3 Ways to Change Spotify Playlist Cover Image on iPhone or Android

According to Spotify, you need the Spotify Desktop app to change Spotify playlist cover image, but many people, myself included, want to do that on mobile phones. After some research, I finally find 4 ways to switch Spotify playlist cover picture to any photo, and 3 of them also work on Android or iOS.

Change Spotify Playlist Cover on iPhone

From the Spotify Developer Doc, you can easily find how to upload any image as Spotify playlist cover, so you can use the Shortcuts app for iOS to achieve it with Spotify API. On iOS 13 or later versions, the Shortcuts app is pre-installed on your iPhone or iPad.

Based on the Spotify API, I have made a shortcut to convert Apple Music playlist to Spotify. Recently, I have also updated the shortcut for changing Spotify playlist cover image. You can simply run this shortcut to upload a custom image as Spotify playlist cover.

Step 1. Get the Spotify Playlist Cover shortcut. If your iPhone is running iOS 15 or older versions, I recommend you use Safari to open the shortcut link. iOS 16 devices can use any web browser.

Step 2. When you run it for the first time, it will open a Safari web page. Log in to your Spotify account if you haven’t. Then copy the Authorization code.

Step 3. Select any picture from Photos or Files to set as playlist image. If the selected image is not square, this shortcut will crop it automatically.

Step 4. Then it will load all your Spotify playlists. Now, select the playlist to change its cover image.

This shortcut will create a text file with your Spotify Refresh Code in iCloud/Shortcuts/Spotify. That is to say, you have to enable iCloud for this shortcut to work smoothly. The next time, you can just select the image you prefer as the playlist cover without the authorization process.

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Change Spotify Playlist Picture on Android

For Android users, there is a free dedicated app for switching Spotify playlist image. It is called Change playlist image – Spotify. You can search and download it from Google Play Store. It is totally free.

Once you installed this app, it will ask you to log in with your Spotify account and agree to grant access to this app. After that, you will see all your Spotify playlist. just select one that you want to edit the cover image.

On the next screen, you can tap on “Edit” to change the playlist name and description or “Choose Image” to select any image on your Android phone as the playlist cover image. You can also rotate the image if needed.

Change Spotify Playlist Image online

If you don’t want to get any app installed, you can also use an online web tool to edit Spotify playlist images. Since it is an online tool, you can use it on Chromebook, Windows PC, Mac, Linux PC, or any device with a web browser.

You just go to this web page. It will ask you to log in with your Spotify account and authorize like the previous 2 methods. After that, you can select your playlist to change the cover image as you like.

Bonus: Change Spotify Playlist Image with Spotify Web Player

It is super easy to change a Spotify playlist cover picture on a computer. You can use the Spotify Desktop app or Spotify web player. On mobile devices, you can also open the Spotify Web Player and Request Desktop Website.

Step 1. Open Spotify Web Player on your mobile phone. On iPhone Safari, tab the “aA” icon in the address bar and select Request Desktop Website.

Step 2. Select one of the playlists whose cover image you want to change and tap the three dots, and select “Edit details.”

Step3. In the “Edit details” section, hover over the photo collage and click the “Choose photo” option.

Step 4. Now you can choose an image from your photo library. After that, click “Save” to apply the change.

Wrap up

These are the 4 ways to change Spotify playlist image without the Spotify desktop app for real, and 3 of them can be done on Android or iPhone.

You can also change the first 4 tracks in a playlist to change the cover image, but these methods mentioned here allow you to set any image as the playlist cover. If you have any questions or concerns about these tools, let me know in the comments. I am here for you.