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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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Solved!! Playing Music on Spotify

PlanPremiumCountry The NetherlandsDeviceSamsung Galaxy 8Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue Is it possible to sort your playlist on 'Date Added' like you can do on PC? And if it's not possible is there a place where I can recommend this...

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Plan Premium Country  The Netherlands Device Samsung Galaxy 8 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue  Is it possible to sort your playlist on 'Date Added' ...

Loxer

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Superuser Contribution Can't shuffle a playlist.

Since a bit, only one of the playlist (Rock hard) dont let me shuffle it.It just start from beginning and play the next song.Also, I can choose any song in that playlist and listen it normally.Not working in any other playlist.I use spotify free. I j...

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Since a bit, only one of the playlist (Rock hard) dont let me shuffle it. It just start from beginning and play the next song. Also, I can choose any song in that playlist and listen it normally. ...

SergioDavid

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Solved!! Problems with mobile app

PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDeviceLG G7Operating SystemAndroid On the mobile app, some complete albums don't even show up, other than the album title, yet on my PC, the whole album is visible

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Plan Premium Country  Canada Device LG G7 Operating System Android   On the mobile app, some complete albums don't even show up, other than the album title, yet on my PC, the whole...

Loxer

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Spotify Connect devices not appearing unless I login to desktop client

PlanPremium DeviceOnePlus 3, OnePlus 5Operating SystemAndroid Oreo, MacOS 10.13 My Question or IssueI have the Spotify app installed on a first gen Amazon FireTV. I can connect to it via Spotify Connect, and play music just fine. The problem presents...

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Plan Premium   Device OnePlus 3, OnePlus 5 Operating System Android Oreo, MacOS 10.13   My Question or Issue I have the Spotify app installed on a first gen Amazon FireTV. I c...

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Android - Playlists sorted by 'artist' sort songs alphabetically...

Hi there, Since a recent update, something has changed with playlists. By default, I sort my playlists by Artist. Previously, within each artist, their albums would sort in alphabetical order too, and then the songs within the album would sort in the...

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Hi there,   Since a recent update, something has changed with playlists.   By default, I sort my playlists by Artist. Previously, within each artist, their albums would sort in alphabet...

Smcdowell84

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Spotify does not want to download songs

PlanPremiumCountry PolandDeviceZTEOperating SystemAndroidMy Question or IssueHey, i have a little problem with my Spotify. I turned ON my Data Transmision because i want download some tracks, when i go in to my play list i pushed the button to downlo...

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  Plan Premium Country  Poland Device ZTE Operating System Android My Question or Issue Hey, i have a little problem with my Spotify. I turned ON my Data Transmision because i wan...

Loxer

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Solved!! Offline listening

I'm going to buy a premium (in Finland) so I can listen to music on the airplane. I have a honor 8 lite and i have this weird new version of spotify were my playlists don't have that offline button on top of them, so how am i supposed to download the...

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I'm going to buy a premium (in Finland) so I can listen to music on the airplane. I have a honor 8 lite and i have this weird new version of spotify were my playlists don't have that offline button o...

Loxer

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Storage not freeing up after unsyncing downloaded playlists.

PlanPremium CountryUSA DeviceMotorola Moto Z2 ForceOperating SystemAndroid 8.0.0 Spotify Version8.4.62.490 Ok, so ever since the removal of the button to removal all deleted playlists, I have not been able to free up space. For some reason, I have no...

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  Plan Premium   Country USA   Device Motorola Moto Z2 Force Operating System Android 8.0.0   Spotify Version 8.4.62.490   Ok,  so ever since the removal ...

Loxer

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution separate option for deleting only the cache music

Can we have a separate option for deleting only the cache music for Android? I don't want to delete the music i specifically downloaded, when i actually only need to delete the cache data that is clogging up my storage. Thanks

Visitor

  Can we have a separate option for deleting only the cache music for Android? I don't want to delete the music i specifically downloaded, when i actually only need to delete the cache data tha...

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Superuser Contribution Randomly stops playing

My Question or Issue Spotify just stops randomly when playing. I can go and push play and it starts again, but sometimes it stops more than once in a single song. I've uninstalled and reinstalled spotify and it still does it. How can I correct this? ...

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    My Question or Issue  Spotify just stops randomly when playing. I can go and push play and it starts again, but sometimes it stops more than once in a single song. I've uninstal...

Alfredo

Roadie

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Private Session

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceSamsung Galaxy 9 My Question or Issue Why can I not get my spotify app into a private session it says social unavailable?

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Plan Premium Country UK   Device Samsung Galaxy 9   My Question or Issue  Why can I not get my spotify app into a private session it says social unavailable?

Loxer

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Superuser Contribution Spotify on Samsung Gear S3

PlanPremiumCountry U.S.DeviceSamsung Gear S3Operating System My Question or IssueThe app on the Samsung Gear S3 smart watch should be able to shuffle offline. For the longest time we have needed to be online to shuffle and I think this should be fixe...

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Plan Premium Country  U.S. Device Samsung Gear S3 Operating System   My Question or Issue The app on the Samsung Gear S3 smart watch should be able to shuffle offline. For the long...

premde_laprem

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Superuser Contribution email address rejected

Hi,I just downloaded Spotify for my tablet.When trying to log in by username (not via Facebook), I start typing in my email address, but as soon as I hit the '@' key, a red message says I need a username (as in not an email address). I have no idea w...

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    Hi, I just downloaded Spotify for my tablet. When trying to log in by username (not via Facebook), I start typing in my email address, but as soon as I hit the '@' key, a red messag...

SergioDavid

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Superuser Contribution Spotify and google home problems

It really pisses me off when spotify and google home products dont talk to each other after intial setup. This is not an isolated occurrence, it happens far too often when spotify doesnt recognizes the device (all exsisting). You guys need to sort**b...

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 It really pisses me off when spotify and google home products dont talk to each other after intial setup. This is not an isolated occurrence, it happens far too often when spotify doesnt recogn...

SergioDavid

Roadie

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Superuser Contribution Triple click headset middle button to skip to previous track

Hi! For some odd reason triple pressing the headset middle button skips two tracks forward. Instead of this it should skip to either the beginning of current track or to previous track. Latest Spotify, Android Oreo 8.1. Please fix.Thanks.

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  Hi!   For some odd reason triple pressing the headset middle button skips two tracks forward. Instead of this it should skip to either the beginning of current track or to previous tra...

SergioDavid

Roadie

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Need to redownload songs everyday

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDeviceHuawei Mate 9Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue For a couple of days ago I have to redownload random songs of my playlists everyday. Is it because of a sync problem or something?

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Plan Premium Country  Germany Device Huawei Mate 9 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue  For a couple of days ago I have to redownload random songs of my...

Noah

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Minha conta está comprometendo o uso do aplicativo

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceMoto E4Operating SystemAndroid 7.1 My Question or IssueMeu aplicativo está muito lento quando logado com minha conta, o app fica muito travado, demora muito pra acessar minha biblioteca e fazer pesquisas, dar play nas mú...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Moto E4 Operating System Android 7.1   My Question or Issue Meu aplicativo está muito lento quando logado com minha conta, o app fica muito travado, ...

Bittencourt

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Superuser Contribution Daily Mix and the selection of songs in them

PlanPremiumCountryRussia DeviceHonor 8Operating SystemAndroid 7.0 My Question or Issue I apologize for the spelling, I used Google Translate.When I was an ordinary user and used a free version (to test the application's features, etc.), I added a few...

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Plan Premium Country Russia   Device Honor 8 Operating System Android 7.0   My Question or Issue  I apologize for the spelling, I used Google Translate. When I was an ordin...

NotFunnyMan

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music timeout

PlanPremiumCountryRomania Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueI can't find the music timeout option. I thought there was one. Is it even included?

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Plan Premium Country Romania   Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue I can't find the music timeout option. I thought there was one. Is it even included? 

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Solved!! Question About Lyric Availability on Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DevicePretty sure it was Sony smart TV, might have been my PS4Operating SystemAndroid or whatever PS4 OS is called, but app is identical on bothMy Question or Issue The other day after leaving Spotify on, I returned to see song ...

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Plan Premium Country USA  Device Pretty sure it was Sony smart TV, might have been my PS4 Operating System Android or whatever PS4 OS is called, but app is identical on both M...

Sajiky

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