


Additionally, a Spotify Private Session will also end by default when the app is closed and relaunched, or after a significant length of inactivity on the platform. If you don't want to share anything, you just disable. Private Session is not supposed to act as a 'forever private' mode. To stop private listening, simply repeat the steps for the chosen method and tap or click ‘Private Session' again to switch it off. Private Session is meant to be used when you listen to music you don't want to affect your Taste Profile and Music Recommendations, nor want other people to be able to see in the Activity Feed and Recently Played Artist. Go to ‘Settings’ (gear icon) and select ‘Social.’ Switch on the toggle next to ‘Private Session.’ To enable the feature on Spotify Desktop, launch the app and click on the dropdown arrow next to the username in the top-right corner of the page and go to ‘Private Session.’ This should produce a padlock icon next to the username to indicate that a private session is in progress. To start anonymously listening to songs on a mobile device, launch the Spotify app and hit the ‘Home’ icon in the bottom-left corner of the screen. There are two ways to start a Private Session on Spotify. Related: Favorite Music Guru For Spotify: How To Find Your Top Artists & Tracks Tracks will not affect or be included in certain Spotify-generated playlists that are specially curated for the user. By enabling Spotify’s Private Session feature, songs that are played during the listening session won’t be recorded as an activity. Each time a track is played, it has the ability to affect the app’s algorithm for music recommendations. By default, Spotify remembers every single song a person accesses on the platform.
