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
As of Spotify 8.9.xx and newer I can't control the volume on my iPhone when casting to a Chromecast device. I need to go into the slider inside the Spotify app to change the volume. This is not an iOS or apple issue:My non working version of Spotify ...
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 ...
I updated Spotify on my iPhone 7plus to version 8.4.35. I went to go into the Downloads section to browse from the albums I’ve downloaded, and the section is totally gone. It was where playlists, artist etc etc was. What gives?
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I updated Spotify on my iPhone 7plus to version 8.4.35. I went to go into the Downloads section to browse from the albums I’ve downloaded, and the section is totally gone. It was where playlists, art...
Magic_Bananas
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I make playlists in a specific order to learn songs for gigs. All fine on MAc but on iPhone 7 it only plays a few then has 'recommended song' underneath (no actual songs) and jumps back to the start. This is VERY frustrating as I need to learn ALL of...
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I make playlists in a specific order to learn songs for gigs. All fine on MAc but on iPhone 7 it only plays a few then has 'recommended song' underneath (no actual songs) and jumps back to the start....
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Spoiler (Highlight to read) Paguei o boleto pela primeira vez. COmo faco pra ter o mes gratuito ? No proximo mes vou poder ? Me ajudem... nao sei como funciona
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Paguei o boleto pela primeira vez. COmo faco pra ter o mes gratuito ? No proximo mes vou poder ? Me ajudem... nao sei como funciona
Bittencourt
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Hi,I am experiencing a strange effect I think.I just started my trail an imported my existing iPhone-iTunes -Playlists.somehow all the songs I have there appear to be "downloaded" (green "arrow-down" icon in front)1. Why is that2. why does NONE of th...
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Hi, I am experiencing a strange effect I think. I just started my trail an imported my existing iPhone-iTunes -Playlists. somehow all the songs I have there appear to be "downloaded" (green "arrow...
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Is there a fix for issues with headphone controls? En route to work this morning trying to skip to next track via headphone in line control and Apple Music app kept playing instead of Spotify.I've reset my iPhone, deleted and re-installed Spotify and...
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Is there a fix for issues with headphone controls? En route to work this morning trying to skip to next track via headphone in line control and Apple Music app kept playing instead of Spotify. I've ...
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Hi, this is legitimately the 12th time this has happened, and my soul gets chipped away at every time. I spend tons of time Saving albums for offline play. Every few months, randomly, they will all disappear. A couple of times, fine something quirky ...
Casual Listener
Hi, this is legitimately the 12th time this has happened, and my soul gets chipped away at every time. I spend tons of time Saving albums for offline play. Every few months, rando...
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I've always been a avid user of the "New Releases for you" section in the Discovery tab.Somehow I don't see it anymore on my iPhone (and also not on my Mac too). Has this functionality been removed in the pas couple of weeks??
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I've always been a avid user of the "New Releases for you" section in the Discovery tab. Somehow I don't see it anymore on my iPhone (and also not on my Mac too). Has this functionality bee...
Badrvdm
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Hi all wondered if someone could help - I was prompted to do a Spotify update yesterday and after doing so all my playlists are unreadable??? Ive tried a phone reset and restarted the app numerous times but nothing is working - has anyone else had th...
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Hi all wondered if someone could help - I was prompted to do a Spotify update yesterday and after doing so all my playlists are unreadable??? Ive tried a phone reset and restarted the ...
slsnider
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Hello. I've been looking for a solution for waaay too long. So I'm trying to add mp3 files from my computer to spotify so that I can play them on my phone. I added them into a file that I named 'spotify local files' and then added that to the list of...
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Hello. I've been looking for a solution for waaay too long. So I'm trying to add mp3 files from my computer to spotify so that I can play them on my phone. I added them into a file that I na...
Neefrey
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Is it posible to aply a song from spotify as a ringtone on iPhone, if your a premium member? if not, can this be done?, by an app or otherwise? Regards.
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Is it posible to aply a song from spotify as a ringtone on iPhone, if your a premium member? if not, can this be done?, by an app or otherwise? Regards.
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This seems to be a very common issue so outside of Spotify changing the behavior, I'm going to post a separate topic based in THIS thread. The problem is once you press the shuffle button, the app will play all subsequent playlists in shuffle mode un...
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This seems to be a very common issue so outside of Spotify changing the behavior, I'm going to post a separate topic based in THIS thread. The problem is once you press the shuffle bu...
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Sooooooo. I've tried what spotify said to do to sync the local files from mac to iPhone but it cant seem to work. I've tried what they said on some other page if it isnt working. Please give a lending hand?
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Sooooooo. I've tried what spotify said to do to sync the local files from mac to iPhone but it cant seem to work. I've tried what they said on some other page if it isnt working. Please give a l...
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The app for IOS will not let me navigate anywhere and is just showing the spotify logo shown in the picture. obviously a glitch. please fix soon. the pregame is hurting
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The app for IOS will not let me navigate anywhere and is just showing the spotify logo shown in the picture. obviously a glitch. please fix soon. the pregame is hurting
Jack
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I've updated and even uninstalled and re-installed. I've found other threads that mention a similar problem, some of them dating years back. It's not private, it's not collaborative. It's just my favorite playlist. I'm pretty sure that others can sti...
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I've updated and even uninstalled and re-installed. I've found other threads that mention a similar problem, some of them dating years back. It's not private, it's not collaborative. It...
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So I can't pick the songs I want because of suggestive play it's so annoying how do I fix this on the free version
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So I can't pick the songs I want because of suggestive play it's so annoying how do I fix this on the free version
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can you can spotify community on the iphone app? i don't know how to get to it, if so. can someone help me out!! thanks
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can you can spotify community on the iphone app? i don't know how to get to it, if so. can someone help me out!! thanks 🙂
Bittencourt
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Hi all, I use the free version on iOS and over the last few weeks the program freezes after an ad has played. The next ad won’t start and I can’t change music or play anything else. The only way to get around this is to quit the program and reopen.At...
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Hi all, I use the free version on iOS and over the last few weeks the program freezes after an ad has played. The next ad won’t start and I can’t change music or play anything else. The only way to g...
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Starting today no graphics are populating on my iphone. I tried shutting the phone off and restarting it. I deleted the app and re-installed it and still no album art, etc. What do you think is causing this problem?
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Starting today no graphics are populating on my iphone. I tried shutting the phone off and restarting it. I deleted the app and re-installed it and still no album art, etc. What do you think is causi...
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Whenever I am in the app, either on LTE or WiFi, my music will randomly pause at random intervals, please help.
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Whenever I am in the app, either on LTE or WiFi, my music will randomly pause at random intervals, please help.
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The issue I have is that Spotify does NOT detect my bluetooth headphones under certain circumstances. Specifically, I have noticed this always happens when: 1) Spotify is already open and I don't kill the app, 2) bluetooth is disabled/bluetooth headp...
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The issue I have is that Spotify does NOT detect my bluetooth headphones under certain circumstances. Specifically, I have noticed this always happens when: 1) Spotify is already open and I don't kil...
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