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Solved!! Your Sound Capsule: Following your listening stats

You probably already know Spotify releases the Spotify Wrapped every year, which is a rewind of your listening stats. It presents each user their listening stats for that year, including the most listened-to artists and songs, for example. It's reall...

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DanteTheThird

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Solved!! Watch and Listen: Introducing music videos on Spotify

Spotify knows that the listening experience is a way to connect artists with fans on many levels. But what if we could enhance these connections with a different perspective? With this in mind, Spotify is introducing a new and powerful way to listen ...

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tinySharkk

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Superuser Contribution Changes not being saved when changing track order in playlists

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceSamsung Galaxy S25 UltraOperating SystemAndroid 15 My Question or IssueOn the android app, I'm using the edit function in playlists to reorder the tracks. At the end of the editable list there are tracks viewing which aren't...

Newbie

  Plan Premium Country UK Device Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra Operating System Android 15   My Question or Issue On the android app, I'm using the edit function in playlists to r...

Dessi

Moderator

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Superuser Contribution Shuffling my Liked Songs is real slow

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceSamsung Galaxy A54Operating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueI have a very large collection (37k songs) and sometimes I like to shuffle through it. It takes a really long time for this to start playback on my phone. Any ...

Spotify Legend

Plan Premium Country US Device Samsung Galaxy A54 Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue I have a very large collection (37k songs) and sometimes I like to shuffle t...

Susan_GP

Moderator

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Superuser Contribution Offline backup disappeared, cached songs appearing grey

Plan Premiun Country UK Device iPhone 11 Operating System iOS 18 My Question or Issue Maybe 3 weeks ago my offline backup disappeared without a trace, and now my cached songs are appearing greyed out, and only will play if they are queued before I go...

Regular

Plan Premiun Country UK Device iPhone 11 Operating System iOS 18 My Question or Issue Maybe 3 weeks ago my offline backup disappeared without a trace, and now my cached songs are ...

KenyanSportifyer

Regular

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 'On Repeat' Playlist Update Frequency and Order

There's this playlist designed for users called 'On Repeat'. I want to know two things: How often does this playlist update?Are the songs ordered by rank? That is, the first song would be my most listened track in the past 4 weeks?

Gig Goer

There's this playlist designed for users called 'On Repeat'. I want to know two things:   How often does this playlist update? Are the songs ordered by rank? That is, the first song would be...

HES2025

Visitor

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Superuser Contribution [Android][Podcasts] Can't unfollow a podcast

I can't unfollow a podcast I'm following on mobile ver. I've checked help forums and it seems it's also not possible on desktop. I can view the podcast's list of episodes and select and play individual episodes, but no matter where I click I can't pu...

Newbie

I can't unfollow a podcast I'm following on mobile ver. I've checked help forums and it seems it's also not possible on desktop. I can view the podcast's list of episodes and select and play individu...

Not applicable

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Superuser Contribution Local file sync to Android will duplicate files

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice AnSamsung Galaxy S23Operating SystemAndroid 14App Version8.9.76.538 My Question or IssueI have several playlists that I've created on my PC with local files. When a file sync occurs to my Android phone, it seems ...

Newbie

Plan Premium Country United States Device An Samsung Galaxy S23 Operating System Android 14 App Version 8.9.76.538   My Question or Issue I have several playlists that I've created o...

Eni

Moderator

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Superuser Contribution Can't add local song to a playlist with 1000+ songs

Plan:Premium IndividualDevice: Windows 11 PCAndroidSpotify Version:Spotify for Windows (64 bit)1.2.32.997.g4c6498b6When trying to add a song from my local files spotify refuses to add it to a playlist I have with over 1.000+ songs and I have no idea ...

Newbie

Plan: Premium Individual Device:  Windows 11 PC Android Spotify Version: Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.32.997.g4c6498b6 When trying to add a song from my local files spotify r...

Toninalam

Casual Listener

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Android] Playlist plays in reverse when sorted by date added.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited Kingdom DeviceOneplus 8 ProOperating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueWhenever my personal playlist is sorted by date added and you start the playlist by selecting the songs at the top of the list, the queue plays the son...

Newbie

Plan Premium Country United Kingdom   Device Oneplus 8 Pro Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue Whenever my personal playlist is sorted by date added and you s...

Ivelina

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Superuser Contribution Podcast "error" msg (unable to access), randomly can't play songs or add to liked list

PlanPremiumCountryCanada DeviceSamsung Galaxy S8+Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueFor the past 6+ months, I've noticed a number of issues that just keep getting worse. I have cleared caches, force stopped, and completely reinstalled spotif...

Casual Listener

Plan Premium Country Canada  Device Samsung Galaxy S8+ Operating System Android  My Question or Issue For the past 6+ months, I've noticed a number of issues that just keep g...

Elena

Moderator

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liked songs
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution I can't add songs to playlists while Spotify is without Internet connection

My Question or IssueHow to replicate: Turn off Internet connection. Find a song and try adding it to a play list. The app throws an error "Sorry, something went wrong." when having selected a playlist and pressing OK. Pressing OK again gives the same...

Roadie

...ony XZ2 Compact Operating System Android 10  

jonizc

Newbie

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Add Items to Playlist
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Superuser Contribution Local files not playable across platforms

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceLaptop + Samsung S20FEOperating SystemWindows 10 + Android My Question or IssueHi, Up until a couple of weeks ago, Local files on my laptop, which I put in playlist were also playable on my phone. However, since yes...

Newbie

Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Laptop + Samsung S20FE Operating System Windows 10 + Android   My Question or Issue Hi, Up until a couple of weeks ago, Local files on my l...

Gollek

Visitor

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Superuser Contribution Albums not grouped together when sorting by artist

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 Pro My Question or IssueHey guys, I've noticed that when I sort my Liked Songs by artist, the albums are not grouped together. Has anyone else experienced this? It's really frustrating because I ...

Casual Listener

...nstead (and then by the track). I should say it's also like this on my android phone.   Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Maria

Moderator

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Superuser Contribution Stop downloads syncronising between (identical)(Android) devices

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDevices2 Sony XZ2 Compact phones running latest version of SpotifyOperating SystemAndroid 10My Question or IssueAs stated above I have two of the same phone. One I use as my phone and the other as my »mp3 player/ipod« (rememb...

Roadie

Plan Premium Country Denmark Devices 2 Sony XZ2 Compact phones running latest version of Spotify Operating System Android 10 My Question or Issue As stated above I have two of the same p...

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Roadie

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Android][Playlists] Sort playlists in custom order on Android app

EDIT: Idea has become deprecated, requested feature still exists. See comment for details.Since I do not know how to close an idea without deleting it (and thus making the solution inaccessible to others with the same problem) I will leave it open fo...

Music Fan

...o others with the same problem) I will leave it open for the mods to decide what to do with it.   The issue: Since the last update, the perviously available option to sort playlists on the Android...

milanstaf

Music Fan

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Superuser Contribution Unable to shuffle Liked Songs playlist on Android

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevice Samsung Galaxy S9 My Question or IssueSince a few days, I'm unable to shufflethe Liked songs playlist, I have a toast notification saying that I discovered a Premium feature, but I do have a premium account. I can shuff...

Casual Listener

Plan Premium Country Canada Device  Samsung Galaxy S9   My Question or Issue Since a few days, I'm unable to shufflethe Liked songs playlist, I have a toast notification saying that...

Lyubka

Moderator

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Superuser Contribution Nest Speaker - Wont play liked songs

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung S22 UltraOperating SystemAndroid 12 - up to date My Question or IssueIf I am playing my liked songs I can not transfer them to my Nest speakers. Spotify gets stuck connecting to the speaker. Only way I can get it ou...

Casual Listener

Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung S22 Ultra Operating System Android 12 - up to date   My Question or Issue If I am playing my liked songs I can not transfer them to my Nest s...

Jeremy

Spotify Legend

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Superuser Contribution Downloads wont load

When i get in my car and try to load my downloaded music it takes forever to load and i have to turn off both my wifi and cellular data for it to load.PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Verizon)Operating SystemAndroid 12One UI 4.1

Casual Listener

...alaxy S22 Ultra (Verizon) Operating System Android 12 One UI 4.1

McDusty69

Casual Listener

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Superuser Contribution [Android][Discover] Dislike Artist/Band

There should be a dislike button when you go to an artist/band so you can check it, and NEVER have to hear that artist in any playlist or suggested music ever again unless you uncheck it. PLEASE do this. I HATE System of a Down, but have to listen to...

Visitor

There should be a dislike button when you go to an artist/band so you can check it, and NEVER have to hear that artist in any playlist or suggested music ever again unless you uncheck it. PLEASE do t...

Dian

Spotify Legend

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[Android][Playlists] Sorting

I'm using the android app and my laptop. On the computer version I can sort my Playlist freely. But I can't on my android version. And the same playlist on my phone isn't in the order I set on my laptop. I'm sure it has to do with the fact that you c...

Regular

I'm using the android app and my laptop. On the computer version I can sort my Playlist freely. But I can't on my android version. And the same playlist on my phone isn't in the order I set on my l...

Amay

Spotify Star

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Superuser Contribution [Android][Playlists] Daily mix block list

I have an infant, ergo I play infant friendly music on occasion. That doesn't mean I want it popping into my daily mix while I'm on the commute.I'd like an option to never add to daily mix's or other suggested lists again.My alternative was to hit 'n...

Visitor

I have an infant, ergo I play infant friendly music on occasion.  That doesn't mean I want it popping into my daily mix while I'm on the commute. I'd like an option to never add to daily mix's...

MafeG

Spotify Legend

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