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Private Listening

Private listening stops Sona reporting plays. Plays stay out of your Apple Music listening history and recommendations, are not scrobbled to Last.fm or ListenBrainz, are not shown on Discord and are not added to History.

Use any of these:

  • The private listening button in the player bar.
  • The command palette (Ctrl+K): Turn on private listening.
  • Settings → Playback → Listening.

Browsing Apple Music and your library works as usual.

Development builds, and Sona started with SONA_PRIVATE=1, start with it on. Start Sona without the variable to turn it off.