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 was just using spodify and all of a sudden the list of playlists at the top of the main page just took off my liked songs. i listen to them almost everyday and was just wondering what happened and why there not there anymore. they used to sit at #1...
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i was just using spodify and all of a sudden the list of playlists at the top of the main page just took off my liked songs. i listen to them almost everyday and was just wondering what happened and ...
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PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceiPhone 14 My Question or IssuePlaylist didnt update with new songs. Still the same songs as last week. This is the 3rd time I’ve experienced this.
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Plan Premium Country Australia Device iPhone 14 My Question or Issue Playlist didnt update with new songs. Still the same songs as last week. This is the 3rd time I’ve ...
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Luego de reproducir unas cuantas canciones se bloquea la app no responde, no cargan ni las carátulas de las canciones pero la música suena de fondo.. luego por AirPlay se reproduce entrecortado al punto de q se vuelve a bloquear una y otra vezPD: cer...
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Luego de reproducir unas cuantas canciones se bloquea la app no responde, no cargan ni las carátulas de las canciones pero la música suena de fondo.. luego por AirPlay se reproduce entrecortado al pu...
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Hi, i am on Spotify Premium and i would like to disable the group-session-feature on all devices (Windows10, iPhone & iPad), since it inferferes with my Sonos-system. When i try to select any of my sonos speakers for streaming, the often disappear wi...
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[iOS 15.2.1] EQ disables itself even when turned on previouslyDeviceiPhone 12 Hi guys !I found out that the EQ in the app disables by itself but is still shown to be working on Spotify on iOS 15.2.1.This has been happening for quite a few days now an...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceiPhone 13 ProOperating SystemiOS 15.6.1 My Question or IssueA few hours ago I had my Now Playing bar, could fast forward, rewind, turn shuffle or repeat on/off as needed. Now all of that is gone since it's all hou...
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I cannot move the progress bar forward or backwards when playing a song.No matter how much I try to move it forward or backwards, nothing works. I cannot move forward or backwards in the song and can only play the entire song. Can’t replay or skip a ...
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I cannot move the progress bar forward or backwards when playing a song.No matter how much I try to move it forward or backwards, nothing works. I cannot move forward or backwards in the song and can...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPad (7th Generation)Operating SystemiOS 16.6.1 My Question or IssueFor the past week or so I have been having a frequent issue where skipping a song (or less frequently, automatically moving on to the next song in the queu...
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The app on iPadOS keeps playing a track till the end and then it pauses. At this point the app won’t let you pick another song, nor will it continue to the next song on a given playlist.
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The app on iPadOS keeps playing a track till the end and then it pauses. At this point the app won’t let you pick another song, nor will it continue to the next song on a given playlist.
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I was searching for a playlist that I've seen before, which was made by another user and not Spotify itself. However, when I tried to look for it, the search results only showed Spotify made playlists, albums, and songs. It was working fine yesterday...
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On my account I have my playlist sort by ‘Recently added’, but on my Apple Watch it shows differently, by first added. How can I change that?
blackjay
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This issue only happens with music downloaded and played on the watch (series 8, watch OS 10). In this situation, the digital crown does nothing and the volume cannot be changed. However, if I play a song on the watch that is not downloaded but playe...
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