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Solved!! Clear the queue

Plan : PremiumCountry : FranceDevice : Samsung XCover 5Operating System : Android 13Version : Spotify 8.8.96.364 My Question or IssueHello, For 2 weeks, i often have trouble with the songs queue. Playlist is added twice in the queue, or songs from th...

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djim43

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Solved!! Spotify starts playing automatically when a bluetooth device is connected and phone makes a sound

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceSamsung S9Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueWhenever a bluetooth device is connected to my phone, Spotify automatically starts playing the last song it was paused on if my phone makes any "noise". If I recie...

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Gig Goer

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Solved!! Spotify controls no longer showing on lock screen

On my lock screen, the Spotify controls no longer appear as a permanent notification while music is playing. They are still present when I expand the notification bar on an unlocked phone, however.I have tried closing and reopening the app, logging o...

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Fsanchez101

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Solved!! All playlists are empty and I can't play songs

PlanFreeDeviceXiaomi Lite 12 Operating SystemXiaomi HyperOS My Question or IssueI logged into my account and saw that I can't play a single song and absolutely all playlists are empty. I don't know what this could be connected with. Moreover, this pr...

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vinylshrine

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Superuser Contribution Autoplay on Android

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceSamsung Galaxy s9, Kindle Fire HD8Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue Despite turning Autoplay "OFF," Spotify on Android automatically starts song radio for any song selected from search. This is annoying, bu...

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  Plan Premium Country  USA Device Samsung Galaxy s9, Kindle Fire HD8 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue   Despite turning Autoplay "OFF," Spoti...

nicegold

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Superuser Contribution Artists list on Android app not same as on Desktop

Hi, I have just joined Spotify and I am running a free account. On the Android app the artists list has the 3 artists I picked upon starting the app for the first time, since then I have added lots of albums using the heart icon. On the desktop versi...

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Hi,   I have just joined Spotify and I am running a free account. On the Android app the artists list has the 3 artists I picked upon starting the app for the first time, since then I have add...

SergioDavid

Roadie

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Solved!! Android download playlist

OK, I'm stumped. I have a premium subscription, but I just cannot get the majority of songs on my playlist to download to my Android device (v7 - Nougat) no matter what I do. I've given permissions, I've made sure I have way more than enough storage,...

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OK, I'm stumped.  I have a premium subscription, but I just cannot get the majority of songs on my playlist to download to my Android device (v7 - Nougat) no matter what I do.  I've given p...

Jose_M

Spotify Star

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How to unblock songs blocked in Daily Mix

I accidentally blocked a couple of songs in Daily Mix. How do I unblock these songs?

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I accidentally blocked a couple of songs in Daily Mix. How do I unblock these songs?

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Play ALL downloaded songs (including albums)

PlanPremiumCountryEngland Device(Samsung Galaxy S7) My Question or IssueThis seems like such a ridiculous question to ask. I want to be able to shuffle every single song I have downloaded, including albums that I have downloaded.For example, I have s...

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Plan Premium Country England  Device (Samsung Galaxy S7)   My Question or Issue This seems like such a ridiculous question to ask. I want to be able to shuffle every single song I h...

pratay1

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Error

PlanFreeCountryVietnamDeviceSamsung Galaxy J4Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI couldn't see the songs' covers, lyrics or any play/pause, skip buttons after i clicked at the now playing bar. My screen was a black. I waited but there was no...

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Plan Free Country Vietnam Device Samsung Galaxy J4 Operating System Android  My Question or Issue I couldn't see the songs' covers, lyrics or any play/pause, skip buttons after i clicke...

Billy-J

Spotify Star

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Superuser Contribution Play Next option.

PlanPremiumCountryUS Device: IPhone 6 My Question or Issue I’ve come to understand the Play Next button was replaced by the Add to queue. I wish there was a way we could have both. Some times at work I have 99+ tracks lined up in my queue and to put ...

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  Plan Premium Country US   Device: IPhone 6    My Question or Issue  I’ve come to understand the Play Next button was replaced by the Add to queue. I wish there was...

SergioDavid

Roadie

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Superuser Contribution stopping when casting, hangs telephone

PlanPremiumCountry Netherlands DeviceOneplus 3. Google chromecast 2 HD. Operating System Android 8.0 / oxygen os official stock version without rooting etc. My Question or Issue Stopping Spotify when casting makes chromecast go on playing on the chro...

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Plan Premium Country  Netherlands  Device Oneplus 3.  Google chromecast 2 HD.  Operating System   Android 8.0 / oxygen os official stock version without rooting etc....

SergioDavid

Roadie

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Solved!! New UI

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDeviceHTC U11Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueSo for a very short moment, I saw a new UI on my Spotify and I liked it a lot,but it dissappeared, so I'd like to knoe how to get it forever.Thanks in advance

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Plan Premium Country  Germany Device HTC U11 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue So for a very short moment, I saw a new UI on my Spotify and I liked it a lo...

Jose_M

Spotify Star

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Superuser Contribution How To Add An Offline Device That Was Previously Removed

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceHuawei P8 LiteOperating SystemAndroid Marshmallow My Question or IssueHi I Recently Removed A Device From the offline device list, now when I try to download music offline on that same device, it doesn't work(I guess this is ...

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Plan Premium Country   Device Huawei P8 Lite Operating System Android Marshmallow   My Question or Issue Hi I Recently Removed A Device From the offline device list, now when I tr...

Auxilor

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Repeated pausing with Bluetooth

PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceSamsung Galaxy S9Operating SystemAndroid 8.1 My Question or IssueMy music keeps pausing over and over when I listen with Bluetooth. I have not been able to test with wired headphones. Sometimes it will go minutes between pa...

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Plan Premium Country  US Device Samsung Galaxy S9 Operating System Android 8.1   My Question or Issue My music keeps pausing over and over when I listen with Bluetooth. I have no...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Notification bar with controls and "running in background"

DeviceOnePlus 3Operating SystemAndroid 8.0.0 OxygenOS 5.0.4 My Question or IssueHey, so for about a month or so Spotify acts weirdly. It doesn't show the notification bar in the notifications nor on lockscreen with controls for the player. But when I...

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Device OnePlus 3 Operating System Android 8.0.0 OxygenOS 5.0.4   My Question or Issue Hey, so for about a month or so Spotify acts weirdly. It doesn't show the notification bar in the noti...

Alfredo

Roadie

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Spotify holding my storage hostage

PlanPremiumCountry BrazilDeviceSamsung Galaxy J7Operating SystemAndroid 7.0 My Question or Issue The Spotify app on my phone just decided it didn't want to recognize the 15GB of files it had saved on my phone. The app won't read them, it won't delete...

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Plan Premium Country  Brazil Device Samsung Galaxy J7 Operating System Android 7.0   My Question or Issue  The Spotify app on my phone just decided it didn't want to recogniz...

evo4g63t

Roadie

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SD Card reads/writes lock up the last two versions of Spotify

Premium/LG v20/Nougat I've got an issue of songs randomly not playing and locking up the program. This all started 2 updates ago. Also fails to refresh the listings of playlists (only shows song names not artist). Now I suspected its a faulty sd card...

Roadie

Premium/LG v20/Nougat   I've got an issue of songs randomly not playing and locking up the program. This all started 2 updates ago. Also fails to refresh the listings of playlists (only shows ...

evo4g63t

Roadie

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Superuser Contribution Stops playing radio after a couple songs

PlanPremiumCountry US DeviceSony xperia xa1 ultra Operating SystemAndroid oreo My Question or IssueI will start a radio with anything, let's say a song radio. It'll play a few songs and then no music. The notification on androids notification bar wil...

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Plan Premium Country  US  Device Sony xperia xa1 ultra  Operating System Android oreo   My Question or Issue I will start a radio with anything, let's say a song radio. ...

Tech-Mike

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Songs randomly pausing and skipping

I've come across a few very annoying issues lately with my premium account on my Samsung Galaxy S8. Songs will randomly pause and will continuously be skipped without me even touching my phone screen. Sometimes the "Ok Google" feature on my phone wil...

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I've come across a few very annoying issues lately with my premium account on my Samsung Galaxy S8. Songs will randomly pause and will continuously be skipped without me even touching my phone screen...

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My own username shows up below a spotify song title within a playlist

I dont have any colaborative playlists but my own name shows up below a song name inside of a playlist. this makes navigation 10 times harder. PlanPremiumCountry The NetherlandsDeviceSamsung Galaxy A5 2017Operating SystemAndroid

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I dont have any colaborative playlists but my own name shows up below a song name inside of a playlist. this makes navigation 10 times harder.     Plan Premium Country  The Nethe...

mikagiraffe

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Unknown Device

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceSamsung Galaxy S7 My Question or Issue Since yesterday there is an unkown device that takes over the control of the streaming. I can switch back to my device but I can listen his playlist then. I can switch back but the...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Samsung Galaxy S7   My Question or Issue  Since yesterday there is an unkown device that takes over the control of the streaming. I can switch ba...

nikolang

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Playlist Duration Not Visible

PlanPremiumCanada DeviceSamsung Galaxy S8 + Web Player on DesktopOperating SystemLatest Android OS, Latest Windows 10 My Question or IssueI created a playlist for an event and I can't seem to find a way to display the total duration. I've tried on my...

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Plan Premium Canada   Device Samsung Galaxy S8 + Web Player on Desktop Operating System Latest Android OS, Latest Windows 10   My Question or Issue I created a playlist for a...

metrosuperstar

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Storage

PremiumCountry UsaDeviceLG Stylo3Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue Spotify is taking up over 12GB on my phone n i only have 16GB. Can I do something's 2 lower it. I havent downloaded songs even

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Premium Country  Usa Device LG Stylo3 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue  Spotify is taking up over 12GB on my phone n i only have 16GB. Can I do something's 2 lo...

Billy-J

Spotify Star

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