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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Truthfully you should not have updated the iPhone app before you made the functionality in the iPad app. It means that I have to continue keeping music that I listen to in playlists and in the Your Music section. I had deleted a lot of my playlists b...
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Truthfully you should not have updated the iPhone app before you made the functionality in the iPad app. It means that I have to continue keeping music that I listen to in playlists and in the Your M...
jeremygoh
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Spotify's lack of sorting features for your music has continually been very frustrating, especially relative to other music services. However, a few weeks ago they finally added to the iOS version the basic and useful feature of further sub-categoriz...
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Spotify's lack of sorting features for your music has continually been very frustrating, especially relative to other music services. However, a few weeks ago they finally added to the iOS version th...
jeremygoh
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Hi, Can anyone help me with a query on playlists? When I log into spotify using my username and password on one device and then log into another device using my facebook login I don't see the same playlists I've created, how do I fix this? Thanks, Le...
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Hi, Can anyone help me with a query on playlists? When I log into spotify using my username and password on one device and then log into another device using my facebook login I...
jeremygoh
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Hey, I really liked the feature that the different albums of an artist saved in "Your Music" showed up with a little header each so that it was possible to just listen to one album of an artist. Now I only get the whole list of all songs of all album...
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Hey, I really liked the feature that the different albums of an artist saved in "Your Music" showed up with a little header each so that it was possible to just listen to one album of an arti...
jeremygoh
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I spend an emormous about of time trying to figure out how to turn off shuffle. After trying everything in the UI, I always end up needing to search support forums. By the time it happens again, I forget how I turned it off last time and go through t...
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I spend an emormous about of time trying to figure out how to turn off shuffle. After trying everything in the UI, I always end up needing to search support forums. By the time it...
albertalbert
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I'm new in this forum, so take my apologies if this thread already exists. I'd like someone to clarify something for me real quick. When saving albums to 'Your Music', Spotify appear to be automatically syncing songs to offline mode when connected to...
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I'm new in this forum, so take my apologies if this thread already exists. I'd like someone to clarify something for me real quick. When saving albums to 'Your Music', Spotify a...
user-removed
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upgraded to ios 8 this afternoon, reinstalled spotify, and now it will not play local files. Anytime I try and play a local file, the app crashes immediately. Is this what I get for upgrading a week early? Am I screwed until then?
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upgraded to ios 8 this afternoon, reinstalled spotify, and now it will not play local files. Anytime I try and play a local file, the app crashes immediately. Is this what I get for ...
MattSuda
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U should make mobile play songs anytime not just tablets
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U should make mobile play songs anytime not just tablets
Josh
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My spotify app won't stay open on my iphone 4s. whenever i open it, spotify goes to the browse page and then flickers off. Help?
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My spotify app won't stay open on my iphone 4s. whenever i open it, spotify goes to the browse page and then flickers off. Help?
Josh
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What's new in this version (1.6.0) New: Save whole albums to Your Music directly from the album page. Check out release year and total play time by swiping the album header. New: Spotify now speaks Finnish. Fictitious: This app was designed by David ...
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What's new in this version (1.6.0) New: Save whole albums to Your Music directly from the album page. Check out release year and total play time by swiping the album header. ...
Goodman
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I have lots of songs that I want on my device, and I've stopped using itunes becuase I hate having to pay per song or per album, so spotify is my only way to take my music with me. Spotify has been great except for the fact that the song limit per de...
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I have lots of songs that I want on my device, and I've stopped using itunes becuase I hate having to pay per song or per album, so spotify is my only way to take my music with me. Spotify has been g...
Fred
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Every time the Progressive commercial comes up on the spotify app, it won't play and just sits there, locking up my device. I have deleted the app twice now with same results!
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Every time the Progressive commercial comes up on the spotify app, it won't play and just sits there, locking up my device. I have deleted the app twice now with same results!
Danadeedub
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After the most recent Spotify iPhone update, whenever I try to login either using Facebook or my user/pass the whole app would crash and take me back to my home screen. I tried everything- deleting and reinstalling the app, resetting my phone, giving...
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After the most recent Spotify iPhone update, whenever I try to login either using Facebook or my user/pass the whole app would crash and take me back to my home screen. I tried everything- delet...
kbrooksc
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Hello. I just installed the new version of Spotify on my iPad. The interface is going to take some getting used to, to be sure, but I adore the option for repeating a song without creating a special playlist for it! That said, though, I've been consi...
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Hello. I just installed the new version of Spotify on my iPad. The interface is going to take some getting used to, to be sure, but I adore the option for repeating a song without creating a special ...
shepwy
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Is there any way, and if not - is there any official wishlist thread - so I could make Spotify stop playing music after some time (say: 3 hours)? Reason is very simple - I tend to play music when going to sleep, and it would be great if it stopped af...
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Is there any way, and if not - is there any official wishlist thread - so I could make Spotify stop playing music after some time (say: 3 hours)? Reason is very simple - I tend to play mus...
Grace
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I have two problems with the app on my iphone 5s, the first one is music just stops playing and my phone goes to homescreen. The app doesn't shut down it just kicks me out of it. If i go back in it doesn't even get through one song before doing it ag...
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I have two problems with the app on my iphone 5s, the first one is music just stops playing and my phone goes to homescreen. The app doesn't shut down it just kicks me out of it. If i go back in it d...
amandab18
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I have a problem on: iPhone 5 Spotify 1.6.0.1746. When Spotify first launches it doesnt take control of the volume until after you have pressed play on a track. When I plug my phone in to play music in my car I have spotify on maximum volume. If I th...
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I have a problem on: iPhone 5 Spotify 1.6.0.1746. When Spotify first launches it doesnt take control of the volume until after you have pressed play on a track. When I...
jeremygoh
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I love Spotify, am a premium subscriber, and use it almost every day; however, about 50% of the time, I listen on my iPad. I love that I can take my music everywhere this way. The only problem is when I listen to stereo recordings, I miss out on amaz...
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I love Spotify, am a premium subscriber, and use it almost every day; however, about 50% of the time, I listen on my iPad. I love that I can take my music everywhere this way. The only problem is whe...
jeremygoh
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The ios app's social aspect is extremely hindered by the inability/difficulty to share with non Facebook users. If a friend doesn't want a Facebook account; you are unable to share music with him/her by using the share with spotify people. Only peopl...
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The ios app's social aspect is extremely hindered by the inability/difficulty to share with non Facebook users. If a friend doesn't want a Facebook account; you are unable to share music with him/her...
jeremygoh
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I really dont know what has happened. It's taking ages to sync my playlists on my iPhone 4s.Never had this problem before, didnt make any sort of updates on my mobile or app and now it takes about a minute to sync just one song.My wifi is really fast...
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I really dont know what has happened. It's taking ages to sync my playlists on my iPhone 4s. Never had this problem before, didnt make any sort of updates on my mobile or app and now it takes about ...
kbrooksc
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