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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The radio obviously streams music using a mobile data connection, even if this is blocked within the iOS settings. General mobile data were enabled, but usage by Spotify was switched off. I regard t...
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My wife and I (who use iPhones 6 Plus and 7 Plus with iOs 10.3 and 10.3.1, respectively) recently noticed that when we try to sort playlists we have created (whether it be by "Recenlty Added," "Artist," Title," etc), after leaving or force quitting S...
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My wife and I (who use iPhones 6 Plus and 7 Plus with iOs 10.3 and 10.3.1, respectively) recently noticed that when we try to sort playlists we have created (whether it be by "Recenlty Added," "...
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Hello, I have a problem that seems to affect a lot of people according to what I've found on the Web. But no one seems to have a solution thats actually works.So, could we have an update, an answer from Spotify? It's really annoying.The problem : Spo...
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Hello, I have a problem that seems to affect a lot of people according to what I've found on the Web. But no one seems to have a solution thats actually works. So, could we have an update, an answer...
alexis-rodrigue
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This has been going on for a while, I'd start one of my playlists on shuffle and after the first song Spotify will start playing from queue instead. It happens with every playlist, premade ones included. I did clear the queue but it hasn't changed an...
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This has been going on for a while, I'd start one of my playlists on shuffle and after the first song Spotify will start playing from queue instead. It happens with every playlist, premade ones inclu...
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I normally play music through Spotify on my Mac. I have the volume set to 100% as I use an external DAC. If I open Spotify on my iPad while it is on the same network as the Mac, and Spotify is open, it sets the iPad volume to 100%. Even if I don't pl...
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I normally play music through Spotify on my Mac. I have the volume set to 100% as I use an external DAC. If I open Spotify on my iPad while it is on the same network as the Mac, and Spotify ...
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Hello, i have an issue in my spotify app in mac and iPhone i can't sort the songs of my playlists by "recently added" i know how to do it, but when i close the playlists and open again the predetermined order is back, please help (UPDATE fixed in my ...
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Hello, i have an issue in my spotify app in mac and iPhone i can't sort the songs of my playlists by "recently added" i know how to do it, but when i close the playlists and open again the predetermi...
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Hey.Suddenly my playlists won't sort itself after recently added when I do it. Or, it does, but when I quit the app I have to do it again every single time for each playlists when I open the app again. Earlier it was sorted after what I have chosen. ...
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Hey. Suddenly my playlists won't sort itself after recently added when I do it. Or, it does, but when I quit the app I have to do it again every single time for each playlists when I open the app ag...
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Hey. Running iOS 10.3.1 on an iPhone 7 Plus and Spotify version 8.3.0.896. The issue I have, and I have replicated on my GF iPhone 6s, is that when I select a playlist to be shown in a particular order (namely sort by Recently Added), the app does th...
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Hey. Running iOS 10.3.1 on an iPhone 7 Plus and Spotify version 8.3.0.896. The issue I have, and I have replicated on my GF iPhone 6s, is that when I select a playlist to be shown in a...
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When i'm in a playlist I can sort the tracks on date, but when I leave the playlist they are back to 'personal' order. Is there a way to keep them in order on date added to the playlist?
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When i'm in a playlist I can sort the tracks on date, but when I leave the playlist they are back to 'personal' order. Is there a way to keep them in order on date added to the playlist?
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Hi,I know how to change the sort order of songs within my playlists on my iPhone. However, when I change it from "Custom" to "Title," it changes for a second, then if i go to another playlist and come back, it reverts back to "Custom." Does anyone kn...
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Hi, I know how to change the sort order of songs within my playlists on my iPhone. However, when I change it from "Custom" to "Title," it changes for a second, then if i go to another playlist and c...
MattSuda
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I have a very annoying problem with Spotify: My problem is on Spotify mobile, it is when I go to my playlist I want to have it on: Recent Added but If I leave the playlist and come back a second later it is on personal, very very annoying, do you kno...
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I have a very annoying problem with Spotify: My problem is on Spotify mobile, it is when I go to my playlist I want to have it on: Recent Added but If I leave the playlist and come back a second late...
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After the last update, I can not keep my songs in any order. For example, if I choose to sort by name it happens, but if when I leave the playlist and turn back, playlist returns to its original order, but I want it to stay that way(sorted by name, l...
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After the last update, I can not keep my songs in any order. For example, if I choose to sort by name it happens, but if when I leave the playlist and turn back, playlist returns to its original...
MattSuda
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IPhone App, steps to replicate:1 - Enter a playlist and sort by Title, for example2 - Get out of the playlist3 - Come back to the playlist that you have set up to srot by Title.You will see that is not sorted and you will have to sort again.I think i...
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IPhone App, steps to replicate: 1 - Enter a playlist and sort by Title, for example 2 - Get out of the playlist 3 - Come back to the playlist that you have set up to srot by Title. You will see...
MattSuda
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I want to have recently added songs on top of my playlist but everytime i set it to recently added and closes the playlist it resets so recently added songs are at the bottom. How can i change this?
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I want to have recently added songs on top of my playlist but everytime i set it to recently added and closes the playlist it resets so recently added songs are at the bottom. How can i change this?
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My playlists now default to "custom" sort preference instead of my preferred "recently added". I have to resort every time I open the app, is anyone else having this issue? Two days ago this was working perfectly......
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My playlists now default to "custom" sort preference instead of my preferred "recently added". I have to resort every time I open the app, is anyone else having this issue? Two days ago this was work...
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In the playlist, after changing the 'sort by' to recently added, going out and back in to the playlist, sorting automatically changed back to custom.
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In the playlist, after changing the 'sort by' to recently added, going out and back in to the playlist, sorting automatically changed back to custom.
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I have never had this problem before. Every time I try to sort the songs in this new collaborative playlist into alphabetical order by song title, the next time I go to the playlist the playlist rearranges back into the same random order (as seen bel...
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I have never had this problem before. Every time I try to sort the songs in this new collaborative playlist into alphabetical order by song title, the next time I go to the playlist the playlist rear...
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Ever since the recent update, I can't seem to sort my playlists by artist anymore. I go into a playlist, click "Sort By" and choose artist. But then when I exit the playlist and go back into it, it automatically defaults to "Recently Added". It doesn...
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Ever since the recent update, I can't seem to sort my playlists by artist anymore. I go into a playlist, click "Sort By" and choose artist. But then when I exit the playlist and go back into it, it a...
MattSuda
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Every time I sort my playlist by last added it goes back to normal og I listen to another playlist! Why can't the playlist stay sorted? I have over 400 songs on my playlist so it is pretty annoying to rearrange my playlist everytime I open it.
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Every time I sort my playlist by last added it goes back to normal og I listen to another playlist! Why can't the playlist stay sorted? I have over 400 songs on my playlist so it is pretty annoying t...
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