Desktop: New Your Library sidebar
Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player.
The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already.
The new Your Library sidebar improves navigation and makes it easier and faster to collect and retrieve all types of content, bringing new features to desktop that you're already familiar with in the mobile app. The new sidebar is also more customizable than before to meet different preferences.
👉 You can read more info in my Spotify Community post:
Desktop: New Your Library sidebar
To see what's new and to share your feedback about the new Your Library sidebar for desktop, please check out the full help guide in the Spotify Community.
What's new in the Your Library sidebar?
- See your entire collection and all of the content types (not just playlists)
- Filters for your collection (Playlists, Artists, Albums, Podcasts) that can be combined with other filters (By you, By Spotify, Downloaded)
- Sort options for your collection (Recents, Recently Added, Alphabetical, Creator, Custom Order)
- Chosen filters and sort options will be remembered in the sidebar across restarts of the desktop app
- Search through your collection in the sidebar
- Pinned library items to find your favorites, faster – current limit is 4 (Playlists, Playlist Folders, Artists, Albums, Podcasts)
- Art covers are now shown in the sidebar
- Compact library layout (no art covers) is available as an option in Settings to increase content density
- Dedicated + (plus) button to create Playlists and Playlist Folders
- Flexible Sizing: A collapsed library view (with only art covers) to maximize the browsing area, a regular width view, and an expanded view for more focused library management and curation. (you can also drag to customize the size)
- In the expanded library view, you have options for either a list view, or a grid view. The list view shows you more details in 2 columns, Date Added and Last Played, and the grid view allows you to see larger art covers.
- Playlist Folders can still be expanded into the sidebar in a tree view, and now when you click on them, the sidebar only shows the Playlist Folder and what's inside for a more focused view.
- Menu option to move a playlist to a folder (with search)
Tips to get started:
If you need a familiar experience to help you get started with the new Your Library sidebar, here's how to get it as close as possible to the old sidebar that previously only showed playlists:
- In the left "Your Library" sidebar, click on the "Playlists" filter at the top.
- Then, in the sort options drop down menu select "Custom Order". You will then see your previous playlist order and be able to move your playlists and folders like before.
- Your currently chosen filters and sort options will be remembered across restarts of the desktop app.
- If you would like to only see text in the Your Library sidebar (no art covers), go to the Spotify app Settings ➜ Library ➜ and turn on "Use compact library layout".
- Flexible Sizing: You can drag the Your Library sidebar to different sizes. Fully expand the sidebar by clicking the arrow button at the top, and fully collapse the sidebar by clicking on the "Your Library" heading to see only art covers.
- At the top, you can scroll through the different filters with your mouse scroll wheel for faster navigation when the sidebar is set to a smaller size.
