Solved!! How can I remove the “playing recommended songs for you” feature
I don’t want to listen to music that’s not in my playlist
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Do i have to get premium to do it?And i have the latest version which is 8.8.44.527 but i still cant see the option
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Somehow "shuffle" was mistakenly activated, and I have no idea how to turn it off. I don't want a hip hop or heavy metal track interrupting when I am listening to Mozart for example. It d...
MattSuda
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I can´t put music offline on my iphone 4 anymore. It used to work. But now if I switch a playlist offline. It will only put one or two numbers offline out of the entire playjist or none at all. I have enough space on my Iphone, so that´s not the prob...
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I can´t put music offline on my iphone 4 anymore. It used to work. But now if I switch a playlist offline. It will only put one or two numbers offline out of the entire playjist or none at all. I hav...
MattSuda
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One of my favorite parts about the desktop version of Spotify is the ability to sort tracks into various orders. The app versions should all have this feature also, as well as the A to Z scroll bar. Finding music in a playlist can be annoyingly diffi...
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One of my favorite parts about the desktop version of Spotify is the ability to sort tracks into various orders. The app versions should all have this feature also, as well as the A to Z scroll bar. ...
pyroza
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Recently the Spotify app on my iPhone 4 stopped working. At first, it was just giving me the usual "Playlist not available offline" message. I tried redownloading the app and I also tried logging out and logging back in. Now, none of my music or play...
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Recently the Spotify app on my iPhone 4 stopped working. At first, it was just giving me the usual "Playlist not available offline" message. I tried redownloading the app and I also tried logging out...
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Usually I listen offline to playlists that I have synced for offline use, but when I go online to search new music I'm unable to search for anything. It says 'no search results' or something close to that. Then if I close the app and reopen it, I'm a...
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Usually I listen offline to playlists that I have synced for offline use, but when I go online to search new music I'm unable to search for anything. It says 'no search results' or something close to...
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Hello! I was able to listen to music on my Oontz angle bluetooth speaker since yesterday, but today something changed. My speaker works perfectly with other bluetooth apps but not with sopotify on my iphone 5. Please let m know if you can do somethin...
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Hello! I was able to listen to music on my Oontz angle bluetooth speaker since yesterday, but today something changed. My speaker works perfectly with other bluetooth apps but not with sopotify on my...
brdude
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I'm trying to free up memory on my iPhone by making several saved albums no longer available in offline mode. But, when I hit the toggle swtich away from green, songs still remain with the green arrow and marked as available offline. I can't seem to ...
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I'm trying to free up memory on my iPhone by making several saved albums no longer available in offline mode. But, when I hit the toggle swtich away from green, songs still remain with the gree...
jamrosen
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Please help as I am frustrated! I have some local files that I have imported into Spotify. I sync them to my iPhones and they stay for awhile (several days to a couple weeks) and then randomly the iPhones will say the file is unavailable and has to b...
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Please help as I am frustrated! I have some local files that I have imported into Spotify. I sync them to my iPhones and they stay for awhile (several days to a couple weeks) and then ran...
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I'm having a weird issue and wonder if it's happening to anyone else. I know how to sync local files to my phone through Spotify and how to ensure I can listen to them offline -- been doing it for years. After the last iPhone update, Spotify now only...
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I'm having a weird issue and wonder if it's happening to anyone else. I know how to sync local files to my phone through Spotify and how to ensure I can listen to them offline -- been doing it for ye...
chocowocky
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I have this issue where this one song won't sync.It's always the same song.If I delete the app then download it again, the song syncs but then shortly unsyncs itself.It still has the green arrow to say it is synced to my phone but I am unable to pres...
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I have this issue where this one song won't sync. It's always the same song. If I delete the app then download it again, the song syncs but then shortly unsyncs itself. It still has the gree...
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Sometimes when adjusting volume with the iPhone side volume buttons, the volume suddenly goes to max on Spotify, even breaking the volume limits set on iOS. The iPhone volume indicator freezes on screen, and you can't adjust it at all, not with the s...
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Sometimes when adjusting volume with the iPhone side volume buttons, the volume suddenly goes to max on Spotify, even breaking the volume limits set on iOS. The iPhone volume indicator freezes on scr...
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Hi, I have had a premium account for about two years now. Yesterday i went to listen and it keeps saying i am free user and wont let me listen to any of my playlists off line even though i could the day before. I have tried to upgrade my account but ...
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Hi, I have had a premium account for about two years now. Yesterday i went to listen and it keeps saying i am free user and wont let me listen to any of my playlists off line even though i c...
MattSuda
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Hi all does anyone know why the ads are still coming on all the time on my premium account. I have logged out and back in again and it still happens it's really annoying especially when I have been paying for premium for some months now.
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Hi all does anyone know why the ads are still coming on all the time on my premium account. I have logged out and back in again and it still happens it's really annoying especially when I have been p...
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Hi, I've got a feeling this is a daft question, but I can't for the life of me find where my inbox is on the iOS app. I keep getting notifications on my screen saying I've been sent an album, yet I can't find where that message gets stored in the app...
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MattSuda
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Everytime the app "times out" i need to log back in again. This is realy frustrurating because i can't save my offline music this way, any fix?
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Everytime the app "times out" i need to log back in again. This is realy frustrurating because i can't save my offline music this way, any fix?
MattSuda
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Hi, I accidentally clicked on premium trial of spotify on my iphone. How many days does iphone spotify premium trial last for? Where can I find the time period of my trial? Finally, will I automatically get charged after the premium trial on my iphon...
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hi,yesterday I tried the Spotify Connect feature on my Playstation 4 and it works fine but why does it works with 3g on my phone too? The consol and the phone aren´t then in one network or?
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hi, yesterday I tried the Spotify Connect feature on my Playstation 4 and it works fine but why does it works with 3g on my phone too? The consol and the phone aren´t then in one network or?
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