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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Hi,I downloaded the app (free one) on my iphone5 and tried to log in using my email (specifically don't want to use FB). I got the message "Login Failed. Could not login to Spotify. Maybe you've changed or misspelled your password?".I tried a few mor...
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tl;dr: Unable to sync anything to my ipod touch 4th gen. Yesterday my spotify mobile app broke; it kept crashing whenever I opened it. I deleted and re-downloaded it, but since then I haven't been able to sync any music from my desktop to it, includi...
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For some reason I cannot seem to get my iphone or ipad running ios 7 to show up under devices in Spotify, either via USB or WiFi. It seems to sync occasionally and at random, which I don't understand. I'm on the same wifi network and have reinstalled...
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I've been unable to find the follow artist and similar artist buttons. Am I completely blind or was it removed? It was a feature that got a lot of use by me so I would like to be able to use it again!
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I've been unable to find the follow artist and similar artist buttons. Am I completely blind or was it removed? It was a feature that got a lot of use by me so I would like to be able to use it again!
PKHarmon
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iPhone 4S running iOS 6.1 Spotify Premium version 0.5.9.10 Mix of both spotify files & local files within my playlists Playlists are set on the iPhone as "Available Offline" - YES All tracks with the playlist have the little green arrow showing it ha...
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Hi, I think my starred playlist is corrupt. Adding new songs results in them not showing up accross devices or even on the same device after the app has been closed and reopened. Also if I go offline, even though the playlist is downladed, I cannot s...
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I have the older version of Spotify for my 3rd gen ipod touch. my playlists sync and play fine but when I listen to the radio, spotify stops after 10-15 minutes. I went through the uninstall-reinstall process several times when the last update happen...
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I have the older version of Spotify for my 3rd gen ipod touch. my playlists sync and play fine but when I listen to the radio, spotify stops after 10-15 minutes. I went through the uninstall-reinstal...
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Hi everybody I can't download my playlists to listen to it off-line afterwards. I use Spotify Premium for a month now, and everything was great till then. It doesn't even start to synchronize, even though i'm on Wi-fi. Can anybody help me please ? Th...
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How do I stop the shuffle feature on the ios 7 app?
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How do I stop the shuffle feature on the ios 7 app?
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Hi, I just got Spotify premium and enjoying it. I do have one burning question. If I run Spotify on my Mac or my iPhone I can access my profile and find the artists I'm following. On my iPad however I cannot find my profile anywhere. Am I really just...
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Hi, I just got Spotify premium and enjoying it. I do have one burning question. If I run Spotify on my Mac or my iPhone I can access my profile and find the artists I'm following. On my iPad howeve...
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Hi, I've been reading some threads about not being able to play individual tracks and I noticed that a suggested fix is to log out and back in. I'm using iphone 5s. I've tried logging out but it hasn't worked. Can someone help pls?
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Hi, I've been reading some threads about not being able to play individual tracks and I noticed that a suggested fix is to log out and back in. I'm using iphone 5s. I've tried logging out but it hasn...
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Hi, My IPhone doesn't synchronize any playlist. Mij wifi works fine. What can I do do solve this? Many thanks!
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Hi, My IPhone doesn't synchronize any playlist. Mij wifi works fine. What can I do do solve this? Many thanks!
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Description I can't play this playlist: https://play.spotify.com/album/3PjxZp9vFPHXb7VtuTSEp5 on my mobile phone but I can play it on my desktop client in it's entirety. Searching around support forums, people have similar issues but involving local ...
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On my iPhone, when I want to share a trick with other Spotify users, the user list is always empty. I have plenty of connections on my OSX client, and it has worked before on my iPhone.
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On my iPhone, when I want to share a trick with other Spotify users, the user list is always empty. I have plenty of connections on my OSX client, and it has worked before on my iPhone.
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To Whom It May Concern - As an iPhone user on Verizon Wireless, I generally use 1.5gb of data per month. My recent bill has me at upwards of 17gb from 12/23/13-1/22/14. The Spotify application has been draining a ridiculous amount of data, and I've r...
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Hi. I have an IPhone 5 that had my spotify account on it. All my songs were synced to offline mode and then I opened it and all but one playlist has disappeared.I have a premium account and haven't missed any payments. Am traveling for 5months and do...
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Basically I've had issues within the past 2 days. I've been a premium user for around 4 months and used spotify on my mac and 2 iPhones. I've only downloaded around 1000 songs as well. And now for some reason, even after the devices have been reset b...
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Basically I've had issues within the past 2 days. I've been a premium user for around 4 months and used spotify on my mac and 2 iPhones. I've only downloaded around 1000 songs as well. And now for so...
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