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Solved!! Your Sound Capsule: Following your listening stats

You probably already know Spotify releases the Spotify Wrapped every year, which is a rewind of your listening stats. It presents each user their listening stats for that year, including the most listened-to artists and songs, for example. It's reall...

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  • R_Rauli
  • Newbie
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Solved!! Watch and Listen: Introducing music videos on Spotify

Spotify knows that the listening experience is a way to connect artists with fans on many levels. But what if we could enhance these connections with a different perspective? With this in mind, Spotify is introducing a new and powerful way to listen ...

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  • Uthegen
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Exclude Recommendations

What happened to the “exclude from recommendations” option? I used it all the time to keep certain music from showing up as a recommendation. Remembering to start and stop a private session every time I want to listen to something I don’t want Spotif...

  • Roadie
  • What happened to the “exclude from recommendations” option? I used it all the time to keep certain music from showing up as a recommendation. Remembering to start and stop a private session every tim...
  • GrassyLassy
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can you have different shuffle settings for different playlists?

I have a premium plan and use Spotify on a Samsung S20FE I have made several playlists and want to shuffle some but not others. However, this doesn't seem to be possible? Whenever I change the shuffle settings for one playlist (on or off) this automa...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have a premium plan and use Spotify on a Samsung S20FE   I have made several playlists and want to shuffle some but not others. However, this doesn't seem to be possible? Whenever I change t...
  • CassandraBay
  • Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution Playlist doesn't open

I want to listen to my Playlist and it shows that it is there but as soon as I want to open it, it just shows a black screen. My Playlist doesn't load. What can I do? I already installed the app again and tried to log out and then in again but nothin...

  • Visitor
  • I want to listen to my Playlist and it shows that it is there but as soon as I want to open it, it just shows a black screen. My Playlist doesn't load. What can I do? I already installed the app agai...
  • AlejaR
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Playlists] Playlist folders

I have A LOT of playlists for different things, and the lists will only keep growing but it's getting hard to manage and takes up a lot of space in my sidebar. So honestly having the ability to put playlists into folders of playlists that are for sim...

  • Newbie
  • I have A LOT of playlists for different things, and the lists will only keep growing but it's getting hard to manage and takes up a lot of space in my sidebar. So honestly having the ability to put p...
  • AlejaR
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Publicly collaborative playlist

PlanPremium DeviceMacbook Pro 2021 Hello, I wanted to create a public playlist on Spotify that shows up on my profile, and when people see it on my profile they're able to collab and add songs to it so it's just a mass collab. I know I could do this ...

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  •   Plan Premium   Device Macbook Pro 2021   Hello, I wanted to create a public playlist on Spotify that shows up on my profile, and when people see it on my profile they're able ...
  • Amay
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Queued music jumps through list missing between 3 to 10 songs when not on shuffle

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  
  • OscarDC
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Solved!! Local Files Won't Sync to Phone

I have Windows 10 and an iPhone 8 Plus. I'm trying to finally completely cut the cord with iTunes but I'm having major difficulties syncing the local files that aren't available on Spotify to my phone. I feel like I've been through every tutorial on ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have Windows 10 and an iPhone 8 Plus.    I'm trying to finally completely cut the cord with iTunes but I'm having major difficulties syncing the local files that aren't available on Spo...
  • awesg
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Moving track to the top of playlist

PlanPremiumCountryCzech RepublicDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Hi,for what reason is it not possible to move a track to the top of the playlist?I mean the action where I hold down a track and move it to the top of the screen and the other tracks ...

  • Music Fan
  • Plan Premium Country Czech Republic Device PC Operating System Windows 10   Hi, for what reason is it not possible to move a track to the top of the playlist?I mean the action where I ...
  • AlejaR
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't sort library by custom order?

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceXiaomi mi a2 liteOperating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or Issue Hey, simple question but I'm having a hard time with this. In the past while using the app I could just tap on my library and have things automaticaly sorte...

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  • Plan Premium Country Italy Device Xiaomi mi a2 lite Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue   Hey, simple question but I'm having a hard time with this. In the past wh...
  • Luca5
  • Music Fan
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Random songs recommended for my playlist??

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceAll DevicesOperating SystemAll OS My Question or Issue I recently noticed that I have had random indian/punjabi/hindi music recommended for my spotify playlist, however I do not listen to any of the songs nor do I have any ...

  • Casual Listener
  •   Plan Premium Country UK   Device All Devices Operating System All OS   My Question or Issue   I recently noticed that I have had random indian/punjabi/hindi music r...
  • monthesheep
  • Casual Listener
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Web player queue has vanished

I have been using the Spotify Web Player successfully in Edge for over 6 months, I changed to Edge after having constant issue in Chrome with songs stopping after 6 seconds, but Edge was rock solid...... Until today!Now my queue works in that it shuf...

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  • I have been using the Spotify Web Player successfully in Edge for over 6 months, I changed to Edge after having constant issue in Chrome with songs stopping after 6 seconds, but Edge was rock solid.....
  • QuaiTex
  • Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution Can’t stream local file to third-party device

PlanPremiumCountryUK Device(iPhone)Operating System(iOS 15.) My Question or IssueI have some local files which I want to import onto my phone to play within Spotify. I’ve managed them to upload them to my desktop Mac, added them to a playlist and syn...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country UK   Device (iPhone) Operating System (iOS 15.)   My Question or Issue I have some local files which I want to import onto my phone to play within Spotify. I...
  • nmincone
  • Newbie
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Superuser Contribution Songs cut short

I joined premium and my main playlist is only playing about 10 seconds of each song

  • Visitor
  • I joined premium and my main playlist is only playing about 10 seconds of each song
  • Eni
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How can I work around the 10,000 song Library limit.

(Premium plan) Recently, I tried to add a song to my collection only to see the error message "Epic Collection Friend, Your library is all filed up". Some searching showed me that there is a Library (and Playlist) limit of 10,000 songs. (I'm at 9200 ...

  • Visitor
  • (Premium plan)   Recently, I tried to add a song to my collection only to see the error message "Epic Collection Friend, Your library is all filed up".   Some searching showed me that t...
  • shaun_n
  • Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution Playlist items is missing after reopening app that not used for few days

Hi, I think I found a bug. If Spotify app on mobile wasn't used for few days, and then re-opened some playlist items will be missing. Steps to reproduce:1. Look for ASOT 1065 (or any other playlist with lots of tracks).2. Listen it for some time. 3. ...

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  • Hi,    I think I found a bug.  If Spotify app on mobile wasn't used for few days, and then re-opened some playlist items will be missing.    Steps to reproduce: 1. Look...
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Superuser Contribution grey songs in my queue

Plan: PremiumCountry: USA Device: iPhone 11 (iOS 15) Recently, there has been grey songs in my queue when i press shuffle. If i look through my liked songs and press on the song individually, it plays with no problem. There's also songs that are grey...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan: Premium Country: USA    Device: iPhone 11 (iOS 15)   Recently, there has been grey songs in my queue when i press shuffle. If i look through my liked songs and pre...
  • Jeremy
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution New pisodes folder - how te delete podcast

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceiPhone 6SOperating SystemiOS 15.2 My Question or IssueOnce in a while the free podcast(s) I listen to have a to-be-paid-for episode. For these episodes the menu choice 'mark as played' (or just a new one 'remove') is not avai...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country   Device iPhone 6S Operating System iOS 15.2   My Question or Issue Once in a while the free podcast(s) I listen to have a to-be-paid-for episode. For these e...
  • OscarDC
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Superuser Contribution Random music plays, premium acct

Whenever I click a playlist or radio station spotify plays one song and then begins playing random music instead of my preference. I noticed it last night for the first time and it's still going on as of now. I'm a premium subscriber. Can someone hel...

  • Casual Listener
  • Whenever I click a playlist or radio station spotify plays one song and then begins playing random music instead of my preference.  I noticed it last night for the first time and it's still goin...
  • hoppeellie
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Superuser Contribution Downloaded songs won't play when offline

I have some playlists that say they are downloaded that won't play while others will. How do I fix this?!

  • Visitor
  • I have some playlists that say they are downloaded that won't play while others will. How do I fix this?! 
  • OscarDC
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Superuser Contribution User Created Playlists Error Message

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceiPhone Operating SystemiOS 15.6 My Question or IssueI'm an employee who is having an issue where my personal playlist's are not showing up on my mobile device. Every time I go to open & play one of my 100+ personal playlists,...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country   Device iPhone  Operating System iOS 15.6   My Question or Issue I'm an employee who is having an issue where my personal playlist's are not showing up ...
  • Dian
  • Spotify Legend
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