The Queue

The Queue

The queue is a list of songs that are waiting to be played. You can access the queue by clicking the queue icon  at the bottom of the Roon window, or just click the currently playing song.

The queue opens with the currently playing track marked under Now playing.


We've highlighted (in red) some of the additional features of the queue screen.
  1. The queue list is scrollable, both up and down. If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel, this will also scroll the list.
  2. Click the  Loop button to repeat your queue. For details, see FAQ: Where's the loop button?
  3. Click the  Shuffle button, next to the Loop button, to hear your queue in random order. To learn how Shuffle works, including Shuffle Play and when Shuffle turns off, see Shuffle in Roon and Roon ARC.
  4. The ellipses  next to each track will give you options for visiting the artist, album, removing the item from the queue, and more.
  5. Drag and drop using  to organize your queue.
  6. To keep music playing after your queue ends, turn on Roon Radio at the bottom of the queue.
  7. To move your queue to another zone, see Zone.

Here's a view where the queue has been scrolled away from the currently playing track. We've also highlighted some additional features of the queue. These features apply to the queue as a whole.


Once you scroll away from the currently playing track, a "Jump to Now playing" button will appear. Clicking (or touching) this will instantly reposition the view so that the currently playing track is once again at the head of the list.

Click or touch "Clear upcoming" to remove all the as yet unplayed items in the queue. Once this is done, this changes to a "Clear all" function that will clear out the entire queue (including the currently playing track).

The "3 dots" icon above the queue will display a menu with these options:
  1. Add to a playlist
  2. Add to tag
  3. Export
For each of these, you can choose whether to include the previously queued items, the upcoming items, or all of them.

Here we've highlighted functions that act on individual items in the queue:



The "3 dots" icon will display a menu as shown. The drag handle (six dots) on the right of each track is for adjusting the position of the track in the queue. Click and hold on the handle to move the track up or down the list.

Clicking on a track in the queue will bring up a menu that can be used to either play the queue starting with the selected track or to remove the track from the queue entirely.




You can also right-click (or press and hold) on queue items to display a menu bar (acting on the selected items), which includes a "3 dots" icon and the menu shown.


Once a song has been played, it remains in the queue for the remainder of the session. If you want to see the music you've already played, you can scroll up the list to the beginning of the session. Tracks you skipped are grouped together; click Expand to see them. If you want to see further back in time, then you can access your play history from the sidebar.