How to Use the Spotify Sleep Timer on iPhone or Android

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A step-by-step guide to setting a nighttime timer in Spotify

Co-authored by Nicole Levine, MFA Reviewed by Stan Kats

Last Updated: November 4, 2024 Fact Checked

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Set a Sleep Timer for Music

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Set a Sleep Timer for Podcasts

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Set a Sleep Timer in Your iPhone's Clock App

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Why can't I find the sleep timer?

If you're listening to Spotify before bed, you can set a sleep timer so your music or podcast won't keep playing while you're not awake to enjoy it. If you can't find the sleep timer after the latest update, don't worry—it's still there, but it has moved. Read on to learn how to set a sleep timer on Spotify, and what to do if the sleep timer in Spotify is missing . We'll also teach you a trick for setting an iPhone sleep timer for music and video.

Quick Steps

Tap the Now Playing area at the bottom of Spotify.
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Scroll down and tap Sleep timer .
Select a timer value, such as 1 hour or End of track .

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Set a Sleep Timer for Music

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This is where you see the name of the song you're listening to. A larger view of the Now Playing screen will open.
It's the three dots at the top-right corner.

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It'll be near the end of the menu.
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Choose when to stop playing audio. You can choose from various options, including 5 minutes , 10 minutes , 15 minutes , 30 minutes , 45 minutes , 1 hour , or End of track . Once selected, your Spotify sleep timer will be activated.
- You can disable the timer by returning to the Sleep timer menu and selecting Turn off timer .

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Set a Sleep Timer for Podcasts

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This is where you see the name of the podcast you're currently listening to. A larger view of the Now Playing screen will open.
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Tap the stopwatch icon. It's in the bottom-right corner.
- While sleep timers used to be in the three-dot menu, like when setting timers for music, this is the new post-update way to set a sleep timer when you're listening to a podcast.
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Choose when to stop playing audio. You can choose from various options, including 5 minutes , 10 minutes , 15 minutes , 30 minutes , 45 minutes , 1 hour , or End of episode . Your Spotify sleep timer is now set.
- You can disable the timer by tapping the stopwatch icon again and selecting Turn off timer .

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Set a Sleep Timer in Your iPhone's Clock App

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If you want to set a sleep timer that works for other apps, including Apple Music and YouTube, you can use the timer in the Clock app. ^{[1]
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It's in the bottom-right corner.
You can set it for any amount of minutes, hours, and/or seconds.
This is at the bottom. A list of notification tones and other options will appear.
This option tells your iPhone to stop playing any audio that is playing when the timer goes off—just like Spotify's sleep timer.
This saves your changes.
Your iPhone will stop playing video and audio automatically at the end of the timer cycle.

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Why can't I find the sleep timer?

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To access the sleep timer, you'll need to go through the Now Playing screen. The only way to get there is to start listening to something and tap the track's name at the bottom of the screen.
If the track you're listening to is a podcast, you will not find the "Sleep timer" option in the three-dot menu. Tap the name of the podcast episode at the bottom to open Now Playing, then tap the stopwatch icon to select a sleep timer option.
If there is no "Sleep timer" option in the three-dot menu, it's usually because your phone is connected to a speaker, computer, or other device. The sleep timer will only appear if you are listening through your phone's speakers, not through external devices.
Sleep timer is a premium feature, so you won't see it if you haven't upgraded from the free version .
Some Spotify users have found that the sleep timer doesn't appear when listening to a playlist with Smart Shuffle turned on. If there's a little star at the upper-left corner of the Shuffle icon (the overlapping arrows), you're in Smart Shuffle mode. Try tapping the icon twice to switch to regular shuffle.
Unfortunately, the Spotify sleep timer is not available on computers. You'll need the mobile app on your Android, iPhone, or iPad to use the sleep timer.