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A step-by-step guide to setting a nighttime timer in Spotify
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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.
- Tap •••.
- Scroll down and tap Sleep timer .
- Select a timer value, such as 1 hour or End of track .
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Section 1 of 4:
Set a Sleep Timer for Music
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Tap the "Now Playing" area at the bottom of the Spotify app. This is where you see the name of the song you're listening to. A larger view of the Now Playing screen will open.
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Tap the menu ••• . It's the three dots at the top-right corner.Advertisement
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Scroll down and select Sleep timer . 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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Tap the "Now Playing" area at the bottom of the Spotify app. 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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Open your iPhone's Clock app. 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] X Research source Tap the stopwatch icon in Control Center to open Clock, or tap the Clock icon on your home screen or in the App Library.
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Tap Timers . It's in the bottom-right corner.
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Use the dials to set your timer. You can set it for any amount of minutes, hours, and/or seconds.
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Tap When Timer Ends . This is at the bottom. A list of notification tones and other options will appear.
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Scroll down and select Stop Playing . This option tells your iPhone to stop playing any audio that is playing when the timer goes off—just like Spotify's sleep timer.
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Tap Set . This saves your changes.
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Tap Start to set your timer. Your iPhone will stop playing video and audio automatically at the end of the timer cycle.
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