How to Show Recently Played Artists on Spotify

Co-authored by Stan Kats and Darlene Antonelli, MA

Last Updated: November 2, 2020

By default, your recently played artists appear on your Spotify profile, but if you change the setting accidentally, this wikiHow will teach you how to show recently played artists on your Spotify profile using a mobile phone or tablet and the Mac and Windows computer client.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Using the Mobile App

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This app icon features black curved lines inside a green circle that you can find on one of your Home screens, in the app drawer, or by searching.
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Tap

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. You'll see this gear icon in the top right corner of your screen. If you don't see this icon, tap Home with the house icon.

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Tap to turn the switch on next to "Recently played artists. " It's under the "Social" header, near the middle of the menu.
- A green icon indicates that the feature is enabled and your recently played artists will appear on your profile.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

Using Windows or Mac

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You'll find it in your Applications folder in Finder or in the Start menu.
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next to your name. This arrow is centered along the top of the screen and a menu should appear.
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. You'll see near the bottom of the menu.
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Click to turn the switch on next to "Show my recently played artists. " It's under the "Social" header, near the middle of the menu.
- A green icon indicates that the feature is enabled and your recently played artists will appear on your profile.

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If you want to go through your Recently Played and delete songs or albums, you'll have to use the computer app since this feature was removed from the mobile app recently. Open the Windows or Mac application, click Recently Played from the menu on the left side of your screen, hover your mouse over the album or song you want to remove from your recently played list, click the three-dot menu icon, and click Remove from Recently Played . ^{[1]
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