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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 ...

MattSuda
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sapmi
Music Fan
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Superuser Contribution Local files not downloading

PlanPremiumCountryUSiPhone 8 Plus Operating SystemiOS 14.4 My Question or IssueWhen I try to add anything to a playlist from my local files on my computer it will show on my mobile device but won’t download. I’ve done everything to try and fix it suc...

zl_Mind_lz
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Plan Premium Country US iPhone 8 Plus Operating System iOS 14.4 My Question or Issue When I try to add anything to a playlist from my local files on my computer it will ...
2021-02-27 8:09:40 AM
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Alex
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Superuser Contribution Songs from Local Files sound glitched when played next from queue

PlanStudent PremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceiPhone 11Operating SystemiOs 14.4Spotify Version8.6.41247My Question or IssueWhen I add a song from the local files that were imported from my laptop (2019 MacBook Pro, MacOs 11.2.1) to queue, the transiti...

Amuwhao46
Newbie
Plan Student Premium Country United States Device iPhone 11 Operating System iOs 14.4 Spotify Version 8.6.41247 My Question or Issue When I add a song from the local files that wer...
2021-02-27 5:20:23 AM
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Alex
Spotify Legend
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local files
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Superuser Contribution Daily Mixes Disappeared

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceiPhone 12 Pro MaxOperating SystemiOS 14.4 My Question or IssueDaily Mix list kept showing under names other than my own. Now only 3 Daily Mixes are showing. I’ve logged out, uninstalled and reinstalled, and restarted phone.

KBritLucas
Regular
Plan Premium Country UK Device iPhone 12 Pro Max Operating System iOS 14.4 My Question or Issue Daily Mix list kept showing under names other than my own. Now only 3 Daily Mixes are ...
2021-02-22 5:47:56 PM
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Ivan
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Joe Rogan download audio only

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue How do I get audio only on the app for iPhone? It always downloads the video.

Oreski5933
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 ...
2020-12-15 4:51:34 AM
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RuckAF
Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps crashing on iPhone

PlanFree CountryUSA DeviceiPhone 11 Operating SystemiOS 14.4 My Question or IssueI recently got a new iPhone and I'm having a lot of trouble with Spotify. The app keeps crashing randomly while it is playing music in both the background and when I'm o...

user-removed
Visitor
Plan Free Country USA Device iPhone 11 Operating System iOS 14.4 My Question or Issue I recently got a new iPhone and I'm having a lot of trouble with Spotify...
2021-02-25 7:01:34 PM
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Eni
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Crash
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Superuser Contribution Broken shuffle on iOS 14.4 - Workarounds useless

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceiPhone 12 ProOperating SystemiOS 14.4 My Question or IssueAfter years of a perfectly shuffle, it stopped ~6 months ago. Playing the same 6-10 songs over and over again. All sugested workarounds here or elsewhere in the ...

jensl89
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Germany Device iPhone 12 Pro Operating System iOS 14.4 My Question or Issue After years of a perfectly shuffle, it stopped ~6 months ago. Playing the same 6-10 s...
2021-02-26 9:21:39 AM
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Mihail
Spotify Legend
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apple
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iphone
shuffle

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Solved!! Everything in Shuffle and there is no button to switch to Premium acc in Spotify App

PlanFreeCountryKyrgyzstan DeviceiPhone 7 PlusOperating SystemiOS 14.4My Question or IssueHello! I have a problem with the Spotify App. I've downloaded it and found out that there is everiyhing in a Shuffle! My added songs in playlist and liked songs ...

meerimiminova
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country Kyrgyzstan Device iPhone 7 Plus Operating System iOS 14.4 My Question or Issue Hello! I have a problem with the Spotify App. I've downloaded it and found out that t...
2021-02-27 7:55:47 AM
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AyuTheHuman
Composer
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591 Views
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Superuser Contribution A "Whoops!" where my band's name should be when sharing on Fbk.

PlanPremiumCountryChileDevice(iPhone 7 Plus)Operating System(Latest IOS) My Question or Issue When I share the url of our album in facebook (https://open.spotify.com/album/3bZa5YGJloLvu5ENfr0Jk0?si=ZmDeIP_jRNahblgXSthk5Q) , where my band's name shoul...

paulodomic
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Plan Premium Country Chile Device (iPhone 7 Plus) Operating System (Latest IOS) My Question or Issue When I share the url of our album in facebook (https://open.spotify.com/a...
2021-02-24 2:03:15 AM
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Eni
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facebook share

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Superuser Contribution Lyrics Disappeared

PlanPremiumCountry Canada Device(iPhone 8 plus My Question or IssueHi Sportify Team! I really enjoyed the lyrics feature; however, it didn’t last long - I haven’t been able to access it for about three weeks. The lyrics button just disappeared.Thank ...

tamynya
Casual Listener
PlanPremium Country Canada Device (iPhone 8 plus My Question or Issue Hi Sportify Team! I really enjoyed the lyrics feature; however, it didn’t last long - I haven’...
2020-06-06 12:54:11 AM
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tamynya
Casual Listener
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Songs randomly stop playing

PlanPremiumCountryAustriaDeviceiPhone XsOperating SystemiOS 14.4 My Question or IssueSongs just stop playing randomly. The queue plays normaly and suddenly the music just stops. This happens a lot recently. The music not only pauses, it completely st...

Bugejo
Regular
Plan Premium Country Austria Device iPhone Xs Operating System iOS 14.4 My Question or Issue Songs just stop playing randomly. The queue plays normaly and suddenly the music just sto...
2021-02-26 9:16:46 AM
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Bella_K
Composer
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Problem

So my Spotify is amazing, And I have many different Playlists but my main playlist with almost every song I enjoy on a regular basis freezes Every time I play a song from just this album. Can Someone Help?

saucerman23
Newbie
So my Spotify is amazing, And I have many different Playlists but my main playlist with almost every song I enjoy on a regular basis freezes Every time I play a song from just this album. Can Someone...
2021-02-25 3:22:00 PM
2021-02-26 1:57:09 PM
Bella_K
Composer
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Changing Country Code in Profile - HELP

My country code is listed as Germany but I have never lived there. I am from the US and now live in Brunei. I have tried chaning my country in the profile settings but it will not allow me to. The only country it shows is Germany. Why is it not allow...

meaganmitrovich
Casual Listener
My country code is listed as Germany but I have never lived there. I am from the US and now live in Brunei. I have tried chaning my country in the profile settings but it will not allow me to. The on...
2016-04-07 10:01:47 AM
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MattSuda
Spotify Star
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Local Files

PlanPremium(family plan)CountryCanadaDeviceiPhone XROperating SystemiOS 14.2 and Windows 10My Question or IssueHow do I sync my local files from PC to mobile? I tried downloading the playlist on both platforms at the same time but only a few of the l...

VadoseBat43
Casual Listener
Plan Premium(family plan) Country Canada Device iPhone XR Operating System iOS 14.2 and Windows 10 My Question or Issue How do I sync my local files from PC to mobile? I tried downloading th...
2021-02-24 7:01:40 PM
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Eni
Moderator
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Superuser Contribution Can't add album to playlist

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 went to an artist's page, found the album I wanted to add, tapped on it, tapped the three d...

user-removed
Visitor
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 went ...
2021-02-24 4:34:46 PM
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Jeremy
Spotify Legend
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478 Views
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Superuser Contribution Apple Watch and Missing Songs

PlanPremiumCountryCanada Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemIOS 14.4, iPhoneXs Apple Watch 7.3 My Question or IssueI have a playlist where the songs are ordered by "Recently Added." When I use my Apple Watch and ...

h-u4wv_ku89l
Regular
Plan Premium Country Canada Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System IOS 14.4, iPhoneXs Apple Watch 7.3 My Question or Issue I have ...
2021-01-27 11:33:21 PM
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Eni
Moderator
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Can't select tracks I want to listen to.

I have my playlists and can't select any song in them. I also can't play any song for any artist. I just renewed my subscription this past week and have been having issues I've never had before. I'm in Belize but pay for Spotify because of the ease w...

Francisco0985
Casual Listener
I have my playlists and can't select any song in them. I also can't play any song for any artist. I just renewed my subscription this past week and have been having issues I've never had before. I'm ...
2014-04-26 10:37:26 PM
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MattSuda
Spotify Star
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Bug Playlist
Can't select music

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Spotitfy sound not working in background app even though it says it is playing.

Plan: PremiumDevice: iPhone 7 I'm trying to use a workout timer app (Tabata Timer on the Apple app store), and Spotify won't play in the background. Spotify says the song is playing, but no sound is coming out. It starts to play, but then the sound g...

rosemf
Casual Listener
Plan: Premium Device: iPhone 7 I'm trying to use a workout timer app (Tabata Timer on the Apple app store), and Spotify won't play in the background. Spotify says the song is playing, but n...
2021-02-24 9:51:36 PM
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Billy-J
Spotify Star
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Superuser Contribution Sort by Artist/Album

I keep track of the music I listen to by making every album in to a playlist. Unfortunately this means that I end up with a big long list of playlists with no easy means of filtering or sorting by Artist or Album. I have to resort to scrolling up and...

MonsterMashRNA
Newbie
I keep track of the music I listen to by making every album in to a playlist. Unfortunately this means that I end up with a big long list of playlists with no easy means of filtering or sorting by Ar...
2013-03-22 6:32:05 PM
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Eni
Moderator
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7 replies
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Sort by Artist and Album

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Superuser Contribution Voice control

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Spotify randomly dials people on my contact list with microphone turned off!! HELP!!!

Cherylmac21
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 Spotify...
2021-02-23 7:50:25 PM
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Novy
Moderator
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Superuser Contribution Artists and Albums not loading Offline

PlanPremium CountryUSA DeviceiPhone 8 Operating SystemiOS 10 My Question or Issue For over a week now, none of my downloaded artists or albums are showing up while offline. All songs saved to a playlist are able to play, but I can't listen to, or sea...

LSKline25
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 8 Operating System iOS 10 My Question or Issue For over a week now, none of my downloaded artists or albums are...
2020-03-18 5:49:30 PM
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Novy
Moderator
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8 likes

7551 Views
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