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 have multiple large downloaded playlists and with the ones with more than 50-100 songs, when I go into the playlist and scroll down, it stops with a loading icon, I have to go back and go into the playlist again for the rest of the songs to downloa...
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I have multiple large downloaded playlists and with the ones with more than 50-100 songs, when I go into the playlist and scroll down, it stops with a loading icon, I have to go back and go into the ...
faithmichaels
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Genius lyrics not working on my iPhone. It's turned on in settings but won't come up for any song.
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Genius lyrics not working on my iPhone. It's turned on in settings but won't come up for any song. 😕
jnorris170
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What's going on?I'm trying to download and sync my songs but it takes so long time.Even on my phone AND on my computer.What is going on? I'm furious over here -.-
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What's going on? I'm trying to download and sync my songs but it takes so long time. Even on my phone AND on my computer. What is going on? I'm furious over here -.-
jnorris170
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I cant download songs, because it says the storage of my phone (Iphone5c) is full, even if there are nearly 200 MB empty. I saved around 500 songs. So the limit is still far away.Greetings, Max
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I cant download songs, because it says the storage of my phone (Iphone5c) is full, even if there are nearly 200 MB empty. I saved around 500 songs. So the limit is still far away. Greetings, Max
jnorris170
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Why does this continue?
I just started having this problem where unsaved albums on my recently played list and search function come up completely blank, with no tracks, album cover or even the ability to download songs. This problem is occurring on the Spotify app on my IPa...
Casual Listener
I just started having this problem where unsaved albums on my recently played list and search function come up completely blank, with no tracks, album cover or even the ability to download songs.&nbs...
sheldonh44
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I can't listen to one selected playlist anymore because Spotify shuffle all my songs, of all playlists that I have and not only the one I want listen to! This really is annoying! How can I fix that? I'm using iPhone 6, iOS 10.3.
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I can't listen to one selected playlist anymore because Spotify shuffle all my songs, of all playlists that I have and not only the one I want listen to! This really is annoy...
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I just bought a new iPhone.Installed Spotify then started downloading my offline songs to be notified after I downloaded 1000 songs that I had reached the 3 devices limit. Fair enough I go to device management and see 3 devices all called the same (i...
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I just bought a new iPhone. Installed Spotify then started downloading my offline songs to be notified after I downloaded 1000 songs that I had reached the 3 devices limit. Fair enough I go to devic...
MattSuda
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Can't access spotify on iPhone 7 keeps coming up error and when logging in it says an account has already been made for this email address
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Can't access spotify on iPhone 7 keeps coming up error and when logging in it says an account has already been made for this email address
MattSuda
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Hi,i'm not sure if this is a problem with spotify or with the phone itself (if i had to guess, i would say that the problem lies in the phone though), but i am unable to find the spotify app on my homescreen. I can still get to it through the search ...
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Hi, i'm not sure if this is a problem with spotify or with the phone itself (if i had to guess, i would say that the problem lies in the phone though), but i am unable to find the spotify app on my ...
MattSuda
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Hi all, I haven't linked my Spotify-Account with my Facebook-Account. And I don't want to do that. But I have added some friends in Spotify.But if I want to share a song with one of my added friends, I can't see them. There are zero friends in my lis...
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Hi all, I haven't linked my Spotify-Account with my Facebook-Account. And I don't want to do that. But I have added some friends in Spotify. But if I want to share a song with one of my add...
kirashi
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This has driven me crazy for years. I would love to be able, on my iPhone, to tell the difference between full and partial albums in My Library. I thought I would just download them and then use the Offline filter as a workaround, but if I download p...
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This has driven me crazy for years. I would love to be able, on my iPhone, to tell the difference between full and partial albums in My Library. I thought I would just download them and then use the ...
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I've tried with various song of "behind the lyrics" playlists, but nothing! I've reinstall the app but nothing. I have a premium italian account. Please help me because I really love this feature, and I want it back as soon as possible.
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I've tried with various song of "behind the lyrics" playlists, but nothing! I've reinstall the app but nothing. I have a premium italian account. Please help me because I really love this feature, an...
krazeechester
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I deleted some songs from a playlist whilst listening on my iPhone and I'd like to get them back — it seems too easy to delete as there is no 'are you sure' question when you swipe the song. I'd like to know what I deleted (and put them back ...) as ...
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I deleted some songs from a playlist whilst listening on my iPhone and I'd like to get them back — it seems too easy to delete as there is no 'are you sure' question when you swipe the song. I...
bella_patterson
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My playlist is pretty broken. I have a long one with about 10 different artists on it, but everytime I shuffle it, it only plays songs by 1 artist, and are the same 20 songs every time. How can I fix this?
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My playlist is pretty broken. I have a long one with about 10 different artists on it, but everytime I shuffle it, it only plays songs by 1 artist, and are the same 20 songs every time. How can I fix...
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Where is REPEAT and SHUFFLE Button after Update 8.4.0 !!! There are now "Thumbs Up" and "Thumbs down" Buttons... Why! If I like the track, i add it to list. If I dont, I dont...! And if u Spotify wanna better knowledge, of what I like and not... U HA...
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Where is REPEAT and SHUFFLE Button after Update 8.4.0 !!! There are now "Thumbs Up" and "Thumbs down" Buttons... Why! If I like the track, i add it to list. If I dont, I dont...! And if u Sp...
gemstormer
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Good morning! I have an iPad 3rd generation is an iPod 5th generation all are updated but I face difficulties to use Spotify. The application opens, I select a song and then it closes itself. Can someone help me please?
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Good morning! I have an iPad 3rd generation is an iPod 5th generation all are updated but I face difficulties to use Spotify. The application opens, I select a song and then it closes ...
Hubo
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Hi there my Spotify app is dark grey and says "waiting" on my ipad. It's been like this for a day I've tried deleting the app, but when I click the X and select delete it does nothing. I've rebooted my iPad, still not fixed. Any ideas? thanks!
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Hi there my Spotify app is dark grey and says "waiting" on my ipad. It's been like this for a day I've tried deleting the app, but when I click the X and select delete it does nothing. I've ...
lennartdevrijer
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Occasionally, when I try to play a song, the song will randomly freeze (it doesn't pause, the little icon says it is still playing) and the timer freezes. I can't play the song again unless I uninstall and reinstall the entire app. This always happen...
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Occasionally, when I try to play a song, the song will randomly freeze (it doesn't pause, the little icon says it is still playing) and the timer freezes. I can't play the song again unless I uninsta...
Scottlycz
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I have my playlist sorted by the artist and shuffling is off but the songs just don't play in order however when I connect to PC and select listen on iPhone the songs play in order. Please help me because this is driving me crazy. Thanks in advance
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I have my playlist sorted by the artist and shuffling is off but the songs just don't play in order however when I connect to PC and select listen on iPhone the songs play in order. Please help me be...
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