify just made this whole community and no one uses it unless they’re forced to because of how poorly the nonexistent integration is… shoutout to anyone who does read this tho! 

[CNG]

Came here trying to find an explanation for why I can't tell if I "liked" a song anymore, because the indicator also means the song is on any of my playlists. I use playlists as tags (because Spotify does not support tags despite years and years and years of people asking for the feature, but the futility of this forum is always the excuse that not enough people want the feature). So I have many playlists with tons of songs on them, because as I come across songs, I categorize them into various lists. This is totally separate from whether I "like" the song. I need an indicator that ONLY means "this song is on my Liked Songs" list.

[silentmouth]

Currently working with support team for issues with the green checkmark not displaying consistently. Sometimes it displays next to the currently playing track (in the lower left corner in the desktop app or web player), but does NOT display next to the song name in the list (whether viewing the album or a playlist).

In some cases, the reverse is true, where the green checkmark displays in the track list, but does NOT display next the song name in the lower-left "now playing" area.

It's extremely confusing and frustrating. But I think there are some bugs with how these get synced, there is definitely a disconnect somewhere...

[rwhtx]

Couldn't get a reply to the community moderator to post (see image) so I gave up. Recently checked in on this question and have this update. On my desktop app the "Add to Liked Songs" and the green circle with a check mark reappeared on Spotify's content -- albums and playlists, but is inconsistently displayed on playlists I have created. My subsequent contacts with Spotify support suggested that the issue might be that I have "too many" playlists or "too many" liked songs, seemingly not realizing that millions of other users will also have too many playlists or liked songs someday. Spotify is an incredible resource, and it's creation took incredible vision. That vision seemingly did not forsee users continuing to use it for 10 or 20 or 50 years... users who someday might use it too much! As a result, in its present state it can't be considered a permanent home for listening to music.

[e_garciaj]

Hola yo utilizaba el "me gusta" (cuando era un corazón) en todas mis listas, para ir dando ese valor agregado a las canciones que les tengo mayor aprecio y ademas eso me permitía organizar mis listas, en una lista de muchas canciones podía ir seleccionando estas que mas me gustan y luego poder identificarlas visualmente de manera rápida o ir reorganizando mis listas, realmente era valiosa esta herramienta, ahora la han quitado, y solo puedo ver la lista completa de "me gusta" en donde me revuelve todos los géneros de todas mis listas, imagina la que mas me gusta de rock al lado de la que mas me gusta de música clásica, yo lo que quiero saber es si puedo volver a visualizar (los corazones o los símbolos de +, me da lo mismo el icono) en cada una de mis listas individuales, o sea los me gusta de la lista de rock, de jazz, de música clásica, etc. Ayuda por favor.