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iOS Troubleshooting Guide

We've gathered general troubleshooting steps for iOS devices in this guide. These are known to solve a variety of issues. Common issues: Spotify not playing Can’t hear any sound Spotify is offline Basic troubleshooting: Restart both the Spotify app a...

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Solved!! How to play the "Eat this playlist"

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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Volume buttons on device don't work when casting

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 ...

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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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Superuser Contribution importing From Shazam

Hi. I have 420 tracks that have been shazamed but when i import them to spotify, it only imports 82. Can someone help please? cheers

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Hi.   I have 420 tracks that have been shazamed but when i import them to spotify, it only imports 82.   Can someone help please?   cheers

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Shuffle mode keeps getting turned off

Whenever my phone connects to my car's bluetooth and starts automatically playing, shuffle mode gets turned off and I have to manually turn it back on every time. This probably started about 1-2 months ago. Repeat mode isn't affected.I've deleted and...

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Whenever my phone connects to my car's bluetooth and starts automatically playing, shuffle mode gets turned off and I have to manually turn it back on every time. This probably started about 1-2 mont...

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Offline listening question

Hi! I use my iPhone for offline listening when I know I won't have service. Does anyone know if songs can be loaded to a different device,such as an MP3 player?

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Hi!  I use my iPhone for offline listening when I know I won't have service. Does anyone know if songs can be loaded to a different device,such as an MP3 player?

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Shuffle Play not shuffling entire playlist at all

Recently, I've noticed that when I hit shuffle play on my largest playlist of just under 3000 songs, only the top 100 or so will be shuffled. For example, if I organise my playlist by recently added, only the more recent songs will be queued. If I or...

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Recently, I've noticed that when I hit shuffle play on my largest playlist of just under 3000 songs, only the top 100 or so will be shuffled.   For example, if I organise my playlist by recent...

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Spotify is included with my phone contract,but can't get it on my computer.

hey all, I have Spotify included in my phone contract so on my phone i can download and listen offline, how can i get this on my computer too? As i believe we can have up to two devices? thanks !

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hey all,  I have Spotify included in my phone contract so on my phone i can download and listen offline, how can i get this on my computer too? As i believe we can have up to two devices? &nbs...

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How to save Radioplay song to playlist

After a playlist finishes and Radioplay starts, I hear music I might like to save to that playlist, but when I choose to save it, it just saves it to my master library where I will not be able to find it without remembering the name of the artist, wh...

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After a playlist finishes and Radioplay starts, I hear music I might like to save to that playlist, but when I choose to save it, it just saves it to my master library where I will not be able to fin...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution iPhone heating up and draining battery

I'm running the latest version of Spotify (8.4.3) on an iPhone 6 on iOS 10.3.1. I was previously on 10.3.2 but I downgraded to see if that would fix my issue but unfortunately it didn't. This problem just stated recently as well

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I'm running the latest version of Spotify (8.4.3) on an iPhone 6 on iOS 10.3.1. I was previously on 10.3.2 but I downgraded to see if that would fix my issue but unfortunately it didn't. This problem...

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Spotify app using 1.1GB of storage on iPhone but i have 0 playlists set for offline mode

Under Settings > General > Usage it says Spotify is using 1.1GB of storage but I have not set any playlists or albums or songs to offline mode and I also have 0 local files. The app says it is only 30MB in the App store so why is it using up 1.1GB of...

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Under Settings > General > Usage it says Spotify is using 1.1GB of storage but I have not set any playlists or albums or songs to offline mode and I also have 0 local files.  The app says ...

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Superuser Contribution Shuffle multiple albums on my iPhone 7

I can't seem to do this for multiple albums and have searched the User Forums without success. All I want to do is pick a few albums of different genres and play randoom tracks from each almum in a random manner. I don't care if the play in the order...

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I can't seem to do this for multiple albums and have searched the User Forums without success.  All I want to do is pick a few albums of different genres and play randoom tracks from each almum ...

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Superuser Contribution Do I have to download music again?

First, I downloaded my playlist and accidentally pressed the bottom of "download" and now I have to do it again. Why?

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First, I downloaded my playlist and accidentally pressed the bottom of "download" and now I have to do it again. Why?

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App starts downloading from zero every time I open

Hi there each time I open Spotify the app starts downloading all my chosen songs from zero as if they were never before downloaded. It seems this can't be valid but I'd like to know if anyone else has this experience?

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Hi there each time I open Spotify the app starts downloading all my chosen songs from zero as if they were never before downloaded. It seems this can't be valid but I'd like to know if anyone else ha...

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Notifications not working at all

I've been using Spotify for 6 months and can recall getting maybe 1 notification at the very start. Since then I have not gotten anything about the new albums or singles released by my 50+ followed artists. I have both email and push notifications en...

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I've been using Spotify for 6 months and can recall getting maybe 1 notification at the very start. Since then I have not gotten anything about the new albums or singles released by my 50+ followed a...

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Superuser Contribution 3 month trial premium

i have downloaded the 3 months trial upgade but im still getting adverts and cant skip songs what can i do about this

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i have downloaded the 3 months trial upgade but im still getting adverts and cant skip songs what can i do about this 

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Superuser Contribution Bluetooth Headset

Whenever I try to exit the app or turn off my phone, my Bluetooth headphones stops the track and won't start again until I go to the app. Is there a problem with the app or headphones?

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Whenever I try to exit the app or turn off my phone, my Bluetooth headphones stops the track and won't start again until I go to the app. Is there a problem with the app or headphones? 

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Superuser Contribution Issue with Repeat Track Button on Iphone

Hello all! I've recently been having a problem with the repeat button while listening to music in my car. My problem is that as soon as my phone is connected (USB) it seems that the "repeat 1" button turns automatically on. I manually turn it off but...

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Hello all!   I've recently been having a problem with the repeat button while listening to music in my car.    My problem is that as soon as my phone is connected (USB) it seems th...

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Superuser Contribution Premium

Hi, i have activ premium spotify, but still not working. I have still ads, i cant skip and choose song. Please can you help with it? Thank you.

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Hi, i have activ premium spotify, but still not working. I have still ads, i cant skip and choose song. Please can you help with it? Thank you.

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Error with downloaded content

Does anyone know why I would be getting this error message come up every time I open Spotify? I can't seem to sync any more playlists so they are available offline. This is the exact text of the message displayed " you've reached the maximum number o...

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Does anyone know why I would be getting this error message come up every time I open Spotify? I can't seem to sync any more playlists so they are available offline. This is the exact text of the mess...

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Superuser Contribution [iOS][Localization] Localize Brazilian Portuguese as pt-BR in app project

Currently the iOS app is localized only for Brazilian Portuguese and from your feedback it's not going to be localized for European Portuguese any time soon.Please change the Brazilian Portuguese localization folder in the app project from pt.lproj t...

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Currently the iOS app is localized only for Brazilian Portuguese and from your feedback it's not going to be localized for European Portuguese any time soon. Please change the Brazilian Portugu...

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Superuser Contribution Hjälp !!!

Kommer ej in på mittt konto trots att jag betalt !? Kan ni kontakta mig för att hjälpa mig ?

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Kommer ej in på mittt konto trots att jag betalt !? Kan ni kontakta mig för att hjälpa mig ?

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Can I select more than one whole album and add to a playlist?!

Hi there,In IOS how can I add multiple álbuns at the same time into a playlist? It's too boring to do this one by one.Thank you!

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Hi there, In IOS how can I add multiple álbuns at the same time into a playlist? It's too boring to do this one by one. Thank you!

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