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View or Hide Lyrics on Spotify on iPhone and Android

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Answer

Open Now Playing and scroll to Lyrics. Lyrics are available on Free and Premium but may be missing for some songs, devices, or markets.

Guide steps4 steps
  1. Open Now Playing
  2. View lyrics
  3. Hide the preview
  4. Understand availability
  5. If it still does not work

Open Now Playing

Play a track and tap the Now Playing bar.

View lyrics

Scroll to Lyrics and tap the panel for full-screen synchronized lyrics when available.

Hide the preview

Open the track menu and choose Lyrics to turn the preview off or on where Spotify offers that control.

Understand availability

Lyrics do not need a separate global enable switch and are not available for every song, device, or market.

Video walkthrough

If it does not work

  • If “View or Hide Lyrics on Spotify on iPhone and Android” remains unresolved, identify the first numbered step that produces a different result and preserve that screen, file, log, or message. Recheck the specific account, permission, storage, connection, source-media, or hardware prerequisite above, then follow only the matching Spotify Support recovery path; do not combine unrelated resets, bypasses, unofficial installers, or third-party repair tools.
Sources and verification

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