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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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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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Superuser Contribution Spotify crashing if I have local files enabled.

This has only occurred with the recent Spotify update that overhauled the UI. Previously, I had around 20gb of local files that I could play without issue. After the most recent update, there's a weird UI glitch on the settings page, and I also can't...

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  • This has only occurred with the recent Spotify update that overhauled the UI. Previously, I had around 20gb of local files that I could play without issue. After the most recent update, there's a wei...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Make "dated added" as the default order instead of custom

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceSpotify.exe 1.1.59.712Operating SystemWindows 10 20H2 Build 19042.985 My Question or IssueHi, When sharing a list, I have noticed that the default order is "custom". However, I would rather share my lists with "date added...

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain Device Spotify.exe 1.1.59.712 Operating System Windows 10 20H2 Build 19042.985   My Question or Issue Hi,   When sharing a list, I have noticed that t...
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Playlists] Fix playlist sorting discrepancy between Desktop and Mobile apps

For the last 5+ years, I have kept playlists full of albums, and they would behave very logically. When I clicked "date added" to sort by date and put my newest discoveries at the top, and started playing the songs in the order displayed, it worked w...

  • Regular
  • For the last 5+ years, I have kept playlists full of albums, and they would behave very logically. When I clicked "date added" to sort by date and put my newest discoveries at the top, and started pl...
  • Novy
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Liked playlist no longer plays in order even with shuffle disabled

The new update now defaults the liked playlist to shuffle. Even with it turned off, the “liked” playlist does not play from most recent to oldest, instead it still skips over songs and is shuffled. NOT SURE WHY this is happening, but this is definite...

  • Visitor
  • The new update now defaults the liked playlist to shuffle. Even with it turned off, the “liked” playlist does not play from most recent to oldest, instead it still skips over songs and is shuffled. N...
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Can't scroll up while dragging up playlist

Trying to sort my playlists, so I try to drag up a playlist hundreds of spaces but the playlist view doesn't automatically scroll up, so I have to tediously drag and release and manually scroll and drag again on repeat. The auto scrolling down when d...

  • Casual Listener
  • Trying to sort my playlists, so I try to drag up a playlist hundreds of spaces but the playlist view doesn't automatically scroll up, so I have to tediously drag and release and manually scroll and d...
  • Mihail
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Superuser Contribution can't enable local files

Plan PremiumCountry USA Device - MacBook Pro & iPhone 11 Operating SystemiOS 10 My Question or IssueI was hoping to add local files to Spotify, and hadn't done it before. I had looked up how to do it a few months ago, and the location of it seems to ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA   Device - MacBook Pro & iPhone 11   Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue I was hoping to add local files to Spot...
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Superuser Contribution Missing Followed Artist

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just realized today that I am missing artists that I follow from my Artist list. When I search for their name it says I am following them, but when I go to my list the...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I just realized today that I am missing artists that I follow from my Artist list.  When...
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Superuser Contribution This album is no longer valid - can't delete

Plan PremiumCountry UKDevice Huawei mate 20proOperating System Android 10My Question or IssueI saved an album on release day but later that day when trying to play I got this message. However now it's stuck in my library, I can't delete it because I ...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Huawei mate 20pro Operating System Android 10 My Question or Issue I saved an album on release day but later that day when trying to play I got this mess...
  • Mihail
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Superuser Contribution I want to see how many songs of an artist I have hearted in the followed artists page

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceSamsung Galaxy S10Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueBefore the update, I could go to library, then to artists and under each name it would give me rhw amount of hearted songs. Now I can only get that informati...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Germany Device Samsung Galaxy S10 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Before the update, I could go to library, then to artists and under each ...
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Superuser Contribution [Updated, new info] Playlists vanishing upon creation + Songs back on playlists after editing

PlanPremium (family plan)CountryUSADeviceiPad (7th generation), Macbook Air (early 2015), Fire HD 8 (6th generation)Operating SystemIOS 13.7, macOS Mojave Hey there!Since the new update, I've been having a lot of problems with playlist creation. Some...

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  • Plan Premium (family plan) Country USA Device iPad (7th generation), Macbook Air (early 2015), Fire HD 8 (6th generation) Operating System IOS 13.7, macOS Mojave   Hey there! Since the...
  • Jeremy
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Deleted playlists

I deleted one of the playlists. Then I saw my friend playing my playlist at the friends activity. Then I reached the playlist I deleted through my friend's activity and I was able to add new music to it! Now as if it has never been deleted! But how? ...

  • Visitor
  • I deleted one of the playlists. Then I saw my friend playing my playlist at the friends activity. Then I reached the playlist I deleted through my friend's activity and I was able to add new music to...
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Superuser Contribution shuffle not working web or windows 10 1.1.58.820.g2ae50076-a

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Shuffle no longer works since the latest update to 1.1.58.820.g2ae50076-a. I have tried:logging out and back inuninstalling & reinstallingrestartedchecked @Spot...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Shuffle no longer works since the latest update to 1.1.58.820.g2ae50076-...
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Can't sort playlists by ascending order after UI update

Since this awful UI update was implemented, I have lost the ability to sort my playlist songs by most recently added on the PC version. Sorting by "date added" only goes earliest to latest with no option to do the reverse.I almost exclusively listen ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Since this awful UI update was implemented, I have lost the ability to sort my playlist songs by most recently added on the PC version. Sorting by "date added" only goes earliest to latest with no op...
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Most of my playlists don't appear in search results

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10, Manjaro Linux My playlists are organized in a tree of folders, usually they're just albums saved for later, a lot of them is no longer displayed in search results. It may be somehow related to the time of creati...

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  • Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10, Manjaro Linux   My playlists are organized in a tree of folders, usually they're just albums saved for later, a lot of them is no longer displayed ...
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Superuser Contribution Spellistor

Plan:PremiumCountry: Sweden Device: iPhoe8Operating System: iOS14.5.1 My Question or Issue:HejVarför har ni tagit bort möjligheten att lägga spellistor på telefonen i den ordning som man själv väljer (Anpassad ordning) som på datorn? Jag tror att det...

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  • Plan:Premium Country: Sweden   Device: iPhoe8 Operating System: iOS14.5.1   My Question or Issue: Hej Varför har ni tagit bort möjligheten att lägga spellistor på telefonen i den or...
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Superuser Contribution Why am I being suggested dance music on a beatless playlist radio?

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDevicePC, Mobile (Pixel), Laptop, Web PlayerOperating SystemAndroid, Windows, Linux My Question or IssueSo I usually don't mind being suggested tracks once a playlist finishes, beyond Spotify's usual tendency to sugges...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device PC, Mobile (Pixel), Laptop, Web Player Operating System Android, Windows, Linux   My Question or Issue So I usually don't mind being suggeste...
  • Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution Recent UI update: Can't see specific artist liked song

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSince the last update, i can't see all liked song for a specific artist. In previous version we can go on Library -> Artist, select an artist and we see all liked song for this a...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Premium Country Belgium Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Since the last update, i can't see all liked song for a specific artist. In previous version we can go on ...
  • Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution Missing Downloaded Podcast Episodes

In the new UI, how do I find my old downloaded podcast episodes?? These were downloaded before "Your Episodes" was a thing so these are not there. I also do not follow these podcasts (I only have specific episodes saved). The new UI only shows me pod...

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  • In the new UI, how do I find my old downloaded podcast episodes?? These were downloaded before "Your Episodes" was a thing so these are not there. I also do not follow these podcasts (I only have spe...
  • Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution Premium account not syncing playlist hidden/disliked songs

PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDeviceSony Xperia XZ PremiumOperating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueI've got recently a Premium subscription however i couldn't synchronized my release radar playlist between my desktop app and my cellphones. I always...

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  • Plan Premium Country Argentina Device Sony Xperia XZ Premium Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue I've got recently a Premium subscription however i couldn't synchronized ...
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Superuser Contribution Disliked/Hidden songs from Discovery on mobile are not synced to devices

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceMate 20 ProOperating SystemAndroid 10, Windows 10, all fully updated My Question or IssueBasically the title. I just noticed that songs I flag as Disliked on my mobile device are not correspondingly flagged on my PC. I....

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  • Plan Premium Country Denmark Device Mate 20 Pro Operating System Android 10, Windows 10, all fully updated   My Question or Issue Basically the title. I just noticed that songs I flag ...
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