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Your Sound Capsule: Following your listening stats

You probably already know Spotify launches every year, Spotify Wrapped, 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 podcasts, for example. It's reall...

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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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Spotify Takes Listening With Friends to Another Level with Jam

Spotify is introducing a more fun, intuitive, and collaborative social listening experience with Jam. Whether you’re together or apart, joining a Jam with your loved ones is now simpler than ever by tapping phones, scanning a QR code, or sharing a li...

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Introducing Smart Shuffle!

Introducing Smart Shuffle! We know that our users love creating their own playlists to capture key moments in time – in fact, playlists created by users often become their most-streamed playlist for the first several months but listening to these pla...

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The Heart button is being replaced with a (+) Plus button

Starting in March 2023, the ♡ Heart button will start being replaced with a (+) Plus button for saving things to Your Library. Things that have been saved to Your Library will now show a green ✔ Check icon instead of a green Heart icon. This new expe...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How do I get artists to show up separately on a local file?

In an effort to put some local files onto my Spotify playlists, I thought I would organise them properly using the artist names, albums, etc. However, when I try to separate the artist names so they show up as distinct from one another, it doesn't wo...

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  • In an effort to put some local files onto my Spotify playlists, I thought I would organise them properly using the artist names, albums, etc.   However, when I try to separate the artist names...
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Superuser Contribution No Local Files Folder Created

PlanPremiumDeviceDellOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've tried to enable local files on the Spotify app on my desktop, but it won't create a folder that displays the local files. I have tried uninstalling, restarting my computer, and ...

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  • Plan Premium Device Dell Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I've tried to enable local files on the Spotify app on my desktop, but it won't create a folder that displays ...
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Solved!! Converting old local files playlists to regular Spotify songs

Hello, This seems like an incredibly basic thing, but I just can't seem to find any information on it. I have a bunch of Spotify playlists I created years ago from importing local files from iTunes. That MacBook with the actual files is long gone, bu...

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  • Hello,   This seems like an incredibly basic thing, but I just can't seem to find any information on it.   I have a bunch of Spotify playlists I created years ago from importing local f...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Local Files Section missing (And yes i've turned it on in settings)

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands DeviceDesktop (Asus Zenbook)Operating SystemWindows 10 I dont see my local files section on the spotify desktop. In the settings i have turned on the local files option (Show local Files). I've attached a picture where y...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands   Device Desktop (Asus Zenbook) Operating System Windows 10   I dont see my local files section on the spotify desktop. In the settings i have tur...
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Local Files

Spotify Premium Family PlanPremiumUSA DeviceiPhone 12 Pro Max, Macbook Air 13-inch 201714.4.2 on iPhone, macOS Big Sur Version 11.3 Beta on Macbook Air My Question or Issue: I have "Show Local Files" turned on on my desktop software, but in the left ...

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  • Spotify Premium Family Plan Premium USA   Device iPhone 12 Pro Max, Macbook Air 13-inch 2017 14.4.2 on iPhone, macOS Big Sur Version 11.3 Beta on Macbook Air     My Question o...
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Superuser Contribution Local files imported and appear to be playable, but arent.

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueLocal files have been properly imported from correct foldee on PC and all mp3's are playable outside of Spotify. The songs show as playable the "local files" section aswell...

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  • Plan Premium Country Norway Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Local files have been properly imported from correct foldee on PC and all mp3's are playable outside o...
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Superuser Contribution Can't load local files

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System I am using Windows10 on a Microsoft Surface. I cannot find the dropdown to add "local files" as an option. All the options I have are playlists, artists...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System   I am using Windows10 on a Microsoft Surface.  I cannot find the dropdo...
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Superuser Contribution iPhone: offline sync spins forever (single track test)

PlanPremiumCountryU.S.DeviceiPhone 12Operating SystemiOS latest My Question or IssueI want to sync some local files to my iPhone, which never works, despite following all of Spotify's instructions perfectly.As a test, I added one mp3 file (3mb 256kb)...

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  • Plan Premium Country U.S. Device iPhone 12 Operating System iOS latest   My Question or Issue I want to sync some local files to my iPhone, which never works, despite following all of ...
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Superuser Contribution Local files not syncing from computer to iphone

PlanPremiumCountryUS Deviceiphone 7 and windows pc My Question or IssueI have 3 local files that I got onto my pc that play fine and have been downloaded fine on there. However I would also like to play them on my phone and they only show up as grey ...

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  • Plan Premium Country US   Device iphone 7 and windows pc   My Question or Issue I have 3 local files that I got onto my pc that play fine and have been downloaded fine on there. Ho...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution local files not syncing to my phone

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicecomputer: microsoft surface pro 6Phone: iPhone 12 proOperating SystemIOS 14 and Windows 10 My Question or IssueI downloaded local files onto my computer, put them all into a playlist and downloaded the playlist. When I went...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device computer: microsoft surface pro 6 Phone: iPhone 12 pro Operating System IOS 14 and Windows 10   My Question or Issue I downloaded local files onto my c...
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Superuser Contribution cannot listen to local file songs in Spotify app

PlanPremiumCountryThailandDevicePhone SE 2020Operating SystemIOS 14.3 My Question or IssueRecently, I have a problem with all of my local-file songs in my Spotify app, I cannot listen to them even I already download them. I linked the songs like I no...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Thailand Device Phone SE 2020 Operating System IOS 14.3   My Question or Issue Recently, I have a problem with all of my local-file songs in my Spotify app...
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Superuser Contribution Local files with non-ASCII filenames are not detected

I've been having this problem for a while that not all my local files were detected from the local folders that I added. I tried a lot of offered solutions from the Community, but none seemed to work. Today I found out that only those files were not ...

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  • I've been having this problem for a while that not all my local files were detected from the local folders that I added. I tried a lot of offered solutions from the Community, but none seemed to work...
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THIS WILL HELP MANY PEOPLE SPOTIFY DOESNT DETECT SONGS / SOME SONGS STOP BEING AVAILABLE /PLAYABLE

aight ive been having this problem for 9months and finally ive found the solution for some local files that are not playlable or they are but when u add other files they stop being available SOLUTION: U GOTTA REMOVE ANY WEIRD SYMBOL OF THE NAME OF TH...

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  • aight ive been having this problem for 9months and finally ive found the solution for some local files that are not playlable or they are but when u add other files they stop being available  ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop Update - Local Files tab missing from main menu

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDevicePCWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify Premium was recently updated on 20/11/2020, and I tried to transfer some local files in .mp3 format across from my PC to add to my playlists, download them and sync the...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device PC Windows 10   My Question or Issue My Spotify Premium was recently updated on 20/11/2020, and I tried to transfer some local files in .mp3 f...
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Superuser Contribution Greyed Out Local Files on iPhone

Plan: PremiumCountry: USA Device: iPhone 7, MacBook AirOperating System: iOS 13.3, oS Sierra My Question or Issue: For the life of me, I can't get my local files to play on my iPhone. Yes, I've been able to in the past, but I can't now. I added my fr...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: USA   Device: iPhone 7, MacBook Air Operating System: iOS 13.3, oS Sierra   My Question or Issue: For the life of me, I can't get my lo...
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Local Files: Some of my songs just keep disappearing from my Local Files

DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueSome of my files in my local file sometimes just disappear. I don't know if it's being read or not but when I drag that file out and put it back in, Spotify then detects it. It usually occurs when...

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  • Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Some of my files in my local file sometimes just disappear. I don't know if it's being read or not but when I drag that file out and pu...
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Sharing local files between computers

Plan: PremiumCountry: USDevice: MacBook ProOperating System: Mac OS I have my local files stored on a MacBookPro (MBP). I would like them to play on another MBP and on an iPhone. This works fine for the iPhone, but not for the MBP, where the local fi...

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  •   Plan: Premium Country: US Device: MacBook Pro Operating System: Mac OS   I have my local files stored on a MacBookPro (MBP). I would like them to play on another MBP and on an ...
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Superuser Contribution Getting Local Files onto my iPhone

I am attempting to play local files from my computer (mp3 files) on my iPhone 7 Spotify app. I followed step by step instructions to enable local files on my computer, and I was able to make a playlist with local files on my laptop Spotify (and I can...

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  • I am attempting to play local files from my computer (mp3 files) on my iPhone 7 Spotify app. I followed step by step instructions to enable local files on my computer, and I was able to make a playli...
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Superuser Contribution Can't sync local files from Macbook Air to Android

Plan: PremiumCountry: USDevice: Samsung Galaxy S9+/Macbook Air 2020Operating System: Android 10/Mac OS Catalina 10.15.6 So I've been syncing local music from my Windows PC to my phone for a couple of years and it worked fine. However, I recently swit...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: US Device: Samsung Galaxy S9+/Macbook Air 2020 Operating System: Android 10/Mac OS Catalina 10.15.6   So I've been syncing local music from my Win...
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Superuser Contribution Help syncing local files from macbook to iPhone

PlanPremium Family CountryEnglandDeviceiPhone 11 Pro Max, MacBook Air mid 2013Operating SystemiOS 13.7, MacOS Catalina 10.15.6 My Question or IssueI have looked through the forums and have trued everything. I turned off firewall, am on the same netwo...

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  •   Plan Premium Family  Country England Device iPhone 11 Pro Max, MacBook Air mid 2013 Operating System iOS 13.7, MacOS Catalina 10.15.6   My Question or Issue I have looked ...
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