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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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  • Meghanleegill
  • Casual Listener
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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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  • g2_gdlm
  • Casual Listener
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  • 979 replies
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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...

  • Newbie
  • Not applicable
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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...

  • Casual Listener
  • Joan
  • Moderator
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New phone, playlists gone

My iphone went black and died, got a new one, logged in on spotify and theres nothing there. Totally empty. What to do?? pelle

  • Casual Listener
  • My iphone went black and died, got a new one, logged in on spotify and theres nothing there. Totally empty. What to do?? pelle
  • pellepel71
  • Casual Listener
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Email Address NOT Updating

The email addressed linked to my Spotify account is a deactivated account from when I was in college. I followed the instructions to update the email address in my Facebook profile. That change was submitted and reflected in Facebook, but it is not u...

  • Casual Listener
  • The email addressed linked to my Spotify account is a deactivated account from when I was in college. I followed the instructions to update the email address in my Facebook profile. That change was s...
  • lchic1116
  • Casual Listener
  • 378 Views
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Solved!! Connected to a device I don't own

Hello, I went to connect my phone's spotify to my ps4 but carelessly mis-clicked on devices in the app and temporarily connected to someone else's device on the same network as me. I was wondering whether this means my account is now signed in on the...

  • Newbie
  • Hello,  I went to connect my phone's spotify to my ps4 but carelessly mis-clicked on devices in the app and temporarily connected to someone else's device on the same network as me. I was wonde...
  • jsannn
  • Community Legend
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Family Plan confirmation email code not working

I attempted to upgrade my premium account to family account to add my daughter. When she hits the confirmation link and code in email and uses the autopopulated code, we get error. Pretty frustrated with how convoluted the whole process is to start w...

  • Casual Listener
  • I attempted to upgrade my premium account to family account to add my daughter. When she hits the confirmation link and code in email and uses the autopopulated code, we get error. Pretty frustrated ...
  • karol1975
  • Newbie
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  • 22 replies
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Playlists are gone and replaced

Please help me out, Since recently, my playlists are gone and a few new ones have been added...I have never deleted any nor added the new ones myself. However, nobody else knows my login or has been on my account as far as I know. Any solutions to re...

  • Newbie
  • Please help me out,   Since recently, my playlists are gone and a few new ones have been added... I have never deleted any nor added the new ones myself. However, nobody else knows my login o...
  • jonasherdegen
  • Community Legend
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Solved!! Family adress issue

I have been trying to register my family to my family subscription for two weeks now, because i cannot remember the EXACT info ive entered, it keeps refusing invitations. I am the only one in my family subscription and that kind of makes it pointless...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have been trying to register my family to my family subscription for two weeks now, because i cannot remember the EXACT info ive entered, it keeps refusing invitations. I am the only one in my fami...
  • tinaSan
  • Newbie
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Superuser Contribution Account info leaked in pastebin and pastebin dumps

Recently I got in trouble with a couple of accounts associated with social media and games being stolen. I installed malware protection and what not. Woe and behold when I googled my email - it popped up along my password on pastebin along with hundr...

  • Newbie
  • Recently I got in trouble with a couple of accounts associated with social media and games being stolen. I installed malware protection and what not. Woe and behold when I googled my email - it poppe...
  • Jack
  • Roadie
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Custom URL

Hello, I've a question about the settings of my account. I couldn't create my own username during registration, so currently my username is just numbers and letters. If I want to communicate my channel on social media, do I have to share this really ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello,   I've a question about the settings of my account. I couldn't create my own username during registration, so currently my username is just numbers and letters. If I want to communicate...
  • Maxim
  • Spotify Star
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developing games using API and 30second sound clips

I see in the TOS that developers need to obtain consent for games devlopment, and use of the above - how do I obtain consent? What is the process please ?

  • Newbie
  • I see in the TOS that developers need to obtain consent for games devlopment, and use of the above - how do I obtain consent? What is the process please ?
  • Maxim
  • Spotify Star
  • 357 Views
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artist profile

First of all, I want to upload my own music to spotify, i've read a lot of articles that say I need to sign up for an artist account. I tried signing up with lead me to the page 'select artist'. I cant find my artist name when I search for it, nor wh...

  • Newbie
  • First of all,   I want to upload my own music to spotify, i've read a lot of articles that say I need to sign up for an artist account. I tried signing up with lead me to the page 'select arti...
  • Maxim
  • Spotify Star
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Solved!! Can't connect to last.fm through spotify

I used to have Spotify connected to the last.fm scrobbling feature, and it worked fine until recently when i noticed it was no longer scrobbling, and when i went to turn it on again, it gives me a 'invalid username or password' message. I'm 100% sure...

  • Casual Listener
  • I used to have Spotify connected to the last.fm scrobbling feature, and it worked fine until recently when i noticed it was no longer scrobbling, and when i went to turn it on again, it gives me a 'i...
  • kamilkarm
  • Newbie
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  • 13 replies
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Facebook account

Hello all, I have disabled my facebook account.When I registered to Spotify I used the facebook button and now, when I login in Spotify, my facebook account is re-enabled back...How can I prevent this? Thanks a lot!Oscar

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello all,   I have disabled my facebook account. When I registered to Spotify I used the facebook button and now, when I login in Spotify, my facebook account is re-enabled back......
  • BossOz
  • Casual Listener
  • 546 Views
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Family account

I have a family account. For some reason I can only listen to what another person is listening to if we are using our accounts at the same time. Is this how a family account works? If u want to listen to different music than another member of my fami...

  • Newbie
  • I have a family account. For some reason I can only listen to what another person is listening to if we are using our accounts at the same time. Is this how a family account works? If u want to liste...
  • Maxim
  • Spotify Star
  • 383 Views
  • 1 replies
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Help

Hello guys. The account ive been using belongs to my father. Unfortunately my dad just passed away this past wenedsday. I am asking for your help since i dont want to erase all his music and i guess im just trying to keep the account active as a way ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello guys. The account ive been using belongs to my father. Unfortunately my dad just passed away this past wenedsday. I am asking for your help since i dont want to erase all his music and i guess ...
  • Maxim
  • Spotify Star
  • 430 Views
  • 3 replies
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Solved!! Removing your Full Name from your Profile

Odd situation here. I decided to disconnect my Facebook and Spotify accounts, but found that my Spotify profile still featured my full name and Facebook profile picture. I've disconnected the accounts through both Spotify and Facebook and logged out ...

  • Newbie
  • Odd situation here. I decided to disconnect my Facebook and Spotify accounts, but found that my Spotify profile still featured my full name and Facebook profile picture. I've disconnected the account...
  • Maxim
  • Spotify Star
  • 2631 Views
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How to get back deleted account

So I accidentally deleted my old account and I really want it back it has so many memories so can you guy help me get it back

  • Newbie
  • So I accidentally deleted my old account and I really want it back it has so many memories so can you guy help me get it back
  • Maxim
  • Spotify Star
  • 914 Views
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Someone has my account details

hey,so today i noticed that my spotify was paused on song which i would never listen, and then i checked "devices available" and noticed someone who isn't me.so i went on website ,logged on and noticed that my email is changed,i tried to change it ba...

  • Newbie
  • hey,so today i noticed that my spotify was paused on song which i would never listen, and then i checked "devices available" and noticed someone who isn't me. so i went on website ,logged on and not...
  • Luke
  • Spotify Star
  • 353 Views
  • 1 replies
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Moved back to USA from Europe and Spotify won't let me change my current country, error 408

Hello, I just moved from Germany back to the states and when I try to change my current country to USA, I get the error code 408 (says my email address is already registered with another account) and it resets my country back to Germany and does not ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello,    I just moved from Germany back to the states and when I try to change my current country to USA, I get the error code 408 (says my email address is already registered with anoth...
  • Dbrush
  • Casual Listener
  • 967 Views
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Getting Billed for premium but spotify shows FREE

My username is ***************@gmail.com on FB - i'm getting billed every month but still showing free. I have reinstalled the client with no success. The accounts page asks me to sign up, when I do, I use the same CC# I used originally and it gives ...

  • Newbie
  • My username is ***************@gmail.com on FB - i'm getting billed every month but still showing free.  I have reinstalled the client with no success.  The accounts page asks me to sign up...
  • user-removed
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I wanna switched my email but it says it's already taken

Hey I wanna switch my email adress to another one because current listed email is no longer in use. like 3+ years ago i opened and closed a spotify account with my current email and now it says it's already in use. How can i change this thank you

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey   I wanna switch my email adress to another one because current listed email is no longer in use. like 3+ years ago i opened and closed a spotify account with my current email and now it s...
  • gavin-150
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