Unable to sort albums in Your Music by artist

[Haraldbt]

I believe albums were sorted by artist after the latest update (1.5.0). I tried the 'Sort By Title' button next to the Filter bar in Albums in Your Music, and now I can't get it back. Tapping it again doesn't turn it off; it's impossible to get albums sorted by artist again.

[user-removed]

What happens when you try to tap the icon with three lines on it again exactly? Are you even given the option of sorting by artists again? I just switched between sorting by Title and Artists with no issue. You can always try logging in and out or restarting your phone by holding down the power and home button for a couple of seconds as those techniques seem to have helped users in the past solve various issues.

[user-removed]

Oh, also @Haraldbt , it might also be worth quitting Spotify from the task manager and reopening it by double clicking the home button, and swiping up on the Spotify app's screen.

[Haraldbt]

I've tried quitting the app from the task manager and restarting the device, neither helped.

What happens when I tap the icon is that it shows the option to filter by offline music and sort by title. There's a little check sign next to where it says 'Title', indicating that albums are indeed sorted by title now. I assumed that it would be turned off if I tapped the 'Sort By Title' again, but it didn't. There is no option to sort by artist, and there wasn't before either.

I haven't tried to log out and in yet, would I have to redownload all my music if I tried? If not I'll try right away.

[user-removed · Accepted solution]

It's possible that you're not scrolling to see the option for Artist. When I click the icon with 3 lines the only thing that shows up is to filter by Offline Music and Title like you said, but the options "Artist" and "Recently Added" are immediately below those if I scroll down.

Logging in and out will not force you to redownload your music so that's worth a shot. If you still can't see the option to sort by Artists or Recently added, then it might be worth it to delete and reinstall the app (which would unsync all your offline music. Annoying, I know.) Let me know if that helps!

[Haraldbt]

I had to laugh at myself there. Yes, I had to scroll down to see it, can't believe I didn't think of it. Thank you for the help!

Not sure if I should delete this thread or not.

[user-removed]

hahaha glad I could help! It's fine if you leave the thread as is