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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 Automatically Unfollowed Someones Playlist

So I was following someone's playlist and it automatically unfollowed, does this mean the persons account was deactivated/scheduled for deletion? I don't think I had pressed Remove from Your Library but any sort of information helps. Thank you! ~shin...

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So I was following someone's playlist and it automatically unfollowed, does this mean the persons account was deactivated/scheduled for deletion?   I don't think I had pressed Remove from Your...

Jeremy

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Different Liked Songs playlist content on PC and Android

PlanPremiumCountryCzech RepublicDeviceS20+ / LaptopOperating SystemAndroid 11 / Windows 10 My Question or IssueHi there, I've come across a big problem for me. I use only one account for both PC and phone but one day I woke up and I lost all my liked...

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Plan Premium Country Czech Republic Device S20+ / Laptop Operating System Android 11 / Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi there, I've come across a big problem for me. I use only one...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Click on artist, doesn't go to artist

Hi, This has been ongoing for since I started using Spotify but it's bugging me. Why is it when I click on artist in my library (Picture Artist01.png), it first takes me to some weird minimal collection of the artists songs and then when I click on t...

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Hi,   This has been ongoing for since I started using Spotify but it's bugging me.   Why is it when I click on artist in my library (Picture Artist01.png), it first takes me to some wei...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Prime subscription removes features?

The automatic playlist generation based on a particular song is an awesome feature I fell in love with on Spotify. I just got a prime subscription and now by starting with that same song, all other tracks from that album are played, not similar artis...

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The automatic playlist generation based on a particular song is an awesome feature I fell in love with on Spotify. I just got a prime subscription and now by starting with that same song, all other t...

Novy

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Superuser Contribution If the shuffle is broken, I want to continue from last random shuffle

Well, as far as I see the failure of your shuffle function has been discussed many times before. With almost everyone here, I'm also experiencing the shuffle issue on my personal library with 1400 songs in it. I'm really fed up to listen the same set...

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Well, as far as I see the failure of your shuffle function has been discussed many times before. With almost everyone here, I'm also experiencing the shuffle issue on my personal library with 1400 so...

Novy

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Following Spotify User/s...

PlanPremium CountryUS DeviceHP Omen laptop; i7, 16MB RAM Operating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueI have "followed" several Spotify users (not artist) because I like their playlists. I don't necessarily want to save each of their Playlists ...

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Plan Premium   Country US   Device HP Omen laptop; i7, 16MB RAM   Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue I have "followed" several Spotify users (not ...

beccadoesmusic

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Superuser Contribution Inconsistencies in adding Local File sources

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States of AmericaDevice64-bit HP Pavilion Gaming LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI wanted to listen to some songs that weren't on Spotify, so I enabled local files in the preferences. I saw that I already...

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Plan Premium Country United States of America Device 64-bit HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I wanted to listen to some songs that weren't o...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Local Files Not Showing Up On My IPhone

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceiPhone 11Operating SystemiOS 14.4 Songs from local files aren't showing up on my mobile device but shows up on my PC. Both are on the same network and local files are enabled. I have less than 10,000 downloaded songs and...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device iPhone 11 Operating System iOS 14.4   Songs from local files aren't showing up on my mobile device but shows up on my PC.  Both are on the same n...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Cannot Save playlist to Library

PlanFreeCountryBulgariaDeviceLenovo W540Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello !I'm using the Spotify Web version and I cannot save playlists to my Library..I click on the Heart sign and nothing happens.. I also click on the three dots ...

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Plan Free Country Bulgaria Device Lenovo W540 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello ! I'm using the Spotify Web version and I cannot save playlists to my Library.. ...

Novy

Moderator

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Superuser Contribution All downloads disappear from app - happens almost every week

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDeviceNokia 8 Sirocco / iPod Touch 6th generationOperating SystemAndroid 10 / IOS12.5.1 My Question or IssueI have over 4000 songs (including just over 100 local files) in my library and they are locally downloaded onto my sm...

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Plan Premium Country Belgium Device Nokia 8 Sirocco / iPod Touch 6th generation Operating System Android 10 / IOS12.5.1   My Question or Issue I have over 4000 songs (including just ov...

Novy

Moderator

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Superuser Contribution Bad shuffle algorithm

PlanPremiumCountrySlovakiaDeviceHuawei P20liteOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello I have a question/issue that when i´m listening to my Liked songs i usually have Shuffle option toggled ON but in this past 3/4 months i have find out ...

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Plan Premium Country Slovakia Device Huawei P20lite Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello I have a question/issue that when i´m listening to my Liked songs i usually...

Ver

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Superuser Contribution Local files randomly greying out on laptop

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueI have several albums downloaded as mp3s but some songs are randomly greyed out despite the rest of the album being fine. Anyone know what causes this?

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Plan Premium Country   Device Laptop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue I have several albums downloaded as mp3s but some songs are randomly greyed out despite the re...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Disable podcasts across my desktop and mobile devices

I don't want to listen to any podcasts but half of my screen real estate is taken up by these podcast suggestions. I have no intention of using Spotify to listen to people talk, I pay for the music and want just suggestions for music and albums, play...

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I don't want to listen to any podcasts but half of my screen real estate is taken up by these podcast suggestions. I have no intention of using Spotify to listen to people talk, I pay for the music a...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Spotify can't continue music playing after podcasts.

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceiPhone 8Operating SystemiOS 14.4 My Question or IssueIt's very annoying that you cannot switch back to your shuffle music playlist after playing a podcast. It works smoothly with the podcasts (while playing music you just go ...

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Plan Premium Country   Device iPhone 8 Operating System iOS 14.4   My Question or Issue It's very annoying that you cannot switch back to your shuffle music playlist after playing...

Novy

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Superuser Contribution How on earth did my playlist songs get messed up?

I have a Premium account in the US. How on earth did my playlists suddenly get messed up? There are songs in the playlists that I know I did not add, and there are also duplicates now, when there were no duplicates before. Is there any way to restore...

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I have a Premium account in the US. How on earth did my playlists suddenly get messed up? There are songs in the playlists that I know I did not add, and there are also duplicates now, when there wer...

Mihail

Spotify Legend

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Autoplay doesn’t work

Hi, i don t know if this is the right space to write this, but i couldn’t write in “help”. Since about a year autoplay often doesn’t work, when a song (searched song, so not in an album) ends i have to go to tap the next button to start another song,...

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Hi, i don t know if this is the right space to write this, but i couldn’t write in “help”. Since about a year autoplay often doesn’t work, when a song (searched song, so not in an album) ends i have ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Repeat Rewind not updating while On Repeat is updating

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDevicePC and Samsung A40Operating SystemWindows 10 and Android 10 My Question or IssueMy Repeat Rewind hasn't been updated for ages. The last time it did, was in November last year while my On Repeat playlist updates ...

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Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device PC  and  Samsung A40 Operating System Windows 10 and Android 10   My Question or Issue My Repeat Rewind hasn't been updated for ag...

Berkers

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Bug: Sometimes can’t add song to playlist

This happens occasionally, for the past couple of years across different devices. I’m currently online, streaming music from the web on a stable connection. I am attempting to add a song from one currently playing playlist to another. When choosing w...

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This happens occasionally, for the past couple of years across different devices. I’m currently online, streaming music from the web on a stable connection. I am attempting to add a song from one cur...

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Solved!! How to upload local files?

PlanPremiumDeviceiPhone and Chromebook My Question or Issue I am unsure how to upload local files. I tried following the directions on the Spotify website but they are outdated, or meant for a different device.

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Plan Premium Device iPhone and Chromebook   My Question or Issue  I am unsure how to upload local files. I tried following the directions on the Spotify website but they are outdated,...

Billy-J

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Radio playing songs from totally different genre

So I have a Lo-fi playlist that is completely instrumental and relaxing to listen to. Whenever the playlist finishes it starts a radio “based on” my playlist but it literally plays metal music. I don’t have a single metal song in the playlist, nor in...

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So I have a Lo-fi playlist that is completely instrumental and relaxing to listen to. Whenever the playlist finishes it starts a radio “based on” my playlist but it literally plays metal music. I don...

Katerina

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