Open Shortcutify app on your iPhone or iPad and select Spotify. Enter your Client ID and Client Secret in the form and tap “Connect”. Open this link in Safari to get the shortcut (iOS 13 only) for changing playlist cover image. Music streaming with the Spotify app provides you with several different ways to listen to music. You can create or follow radio stations, you can search for songs, or you can create and save playlists. By default, this is done as a streaming service, which means that those songs are never actually on your iPhone.

Spotify Playlist App Iphone App

3 Ways to Change Spotify Playlist Cover Image on Mobile

According to Spotify, you need the Spotify Desktop app to change Spotify playlist cover image, but many people, myself included, want to do that on mobile phones. After some researches, I finally find 2 ways to switch Spotify playlist cover photo to any photo that I have on both Android and iOS.

Personalize Spotify Playlist Cover on iPhone

From the Spotify Developer Doc, you can easily find how to upload any image as Spotify playlist cover, so you can use the Shortcuts app for iOS to achieve it with Spotify API. If you are using iOS 13, the Shortcuts is pre-installed on your iPhone or iPad.

If you read the Doc, you can find the Spotify Authentication process is a little complicated. I have made a shortcut to convert Apple Music playlist to Spotify. Luckily, you don’t have to go through the whole process thanks to a free app called Shortcutify. Once you have the Shortcutify app installed, you can see how it works referring to the video or steps below.

Step 1. Go to developer.spotify.com and login with your Spotify account.

Step 2. Under the Dashboard tab, click “Create a Client ID”. Give it a name and other info.

Step 3. Click Edit Setting for this Client ID. Add “shortcutify://oauth-callback/spotify” as the Redirect URL and then Save the Settings.

Step 4. Open Shortcutify app on your iPhone or iPad and select Spotify. Enter your Client ID and Client Secret in the form and tap “Connect”.

Step 5. Open this link in Safari to get the shortcut (iOS 13 only) for changing playlist cover image.

Step 6. Run this shortcut to select any picture from your Camera Roll to set as playlist image. If the selected image is not square, this shortcut will crop it automatically.

This Shortcutify app is only available for iOS 13 or later versions. If you are using iOS 12, you have to do the whole authentication process within Shortcuts app.

Update: Some people told me that this shortcut not working for iOS 14, so I have updated this shortcut by removing the fancy menu. If you are using iOS 14, you can get this shortcut instead.

If you love to listen to music offline, you should check this post to download Spotify music to MP3 for free.

Change Spotify Playlist Picture on Android

For Android users, there is a free dedicated app for switching Spotify playlist image. It is called Change playlist image – Spotify. You can search and download it from Google Play Store. It is totally free.

Once you installed this app, it will ask you to login with your Spotify account and agree to grant access to this app. After that, you will see all your Spotify playlist. just select one that you want to edit the cover image.

In the next screen, you can tap on “Edit” to change the playlist name and description or “Choose Image” to select any image on your Android phone as the playlist cover image. You can also rotate the image if needed.

Change Spotify Playlist Image online

If you don’t want to get any app installed, you can also use an online web tool to edit Spotify playlist image. Since it an online tool, you can use it on Chromebook, Windows PC, Mac, Linux PC, or any device with a web browser.

You just go to this web page. It will ask you to login with your Spotify account and authorize like the previous 2 methods. After that, you can select your playlist to change the cover image as you like.

Wrap up

These are the 3 ways to change Spotify playlist image without the Spotify desktop app for real. You can also change the first 4 tracks in a playlist to change the cover image. These three methods allow you to set any image as the playlist cover. If you have any questions or concerns about these tools, let me know in the comments. I am here for you.

Use the app to play music files stored on your device, which we call local files.

Note: Files or downloads from illegal sources are not permitted.

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1. On desktop, import your local files (with the 'Desktop' steps).
2. Add the files to a new playlist.
3. Log in on your mobile or tablet using the same WiFi as your desktop.
4. Go to Settings > Local Files and switch on Local audio files.
   Note: You need to allow Spotify to find devices in the prompt that shows.
5. Download the playlist with your local files.

Didn’t work?

Make sure:

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• You're logged in to the same account on both your desktop and mobile
• Your devices are connected to the same WiFi network
• The app is up-to-date on both devices
• Your device is up-to-date
• The Spotify app has access to your local network. Check in your iPhone/iPad settings under Spotify

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Spotify Playlist App Iphone Sync

1. On desktop, import your local files (with the 'Desktop' steps).
2. Add the files to a new playlist.
3. Log in on your mobile or tablet using the same WiFi as your desktop.
4. Download the playlist with your local files.

Didn’t work?

Make sure:

• You're logged in to the same account on both your desktop and mobile
• Your devices are connected to the same WiFi network
• The app is up-to-date on both devices
• Your device is up-to-date

1. Click , then Settings.
2. Scroll to Local Files and switch Show Local Files on.
3. Switch off any sources you don't want.
4. Click ADD A SOURCE to select another folder.

Music from that folder is now in Local Files in the menu on the left.

Supported file types

Note: Some of your files may be protected in restricted formats. Install QuickTime on your computer to allow most of these tracks to be played on Spotify.

• .mp3
• .m4p (unless it contains video)
• .mp4 (if QuickTime is installed on your computer)

The iTunes lossless format (M4A) isn't supported.

If your file isn’t supported, we do our best to match it with songs from the Spotify catalog. The version we match with might differ from the original.

Last updated: 24 September, 2020

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