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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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
Spotify Star
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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
Spotify Star
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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...
Regular
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
Community Legend
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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...
Roadie
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.
Regular
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
Newbie
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1 replies
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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 ...
Regular
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
Casual Listener
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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?
Newbie
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
Music Fan
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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!
Newbie
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
Newbie
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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...
Visitor
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
Newbie
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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...
Bittencourt
Spotify Star
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Hi, My playlist does not sort in the right order when choosing recently added.The default sort order (ascending) should simply be reversed to descending when choosing recently added but on several devices this does not work. This is using ios version...
Casual Listener
Hi, My playlist does not sort in the right order when choosing recently added. The default sort order (ascending) should simply be reversed to descending when choosing recently added but on...
kokkiloras
Casual Listener
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Hey guys,Never had a single problem with Spotify (I have Spotify Premium) till today but this morning I have noticed that certain songs will only allow me to play the first 11 or so seconds of the song before it stops playing. The bar also stops movi...
Casual Listener
Hey guys, Never had a single problem with Spotify (I have Spotify Premium) till today but this morning I have noticed that certain songs will only allow me to play the first 11 or so seconds of th...
mikburls
Casual Listener
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Dare to post in Japanese. ローカルファイルをiPhoneで再生できない場合があります。具体的には iTunes11.xx.xx でエンコードした楽曲はiPhoneにダウンロードして再生ができますが、iTunes 9.xx.xx でエンコードした楽曲がダウンロードされません。なお、Windows PC上のSpotify Softwareからはいずれのタイプの楽曲も再生できます。どうしてでしょうか?
Casual Listener
Dare to post in Japanese. ローカルファイルをiPhoneで再生できない場合があります。具体的には iTunes11.xx.xx でエンコードした楽曲はiPhoneにダウンロードして再生ができますが、iTunes 9.xx.xx でエンコードした楽曲がダウンロードされません。なお、Windows PC上のSpotify Softwareからはいずれのタイ...
spmatu
Casual Listener
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bonjour à tous, j'ai pour la 2e fois deja un problème avec l'ordre des morceaux de ma playlist qui se sont tout à coup tous inversés. c'est à dire le premier morceau se retrouve en dernier et inversement.j'ai réinstallé l'application plusieurs fois s...
Newbie
bonjour à tous, j'ai pour la 2e fois deja un problème avec l'ordre des morceaux de ma playlist qui se sont tout à coup tous inversés. c'est à dire le premier morceau se retrouve en der...
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I can only listen to songs that I have downloaded for offline listening. When I try to listen online the app just closes itself within a matter of seconds.
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I can only listen to songs that I have downloaded for offline listening. When I try to listen online the app just closes itself within a matter of seconds.
TF11
Casual Listener
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This has been happening for over a month. Downloads get undownloaded. Every time I play music it stops randomly. I've lost a lot of tracks. I have uninstalled and reinstalled. Still problematic.
Newbie
This has been happening for over a month. Downloads get undownloaded. Every time I play music it stops randomly. I've lost a lot of tracks. I have uninstalled and reinstalled. Still problematic.
johnmurphy1989
Casual Listener
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My music stops playing after 7-10 seconds. I can skip the song and it's does the same thing to the next song. The ads play perfectly, but that is it. Please help!
Newbie
My music stops playing after 7-10 seconds. I can skip the song and it's does the same thing to the next song. The ads play perfectly, but that is it. Please help!
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Hi, I'm very upset! I have start my Spotify today morning after automatic update.Last Spotify update transform my IPad into a huge iPhone i was very satisfied, it was nicely organized app until now. Now I can see only one playlist at time. Menu moved...
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Hi, I'm very upset! I have start my Spotify today morning after automatic update. Last Spotify update transform my IPad into a huge iPhone 😞 i was very satisfied, it was nicely organized app...
badrowbot
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