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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Plan: PremiumCountry: US Device: iphone xsOperating System: ios13 My Question or Issue:Why tf can't I hide the recommended songs on my iphone anymore? IDK why Spotify continues to use the recommended songs feature, I hate it and so does everyone I kn...
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Plan: Premium Country: US Device: iphone xs Operating System: ios13 My Question or Issue: Why tf can't I hide the recommended songs on my iphone anymore? IDK why Spotify con...
Mario
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This is a weird question, but how come Spotify Web Player has more access to things than Spotify for iPhone 6?For example, I can switch the order of my songs and choose certain songs to play and can actually copy paste the playlist but on my phone, I...
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Alex
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Songs will often not play when selected from search or within albums even if they are downloaded. Songs will usually play once they are added to liked. I have reinstalled the app multiple times and erased all of my downloads. I continue to have the s...
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Songs will often not play when selected from search or within albums even if they are downloaded. Songs will usually play once they are added to liked. I have reinstalled the app multiple times and e...
Mihail
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I’ve been desperately searching to find out where my add to queue button is and I can’t find it. I’ve tried the 3 dots in the top right corner and consulted many online forums to see if anyone else is having this problem. I also can’t find the repeat...
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I’ve been desperately searching to find out where my add to queue button is and I can’t find it. I’ve tried the 3 dots in the top right corner and consulted many online forums to see if anyone else i...
Ivan
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Plan: PremiumCountry: United StatesDevice: iPhone 7Operating System: iOS 13.6.1 My Question or IssueFor the past few weeks, whenever I have tried to play one of my playlists, Spotify will play only one song from the playlist before reverting back to ...
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Plan: Premium Country: United States Device: iPhone 7 Operating System: iOS 13.6.1 My Question or Issue For the past few weeks, whenever I have tried to play one of my playlists, Spotify...
Ver
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PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceiPhone 8Operating SystemiOS 14 My Question or IssueLet's talk about safety. I used to listen to music with CarPlay while driving. Spotify does not display an icon to downloaded albums or playlists on the touchscreen. So,...
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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device iPhone 8 Operating System iOS 14 My Question or Issue Let's talk about safety. I used to listen to music with CarPlay while driving. Spotify does n...
Mihail
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Whenever I try to play music on my google home it automatically skips as many songs as it can until it gets to ads. After the ads are over it plays 10 seconds of a song then stops. However on the app it says it’s still playing on there. And the googl...
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Whenever I try to play music on my google home it automatically skips as many songs as it can until it gets to ads. After the ads are over it plays 10 seconds of a song then stops. However on the app...
Alex
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Quite often for the last several weeks, it’s impossible to get to the queue. Obviously this makes playback pretty frustrating. Is there a plan to fix this? Between this and the popup ads for playlists, which are impossible to disable (ads on a paid s...
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Quite often for the last several weeks, it’s impossible to get to the queue. Obviously this makes playback pretty frustrating. Is there a plan to fix this? Between this and the popup ads for playlist...
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Hi everyone, recently when listening to any playlist on my account i'll be mid way through a song and a completely random song/playlist will start playing that ive never seen before. its becoming really frustrating as i like to listen to my music whi...
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Hi everyone, recently when listening to any playlist on my account i'll be mid way through a song and a completely random song/playlist will start playing that ive never seen before. its becoming rea...
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PremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 12 ProOperating SystemiOS 14.1 My Question or IssueWhen I'm playing any playlist using Spotify Connect, whether downloaded or not, I can only skip a few tracks at a time before the "now playing" view drops down and takes...
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Premium Country USA Device iPhone 12 Pro Operating System iOS 14.1 My Question or Issue When I'm playing any playlist using Spotify Connect, whether downloaded or not, I can o...
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My Question or Issue: I was listening to the new Joe Rogan Alex Jones Podcast last night and I tried finishing it this morning and it won’t play at all. Every other Podcast and episodes will play But this one won’t. I tried restarting my phone, closi...
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My Question or Issue: I was listening to the new Joe Rogan Alex Jones Podcast last night and I tried finishing it this morning and it won’t play at all. Every other Podcast and episodes will ...
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Not sure how to recreate this error. It was the first thing I saw today. I’m on iPhone X, my screen orientation was not locked. The app was idle in the background for a while. I “slid over” to open it. It seems like the app attempted to turn sideways...
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Not sure how to recreate this error. It was the first thing I saw today. I’m on iPhone X, my screen orientation was not locked. The app was idle in the background for a while. I “slid over” to open i...
Loxer
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Estou com uma grande dúvida em relação ao pagamento do Spotify. Fiz a assinatura no Plano Familiar dia 08/09/2017 porém na minha conta aparece que a data de renovação é 28/09. A fatura do meu cartão vence no dia 10/10, a assinatura não é mensal ? Com...
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Estou com uma grande dúvida em relação ao pagamento do Spotify. Fiz a assinatura no Plano Familiar dia 08/09/2017 porém na minha conta aparece que a data de renovação é 28/09. A fatura do meu cartão ...
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PlanPremium CountrySingapore DeviceIphone 8 Operating SystemiOS 14 For the past few days my "Recently Played" list on the home page has disappeared, and all I can see now are the lists that were usually beneath that. “Recommend for today” is not upda...
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Plan Premium Country Singapore Device Iphone 8 Operating System iOS 14 For the past few days my "Recently Played" list on the home page has disappeared, and al...
Alex
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PlanPremiumCountryRussiaDevice(iPhone XS Max, iMac 27)Operating System(iOS 14, macOS) My Question or IssueI listen to music from my phone all the time via Spotify connect to the yamaha AV-reciever . Everything used to be fine, there were no problems....
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Plan Premium Country Russia Device (iPhone XS Max, iMac 27) Operating System (iOS 14, macOS) My Question or Issue I listen to music from my phone all the time via Spotify connect to ...
Alex
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So if you listen on Spotify for too long so it pauses. For example when you fall asleep. The pause button will be bugged like it's playing but it isn't see image: https://share.icloud.com/photos/0ASJ2EsURG6sRhSByw6DZIF2w And the alarm clock will go o...
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So if you listen on Spotify for too long so it pauses. For example when you fall asleep. The pause button will be bugged like it's playing but it isn't see image: https://share.icloud.com/photos/0ASJ...
Ivan
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I am in the US, with a premium plan. I use spotify on an iphone 8 plus, software version 13.6.1. I have a 64 gigabyte phone. I have used 62 gigs of storage, 10 of which comes from all the songs I downloaded from spotify. My Question or Issue The last...
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I am in the US, with a premium plan. I use spotify on an iphone 8 plus, software version 13.6.1. I have a 64 gigabyte phone. I have used 62 gigs of storage, 10 of which comes from all the songs I dow...
Ver
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceiPhone XsOperating SystemiOS 14.0.1 My Question or IssueWith the latest iOS Spotify app (8.5.79.1024), the music automatically pauses when I switch between other apps or just exiting to the home screen and then entering ...
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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device iPhone Xs Operating System iOS 14.0.1 My Question or Issue With the latest iOS Spotify app (8.5.79.1024), the music automatically pauses when I swi...
Jeremy
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PlanPremiumCountryDEDeviceiPhone 6Operating SystemiOS 12.4.8Spotify version8.5.78.928App Reinstall counter3Device restart counter2 My Question or IssueSince the last update my Spotify Installation is functionally broken since no song is played anymor...
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Plan Premium Country DE Device iPhone 6 Operating System iOS 12.4.8 Spotify version 8.5.78.928 App Reinstall counter 3 Device restart counter 2 My Question or Issue Since the l...
Jeremy
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So I dump every song I listen to into one playlist, mainly hovering around the last few songs in the queue. I keep my playlist loop on indefinitly to avoid terrible recommendations and total silence when I reach the end of my playlist. Whenever my ph...
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So I dump every song I listen to into one playlist, mainly hovering around the last few songs in the queue. I keep my playlist loop on indefinitly to avoid terrible recommendations and total silence ...
Mihail
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