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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 Inconsistencies in adding Local File sources

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States of AmericaDevice64-bit HP Pavilion Gaming LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI wanted to listen to some songs that weren't on Spotify, so I enabled local files in the preferences. I saw that I already...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States of America Device 64-bit HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I wanted to listen to some songs that weren't o...
  • Mihail
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Superuser Contribution Local Files Not Showing Up On My IPhone

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceiPhone 11Operating SystemiOS 14.4 Songs from local files aren't showing up on my mobile device but shows up on my PC. Both are on the same network and local files are enabled. I have less than 10,000 downloaded songs and...

  • Regular
  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device iPhone 11 Operating System iOS 14.4   Songs from local files aren't showing up on my mobile device but shows up on my PC.  Both are on the same n...
  • Eni
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Superuser Contribution Cannot Save playlist to Library

PlanFreeCountryBulgariaDeviceLenovo W540Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello !I'm using the Spotify Web version and I cannot save playlists to my Library..I click on the Heart sign and nothing happens.. I also click on the three dots ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Free Country Bulgaria Device Lenovo W540 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello ! I'm using the Spotify Web version and I cannot save playlists to my Library.. ...
  • Novy
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Superuser Contribution All downloads disappear from app - happens almost every week

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDeviceNokia 8 Sirocco / iPod Touch 6th generationOperating SystemAndroid 10 / IOS12.5.1 My Question or IssueI have over 4000 songs (including just over 100 local files) in my library and they are locally downloaded onto my sm...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Belgium Device Nokia 8 Sirocco / iPod Touch 6th generation Operating System Android 10 / IOS12.5.1   My Question or Issue I have over 4000 songs (including just ov...
  • Novy
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Superuser Contribution Bad shuffle algorithm

PlanPremiumCountrySlovakiaDeviceHuawei P20liteOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello I have a question/issue that when i´m listening to my Liked songs i usually have Shuffle option toggled ON but in this past 3/4 months i have find out ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Slovakia Device Huawei P20lite Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello I have a question/issue that when i´m listening to my Liked songs i usually...
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Superuser Contribution Local files randomly greying out on laptop

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueI have several albums downloaded as mp3s but some songs are randomly greyed out despite the rest of the album being fine. Anyone know what causes this?

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Laptop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue I have several albums downloaded as mp3s but some songs are randomly greyed out despite the re...
  • Alex
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Superuser Contribution Disable podcasts across my desktop and mobile devices

I don't want to listen to any podcasts but half of my screen real estate is taken up by these podcast suggestions. I have no intention of using Spotify to listen to people talk, I pay for the music and want just suggestions for music and albums, play...

  • Casual Listener
  • I don't want to listen to any podcasts but half of my screen real estate is taken up by these podcast suggestions. I have no intention of using Spotify to listen to people talk, I pay for the music a...
  • Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution Spotify can't continue music playing after podcasts.

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceiPhone 8Operating SystemiOS 14.4 My Question or IssueIt's very annoying that you cannot switch back to your shuffle music playlist after playing a podcast. It works smoothly with the podcasts (while playing music you just go ...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device iPhone 8 Operating System iOS 14.4   My Question or Issue It's very annoying that you cannot switch back to your shuffle music playlist after playing...
  • Novy
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Superuser Contribution How on earth did my playlist songs get messed up?

I have a Premium account in the US. How on earth did my playlists suddenly get messed up? There are songs in the playlists that I know I did not add, and there are also duplicates now, when there were no duplicates before. Is there any way to restore...

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  • I have a Premium account in the US. How on earth did my playlists suddenly get messed up? There are songs in the playlists that I know I did not add, and there are also duplicates now, when there wer...
  • Mihail
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Autoplay doesn’t work

Hi, i don t know if this is the right space to write this, but i couldn’t write in “help”. Since about a year autoplay often doesn’t work, when a song (searched song, so not in an album) ends i have to go to tap the next button to start another song,...

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  • Hi, i don t know if this is the right space to write this, but i couldn’t write in “help”. Since about a year autoplay often doesn’t work, when a song (searched song, so not in an album) ends i have ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Repeat Rewind not updating while On Repeat is updating

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDevicePC and Samsung A40Operating SystemWindows 10 and Android 10 My Question or IssueMy Repeat Rewind hasn't been updated for ages. The last time it did, was in November last year while my On Repeat playlist updates ...

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  • Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device PC  and  Samsung A40 Operating System Windows 10 and Android 10   My Question or Issue My Repeat Rewind hasn't been updated for ag...
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Bug: Sometimes can’t add song to playlist

This happens occasionally, for the past couple of years across different devices. I’m currently online, streaming music from the web on a stable connection. I am attempting to add a song from one currently playing playlist to another. When choosing w...

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  • This happens occasionally, for the past couple of years across different devices. I’m currently online, streaming music from the web on a stable connection. I am attempting to add a song from one cur...
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Solved!! How to upload local files?

PlanPremiumDeviceiPhone and Chromebook My Question or Issue I am unsure how to upload local files. I tried following the directions on the Spotify website but they are outdated, or meant for a different device.

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  • Plan Premium Device iPhone and Chromebook   My Question or Issue  I am unsure how to upload local files. I tried following the directions on the Spotify website but they are outdated,...
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Radio playing songs from totally different genre

So I have a Lo-fi playlist that is completely instrumental and relaxing to listen to. Whenever the playlist finishes it starts a radio “based on” my playlist but it literally plays metal music. I don’t have a single metal song in the playlist, nor in...

  • Visitor
  • So I have a Lo-fi playlist that is completely instrumental and relaxing to listen to. Whenever the playlist finishes it starts a radio “based on” my playlist but it literally plays metal music. I don...
  • Katerina
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Superuser Contribution Playlist is still in my recently played category, even tho I've never played it or liked/saved it

PlanPremiumCountryCzech RepublicDeviceiPhone 6s, PCOperating SystemiOS 13+, Windows 10 My Question or IssueThere is this playlist without a name. It's been created by a person named 'Rod Gosse' and I have no idea who that is. It's not an artist, but ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Czech Republic Device iPhone 6s, PC Operating System iOS 13+, Windows 10   My Question or Issue There is this playlist without a name. It's been created by a perso...
  • Ivan
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Superuser Contribution Release Radar should work better

Am I the only one who can't be satisfied by Release Radar playlist?I think Spotify is an excellent tool for discovering new music in 2020 and I'll never stop paying for this, but Release Radar is awful. They get me more or less 5 songs that I should ...

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  • Am I the only one who can't be satisfied by Release Radar playlist? I think Spotify is an excellent tool for discovering new music in 2020 and I'll never stop paying for this, but Release Radar is a...
  • Mihail
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Superuser Contribution Vodacom and Spotify payment plans

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI have a problem whereby I am trying to update my premium plan as my card that I used got sto...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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 I have ...
  • Eni
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Superuser Contribution [ERROR] When adding an album to library - automatically all songs are added to favourite playlist

PlanFree/PremiumCountryGermanyDeviceiPhone 11 ProOperating SystemiOS 14.4 My Question or IssueIt seems that for some albums which I added to my library, all songs have been automatically been added to my "Favourite Songs" playlist.When I now remove t...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Germany Device iPhone 11 Pro Operating System iOS 14.4   My Question or Issue It seems that for some albums which I added to my library, all songs have been a...
  • Eni
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Didn't get wrapped 2020 personalized playlist and stats

PlanFreeDeviceGalaxy note - Huawei Mate 10 - iPhone - PCOperating SystemAndroid - iPhone - Windows 10My Question or IssueI didn't receive my personalized Playlist and stats for 2020, How can I fix this issue?- I listened more than the required time t...

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  • Plan Free Device Galaxy note - Huawei Mate 10 - iPhone - PC Operating System Android - iPhone - Windows 10 My Question or Issue I didn't receive my personalized Playlist and stats for 2020, Ho...
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Superuser Contribution My release radar is full of new artist tagging famous ones to get listens (copyright violation)

So I listen to a specific genre of music (grime) so my release radar contains almost exclusively brand new grime releases. This is nice as I get to listen to new artists, or discover new releases that I might have missed otherwise. However, I also ge...

  • Casual Listener
  • So I listen to a specific genre of music (grime) so my release radar contains almost exclusively brand new grime releases. This is nice as I get to listen to new artists, or discover new releases tha...
  • Mihail
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