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Changing Music Library groupings on Android

  • November 22, 2025
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I have a music library on a NAS. When I first connected it to my Sonos system I mistakenly selected the group by artist option. Where I have albums which feature tracks by different artists the library lists them all individually rather than as one album. I would like to change the groupings so it is by album.

I use the Android app and under Settings - Music Library the only option is rescan library. There is no option to change the ordering. I found a help page which implied there should be an option asking which ordering I want. Where do I find this option?

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Stanley_4
  • Lead Maestro
  • November 22, 2025

For me, on Android, I just select the Music Library from the App main page. There I’m presented with a list of options, Artists, Albums, Composers and several more as well as a “by folder” view.

Same from the Sonos web controller.


  • Author
  • Contributor I
  • November 22, 2025

I think that is the way to select music from the library. When I initially scanned the library for content I thought that there was a set of options to 'sort' music in different ways. I thought this was why I have, for example, a set of 10 albums all called 10 greatest hits each with one of the 10 tracks on the album as each track is by a different artist, rather than one album which has 10 tracks (which incidentally are by different artists). 


Stanley_4
  • Lead Maestro
  • November 22, 2025

Easy enough to delete the library link, add it back and rescan, been too long since I messed with mine to recall.

Maybe something here?

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/search?q=Music+library

 

 


  • Author
  • Contributor I
  • November 22, 2025

I tried that but maybe I need to reboot the system with no music library before adding again and rescanning.


Stanley_4
  • Lead Maestro
  • November 22, 2025

Removed a bit ment for another topic.

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Corry P
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  • Sonos Staff
  • November 26, 2025

Hi ​@Phantom_cyclist 

Welcome to the Sonos Community!

Sorry to hear about the issue you are having with Music Library sorting. At present, the option you reference is only available on iOS controllers (and the Desktop controllers). It is not presently available on Android.

Assuming you have a desktop computer and not an iOS device, please install/open the Sonos Desktop Controller for your computer and find the option in Menu bar » Manage » Music Library Settings » Advanced » Group Albums Using.

I hope this helps.


bockersjv
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  • Local Superstar
  • November 26, 2025

I have had issues with indexing in the past.  I used MP3Tag to check the details were in the tags correctly and chose a common format for all the music I have and added artwork to the tracks rather than just the folder.

I fixed it by changing the library to scan an empty folder and then after that I re-scanned the original folder and all was good.  Not sure this is needed now but it can’t do any harm to try.