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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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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...

  • Casual Listener
  • nolosabemos
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Solved!! How can i change my my spotify username?

Hi! This is probably been asked a lot before, but I could not find exactly what I was looking for. I got my spotify account some years ago, and I made my account through facebook. My problem is that I really want to connect spotify to other devises e...

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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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  • Maria
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Community Account Info deleted

Somehow I lost all my community account information. It says I'm a newbie and only have created one topic (this will be #2), but I've FOR SURE posted things beofre with this account. I also lost my user name. Before I just changed it back to this use...

  • Casual Listener
  •   Somehow I lost all my community account information.  It says I'm a newbie and only have created one topic (this will be #2), but I've FOR SURE posted things beofre with this account. &...
  • Keanu_C
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Solved!! [Security hole] Remote control devices on other networks through Spotify Connect

Hello community This is a serious security hole I've found on my Spotify Connect. If you have connected your Spotify to other devices, and now I'm able to control and connect that device even though I'm on an another network and on a far distance fro...

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  • Casual Listener
  • Hello community   This is a serious security hole I've found on my Spotify Connect. If you have connected your Spotify to other devices, and now I'm able to control and connect that device eve...
  • jsannn
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Solved!! Issue to activate an account for a Family member

Plan : PremiumCountry: Belgium Device: iPhone SEOperating System : IOS 12My Issue:When creating a new account of my Family Plan, I put his email address, but when receiving his invitation, he has always the same error message saying his email address...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan : Premium Country: Belgium  Device: iPhone SE Operating System : IOS 12 My Issue: When creating a new account of my Family Plan, I put his email address, but when receiving h...
  • Quendra
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Retrieving a spotify account that was linked to a deleted Facebook account

My Question or Issue I just recently found out that the account I was using and paying for (Premium) was an account that was created via my old Facebook account which I’ve deleted (not deactivated) about 2 months ago. Unfortunately, I logged out of S...

  • Newbie
  •   My Question or Issue  I just recently found out that the account I was using and paying for (Premium) was an account that was created via my old Facebook account which I’ve deleted (not...
  • Jose_M
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Solved!! Didn’t verify email in time for Family spotify

PlanPremium for FamilyCountry SingaporeDeviceiphone 6sOperating SystemiOS 10 My Question or IssueI didn’t verify my address in time and now my account is switched back to Free from Spotify Family ... what should I do now?

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  • Plan Premium for Family Country  Singapore Device iphone 6s Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue I didn’t verify my address in time and now my account is switched back t...
  • Jose_M
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Account error

Hi my name is Shabeehi had a Spotify premium account for 6 months and now when I try to login with my Facebook account it keeps giving me the 408 error and I cannot access my songs that I downloaded at all not can I access the account please help tha...

  • Newbie
  • Hi my name is Shabeeh i had a Spotify premium account for 6 months and now when I try to login with my Facebook account it keeps giving me the 408 error and I cannot access my songs that I downloade...
  • Billy-J
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About two payments the same month

PlanPremiumCountry Norway Device(Samsung Galaxy S8)Operating System(Ansroid, Windows 10) My Question or IssueI have two payments to spotify during one month. I can just find one account linked to Spotify. Can you help me with this? From, Kristine

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  • Plan Premium Country Norway   Device (Samsung Galaxy S8) Operating System (Ansroid, Windows 10)   My Question or Issue I have two payments to spotify during one month. I can ...
  • Loxer
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Solved!! Leave facebook login and using only email login instead

PlanPremiumCountryHungary DeviceiPhone SEOperating SystemiOS 12 My Question or IssueI am planning to delete my facebook account, but i want to use Spotify Premium in the future with my email address (which is already my facebook registrated email add...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Premium Country Hungary  Device iPhone SE Operating System iOS 12   My Question or Issue I am planning to delete my facebook account, but i want to use Spotify Premium in the...
  • Loxer
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't change my country because of email

PlanFreeCountryGermany Operating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue I am trying to change my region to Germany because I moved but I can't because whenever I try to click 'Save' while editing the country, I get a red message saying 'We're sorry, th...

  • Casual Listener
  •   Plan Free Country Germany  Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue  I am trying to change my region to Germany because I moved but I can't because whenever I try to ...
  • CaptainSlapper
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difference between label and tag

What is the difference between label and tag when posting? Spotify, we're not mind-readers; we don't know how you use this metadata, or the intention of it. Label and tag can mean very similiar things or even be used interchangably in software.

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  • What is the difference between label and tag when posting?  Spotify, we're not mind-readers; we don't know how you use this metadata, or the intention of it.  Label and tag can mean very si...
  • Jose_M
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Superuser Contribution Re: Songs are disappearing out of my playlist

No there is no unusual activity, i already changed my password to be sure about that.

  • Casual Listener
  • No there is no unusual activity, i already changed my password to be sure about that.
  • Guido
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Superuser Contribution Invert playlist

I noticed that listening to a playlist in Spotify by the computer allows you to reverse the order of the songs, bringing those added a little while ago, something that the application for iOS was not possible. It sounds simple, but the long roll of t...

  • Newbie
  • I noticed that listening to a playlist in Spotify by the computer allows you to reverse the order of the songs, bringing those added a little while ago, something that the application for iOS was not...
  • Katerina
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Superuser Contribution Can't subscribe spotify

Hello, I had a problem with spotify. Every time I try to create an account there is this message "you're not connected, please try again". But even when I changed the connection or to try it on phone, computer, tablet, nothing works. One day by mirac...

  • Newbie
  • Hello, I had a problem with spotify. Every time I try to create an account there is this message "you're not connected, please try again". But even when I changed the connection or to try it on phone...
  • Katerina
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No puedo acceder a spotify prrmium

Buenas tardes desde el mes pasado, he intentado acceder a Spotify premium, y lo he realizado con varias tarjetas con las cuales tengo cupo y he hecho varias compras internacionales, como hago para acceder a este servicio ?

  • Newbie
  • Buenas tardes desde el mes pasado, he intentado acceder a Spotify premium, y lo he realizado con varias tarjetas con las cuales tengo cupo y he hecho varias compras internacionales, como hago para ac...
  • osornios
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Weird name when sending Family invites

Hi, I just switched my premium profile to Family. I sent my wife an invite, everything's good, but when she's on the confirmation page she sees (I'm from Italy so sorry if translation is slightly different) 'Congratulations, you're about to subscribe...

  • Visitor
  • Hi, I just switched my premium profile to Family. I sent my wife an invite, everything's good, but when she's on the confirmation page she sees (I'm from Italy so sorry if translation is slightly dif...
  • osornios
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Can't connect to my account (android web...)

Spoiler (Highlight to read) So,hello everyone. Thanks for helping me. I am having actually some problems to log into my account, whenever I try, it just give me an error " Oups, an error occur...". My account was working perfectly until now.

  • Newbie
  •   So,hello everyone. Thanks for helping me.   I am having actually some problems to log into my account, whenever I try, it just give me an error " Oups, an error occur...". My account w...
  • osornios
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Spotify says there's no account linked to my Facebook

I can't log into my account through Facebook...Spotify is saying that there is no account linked to it. My Facebook account hasn't even been deactivated so I'm not sure what the issue is. I get Error Code 1003. This is really frustrating because i'm ...

  • Newbie
  • I can't log into my account through Facebook...Spotify is saying that there is no account linked to it. My Facebook account hasn't even been deactivated so I'm not sure what the issue is. I get Error...
  • osornios
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login failed 2 accounts, reset password --> accounts not connected

Hi, Recently my father setup a new account () with which he subscribed to Family. After failing to get family-status on this account he setup a new account (). For both accounts the Family subscription was not available, after logging in on several d...

  • Newbie
  • Hi,   Recently my father setup a new account (<removed sensitive information>) with which he subscribed to Family. After failing to get family-status on this account he setup a new acc...
  • osornios
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Renamed and moved playlist folder, now it's gone

On the desktop app I renamed one of my playlist folders containing maybe 30 or so playlists and then moved it so I could easily drag and drop more into it (which has become increasingly more difficult now, with all the features removed over the years...

  • Casual Listener
  • On the desktop app I renamed one of my playlist folders containing maybe 30 or so playlists and then moved it so I could easily drag and drop more into it (which has become increasingly more difficul...
  • osornios
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Account doesnt exist !!!!

I really need help from spotify. I pay 9,99 for an account called "leoleesgardens" The account I'm using now is not the one I want to be on. I want access to my music or I'd like a refund please !!!!PlanPremiumCountryWales DeviceSamsung Operating Sys...

  • Newbie
  • I really need help from spotify. I pay 9,99 for an account called  "leoleesgardens"    The account I'm using now is not the one I want to be on.    I want access to my mu...
  • osornios
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