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New Feature To Try On Desktop: Quick Search Shortcuts

Hey folks, The Spotify team is always working to make the software as simple as possible for everyone to use, and for those of you who like to save a bit of time by using keyboard shortcuts, there's a very convenient trick that you may not have notic...

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Superuser Contribution Songs are getting removed from playlist

Songs are getting removed from my playlist even though they arent pulled from the site, like I get it with blasphemy and sodom because they were pulled off spotify by their labels. But like randy shadows are falling was a great ep i loved and had on ...

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Songs are getting removed from my playlist even though they arent pulled from the site, like I get it with blasphemy and sodom because they were pulled off spotify by their labels. But like randy sha...

OscarDC

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution "Made For You" refreshes in the middle of listening

Plan - PremiumCountry - FR Device(iPhone 12 + MacBook Pro (Late 2020))My Question or Issue Hello everyone! I'd like to report a disappointing feature/bug that I've been observing for quite some time. I've noticed that very often Spotify refreshes the...

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Plan - Premium Country - FR   Device (iPhone 12 + MacBook Pro (Late 2020)) My Question or Issue   Hello everyone!    I'd like to report a disappointing feature/...

Alex

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Tons of music suddenly unavailable after using local files on Windows

My Question or IssueAfter trying to play three or so local audio files (Windows 10), many, many tracks are now grayed out. I realize that the app may have blocked local files that it for some reason detected as being illegitimately obtained, but Spot...

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...locking non-local content seemingly chosen at random? And is this a temporary or permanent thing?   Plan Free Country United States

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I'm hearing spotify advertisements on my paid plan

I hear ads outside of podcasts and albums. They interrupt my listening and come out of nowhere. Why are spotify ads appearing even though I'm on the paid plan?

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I hear ads outside of podcasts and albums. They interrupt my listening and come out of nowhere. Why are spotify ads appearing even though I'm on the paid plan?

Billy-J

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What can I do about my Discover Weekly being taken over by baby music?

I've been listening to my Discover Weekly playlist for nearly a decade and almost always enjoy it. Recently my sister visited with her baby and I let her use my Spotify account in the bedroom to play lullaby music. Now for several weekly literally my...

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I've been listening to my Discover Weekly playlist for nearly a decade and almost always enjoy it. Recently my sister visited with her baby and I let her use my Spotify account in the bedroom to play...

Billy-J

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Superuser Contribution Wrapped 2022 Gone

When I opened Spotify last week, my Wrapped 2022 popped up - I liked the Top Songs playlist to save it and now everything is gone. I tried listening to the playlist and I received an error message, saying I no longer had access to this playlist. And ...

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When I opened Spotify last week, my Wrapped 2022 popped up - I liked the Top Songs playlist to save it and now everything is gone. I tried listening to the playlist and I received an error message, s...

MihailY

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Superuser Contribution How do I add my episodes from another platform onto Spotify? Anchor.

I have more podcasts then the ones I have on my account in Spotify and I would like to take them from Anchor and put them into this account in Spotify.

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I have more podcasts then the ones I have on my account in Spotify and I would like to take them from Anchor and put them into this account in Spotify.

Alex

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Superuser Contribution View all songs on mobile app

Hi, I want a feature to be added to the mobile app. Many people want this future and it seems like it's being ignored for years. We all want the ability to view all songs of an artist and to be able to filter by popularity. When will this feature be ...

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Hi,   I want a feature to be added to the mobile app. Many people want this future and it seems like it's being ignored for years.   We all want the ability to view all songs of an arti...

Eni

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can i delete my thread

I posted about a Spotify issue in the Ideas board because I didn't know how to do so in the Help board. My post was moved from the former to the latter, and even though the issue wasn't solved, I just learned how to start a topic in the Help board. I...

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I posted about a Spotify issue in the Ideas board because I didn't know how to do so in the Help board. My post was moved from the former to the latter, and even though the issue wasn't solved, I ju...

Billy-J

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Superuser Contribution como puedo solucionar?

al escuchar ciertas canciones escucho cierto ruido o interferencia y es molesto por que no me deja escuchar bien las canciones y ya probe en distintos dispositivos y en todos me pasa igual

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al escuchar ciertas canciones escucho cierto ruido o interferencia y es molesto por que no me deja escuchar bien las canciones y ya probe en distintos dispositivos y en todos me pasa igual

Vasil

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Album tracks on Spotify different from CD / unjustified "deduplication"?

Hi all,after a few hours testing Spotify, I have the impression that Spotify "albums" don't match the CD version. It seems, the tracks are from other albums, kind of a "deduplication", noticeable especially with crossfading tracks in the original.Exa...

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Hi all, after a few hours testing Spotify, I have the impression that Spotify "albums" don't match the CD version. It seems, the tracks are from other albums, kind of a "deduplication", noticeable e...

bolfh

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Superuser Contribution Minutes listened to specific podcast

PlanPremiumCountryThe Netherlands My Question or IssueHi!!In my Spotify wrapped I see my top 5 podcast, however I can only see the actual minutes listened for my number 1 podcast. I would like to see this stat for all my top podcasts, is this possibl...

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Plan Premium Country The Netherlands    My Question or Issue Hi!! In my Spotify wrapped I see my top 5 podcast, however I can only see the actual minutes listened for my number 1 pod...

5p1k3

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Superuser Contribution Spotify stopping after every song

I am on the free plan and on an iPhone device, this has only been happening on my iPhone and not my computer nor tablet. (I don’t know if that helps but it’s extra info)But Spotify keeps stopping after every single song ends and the little music tab ...

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I am on the free plan and on an iPhone device, this has only been happening on my iPhone and not my computer nor tablet. (I don’t know if that helps but it’s extra info) But Spotify keeps stopping a...

OscarDC

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Ads in podcasts (not read by podcaster) despite premium account.

I've had a premium subscription for years now. But when listening to podcasts I get ads injected, by Spotify, why is this? (I know they come from spotify because if my VPN is set to my home country there are no ads, while e.g if set to Norway I get N...

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I've had a premium subscription for years now.  But when listening to podcasts I get ads injected, by Spotify, why is this?  (I know they come from spotify because if my VPN is set to my ho...

muddybike

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Superuser Contribution Does my listening activity change immediately if i skip 40 seconds in manually?

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 11 If i have my friend activity on and I play a song and skip 40 seconds in, does that immediately show up as what im listening to to others? And if that's true, if I kept skipping to the 40 second mark then skippin...

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Plan Premium Operating System Windows 11   If i have my friend activity on and I play a song and skip 40 seconds in, does that immediately show up as what im listening to to others? And if ...

Alex

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The Ricky Gervais Show, number of listens

Hi, The Ricky Gervais Show once made it into the Guinness' Book of World Records for the world's most downloaded podcast. May I ask, are we in a position to gauge how many listens the show has gotten on Spotify? Thank you.

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Hi,    The Ricky Gervais Show once made it into the Guinness' Book of World Records for the world's most downloaded podcast.    May I ask, are we in a position to gauge how ma...

Bittencourt

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Superuser Contribution [iOS][Developer] Inappropriate songs pre-loaded when i download the app

I delete and re-download the Spotify app on my IOS device quite often - maybe once a week. When i download the app and click open for the first time, sometimes the app will open on an artists page (already logged in) that i've not interacted with bef...

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...nd there is a chance this weird inappropriate pre-loaded content is something to do with him....   Please can someone confirm if Spotify is pre-loading this weird stuff on my phone or if its not a...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Spotify ADS in Premium Accounts

None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanPremiumCountryEcuadorDeviceSamsung S21Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHi Spotify, Since a couple of days I'm getting...

Casual Listener

None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Premium Country Ecuador Device Samsung S21 Operating System Android...

LuisFurtado

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Terms for playlist name

I have had a playlist for several years, but now I get an email that it violates the terms and I cannot figure out what rule I am breaking. I can see that the playlist names gets changed to nothing.I started as "Space ambient (zero beat)". Then I tri...

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I have had a playlist for several years, but now I get an email that it violates the terms and I cannot figure out what rule I am breaking. I can see that the playlist names gets changed to nothing. ...

jwlbmn

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