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Solved!! How do I rearrange my songs in my playlist?

In my mobile app and on the website I can not rearrange my songs in the order I want i can only do it by album or creator and some others but not freely. I know you used to be able to but now I cant

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Solved!! How to select several songs from my "liked songs" playlist to move them to a new playlist

New to Spotify. I've spent hours moving my "favorites" on Google Play Music to my Liked Songs on Spotify. Is there a way to share my Liked Songs or move them to a Playlist? Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: iPhone 11 Pro Max

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Solved!! How to remove and stop past podcasts from being recommended

Last year I was searching for some podcasts of specific interest but after giving a couple shows a try and not liking what I found I gave up and moved on. Now both of these podcasts are not only looming in my "Your Shows" despite having never followe...

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krystalhooper

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Solved!! Playlists not showing up even when set to "Public

I have a premium account and I just started having this issue... (I'm using the desktop version of Spotify on my MacBook Air)I make a playlist, add songs and a cover if needed then set it to playlist. But, it doesn't show up on my profile and other p...

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gurjass

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Superuser Contribution Long Playlists Still Not Shuffling Songs Properly

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 12/MacOperating SystemiOS and Mac OS My Question or IssueHas anyone been able to put together a long playlist that actually shuffles the songs? I have a playlist with 1200 songs and every time I hit "Shuffle Play" it...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 12/Mac Operating System iOS and Mac OS   My Question or Issue Has anyone been able to put together a long playlist that actually shuffles the son...

RonSDog

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Superuser Contribution How to see the queue?

Clicking the cover + artist name = artist overview without currently playing song.Clicking the song name = album list without currently playing song. I'm on windows.Moved to Deezer because of spotify's big middlefinger towards UI/UX but am forced bac...

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Clicking the cover + artist name = artist overview without currently playing song. Clicking the song name = album list without currently playing song.  I'm on windows. Moved to Deezer bec...

Mihail

Spotify Legend

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Superuser Contribution [Android][Other] Seamless Switching; Don't Restart Song

Request: Avoid restarting songs when goal is to simply change the "next songs". Currently, if I want to switch from Release Radar to the Album or perhaps Liked Songs Playlist to Song Radio, I have to restart the song. How it would work: If you click ...

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Request: Avoid restarting songs when goal is to simply change the "next songs". Currently, if I want to switch from Release Radar to the Album or perhaps Liked Songs Playlist to Song Radio, I have to...

Jeremy

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution MP3's/ Downloaded songs stop working

Whenever I upload an MP3 to spotify and put it into a playlist it seems to work just fine, but only for a few weeks. Inevitably the mp3 greys out from my playlists, refuses to play regularly unless I select it myself, then inevitably stops being avai...

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Whenever I upload an MP3 to spotify and put it into a playlist it seems to work just fine, but only for a few weeks. Inevitably the mp3 greys out from my playlists, refuses to play regularly unless I...

Kiril

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Sir/Mam, Can we get to see number of songs in each of our playlists? It would be really helpful if we are able to see the song count in our playlists. Thankyou.

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Sir/Mam,                  Can we get to see number of songs in each of our playlists? It would be really helpful if we are able to see the song count in...

NitinGuna

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Superuser Contribution [Mobile][Playlists] Adding a "find in playlist" for created playlists

I believe previously we had a "find in playlist" option for created playlists but now we only have it for our liked songs playlist. It would be nice to find songs by an artist that I haven't liked but instead added to a specific playlist.

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I believe previously we had a "find in playlist" option for created playlists but now we only have it for our liked songs playlist. It would be nice to find songs by an artist that I haven't liked bu...

Xenia

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Your Library] Add complete local Album to WaitingList

Sometimes I want to hear a whole Album from local files.This time I need to click on every file and add it to Waiting List.The Idea is a context-menu-entry like 'Send the whole Album to Waiting List' .Other Idea can be a multi selection.

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Sometimes I want to hear a whole Album from local files. This time I need to click on every file and add it to Waiting List. The Idea is a context-menu-entry like 'Send the whole Album to Waiting L...

Eni

Moderator

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Superuser Contribution Sounds are doubleadded to liked songs list

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceLaptop, iPhone SE (2020)Operating SystemWindows 11, iOS 15.1My Question or IssueI have noticed some songs are doubleadding themselves. When I see them in my radio and I see that they are unliked, I think that I accidentally...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Laptop, iPhone SE (2020) Operating System Windows 11, iOS 15.1 My Question or Issue I have noticed some songs are doubleadding themselves. When I see them in&...

Jeremy

Spotify Legend

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Superuser Contribution All songs greyed out

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows 10 Playing songs earlier today fine. Now every song is grey and will not play. Checked my account, everything paid up. Open to any suggestions Thanks

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows 10   Playing songs earlier today fine. Now every song is grey and will not play.  Checked my account, everything paid up.  Open t...

Ver

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Superuser Contribution Rules on external links in playlist descriptions

I have a lot of local files on spotify and I organize them into playlists to imitate an album page. I want to make these playlists public and have a link for people to download the files. Can I link to an external site with the purpose of sharing loc...

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I have a lot of local files on spotify and I organize them into playlists to imitate an album page. I want to make these playlists public and have a link for people to download the files. Can I link ...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Not able to create a playlist from a Daily Mix

Hello there, Although I really enjoy the Daily Mix feature from the beginning, but recently I realised that I can not create a playlist form them anymore. As far as I understand if I like/save (not sure about the meaning of the heart icon) the mix wi...

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Hello there,   Although I really enjoy the Daily Mix feature from the beginning, but recently I realised that I can not create a playlist form them anymore. As far as I understand if I like/sa...

Jeremy

Spotify Legend

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Superuser Contribution Local Files STILL not Downloading

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceSamsung Galaxy & Microsoft Laptop My Question or Issue I made a topic months back about this same issue and tried all the solutions provided for zero results, so I gave up then. Now I am deciding to give it another shot ...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Samsung Galaxy & Microsoft Laptop   My Question or Issue   I made a topic months back about this same issue and tried all the solutions provi...

Jeremy

Spotify Legend

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Content randomly greyed out after logging in on new device

Solved, for whatever reason signing in on a new device seems to have deactivated the option to allow explicit content in settings

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Solved, for whatever reason signing in on a new device seems to have deactivated the option to allow explicit content in settings

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Your Library] Arranging playlist directory -- Alphabetically, or Last Saved

One of two significant advantages Napster's desktop AND mobile apps have over Spotify is the ability to organize playlists Alphabetically and by Date Last Saved. Why doesn't Spotify do this?

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One of two significant advantages Napster's desktop AND mobile apps have over Spotify is the ability to organize playlists Alphabetically and by Date Last Saved.   Why doesn't Spotify do this?

Spoxx

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Recommendations from Spotify appearing WITHIN my playlists!

PlanFree/Premium Country Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Recently Spotify started putting recs WITHIN my carefully curated playlists, not merely at the bottom of those l...

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Plan Free/Premium  Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   Recently Spotify  ...

OneByBoo

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[Desktop] Local Files Option Missing Windows 11 App

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceHP Envy x360Operating SystemWindows 11 Home My Question or IssueI just got a new laptop and I'm having issues finding the local files option. On my old laptop I could find them using the instructions in the faq, but the app...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device HP Envy x360 Operating System Windows 11 Home   My Question or Issue I just got a new laptop and I'm having issues finding the local files option. On my...

OneByBoo

Roadie

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Superuser Contribution Download for my liked songs seems to be repeating itself.

Plan: PremiumCountry: UKDevice: PCOperating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue:Noticed that the download button is been like this for god knows how long.Not only that, but it is showing this circle thing next to my liked songs. Idk why this is h...

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Plan: Premium Country: UK Device: PC Operating System: Windows 10   My Question or Issue: Noticed that the download button is been like this for god knows how long. Not only t...

Alex

Spotify Legend

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Superuser Contribution Anyone can add to collaborative playlist

PlanPremium/FamilyCountryUSDeviceiPhone XS, Lenovo T480, Samsung S20, iPhone 12, and Macbook 13"Operating SystemiOS 14, MacOS 10.10-11, Windows 10, Android My Question or IssueIt seems that anyone can add to any collaborative playlist. This allows th...

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Plan Premium/Family Country US Device iPhone XS, Lenovo T480, Samsung S20, iPhone 12, and Macbook 13" Operating System iOS 14, MacOS 10.10-11, Windows 10, Android   My Question or Issue...

Eni

Moderator

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Superuser Contribution Is there a tool to create palylist with almost-identical songs?

OK, so here is the thing: When browsing for new music on Spotify, I often have to notice that I already know a song that is suggested as a new song. That is because the same song has a different ID on say single, album, best of, compilation a and com...

Roadie

OK, so here is the thing: When browsing for new music on Spotify, I often have to notice that I already know a song that is suggested as a new song. That is because the same song has a different ID o...

Jeremy

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Accidentally dismissed "Would you like to see your Top Songs 2021?" message. Any way to access it?

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDevicePOCO X3 ProOperating SystemAndroid Hi! So I opened Spotify and I accidentaly clicked "IGNORE" on "Would you like to see your Top Songs 2021?". I would love to have that playlist. I've "collected" them since 2017. I tried...

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Plan Premium Country Poland Device POCO X3 Pro Operating System Android   Hi!   So I opened Spotify and I accidentaly clicked "IGNORE" on  "Would you like to see your Top So...

AeroZ

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