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Disappearing Local Files in playlist

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Disappearing Local Files in playlist

I currently have my own personal MP3 songs downloaded on both my desktop and my phone so essentially they're both synced as they are not grayed out in the Local Files on both devices as shown here. spotify3.png
However, when I add any of these songs to my playlists, they seem to disappear from the POV of my desktop for some odd reason, but I know that they are still in the playlist because they still show up on my phone. (The first image below is from my phone's POV and the second image is from my desktop's POV.) So now I'm just wondering how I'm able to make those Local Files songs visible on my playlists. I've tried everything from deleting index.dat to reinstalling the Spotify app but nothing seems to be working.  spotify2.jpg
















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Plan

Premium

Country

US

Device

(iPhone 14)

Operating System

(iOS 17.1.2,Windows 10)

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Hi @kyedo!

 

Check if you have Smart Shuffle enabled for your playlist on the desktop app and deactivate it: as long as the feature is toggled on, any local files you have in the playlist will be hidden.

 

Cheers!

YordanModerator
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Hi @kyedo!

 

Check if you have Smart Shuffle enabled for your playlist on the desktop app and deactivate it: as long as the feature is toggled on, any local files you have in the playlist will be hidden.

 

Cheers!

YordanModerator
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oh my god, thank you so much for the help! You don't know how long this has kept me up for😂

oh my goodness thank you so much this was making me bug out 

Plan

Premium

Country

Slovakia

Device

iPhone 8 Plus

Operating System

iOS 16.7.8

 

My Question or Issue

Added some audios from my phone to spotify. When i tried to add them to my main playlist, they dont get added. This happens only with my main one as they appear in other playlists, just not the main one. Anyone got a clue as to why this happens!

Windows 10 22H2, app downloaded from Windows Store

I try to add a local file to a playlist, spotify say song is added, but when go to the playlist, song is not here

 

Plan

Premium

Country

Poland

Device

iPhone SE

Operating System

iOS 18.1.1

My Question or Issue

I added 5 songs to my local files playlist, and if I try to add them to another playlist, they are no where to be found, but just yesterday they were there. If I add them and try to add them again it’s as if they just never were there, restarting the app didn’t help, neither did other settings.

 

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