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iOS Local Files: Easier import with the Files app

It is now easier to import Local Files into the Spotify iOS app through the Files app on your iOS device. A computer and WiFi network are not required to use this new import method. This means that you can now import Local Files into the Spotify iOS ...

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  • sapmi
  • Music Fan
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Issues with my iPhone 6

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHi my name is Meghan and I’m having issues with my Spotify it keeps on stopping or changing t...

  • Newbie
  • 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 Hi my n...
  • OneByBoo
  • Roadie
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Superuser Contribution “Open Queue” button stops working after a while

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceiPhone 12 ProOperating SystemiOS 14.4 My Question or Issue After a while of playback, the “Open Queue” button stops working. The UI still registers the tap (the queue icon is displayed in grey while the finger is on the...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device iPhone 12 Pro Operating System iOS 14.4   My Question or Issue   After a while of playback, the “Open Queue” button stops working. The UI stil...
  • aaron_k6
  • Casual Listener
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New songs playlist

PlanFree/PremiumCountryFinlandDeviceIphone 11Operating SystemIOS 14,4 My Question or IssueWhen i go to new songs playlist then its suddenly stop play and app bring me to homescreen. What i should do?

  • Newbie
  • Plan Free/Premium Country Finland Device Iphone 11 Operating System IOS 14,4   My Question or Issue When i go to new songs playlist then its suddenly stop play and app bring me to home...
  • Billy-J
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Superuser Contribution Bugs when adding existing track to playlist..

Device(iPhone, brand new 2021) My Question or IssueSpotify app acts irregular when trying to add an already existing track to a playlist. Behavior: Either it does nothing at all, or the app freezes totally. Only accationally it acts normal and Ask if...

  • Casual Listener
  • Device (iPhone, brand new 2021)   My Question or Issue Spotify app acts irregular when trying to add an already existing track to a playlist.   Behavior: Either it does nothing at all...
  • Jeremy
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Use Tags and Links on the Spotify Description

Dear community.I like to tag an other Spotify profile and put the link of a website on my playlist description. Anyone know how can I do that? I saw many profiles and playlist that they put it.Thank you

  • Regular
  • Dear community. I like to tag an other Spotify profile and put the link of a website on my playlist description. Anyone know how can I do that? I saw many profiles and playlist that they put it. Th...
  • Phyneex
  • Newbie
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Superuser Contribution Music Pauses

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceiPhone XS MaxOperating SystemiOS 14.4 My Question or IssueThese past few days, my music will suddenly pause on a random song, and when I click play, it won’t start and I have to skip it to listen to music. Then ab...

  • Newbie
  • Plan Premium Country United States Device iPhone XS Max Operating System iOS 14.4   My Question or Issue These past few days, my music will suddenly pause on a random song, and when I ...
  • Eni
  • Moderator
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Superuser Contribution Having trouble getting local files on iPhone. Have attempted numerous fixes suggested by others.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceiPhone 5cOperating SystemiOS 10.3.3 My Question or IssueI have MP3 files downloaded to my Chromebook (Running Linux, running Spotify for Linux) that I would like to be able to listen to in my phone's playlists. I...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device iPhone 5c Operating System iOS 10.3.3   My Question or Issue I have MP3 files downloaded to my Chromebook (Running Linux, running Spotify for...
  • Ivan
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [iOS] Spotify crashes on iPhone 7 - Part Deux

Plan: Free, Country: USA, iPhone 7 with iOS 14 Posting this as a follow up to:https://community.spotify.com/t5/iOS-iPhone-iPad/iOS-Spotify-crashes-on-iPhone-7/m-p/5157936#M130401 Created a new account on 2/22/2021 and closed the old account. Spotify ...

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  • Plan: Free, Country: USA, iPhone 7 with iOS 14   Posting this as a follow up to: https://community.spotify.com/t5/iOS-iPhone-iPad/iOS-Spotify-crashes-on-iPhone-7/m-p/5157936#M130401   ...
  • CarlosE
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Superuser Contribution Local files are not searchable in my playlists

So when I'm going thru my playlists and I search up an artist or an album, the local files in the playlist made by that artist or that are on the album that I searched will not show up. The only way for the local files to show up in the search functi...

  • Newbie
  • So when I'm going thru my playlists and I search up an artist or an album, the local files in the playlist made by that artist or that are on the album that I searched will not show up. The only way ...
  • Novy
  • Moderator
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Superuser Contribution Playlist Grid Not Updating When Sharing to Instagram Story

When sharing my playlist to Instagram stories, the 4-image grid is showing artwork from songs that were removed months ago. To be clear, I am not trying to share custom art, which isn't a current feature. I just want the Instagram story graphic to re...

  • Casual Listener
  • When sharing my playlist to Instagram stories, the 4-image grid is showing artwork from songs that were removed months ago. To be clear, I am not trying to share custom art, which isn't a current fea...
  • CarlosE
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Issue with saved music not displaying as saved outside of my library

I have had an ongoing issue for a few years where when I save songs they save for offline and everything works well in that regard but outside of my music library if I see that same saved song it shows as not saved. I have brought this issue up with ...

  • Regular
  • I have had an ongoing issue for a few years where when I save songs they save for offline and everything works well in that regard but outside of my music library if I see that same saved song it sho...
  • domo95
  • Regular
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Superuser Contribution Reproducción automática en Me gusta

Hace más de un mes no puedo escuchar la lista de Me gusta con normalidad, se pausa solo y no puede reproducir muchas canciones de la lista, hay días en los que la aplicación es incapaz de reproducir dos canciones seguidas, es muy frustrante y últimam...

  • Newbie
  • Hace más de un mes no puedo escuchar la lista de Me gusta con normalidad, se pausa solo y no puede reproducir muchas canciones de la lista, hay días en los que la aplicación es incapaz de reproducir ...
  • CarlosE
  • Moderator
  • 356 Views
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Superuser Contribution Autoplay stops working

PlanPremiumCountryINDIADeviceiphone xs My Question or IssueMy Spotify Autoplay only works for a couple of searches and then i need to toggle Autoplay on and off again for it to work. And even then it only works for a couple of searches again. I have ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country INDIA Device iphone xs     My Question or Issue My Spotify  Autoplay only works for a couple of searches and then i need to toggle Autoplay on and off aga...
  • CarlosE
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't see artists I've saved music from in my artists page

I read in another thread which I will attach below that the issue with the artist page has been corrected but I can still only see artists I follow in the artists page. Is this an issue with my account or is this intentional? The artist page only sho...

  • Regular
  • I read in another thread which I will attach below that the issue with the artist page has been corrected but I can still only see artists I follow in the artists page. Is this an issue with my accou...
  • Alex
  • Spotify Legend
  • 546 Views
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    UI Issue
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JRE Video not available

PlanFreeCountryFijiDeviceiphone XS maxOperating SystemiOS 14.4 My Question or IssueThe video format of the JRE podcast is not available on my iphone nor on my windows PC. I have tried “clean reinstalling” the Spotify app several times but it hasn’t w...

  • Regular
  • Plan Free Country Fiji Device iphone XS max Operating System iOS 14.4    My Question or Issue The video format of the JRE podcast is not available on my iphone nor on my windows P...
  • the_nickoftime
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Local File cover art won't show

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceiPhone 11Operating System(iOS 13.4 My Question or IssueI uploaded 300x300 artwork but it won't show on mobile even i can see them on my computer clearly

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain Device iPhone 11 Operating System (iOS 13.4   My Question or Issue I uploaded 300x300 artwork but it won't show on mobile even i can see them on my computer ...
  • Mihail
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Superuser Contribution Spotify on Carplay enters speech mode

Plan: PremiumCountry: USA Device: iPhone11 ProOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) So I have been using carplay with spotify on my BMW 330e for a couple months now, and out of nowhere today, music playback turns into speech mode, w...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan: Premium Country: USA   Device: iPhone11 Pro Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   So I have been using carplay with spotify on my BMW 330e for a coupl...
  • Ver
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Solved!! Help needed Urgent Iphon 5

I was in the US and now i am outside US in a place where there is no Spotify but i want to have my premium activated. i tried using my American debit card to buy the premium but its not working. can someone tell me a best solution on how to activate ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I was in the US and now i am outside US in a place where there is no Spotify but i want to have my premium activated. i tried using my American debit card to buy the premium but its not working. can ...
  • MattSuda
  • Spotify Star
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Superuser Contribution Randomize Playlist Order On Mobile

When making a playlist, I usually add by artist. So, then the order the playlist goes in off shuffle, is just a group of songs from one artist. It would be nicer if they were all jumbled and randomized so the listening experience/aesthetic would be v...

  • Casual Listener
  • When making a playlist, I usually add by artist. So, then the order the playlist goes in off shuffle, is just a group of songs from one artist. It would be nicer if they were all jumbled and randomiz...
  • Alex
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Superuser Contribution Turn off podcast pop up ads

How do I turn off ads for podcasts. Ads like these pop up at least four or five times a day and are very annoying. Not sure how Spotify justifies these as part of a premium subscription. PlanPremiumCountryUSDevice(iPhone 11)Operating SystemiOS 14

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  • How do I turn off ads for podcasts. Ads like these pop up at least four or five times a day and are very annoying. Not sure how Spotify justifies these as part of a premium subscription.  ...
  • Eni
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