How to Combine Playlists on Spotify: Step-by-Step Guide

Whether you are curating the ultimate road trip soundtrack, consolidating years of scattered workout tracks, or merging two distinct mood boards into a single master collection, combining playlists on Spotify is one of the best ways to streamline your musical life.

Instead of jumping back and forth between multiple lists or endlessly tapping shuffle on isolated albums, Spotify offers straightforward native methods to combine your libraries, along with creative features to make the final product sound professional.

How to Combine Playlets Natively

Merging playlists on Spotify requires just a few taps or clicks, whether you are working from a phone or a computer.

• On Mobile (iOS and Android): Open the source playlist you want to merge, tap the three-dot menu (ellipsis icon), select “Add to other playlist,” and choose your destination playlist. This instantly appends all the tracks from the first list into the second one while preserving the original order.
• On Desktop: You can use a quick drag-and-drop method or bulk-select tracks. Open a playlist, click the first track, hold Shift, and click the last track to select all of them. Then, right-click, select “Add to Playlist,” and choose an existing target or drop them into a brand-new playlist.

If you just want to group several related playlists (like various sub-genres of rock or different decades of pop) without permanently fusing the songs together, you can also use Playlist Folders on the desktop app. Creating a folder and dragging multiple playlists into it allows you to shuffle-play the entire folder contents simultaneously.

Beyond Simple Merges: Elevating Your Combined Sound

Once your tracks are bundled together, a massive combined playlist can sometimes feel jarring or disjointed—especially if you’ve smashed together contrasting genres or tempos. To smooth out the listening experience, Spotify’s Mix feature lets you apply smooth auto-transitions or customize crossfading, volume matching, and EQ parameters between tracks. This turns a raw compilation of songs into a seamless, DJ-style flow.

By mastering these built-in tools, you can declutter your library, cut down on duplicates, and craft the ultimate master soundtracks tailored precisely to how you live and listen.