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New Feature To Try On Desktop: Quick Search Shortcuts

Hey folks, The Spotify team is always working to make the software as simple as possible for everyone to use, and for those of you who like to save a bit of time by using keyboard shortcuts, there's a very convenient trick that you may not have notic...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Tons of music suddenly unavailable after using local files on Windows

My Question or IssueAfter trying to play three or so local audio files (Windows 10), many, many tracks are now grayed out. I realize that the app may have blocked local files that it for some reason detected as being illegitimately obtained, but Spot...

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  • ...locking non-local content seemingly chosen at random? And is this a temporary or permanent thing?   Plan Free Country United States
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Superuser Contribution Artist Page created from Local Files

User / PremiumUnited States The other day I noticed that I was able to share one of my local files from Spotify to Instagram, which I do not believe is supposed to happen. I took a closer look & realized that the artist I had imported (my brother's o...

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  • User / Premium United States   The other day I noticed that I was able to share one of my local files from Spotify to Instagram, which I do not believe is supposed to happen. I took a cl...
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How do I delete files from Local Files on my Download file?

Plan - PremiumCountry - Portugal Device - MacBook Pro, M1 2020Operating System - macOS Hi, I need some help! Recently I activated my Local Files and added a source which was my Download folders and I keep having a lot of folders and I have tried to d...

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  • Plan - Premium Country - Portugal   Device - MacBook Pro, M1 2020 Operating System - macOS   Hi, I need some help!  Recently I activated my Local Files and added a source w...
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Solved!! Some local files not appearing

I've been having some problems with my local files appering in Spotify. I've made sure to check the location so it's not that. I have a folder with songs that has folders within that main folder. The songs not in the other folders show up but the one...

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  • I've been having some problems with my local files appering in Spotify. I've made sure to check the location so it's not that. I have a folder with songs that has folders within that main folder. The...
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