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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I've been having a really bad streaming service lately. I have a premium account and everytime I am in my car, it sounds as if I am playing a really scratched cd... Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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I've been having a really bad streaming service lately. I have a premium account and everytime I am in my car, it sounds as if I am playing a really scratched cd...  ...
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Ever since the new update the queue button that is usually located in the top right corner is gone. Usually when you are on the screen that shows the album art there are three horizontal parallel lines in the top right corner. When clicked this butto...
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Ever since the new update the queue button that is usually located in the top right corner is gone. Usually when you are on the screen that shows the album art there are three horizontal parallel lin...
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The format totally changed. I can't get to my normal site. It has my playlist name but no songs in it.I'm using a iPhone 7
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The format totally changed. I can't get to my normal site. It has my playlist name but no songs in it. I'm using a iPhone 7
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Hi so I have the iPhone 6s and Spotify never did this before but recently in the last week it started using data for my playlist I’ve downloaded offline. I specifically have gone to settings to turn off cellular data for the Spotify app and everythin...
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Premium StudentUnited States iphone 7 - ios 11.4.1 - Spotify Version 8.4.67 Hi my name is Cody, I have been a spotify premium user for several months now and I’m the only person I know who doesn’t have the new spotify search feature. When I go to set...
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I found a link to a surveymonkey survey that says if you fill it out, you’ll get free Premium REDACTED. It seems pretty legit, but I’m still skeptical on it. Does anyone know if it is legit, or where it came from? I recently got an ad on Spotify abou...
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