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Your Sound Capsule: Following your listening stats

You probably already know Spotify launches every year, Spotify Wrapped, 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 really l...

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  • ssurak
  • Casual Listener
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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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  • fede160493
  • Gig Goer
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Spotify Takes Listening With Friends to Another Level with Jam

Spotify is introducing a more fun, intuitive, and collaborative social listening experience with Jam. Whether you’re together or apart, joining a Jam with your loved ones is now simpler than ever by tapping phones, scanning a QR code, or sharing a li...

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  • Spotify Star
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  • Connect
    JAM
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Change the playlist song order

Add the option to change the order of the songs in your playlists, for example this functionality could be added by clicking on the song you want to move and dragging it to the position you want it to be in, a practical example would be that I have a...

  • Visitor
  • Add the option to change the order of the songs in your playlists, for example this functionality could be added by clicking on the song you want to move and dragging it to the position you want it t...
  • emmusement
  • Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] My/Liked Songs List For Artist Is Gone

I tend to like all the songs I want to hear from an artist so that I can easily play them when I want to hear music by a specific artist. On mobile I can still select an artist to get to my library of their songs, but on desktop selecting an artist b...

  • Casual Listener
  • ...f their songs, but on desktop selecting an artist bring me to their page. I prefer how it works on mobile, but I could live with it navigating to their page if I had an easy and quick way to go to m...
  • kindlyanni
  • Casual Listener
  • 7164 Views
  • 13 replies
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  • Desktop
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Superuser Contribution Play songs from newest to oldest (not sort, play)

For as long as I can remember, Spotify cannot fix one thing that makes absolutely no sense. If I don’t select shuffled play, the playlist keeps playing from the oldest song on my playlist. I mean, how? What is the purpose of adding songs to a playlis...

  • Music Fan
  • ...asic, right?   Important note: this goes for DESKTOP, ANDROID and iOS.   No, I do not want to change the order of 9999999 songs. No I do not want to try “fresh installation” every w...
  • dajaganz
  • Music Fan
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    Playlists
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Playlists] I want to be able to reset ALL Spotify playlists

I recently had a party for my Mexican friends. I spent many days listening to a lot of Mexican and other Latin music. I put together some excellent playlists that everybody loved. But now Discover Weekly and Release Radar have predominantly Mexican/L...

  • Music Fan
  • I recently had a party for my Mexican friends. I spent many days listening to a lot of Mexican and other Latin music. I put together some excellent playlists that everybody loved. But now Discover We...
  • rhodaxp
  • Newbie
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  • Desktop
    Playlists
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Playlists] Allow users other than the owner of a collaborative playlist to remove songs

There seems to have been a recent update that removed the ability for users other than the owner on a collaborative playlist to remove songs they did not add. I'm not sure if this is a bug or a change to the permissioning, but I don't see a way to tu...

  • Newbie
  • There seems to have been a recent update that removed the ability for users other than the owner on a collaborative playlist to remove songs they did not add. I'm not sure if this is a bug or a chang...
  • Joan
  • Moderator
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    Playlists
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Tracks showing the wrong cover art

Hey there folks, We're getting multiple reports from users stating that album/tracks artwork is being replaced with playlist/compilation track artwork. This is being investigated.

  • Moderator
  • Moderator
  • Hey there folks,   We're getting multiple reports from users stating that album/tracks artwork is being replaced with playlist/compilation track artwork. This is being investigated.
  • Not applicable
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  • Content Questions
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    Mobile
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Superuser Contribution Local files not playable across platforms

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceLaptop + Samsung S20FEOperating SystemWindows 10 + Android My Question or IssueHi, Up until a couple of weeks ago, Local files on my laptop, which I put in playlist were also playable on my phone. However, since yes...

  • Newbie
  • ...aptop, which I put in playlist were also playable on my phone. However, since yesterday I noticed that these songs are no longer playable on my phone. When using the Desktop version, they can still be p...
  • Gollek
  • Visitor
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    cross platform
    Desktop
    local files
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Playlists] Categories for Playlists

I, personally, have so many playlists - some of them pertain to similar moods, some do not. It would be amazing to have an option to categorize playlists - so if I wanted to listen to my study playlists, I could click on the category I labeled as "st...

  • Newbie
  • I, personally, have so many playlists - some of them pertain to similar moods, some do not. It would be amazing to have an option to categorize playlists - so if I wanted to listen to my study playli...
  • maxineeeee
  • Newbie
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    Playlists
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Superuser Contribution Why can't I just see a simple feed of new releases from artists I follow on Spotify Desktop?

I have Spotify Desktop on Windows, Linux, & Mac. On none of these platforms can I find a simple reverse chronological feed of releases from artists I follow. I cannot fathom why this has been available on mobile for years but somehow is still absent ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have Spotify Desktop on Windows, Linux, & Mac. On none of these platforms can I find a simple reverse chronological feed of releases from artists I follow. I cannot fathom why this has been a...
  • Damenend
  • Newbie
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    personalization
    UI
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Solved!! Playlist tree view is gone

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOn Spotify Desktop I had a neat folder/tree view of all my playlists in the sidebar. I could collapse and uncollapse everything at once, but the new UI now is some sort of hier...

  • Music Fan
  • Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue On Spotify Desktop I had a neat folder/tree view of all my playlists in the sidebar. I could c...
  • ar2oor
  • Music Fan
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    Playlists
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Playlists] Pinned Playlists

I would love if there was a way to pin playlists at the top of the playlists section so you don't have to go searching for ones you really like within all your playlists. I'm always having to scroll through a bunch of playlists to find the one I like...

  • Visitor
  • I would love if there was a way to pin playlists at the top of the playlists section so you don't have to go searching for ones you really like within all your playlists. I'm always having to scroll ...
  • MihailY
  • Moderator
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    Playlists
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[Playlists] Make history of song names what was listened before

It would be cool to have a history of song names that was listened before, for example I am listening new songs in the party, or doing regular stuff at the home and I hear something very cool, but can not save that song at that moment. Other day it w...

  • Visitor
  • It would be cool to have a history of song names that was listened before, for example I am listening new songs in the party, or doing regular stuff at the home and I hear something very cool, but ca...
  • OscarDC
  • Moderator
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    Playlists
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Playlists] Inconsistency Between The Search Area and The Previous/Next Buttons

Hi, Here is the issue I mean to bring up regarding the bug I found: I wanted to listen to a song by Cem Adrian, a Turkish musician, and searched for his name on my Liked Songs list while I was listening to other songs on the list. To listen to other ...

  • Newbie
  • Hi,   Here is the issue I mean to bring up regarding the bug I found:   I wanted to listen to a song by Cem Adrian, a Turkish musician, and searched for his name on my Liked Songs list ...
  • AlejaR
  • Moderator
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  • Desktop
    Playlists
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Your Library] Playlist boards (grouping playlists)

Would love to be able to add playlists to a "Board" or "Group" (thinking along the lines of adding pins to a board in pinterest) - f.ex., a "Study" group where I can add my various study playlists: lofi, vaporware, classical, etc. & have them organiz...

  • Newbie
  • Would love to be able to add playlists to a "Board" or "Group" (thinking along the lines of adding pins to a board in pinterest) - f.ex., a "Study" group where I can add my various study playlists: l...
  • Eni
  • Moderator
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    Your Library
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Superuser Contribution Unnamed (No Title) Playlists not showing up in Library

For months now:UNNAMED (NO TITLE) playlists that I like (follow) do not show up in Library. They only show up on my Profile, stuck in the first position (until I like (follow) another playlist, OR I right-click "Remove from profile").Please notice th...

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  • Roadie
  • For months now: UNNAMED (NO TITLE) playlists that I like (follow) do not show up in Library. They only show up on my Profile, stuck in the first position (until I like (follow) another pl...
  • huntc99
  • Roadie
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  • Desktop
    iOS
    liked playlist
    Mac
    Unnamed Playlist
    web
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Playlists] Add Made for You Section

In the desktop app, above the playlist list on the left, there's Create a PlaylistLiked SongsYour Episodes What if we had a "Made For You" section button there where all our mixes could be? Our daily mixes, mood mixes, genre mixes, & artist mixes? Pe...

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  • Roadie
  • In the desktop app, above the playlist list on the left, there's  Create a Playlist Liked Songs Your Episodes     What if we had a "Made For You" section button there w...
  • OscarDC
  • Moderator
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    Playlists
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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
  • Moderator
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    Playlists
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Superuser Contribution My Playlists Display no songs unless I am on Desktop

I've been using Spotify Free for about 6 months now, but I've run into a problem. My main playlist with about 2700 songs doesn't display any songs unless I am on Desktop.I cannot play any songs from any other place such as my mobile device or the Web...

  • Casual Listener
  • I've been using Spotify Free for about 6 months now, but I've run into a problem.   My main playlist with about 2700 songs doesn't display any songs unless I am on Desktop. I cannot play a...
  • Jeremy
  • Spotify Legend
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  • Desktop
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Superuser Contribution [AllPlatforms][Other] Shuffle and Repeat - Default

I'd like the option to default whether my Shuffle and/or Repeat options are on. That's it. Thanks for attending my TedTalk.

  • Regular
  • I'd like the option to default whether my Shuffle and/or Repeat options are on.   That's it.  Thanks for attending my TedTalk.
  • Jeremy
  • Spotify Legend
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    Other
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