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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
Spotify Star
2023-09-24 10:26:17 AM
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sapmi
Music Fan
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68629 Views
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playlist radio does not match playlist

I was listening to the radio of an album of the artist Kommandant ( some obscure metal band). And the the artist itself was not on that radio. A scrolled down pretty far and no Kommandant. When I listen to artist radio I do not have this problem. Thi...

Meijer1973
Gig Goer
I was listening to the radio of an album of the artist Kommandant ( some obscure metal band). And the the artist itself was not on that radio. A scrolled down pretty far and no Kommandant. When I lis...
2018-10-09 2:47:29 PM
2018-10-14 7:09:42 PM
Meijer1973
Gig Goer
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Delete songs within a playlist using the search option

Why can't I just select a song and delete it from a playlist? And if I use the "edit" option the "search box" becomes unavailable. This is just dumb. Let's say, my playlist has 1000 songs and I want to delete a specific song that starts with the lett...

vinimdi
Regular
Why can't I just select a song and delete it from a playlist? And if I use the "edit" option the "search box" becomes unavailable. This is just dumb. Let's say, my playlist has 1000 songs and ...
2018-10-13 1:53:45 AM
2018-10-14 7:44:40 AM
Loxer
Community Legend
533 Views
3 replies
1 likes

533 Views
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Listening to Spotify through the USB Cable in Car

I recently switch from Apple Music to Spotify. When I try to charge my iPhone and play music via the USB connection / cable, no music play. The iphone is playin the music, but there is no sound on the iPhone or through the car audio. This process wor...

ReneBernier
Casual Listener
I recently switch from Apple Music to Spotify. When I try to charge my iPhone and play music via the USB connection / cable, no music play. The iphone is playin the music, but t...
2018-10-08 3:00:14 AM
2018-10-13 11:06:45 PM
ReneBernier
Casual Listener
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Car
usb

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Editing Queue

PlanPremiumCountry AUiPhone 8Operating System(iOS 12.0.1) My Question or Issue So I like to queue a lot of songs before I sleep, but then usually want to move around the order of songs because I like them in a specific order. Every time I drag a song...

Zugop
Newbie
Plan Premium Country AU iPhone 8 Operating System (iOS 12.0.1) My Question or Issue So I like to queue a lot of songs before I sleep, but then usually want to move...
2018-10-13 5:44:57 PM
2018-10-13 6:03:38 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
530 Views
1 replies
1 likes

530 Views
1 replies
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Song skipping itself

I have an IPhone 6s and ever since I added the Falsettos song Please Come to Our House / Jason’s Therapy to my playlist it skips itself after playing for about five seconds or refuses to play (it starts out paused and even if I push play it won’t do ...

JayTheAngel
Casual Listener
I have an IPhone 6s and ever since I added the Falsettos song Please Come to Our House / Jason’s Therapy to my playlist it skips itself after playing for about five seconds or refuses to play (it sta...
2018-10-13 5:11:29 AM
2018-10-13 10:03:48 AM
Loxer
Community Legend
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1 replies
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623 Views
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Local files not syncing to iOS for unavailable but existing songs on Spotify

I've recently reorganized my playlists and found that my local files for albums that are registered on Spotify, but are unavailable (greyed out), do not sync to my iPhone. Usually I do not add the local files directly to the playlists. Instead I add ...

robbie0228
Regular
I've recently reorganized my playlists and found that my local files for albums that are registered on Spotify, but are unavailable (greyed out), do not sync to my iPhone. Usually I do not add t...
2018-10-06 8:47:11 AM
2018-10-13 6:28:07 AM
robbie0228
Regular
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532 Views
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My songs are gone!!?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry USA Device iPhone XOperating SystemiOS My Question or IssueMy songs are gone in your new update I want them back. You got rid of the my songs category I want it back please!

-qcff8xt_49ci
Newbie
Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device iPhone X Operating System iOS My Question or Issue My songs are gone in your new update I want them back. You got rid of the my...
2018-06-04 7:40:07 PM
2018-10-13 4:36:02 AM
rainkidrani
Gig Goer
591 Views
2 replies
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591 Views
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My Spotify keeps freezing

PlanPremium family planCountry United StatesDeviceIphone 6s plusOperating SystemIOS My Question or issueThe app keeps freezing whenever I open it. I tried re downloading it several times but it still freezes. Is there anything I could do to stop this...

Willowgreene714
Newbie
Plan Premium family plan Country United States Device Iphone 6s plus Operating System IOS My Question or issue The app keeps freezing whenever I open it. I tried re downloading...
2018-06-01 6:46:38 PM
2018-10-13 4:33:43 AM
rainkidrani
Gig Goer
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2147 Views
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App has mind of its own

I have an iPhone X that I just bought in July. It is on the newest ios. I deleted and redownloaded the Spotify app. It constantly pauses, skips, fast forwards or just doesn’t play. Whatever it wants. It was only when I was walking for about a week......

Xoliljamieox321
Newbie
I have an iPhone X that I just bought in July. It is on the newest ios. I deleted and redownloaded the Spotify app. It constantly pauses, skips, fast forwards or just doesn’t play. Whatever it wants....
2018-10-02 5:17:43 PM
2018-10-13 4:30:50 AM
rainkidrani
Gig Goer
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2 replies
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1494 Views
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Spotify keeps pausing and playing sporadically

PlanPremium DeviceiPhone 7 Operating SystemiOS 11 My Question or IssueI’ve had this issue before where I’d be listening to an album and the music pauses all of a sudden. I only use Spotify with headphones. The app starts playing and pausing the song ...

Sadj
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Device iPhone 7 Operating System iOS 11 My Question or Issue I’ve had this issue before where I’d be listening to an album and the music pauses all of a su...
2018-09-14 12:00:12 AM
2018-10-13 4:27:14 AM
rainkidrani
Gig Goer
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6 replies
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16834 Views
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Spotify playlists not updating

PlanFreeCountry USADeviceiPhone 7Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Spotify playlists such as New Releases, Hot Country, etc are not updating. The cover picture and preview info does but when you go to play t...

Ljp11
Newbie
Plan Free Country USA Device iPhone 7 Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Spotify playlists such as New Releases, H...
2018-10-05 11:23:09 PM
2018-10-13 4:25:20 AM
rainkidrani
Gig Goer
1161 Views
1 replies
0 likes

1161 Views
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0 likes

Discover Weekly not updating

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceiPhone 8Operating System(OS 10 My Question or IssueMy Discover Weekly playlist hasn't updated for several weeks now. I've tried to unfollow/re-follow. Logged out of my phone and desktop and logged back in. But st...

sturut
Newbie
Plan Free/Premium Country Australia Device iPhone 8 Operating System (OS 10 My Question or Issue My Discover Weekly playlist hasn't updated for several weeks now. I've tried to unfol...
2018-10-07 6:15:17 AM
2018-10-13 4:22:49 AM
rainkidrani
Gig Goer
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2 replies
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834 Views
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iPhone 8 Spotify connection in smart car! Help!!

Wondering if anyone could help? When I connect my iPhone 8 via Bluetooth or via usb in my smart car, the music stops after every track and doesn’t play through ? Very annoying and I have to keep pressing play numerous times on my device for it to pla...

KTOE
Newbie
Wondering if anyone could help? When I connect my iPhone 8 via Bluetooth or via usb in my smart car, the music stops after every track and doesn’t play through ? Very annoying and I have to keep pres...
2018-10-10 3:22:46 PM
2018-10-13 4:02:20 AM
rainkidrani
Gig Goer
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2 replies
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1012 Views
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Terible Mobile app design

Guys ... who made it ? bunch of Indian teens for couple of bucks ? ? I mean - whole interface on mobile is made by people who never used it That's the only reason i could think of when im using it ... For example ... - when in the listing ..and playi...

ostapski
Regular
Guys ... who made it ? bunch of Indian teens for couple of bucks ? ? I mean - whole interface on mobile is made by people who never used it That's the only reason i could think of when im using it .....
2018-10-11 11:00:00 PM
2018-10-12 9:58:20 AM
Loxer
Community Legend
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1 replies
0 likes

511 Views
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application does not start iPhone 5s

PlanFreeDevice(iPhone 5s)Operating System(iOS 12) My Question or IssueWhen I try to open the app on my phone, the icon lights up for a couple of seconds and throws it on the home screen. When I reinstall the app the first time I enter the app is norm...

shrekpar
Casual Listener
Plan Free Device (iPhone 5s) Operating System (iOS 12) My Question or Issue When I try to open the app on my phone, the icon lights up for a couple of seconds and throws it on the home...
2018-10-04 11:33:38 PM
2018-10-12 9:43:24 AM
Loxer
Community Legend
1244 Views
7 replies
0 likes

1244 Views
7 replies
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Music with videos not available on my location should not stop my music from playing

PlanPremiumCountry PortugalDeviceiPhone 6SOperating SystemiOS 11 My Question or Issue Whenever I'm playing music from Spotify playlists, and I believe it would happen on personal too, everytime that a music has a video that it is not available on my ...

pedrovcasaca
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Portugal Device iPhone 6S Operating System iOS 11 My Question or Issue Whenever I'm playing music from Spotify playlists, and I believe it would happ...
2018-10-11 3:46:21 PM
2018-10-11 3:55:57 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
858 Views
1 replies
0 likes
IOS 11
Mobile
Music video

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iPhone can't find music, iMac does.

Strange problem. I created a play list on my iPhone some days ago.Yesterday, I played the list via my Sonos app and some songs were grayed out.When I looked in my Spotfy iPhone app, those songs are gone.And when i try to find those songs again with t...

BartDep
Newbie
Strange problem. I created a play list on my iPhone some days ago. Yesterday, I played the list via my Sonos app and some songs were grayed out. When I looked in my Spotfy iPhone app, thos...
2018-10-11 12:41:23 PM
2018-10-11 3:47:27 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
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1 replies
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566 Views
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Very weird screen layout, app doesn't work anymore?

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDeviceiPhone 6SOperating SystemiOS 12 Everytime I open spotify on my iphone, the buttons are all at the top of the screen and I can click on them, but I cant play any music through my phone. If i want to listen to spot...

clarinet_kid
Newbie
Plan Premium Country United States Device iPhone 6S Operating System iOS 12 Everytime I open spotify on my iphone, the buttons are all at the top of the screen and I can click o...
2018-10-11 3:46:09 AM
2018-10-11 3:45:56 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
776 Views
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776 Views
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Spotify Offline and I can't Login

PlanPremiumCountryUSA Device(iPhone 7)Operating System(iOS 12.0.1) My Question or IssueSpotify was offline and wouldn't connect even though I had internet connection on my phone. I logged off and tried to log in again (I am logged in through facebook...

Steveolio
Newbie
Plan Premium Country USA Device (iPhone 7) Operating System (iOS 12.0.1) My Question or Issue Spotify was offline and wouldn't connect even though I had internet connection on ...
2018-10-10 7:22:33 PM
2018-10-11 3:33:29 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
536 Views
1 replies
0 likes

536 Views
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Superuser Contribution Constant need to redownload songs

Can someone please help!! I constantly need to redownload all my saved songs on the Spotify app!! It is driving me insane!All I want to do is listen to music whilst offline as Spotify has already used a lot of my data and it won't let mennevaide once...

Sharpiie89
Casual Listener
Can someone please help!! I constantly need to redownload all my saved songs on the Spotify app!! It is driving me insane! All I want to do is listen to music whilst offline as Spotify has already u...
2017-07-04 11:41:34 PM
2018-10-11 2:34:02 PM
Daisy
Spotify Legend
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