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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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device i phone 15, i phone 16 pro max My Question or Issue I have had Spotify premium for several years now and never had any issues connecting my phone via...
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Plan Premium Country Egypy Device 15 pro max Operating System iOS 18 My Question or Issue when i try to share lyrics the box of the lyrics looks normal but the text itself is smaller than usual , a lot smaller is there a fix to this?
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Plan Premium Country Egypy Device 15 pro max Operating System iOS 18 My Question or Issue when i try to share lyrics the box of the lyrics looks normal but the tex...
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When I open my Spotify app it sometimes plays random songs from new artists that I have never heard of and I’m thinking it’s a promotion thing but it’s very annoying and I tried turning off auto play to make it stop but that did nothing, how do I mak...
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When I open my Spotify app it sometimes plays random songs from new artists that I have never heard of and I’m thinking it’s a promotion thing but it’s very annoying and I tried turning off auto play...
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When I click shuffle it says I need shuffle when a few days it go it would turn off
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When I click shuffle it says I need shuffle when a few days it go it would turn off
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I have an iPhone with all updates and this issue is repeatedly coming. When I open FB app music stops.
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I have an iPhone with all updates and this issue is repeatedly coming. When I open FB app music stops.
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i dont know why, i can’t play song when i open shopee or others e commers. the song automatic stop. so i must quit from shopee for listening the song 沈 it’s really bad. i already remove and installed spotify many times, but still same.PlanFreeCountry...
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i dont know why, i can’t play song when i open shopee or others e commers. the song automatic stop. so i must quit from shopee for listening the song 🥲 it’s really bad. i already remove and installe...
Paula_Vi
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So i play geometry dash on mute while listening to custom music (which i use spotify for) and the song stops as soon as i open the app.PlanFreeCountryEnglandDeviceiPhone SEOperating SystemiOS 13
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So i play geometry dash on mute while listening to custom music (which i use spotify for) and the song stops as soon as i open the app. Plan Free Country England Device iPhone SE Operating Sys...
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PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceiPhone 16Operating SystemiOS 26 - 26.2 My Question or Issue I know that there is a solved thread in ongoing issues which is similair to this, but it was mainly focused on Android based app, mostly Samsungs affected, but ...
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Plan Premium Country Poland Device iPhone 16 Operating System iOS 26 - 26.2 My Question or Issue I know that there is a solved thread in ongoing issues which is similair to t...
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Planpremiun My Question or Issuecambie de celular y alcance el limite de dispositivos con descargas offlice. cerre sesion en todos los dispositivos, reinstale spotify en iphone y espere pero sigue sin dejarme descargar. necesito que me reseteen los d...
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on New Releases, it says that browse isn’t working right now. It’s been saying this for months - I first noticed it in August.Rest of the categories in the search are working fine. im on iphone16 and its in the app that its not working.
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Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 15 Operating System iOS 17.5.1 Spotify is version 9.0.28. My Question or Issue As of a Spotify update within the past ...
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This is happening for me and I have some info. Some context: I use Spotify on my iPhone 17 Pro, my Linux desktop, my Windows 11 desktop, and my Apple TV, all with a wide variety of audio equipment, but this problem is only present on my iPhone. The p...
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This is happening for me and I have some info. Some context: I use Spotify on my iPhone 17 Pro, my Linux desktop, my Windows 11 desktop, and my Apple TV, all with a wide variety of audio equipment, b...
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Plan: Duo/PremiumCountry: MexicoDevice(iPhone 12 Pro, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS Monterey 12.7.6) My Question or IssueI have to keep asking and never get a response. I want to be able to save the data (songs, artist, album) from my pl...
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Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: iPhone 11 Pro , iPad 12.9 3rdGenOperating System iOS, iPadOS My Question or IssueI can play iTunes and youtube, etc., to airplay speakers/HomePod fine all day long. However, Spotify regularly disconnects after a song ...
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It is so cool that Spotify allows Users to integrate Songs, saved on the local device, to a playlist. I don’t understand why this Feature is not available on Spotify- would be amazing to have it.
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It is so cool that Spotify allows Users to integrate Songs, saved on the local device, to a playlist. I don’t understand why this Feature is not available on Spotify- would be amazing to have it.&nbs...
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I’m unable to browse the Mandopop category. When I go to Search → Browse, I get the message “Browse isn’t working right now”, while global playlists (e.g. ’90s R&B, Metal, Punk) still load normally. This is not a connectivity issue: Internet is worki...
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Hi,I might be missing something but I can’t sort inside my playlists any longer. Also not able to search inside a playlist. also the search in “your library” doesn’t show any results for songs/artists I know I have in my playlists. What’s going on he...
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