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iOS Local Files: Easier import with the Files app

It is now easier to import Local Files into the Spotify iOS app through the Files app on your iOS device. A computer and WiFi network are not required to use this new import method. This means that you can now import Local Files into the Spotify iOS ...

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New iPhone Feature: Spotify Lock Screen widget

Now you can open Spotify on your iPhone even faster with the new Lock Screen widget! After you add the new Spotify widget to your Lock Screen, tapping on it will quickly open the Spotify app. So whether you're busy on the go, in the car, or at home, ...

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Downloading music on Apple Watch

Hey folks!Here's a few tips & tricks to share about downloading music from Spotify on your Apple Watch! - If you're looking to get started, check this out! Not seeing the 'Download to Apple Watch'-button yet? Make sure your Spotify app is up-to-date ...

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Solved!! I have a different interface compared to my friends

Plan Premium Country Hong Kong Device iPhone XS Operating System iOS 13.1.3 My Question or Issue I have just start using Spotify and I realise my interface in artists is different from those of my friends. My friends have the number of liked songs un...

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No edit playlist button

For the past month or so my edit playlist button doesn't show up in the top right corner as usual. I contacted support on twitter and they told me to reinstall which works but it disappears again whenever I close the app. Is this happening to anyone ...

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  • For the past month or so my edit playlist button doesn't show up in the top right corner as usual. I contacted support on twitter and they told me to reinstall which works but it disappears again whe...
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Offline albums still not queueing after DELETING MY WHOLE ACCOUNT per CS request for troublehooting

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceiPhone 8Operating SystemiOS 13.4.1 My Question or IssueYep, despite Spotify saying this is fixed it absolutely is NOT. Customer service just had me delete my whole account and it is still happening. For the love of god, stop...

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  •   Plan Premium Country US Device iPhone 8 Operating System iOS 13.4.1   My Question or Issue Yep, despite Spotify saying this is fixed it absolutely is NOT.  Customer servic...
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Deleted Playlist after restart since version.50

PlanFPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceiPhone XR, iPad 5Operating SystemiOS 12, iOS 13 My Question or IssueSince Version 8.5.50 is my Playlist deleted after a restart from Spotify. The last title will be played and then I must search the last title in the a...

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  • Plan FPremium Country Germany Device iPhone XR, iPad 5 Operating System iOS 12, iOS 13   My Question or Issue Since Version 8.5.50 is my Playlist deleted after a restart from Spot...
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Solved!! Spotify app update

Ive noticed that everyone has an updated interface of Spotify where it has "good morning" ...etc but my app hasn't updated even though it has been out for a while. Im using my phones latest software and have the newest app version.PlanPremiumCountryU...

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  • Ive noticed that everyone has an updated interface of Spotify where it has "good morning" ...etc but my app hasn't updated even though it has been out for a while. Im using my phones latest software ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Search inside a playlist?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 11 Pro MaxOperating SystemiOS 13.4.1My Question or Issue How do I search for a song in a playlist? Please tell me this is not ANOTHER basic and necessary feature Spotify lacks or has removed. Seriously, this is getti...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 11 Pro Max Operating System iOS 13.4.1 My Question or Issue   How do I search for a song in a playlist? Please tell me this is not ANOTHER basic ...
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Exits playlist after one song and starts playing queue

PlanPremiumCountrySingaporeDeviceiPhone11ProOperating SystemiOS 13.3.1 My Question or IssueEver since downloading the latest spotify update (8.5.53.996), I am only able to play one song in a playlist before spotify "exits" the playlist and starts pla...

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  • Plan Premium Country Singapore Device iPhone11Pro Operating System iOS 13.3.1   My Question or Issue Ever since downloading the latest spotify update (8.5.53.996), I am only able to pl...
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There is a bug that makes it difficult to sort the queue (video)

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceiPhone 11 Pro MaxOperating SystemiOS 13.3.1 My Question or IssueI have been an iPhone user since January, and since I installed Spotify I have always had this bug when ordering the queue. I leave you a video:

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain Device iPhone 11 Pro Max Operating System iOS 13.3.1   My Question or Issue I have been an iPhone user since January, and since I installed Spotify I have al...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Premium - Discover Weekly - Where is 'Repeat' Button?

Hi all, I switch back and forth between the Desktop and iOS clients of Spotify Premium, and I listen to my Discover Weekly on repeat a lot. While I can easily do that on desktop, I can't on iOS. I have to manually restart my playlist, because I can't...

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  • Hi all,   I switch back and forth between the Desktop and iOS clients of Spotify Premium, and I listen to my Discover Weekly on repeat a lot.   While I can easily do that on desktop, I ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Songs Disappear when Moved or Added

PlanPremiumCountryNorthern IrelandDeviceiPhone 8 My Question or IssueWhenever I move songs or add songs to my`up next’ they disappear??

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  • Plan Premium Country Northern Ireland Device iPhone 8       My Question or Issue Whenever I move songs or add songs to my `up next’ they disappear?? 
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Albums ive downloaded keep getting undownloaded

PlanPremiumCountryUsaDevice(iPhone 8 My Question or IssueThis has happened numerous times in the last couple months, i download an album for offline listening only for it to be undownloaded. And its not just one album, its many many albums that have ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Usa Device (iPhone 8   My Question or Issue This has happened numerous times in the last couple months, i download an album for offline listening only for it to be u...
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Superuser Contribution Sharing Playlists from iOS App

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceiPhone 11 Pro MaxOperating System(iOS 13.4.1) I have Spotify Version 8.5.53.996 on my phone and within my public playlists, I do not have the 'menu' option that would allow me to share/edit/add to queue/etc. the playlists....

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA   Device iPhone 11 Pro Max Operating System (iOS 13.4.1)   I have Spotify Version 8.5.53.996 on my phone and within my public playlists, I do n...
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Offline albums STILL not queueing despite spotify saying they fixed it

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceIphone 8Operating SystemiOS 13.4.1 My Question or IssueI am livid. After going through multiple troubleshooting steps leading to deleting and reinstalling the app, redownloading all of my offline music three times, some albu...

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  •   Plan Premium Country US Device Iphone 8 Operating System iOS 13.4.1   My Question or Issue I am livid.  After going through multiple troubleshooting steps leading to del...
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No "add Liked songs" into a specific playlist

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceiPhone 6SOperating SystemiOS 12 My Question or IssueHi,I was trying to organize my songs into different playlists based on different languages. When I created the playlist by adding songs from liked songs, the liked song...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device iPhone 6S Operating System iOS 12   My Question or Issue Hi, I was trying to organize my songs into different playlists based on different languages...
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Music stops after 2 songs if out of house using data

PlanFreeCountryUkDeviceiPhone 5sOperating SystemiOS 12(I’m guessing, not certain. I do know it won’t update further though) My Question or Issuemy Spotify will only play 2 songs if I’m playing it using data. If I touch or try and skip any songs it wo...

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  • Plan Free Country Uk Device iPhone 5s Operating System iOS 12(I’m guessing, not certain. I do know it won’t update further though)   My Question or Issue my Spotify will only play 2 so...
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Apple CarPlay - Playlist Played In Wrong Order

Hello Spotify, I an facing issue with playing my playlists in wrong order in Apple CarPlay. I think it is because of recent iOS 13.3.1 update. From nature of Apple CarPlay are all playlist songs are sorted from most recent to oldest, at least my play...

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  • Hello Spotify, I an facing issue with playing my playlists in wrong order in Apple CarPlay. I think it is because of recent iOS 13.3.1 update. From nature of Apple CarPlay are all playlist songs are ...
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Superuser Contribution The monthly time limit thing

PlanFreeCountryJapanDeviceiPad 7th GenOperating SystemiOS 13 My Question or IssueI recently started using Spotify on my iPad(about a week maybe) and today I got a “monthly time limit reached” message and can’t play/view my playlists. I tried looking ...

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  • Plan Free Country Japan Device iPad 7th Gen Operating System iOS 13   My Question or Issue I recently started using Spotify on my iPad(about a week maybe) and today I got a “monthly t...
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I can't see my Next In Queue and Now Playing

Good Day Spotify Community I have a problem with my Spotify App in my iPhone 6, it does not show the Next In Queue whenever I queue my music and also the Now Playing. I already deleted and downloaded the app again to see if it's fixed but still the i...

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  • Good Day Spotify Community   I have a problem with my Spotify App in my iPhone 6, it does not show the Next In Queue whenever I queue my music and also the Now Playing. I already deleted and d...
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Syncing between devices

PlanPremiumDeviceIPhone XOperating SystemiOS 13.3.1 My Question or IssueHello, I am trying to sync a mp3 audio file (that does not exist on spotify) through the local files feature. I have already looked through the tutorials and followed the steps. ...

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  • Plan Premium Device IPhone X Operating System iOS 13.3.1   My Question or Issue Hello,   I am trying to sync a mp3 audio file (that does not exist on spotify) through the local fi...
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Superuser Contribution Whole album is being saved instead of just the songs I saved

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhonse 6sOperating SystemIOS 12.1.4 My Question or IssueI use the album section of spotify for 95% of when im listening to music. There are few albums I have the entirety of saved. I prefer to save only a handful of songs ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhonse 6s Operating System IOS 12.1.4   My Question or Issue I use the album section of spotify for 95% of when im listening to music. There ar...
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How to sync local files from my PC to my phone

My Question or Issue I have songs from my local files in my playlist on my PC. However, I can't play them on my mobile phone. The link is a link to a image that is what that song looks like in my playlist on my phone. It's grayed out and it won't let...

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  • My Question or Issue   I have songs from my local files in my playlist on my PC. However, I can't play them on my mobile phone. The link is a link to a image that is what that song looks like ...
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