How to Connect Spotify to Facebook on Desktop/Mobile

Spotify doubles up as a form of social media and a music streaming app as well. It has even taken a higher notch, with the integration of Facebook. You can now share hot hits with friends and also see what they are listening to. But you need to be a Premium user to connect Spotify to Facebook. This then leaves many users out of the party.

Likewise, you may experience Spotify account not connecting to Facebook issues along the line. Many reasons may cause this. You are lucky to would have stumbled on this article if you are facing any issues connecting Spotify to Facebook. But first, let's peruse how to get your fav-hits from Spotify to Facebook.

Part 1. How to Connect Spotify to Facebook

Get your friends into a partying mood by connecting your Spotify account to Facebook. Imagine the excitement of sharing your cool tracks with friends and enjoying each others' company. Here's how to connect Facebook to Spotify using your desktop or mobile app.

On Windows/Mac:

Step 1. Open the Spotify app for desktop.

Step 2. Click the Chevron down icon > Settings. You can also open the app menu > Edit > Preferences.

Step 3. Scroll to Social > Connect with Facebook to see what your friends are playing.

Step 4. Click the Connect with Facebook button to the right of this option. This will open the login window.

Step 5. Enter your Facebook login details to log in to your Facebook account with Spotify.

Once connected, this setting applies to all Spotify platforms like mobile and web.

Step 1. Open the Spotify app for desktop.

Step 2. Click the Chevron down icon > Settings.

Step 3. Scroll to Display > Show what your friends are playing.

Step 4. Switch on the toggle button to the right of this option. This will open the Friend Activity panel in the right screen of Spotify app for desktop.

Step 5. Click the Add Friends button > Connect with Facebook. This will open the login window.

Step 6. Log in to your Facebook credentials to connect it to Spotify.

On Android/iPhone:

Step 1. Open the Spotify app for mobile.

Step 2. Tap the Gear icon in the upper right corner to access Settings.

Step 3. Go into Your Profile on the top position of the Settings.

Step 4. Click the More button > Find friends > Connect to Facebook > Continue.

Step 5. You'll be redirect to facebook.com to connect your Spotify account with your Facebook.

Step 6. Follow the on-screen instruction to enter your Facebook login details, and then click OK button to confirm the connection.

Part 2. How to Disconnect Spotify from Facebook

If you want to disconnect Spotify from Facebook for particular reasons, here’s how.

On Windows/Mac:

Step 1. Open the Spotify app for desktop.

Step 2. Click the Chevron down icon > Settings. You can also open the app menu > Edit > Preferences.

Step 3. Scroll to Social > Disconnect with Facebook to disconnect Spotify from Facebook.

Part 3. Fix: Spotify Won't Connect to Facebook

You may have followed the right steps to connect Spotify to Facebook but surprisingly, you realize it's not working. Many reasons may cause Spotify won't connect to Facebook issue that needs a quick fix. Check out these solutions and get off the hook as fast as possible.

1. Give Access to Spotify

Step 1. Go to Spotify Log-in on Spotify platform, e.g. Spotify app for desktop and mobile or Spotify web player.

Step 2. Click Continue with Facebook.

Step 3. You'll be redirected to Log in with Facebook > Continue as [Your Facebook username] to allow this access.

Step 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to connect Spotify to Facebook.

2. Remove Spotify from Facebook

You can choose to disconnect Spotify from Facebook then try reconnect your Spotify account to Facebook. If this has been tried with no success, try remove Spotify from Facebook.

Step 1. Use a browser to open facebook.com to log in to your Facebook account.

Step 2. Click your profile picture in the top right of Facebook.

Step 3. Select Settings & Privacy > Settings.

Step 4. In the left side menu, click Security and login.

Step 5. Under Security and login, click Apps and Websites. You'll see the apps and websites you've connected to your Facebook account.

Step 6. In the apps-and-websites list, scroll to Spotify.

Step 7. Click the Remove button to the right.

Step 8. In the Remove Spotify pop-up, select the preserved settings e.g. "Delete posts, videos or events Spotify posted on your timeline", "Allow Facebook to notify Spotify that your login connection was removed. They may offer you another way to log in" > Remove.

Now your Facebook connections with Spotify have been removed.

3. Use a third-party app

Perhaps Spotify won't connect to Facebook because of the file output format. You can solve the issue by first converting Spotify music to playable formats. You can use ViWizard Music Converter for Spotify. ViWizard is a brilliant Converter app that will download and convert any playlist, album, song, and artist to common formats like FLAC, WAV, AAC, MP3, etc.

Likewise, it helps you to quickly organize the output music library by either albums or artists. It then becomes easier for you to archive your music files. More so, you can customize the output settings of your music via bit rates, sample rates, and channels.

Here is the process to download and convert your Spotify songs to MP3 format for streaming to Facebook.

Step 1 Add Spotify songs to ViWizard

Once you download and install ViWizard Spotify Music Converter on your computer, launch it and the Spotify app will automatically open. Then start to add your favorite Spotify songs. You can drag and drop the songs onto the conversion screen of ViWizard. You can also choose to paste the link of the Spotify songs or playlist to the search bar of the Converter and let the tracks be loaded.

Step 2 Set output format

Customize the output format and other parameters. Go to the "Menu" bar and choose the "Preferences" option. Next, click on the "Convert" button and start to set the output settings manually. You can adjust the sample rate, bit rate, channel, etc. Likewise, you can let the converted songs be classified by albums or artists from the "Archive output tracks by" option.

Step 3 Convert and save Spotify playlist

Finally, click the "Convert" button and let the program convert your Spotify music to the set format and preferences.

Step 4 Download songs to Facebook

You can now easily share your Spotify songs to Facebook without further hitches.

Just log in to your Facebook account.

Then click on the Create Story option.

Choose the Music option and start to add the converted Spotify music.

Your friends will easily access and view what you are listening to.

Conclusion

Despite being able to easily connect Spotify to Facebook, you can still face some connection challenges. You can clear Spotify on Facebook or use Spotify device passwords as quick fixes. Likewise, you can convert your music to common formats with ViWizard Spotify Music Converter and connect the converted Spotify songs to Facebook without output format limitation.