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How to Prevent Third-Party Apps from Misusing Your Spotify Account

I recently discovered that a third-party app was using some Spotify accounts to sell streams, and this led me to understand the importance of managing third-party apps' access to my account. Here is how you can prevent this from happening to you. Fir...

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seruapk

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Solved!! Spotify friends activity empty/not updating

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDevicePcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor several months (pretty much years at this point), my Spotify friends feed has not been updating, it only shows 1 friend I have, while it should have a dozen others. T...

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seruapk

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Solved!! Unknown people logging in

My Question or IssueI have got four emails over the past two days about people from other countries logging into my spotify account. I am from Australia and I have had people from the United States, Russia, Finland and Israel log in to my account. Af...

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12paws

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Change from premium to free problem

I have cancelled my premium account. Now when I go to use Spotify I get a black square with 3 white pulsing dots which need cancelling before I can continue but I cannot do this. Please can you tell me how I can cancel this black square in order to c...

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I have cancelled my premium account. Now when I go to use Spotify I get a black square with 3 white pulsing dots which need cancelling before I can continue but I cannot do this. Please can you tell ...

Billy-J

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Superuser Contribution Artist double found. How to deal with that?

Hey,I found out, that there is another "Basicnoise" artist profile on Spotify with only tracks of mine. (So in fact it is just a double with some of my tracks linked to it instead of my main profile.) I already contacted Spotify regarding this issue ...

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Hey, I found out, that there is another "Basicnoise" artist profile on Spotify with only tracks of mine. (So in fact it is just a double with some of my tracks linked to it instead of my main profil...

Novy

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Solved!! Cancel family and change one member to student

I have a premium family membership, was 4 of us, then 2, now my daughter is moving out to uni.How do I cancel Family but keep my account and playlist free - but my daughter's convert to student premium and keep her playlist?Any help appreciated.

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I have a premium family membership, was 4 of us, then 2, now my daughter is moving out to uni. How do I cancel Family but keep my account and playlist free - but my daughter's convert to student pre...

kb6fqv-3ru_0u

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Solved!! I need to change my country in order to pay my subscription

PlanPremium CountryI am currently living in Spain but my subscription is in Argentina. I want to change to Spain but the differents solutions suggested do not work. DeviceMacbook Pro late 2016Operating SystemMACOS BIGSUR My Question or IssueI am curr...

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Plan Premium   Country I am currently living in Spain but my subscription is in Argentina. I want to change to Spain but the differents solutions suggested do not work.   Device Macb...

Billy-J

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Someone changed the password of my account

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows & AndroidMy Question or IssueSomeone entered in my Spotify account and changed my password,I don't have access to the email that is connected with my account and, since is a premium account I would like to recover i...

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Plan Premium Operating System Windows & Android My Question or Issue Someone entered in my Spotify account and changed my password, I don't have access to the email that is connected with m...

Billy-J

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False Reporting/Abuse my official music label playlist

HiWe have official music label playlist on spotify.Our label name TRIPPY CODE RECORDS (over 2500+ tracks inside) 2 weeks ago, someone starting reporting our playlist names... These playlist names used since 2018, and no problem.Playlist names:Art of ...

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Hi We have official music label playlist on spotify. Our label name TRIPPY CODE RECORDS (over 2500+ tracks inside)   2 weeks ago, someone starting reporting our playlist names... These playl...

Billy-J

Spotify Star

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Solved!! Spotify Beta Acces

PlanPremiumDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello Communty,I want to ask if there was a way to get the new UI of the application on desktop.Do i have to sign up for a beta or something ? And if yes, where do i need to go ?T...

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Plan Premium Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello Communty, I want to ask if there was a way to get the new UI of the application on desktop. Do i ha...

Billy-J

Spotify Star

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Superuser Contribution Moved from Sweden to Switzerland - Cannot change country as per instructions

So, I followed the instructions on the account page and choose Switzerland from the list of countries but then nothing happens (both Safari and Chrome on OSX). The little Swiss flag shows up and that's it (well other than instead of SEK 189 it will c...

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So, I followed the instructions on the account page and choose Switzerland from the list of countries but then nothing happens (both Safari and Chrome on OSX). The little Swiss flag shows up and that...

Snowshowers

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Pop-up Marketing Survey on Premium Account

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceAndroidOperating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueSpotify seems to have started flashing pop-up marketing surveys at me lately, I just now got one asking me about what kind of live events I'd want to go to. I've never opt...

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Plan Premium Country   Device Android Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue Spotify seems to have started flashing pop-up marketing surveys at me lately, I just now g...

Robert_W

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Superuser Contribution Change date of invoice

Hello community, I'm paying monthly via paypal. I'm happy with it, but I'd like to shift the date of invoice to a date when it's assured I have money in my account. At the moment paypal charges the money at the end of the month. I'd rather have it at...

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Hello community,   I'm paying monthly via paypal. I'm happy with it, but I'd like to shift the date of invoice to a date when it's assured I have money in my account. At the moment paypal char...

Eni

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Solved!! Can't change username

PlanPremium CountryUSA DeviceDesktop Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue So, I made a new account just to see if I could see the playlist names on my other. I just realized that you can change your display name??? On premium account, I ca...

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  Plan Premium   Country USA   Device Desktop   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   So, I made a new account just to see if I could see t...

timrossback

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payment issues

I was using American Premium last month when I was in the United States.And now I am still premium ...Now that I am in Turkey, I would like to change my payment to Turkey so that I can be able to pay in Turkish currencyAfter clicking on Change paymen...

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I was using American Premium last month when I was in the United States. And now I am still premium ... Now that I am in Turkey, I would like to change my payment to Turkey so that I can be able to...

Maxim

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Cannot sign in with Apple

Premium iPhone 12 ProiOS 14.6 Public Beta I signed up yesterday and I couldn’t create an account with Sign Up With Apple so I created my email address. I have tried to Sign In with Apple but I get a message “This email and password combination is inc...

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Premium  iPhone 12 Pro iOS 14.6 Public Beta   I signed up yesterday and I couldn’t create an account with Sign Up With Apple so I created my email address. I have tried to Sign In with...

Mihail

Spotify Legend

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Superuser Contribution podcast not showing up in searches

PlanFreeCountrySpainDevice(Xiaomi rn Operating System(miui.) My Question or IssueYesterday I distributed a podcast to Spotify through Anchor. This podcast is already on Spotify through the link they sent me, but if I search for it manually through th...

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Plan Free Country Spain Device (Xiaomi rn 😎 Operating System (miui.)   My Question or Issue Yesterday I distributed a podcast to Spotify through Anchor. This podcast is already on S...

Mihail

Spotify Legend

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Superuser Contribution Spotify premium price hike

$12.99/month!?! You have to be kidding me! Never again will I use Spotify! I've used Spotify for years, but I guess it's back to pirating music... Premium used to be worth it.

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$12.99/month!?! You have to be kidding me! Never again will I use Spotify! I've used Spotify for years, but I guess it's back to pirating music... Premium used to be worth it.

Novy

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Superuser Contribution Cannot Access my premium account - unable to access email and forgot password

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceDesktop Computer/AndroidOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hello, I am having an issue where I cannot access my Spotify Premium account. So the email that is associated with cannot be accessed by me anymore be...

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device Desktop Computer/Android Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Hello, I am having an issue where I cannot access my Spotify...

Mihail

Spotify Legend

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Solved!! MY NAME DO NOT APPEAR ON SEARCH

PlanPremium (family member)CountryTurkeyDevice(iPhone SE)Operating System(iOS 14) My Question or IssuesI am a member of family premium on Spotify that's why my username includes random letters and numbers . I have a display name. However, when my fri...

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  Plan Premium (family member) Country Turkey Device (iPhone SE) Operating System (iOS 14)   My Question or Issues I am a member of family premium on Spotify that's why my userna...

Emilia_8

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Superuser Contribution liked songs are GONE

no the update didn’t mess it upno im not logged into the wrong account i went from 2,000 plus songs to 99 songs in my liked plays list. please PLEASE fix it.

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no the update didn’t mess it up no im not logged into the wrong account  i went from 2,000 plus songs to 99 songs in my liked plays list.    please PLEASE fix it. 

Mihail

Spotify Legend

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What's gonna happen if I switch my region to USA, redeem a gift card and then switch back to my norm

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  

Dud950

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We have separate accounts but it's like we share one

My sister and I have separate accounts however if one person is streaming music and another starts it cancels the first streamer and yes we do share Wi-Fi however, hot spotting my PC does fix this as far as I'm aware however this is not the case for ...

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My sister and I have separate accounts however if one person is streaming music and another starts it cancels the first streamer and yes we do share Wi-Fi however, hot spotting my PC does fix this as...

Maxim

Spotify Star

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