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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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Solved!! playlist appearance

why does my playlist appear like this? 

  • Regular
  • why does my playlist appear like this? 
  • rallison-au
  • Regular
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My spotify is possessed

"Hi there. My spotify is possessed!! I get random notifications “you’re listening on Jack Frost” and it stops playing, as if it connected itself to someone else’s device. I don’t know who this Jack Frost is and it does also happen with airplay and bl...

  • Visitor
  • "Hi there. My spotify is possessed!! I get random notifications “you’re listening on Jack Frost” and it stops playing, as if it connected itself to someone else’s device. I don’t know who this Jack F...
  • cyclotronist
  • Casual Listener
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Local Files will not download onto iPhone

I have 52 local files I want to be available offline on my iPhone. It used to work but now it won't I cant get any of them to download to my iphone. This is what I have done: I made a playlist on my computer called "local" and added all 52 songs from...

  • Newbie
  • I have 52 local files I want to be available offline on my iPhone. It used to work but now it won't I cant get any of them to download to my iphone. This is what I have done:   I made a playli...
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Solved!! Playlists

Hi,is it possible to play serveral playlists after eachother and how can I manage this?

  • Newbie
  • Hi, is it possible to play serveral playlists after eachother and how can I manage this?
  • Luke
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Play in many devices?

Recently I bought spotify premium, and as it is allowed to connect many devices i gave the password to my brother too. When we listen music at the same time, he can listen what I listen and the opposite. Is there any way to listen music at the same t...

  • Newbie
  • Recently I bought spotify premium, and as it is allowed to connect many devices i gave the password to my brother too. When we listen music at the same time, he can listen what I listen and the oppos...
  • Hubo
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GET RID OF SPOTIAMB

I have Spotify Premium and whenever I am in the middle of listening to a playlist it cuts off songs to switch to SPOTIAMB and then starts playing weird music that is completely unrelated to what I listen to. I am about to cancel my subscription if th...

  • Newbie
  • I have Spotify Premium and whenever I am in the middle of listening to a playlist it cuts off songs to switch to SPOTIAMB and then starts playing weird music that is completely unrelated to what I li...
  • Hubo
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Herlaadkaart

Mijne zoon had 2 herlaadkaarten van Spotify gekregen van 10 euro dus ik wil die op zijn iPhone zetten en er komt op succesfully done en toch staat het bedrag van 20 euro niet op zijn account .

  • Newbie
  • Mijne zoon had 2 herlaadkaarten van Spotify gekregen van 10 euro dus ik wil die op zijn iPhone zetten en er komt op succesfully done en toch staat het bedrag van 20 euro niet op zijn account .
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
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Change language back to english.

I currently live in Taiwan. After my last update of spotify the app for some reason changed to Chinese. I am not able to set the language back to English. Can someone describe how to get English back? If possible please use pictures, as I do not unde...

  • Newbie
  • I currently live in Taiwan. After my last update of spotify the app for some reason changed to Chinese. I am not able to set the language back to English. Can someone describe how to get English back...
  • Kiseki
  • Newbie
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Spotify stops playing the music when iPhone blocks manual or automatically..

Need help! when i go running and start a playlist... suddenly the phone blocks away so the music is playing algo stops, and when i try to play it again when blocked nothing happens...it starts but with no sounds.

  • Casual Listener
  • Need help! when i go running and start a playlist... suddenly the phone blocks away so the music is playing algo stops, and when i try to play it again when blocked nothing happens...it starts but wi...
  • ThePeaceLounge
  • Gig Goer
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Screen recording on iPhone

I recently got the iOS 11 update, but I found a problem. When I do the screen recording option, most of the time it does not record the music that I am listening to. Sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn’t. I’ve tried different ways to play the m...

  • Newbie
  • I recently got the iOS 11 update, but I found a problem. When I do the screen recording option, most of the time it does not record the music that I am listening to. Sometimes it does, and sometimes ...
  • alinajetly
  • Casual Listener
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Back button disappears after search in combination with filter (iPad)

Scenario:a search for ‘perlman’choose artist Itzhak Perlman,choose ‘all albums’type ‘tch’ to filter on Tchaikovsky,choose an album to listen to it and now I cannot go back to my search results or even search something else. Have to restart the app (r...

  • Casual Listener
  • Scenario: a search for ‘perlman’ choose artist Itzhak Perlman, choose ‘all albums’ type ‘tch’ to filter on Tchaikovsky, choose an album to listen to it   and now I cannot go back to my se...
  • Pxyzh
  • Casual Listener
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Car controls skip over a song

I have a subaru impreza and use it to play spotify (premium) via USB. When i use the car controls (either on steering wheel or dashboard) to go to the next song, it skips over it. So if I'm on song 1, it passes over song 2 and goes to song 3. In orde...

  • Newbie
  • I have a subaru impreza and use it to play spotify (premium) via USB. When i use the car controls (either on steering wheel or dashboard) to go to the next song, it skips over it. So if I'm on song 1...
  • dallasyoung1
  • Casual Listener
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Spotify Suddenly Changes Songs to a Playlist I Don't Follow

For the past few days, Spotify will suddenly, in the middle of a song, switch to the a song in a playlist I have never listened to and have no interest in, ("Vibes" in case anyone is interested). Again, this is a playlist I do not follow and have nev...

  • Regular
  • For the past few days, Spotify will suddenly, in the middle of a song, switch to the a song in a playlist I have never listened to and have no interest in, ("Vibes" in case anyone is interested).&nbs...
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app not working

I recently started listening to podcast so I’m was listening to what really happend after that when ever I listen to andi the music and lock the phone it doesn’t show up in the lock screen the one which show in the lock screen is always what really h...

  • Newbie
  • I recently started listening to podcast so I’m was listening to what really happend after that when ever I listen to andi the music and lock the phone it doesn’t show up in the lock screen the one wh...
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iOS 11 Control Centre Bug *Annoying*

Hi, I’m having an issue where randomly Spotify will ‘lose’ music control prioritisation on control centre. The only fix to this is to reboot and this temporarily resolves the issue. Please find below a video of the issue, baring in mind the screen re...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi,   I’m having an issue where randomly Spotify will ‘lose’ music control prioritisation on control centre. The only fix to this is to reboot and this temporarily resolves the issue. Please f...
  • JackHammer
  • Casual Listener
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Solved!! Spotify app won't install on my iPhone 5s after I deleted to make space on my phone

Hi I've done this a couple times, delete apps on my phone to make space but this is the first time I'm seeing this. I have the 8.1.3 software update on the iPhone 5s. I tried downloading it and it's just stuck on the white part where it looks like th...

  • Regular
  • Hi I've done this a couple times, delete apps on my phone to make space but this is the first time I'm seeing this. I have the 8.1.3 software update on the iPhone 5s. I tried downloading it and it's ...
  • Ron2014
  • Newbie
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Can't get songs from iTunes to Spotify on my iPhone

Okay, so I am trying to make a playlist for my Dad's birthday party. There are 3 songs that are not available on Spotify. I bought them on iTunes, and transferred them from my iTunes library to my Spotify playlist on my desktop. I made the Spotify pl...

  • Newbie
  • Okay, so I am trying to make a playlist for my Dad's birthday party. There are 3 songs that are not available on Spotify. I bought them on iTunes, and transferred them from my iTunes library to ...
  • bluesean12
  • Newbie
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Clear Recently Played on iPhone/iPad

Hi! Is there a way to efficiently clear the Recently Played list on iPhone and iPad? Deleting things one by one takes forever. If this option isn't yet available, I bet quite a few Spotifyers would appreciate it being added asap.

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi! Is there a way to efficiently clear the Recently Played list on iPhone and iPad? Deleting things one by one takes forever. If this option isn't yet available, I bet quite a few Spotifyers would a...
  • hmedley00
  • Casual Listener
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Same iPhone is syncing multiple times for offline playback

So occasionally I will be forced to log back in to Spotify and it will begin to redownload all of my offline songs. Besides being annoying for lots of reasons I believe that it is taking up more space than it should on my phone and using data which i...

  • Regular
  • So occasionally I will be forced to log back in to Spotify and it will begin to redownload all of my offline songs. Besides being annoying for lots of reasons I believe that it is taking up more spac...
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Blue tooth in car doesn’t start

In both a bmw and a Jeep Spotify will not play through the system even though it shows connected on the iPhone X. Need to launch pandora first and then play Spotify to play music through the system.

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  • In both a bmw and a Jeep Spotify will not play through the system even though it shows connected on the iPhone X. Need to launch pandora first and then play Spotify to play music through the system.&...
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