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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Hello! Last week Thursday I received a message by Meredith that I’m going to get an email with the TestFlight instructions. But I haven’t received one yet. I’ve also looked int...
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I cant get the new St. Voncent album (Masseduction) to play on my iPhone, but it will play on my desktop just fine. I am a longtime premium subscriber. All other options I tried on my phone played fine when selected.
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I cant get the new St. Voncent album (Masseduction) to play on my iPhone, but it will play on my desktop just fine. I am a longtime premium subscriber. All other options I tried on my phone played fi...
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I'm currently having aproblem with Melissa Horn, an artist that I play regularly on spotify, as a premium member, on my iphone 6s plus. My OS is updated to the newest version, OS 11, and i keep my apps updated. I've reinstalled spotify a couple of ti...
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I'm currently having aproblem with Melissa Horn, an artist that I play regularly on spotify, as a premium member, on my iphone 6s plus. My OS is updated to the newest version, OS 11, and i keep my ap...
lenjammin30
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edit: Sorry for all the edits, I just wanted to link to the playlist but the forums are hellbent on embedding the actual playlist into my post, which made for yucky formatting nightmares, so now I'm extra frustrated. One of my favourite discoveries o...
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edit: Sorry for all the edits, I just wanted to link to the playlist but the forums are hellbent on embedding the actual playlist into my post, which made for yucky formatting nightmares, so now I'm ...
levstef
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I'm frustrated! As I'm paying premium and ever since the last update my offline songs won't stay saved! And I have to keep downloading them! If it fails to be resolved I'm cancelling my subscription!
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I'm frustrated! As I'm paying premium and ever since the last update my offline songs won't stay saved! And I have to keep downloading them! If it fails to be resolved I'm cancelling my subscription!
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Hello, I previously had Premium for family, the credit card associated with the account was lost, and the account switched to free due to payment issue. We fixed the payment, reinstated the Premium for Family subscription, but it will not update on m...
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Hello, I previously had Premium for family, the credit card associated with the account was lost, and the account switched to free due to payment issue. We fixed the payment, reinstated the ...
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I'm wondering if the downloaded playlists in premium can somehow end up on my phone. Thx
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I'm wondering if the downloaded playlists in premium can somehow end up on my phone. Thx 🙂
OneHappyMomma
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As soon as I updated my iPhone software my Spotify controls stopped working. It no longer comes up on my lockscreen. I can’t change the song through my car or Bluetooth headphones anymore. I honestly just want to solve the issue.
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As soon as I updated my iPhone software my Spotify controls stopped working. It no longer comes up on my lockscreen. I can’t change the song through my car or Bluetooth headphones anymore. I honestly...
bdouglass97
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Can’t figure out how my wife’s phone is this strange loop. Can’t switch away from the current song. If I browse or search or go to another playlist, and try to select a different song, all I get is a pulse from the green shuffle play button.
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Can’t figure out how my wife’s phone is this strange loop. Can’t switch away from the current song. If I browse or search or go to another playlist, and try to select a different song, all I get is a...
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Never had any issues before but I today created a new playlist on my Mac however it seems to not want to sync to my iPhone with a playlist called 'Loading' appearing. Any help greatly appreciated. Have reinstalled Spotify app on iPhone and cleared ca...
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Never had any issues before but I today created a new playlist on my Mac however it seems to not want to sync to my iPhone with a playlist called 'Loading' appearing. Any help greatly appreciated. Ha...
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I being trying every recommedation on the internet and nothing. I am paying a premium account and cannot use it. Please help.
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I being trying every recommedation on the internet and nothing. I am paying a premium account and cannot use it. Please help.
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Since the last update I have missing songs from playlists and downloaded albums. Why is this?
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Since the last update I have missing songs from playlists and downloaded albums. Why is this?
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Hello!I have a problem with syncing local files. I've created a new playlist with local files on my computer and downloaded it. Then I tried to download it on my Iphone 7 (using same WIFI and having Spotify opened on my computer), and it wasn't downl...
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Hello! I have a problem with syncing local files. I've created a new playlist with local files on my computer and downloaded it. Then I tried to download it on my Iphone 7 (using same WIFI and ...
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I cannot play Nirvana and Metallica songs on my iPhone7
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I cannot play Nirvana and Metallica songs on my iPhone7
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Hey there, my Mac has recently been hacked so it has been wiped clean. My iPhone was spared and i still have all the playlist previously saved from the local files from Mac on my iPhone. What can I do so these playlists won't be removed when I syncro...
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Hey there, my Mac has recently been hacked so it has been wiped clean. My iPhone was spared and i still have all the playlist previously saved from the local files from Mac on my iPhone. What can I d...
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So I updated to v8.4.22.515 at the weekend.Previously, when I connected my phone to car via Bluetooth, the car's display showed me track, artist, track, time, track advance/back buttons etc.Now, since this latest Spotify update, all it shows me is th...
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So I updated to v8.4.22.515 at the weekend. Previously, when I connected my phone to car via Bluetooth, the car's display showed me track, artist, track, time, track advance/back buttons etc. Now, ...
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This started only a couple of days ago. I would listen to music on Spotify and my phone would begin getting really hot. Within 30 seconds of listening to a song I lose 10% battery. When going on any other app(fb/YouTube/snapchat) using internet I won...
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This started only a couple of days ago. I would listen to music on Spotify and my phone would begin getting really hot. Within 30 seconds of listening to a song I lose 10% battery. When going on any ...
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After updating my iPhone 7 to IOS 11.0.2 I no longer have control from the lock screen or control center.
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After updating my iPhone 7 to IOS 11.0.2 I no longer have control from the lock screen or control center.
Grandpa
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I've been a premium user for a while now. Yesterday I renewed my subscription, I got charged for it (14 something dollars) and it's still not working! Why?! I can't deal with ads any longer.
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I've been a premium user for a while now. Yesterday I renewed my subscription, I got charged for it (14 something dollars) and it's still not working! Why?! I can't deal with ads any longer.
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I have the latest version of the Spotify app (version 4.9.0.833) on my iPhone 5S running the latest version of iOS (9.2.1). The Spotify app has started to randomly start to play the track which I last paused when I start up the Spotify app. It doesn'...
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I have the latest version of the Spotify app (version 4.9.0.833) on my iPhone 5S running the latest version of iOS (9.2.1). The Spotify app has started to randomly start to play the track which I las...
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