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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
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Syncing local files to iOS

So I'm having a particular difficult time syncing songs I own (for example 4:44) from my macbook (where the local files are) to my iPhone. I've talked to 2 different folks at Spotify and done everything possible (restart; re-install). The last person...

  • Newbie
  • So I'm having a particular difficult time syncing songs I own (for example 4:44) from my macbook (where the local files are) to my iPhone.  I've talked to 2 different folks at Spotify and don...
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Can't open link on this device error

Getting the error below on my iPhone when I try to open Browse>Discover. Used to use this section all the time, any idea why this error is coming up?

  • Newbie
  • Getting the error below on my iPhone when I try to open Browse>Discover. Used to use this section all the time, any idea why this error is coming up?
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Superuser Contribution stopping

my spotify won't let me play only certain songs for no apparent reason. will sometimes only play first couple seconds.

  • Newbie
  • my spotify won't let me play only certain songs for no apparent reason. will sometimes only play first couple seconds.
  • Jack
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Old problem back again--Spotify playing songs on my iphone I didn't ask for

I thought I'd fixed this problem with the help of the moderators a few weeks ago, and now the same problem is back again on my iphone. Even with the Autoplay function and Suggested songs function turned off on both my phone and my mac I still get com...

  • Visitor
  • I thought I'd fixed this problem with the help of the moderators a few weeks ago, and now the same problem is back again on my iphone. Even with the Autoplay function and Suggested songs function tur...
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Solved!! my Spotify crashes everytime I open the app

it happens like once every 5 months. I open Spotify and it crashes and I try opening it again and it crashes again. I keep opening the app and it keeps crashing and then 2-3 months later I open the app again and it works like normal. I have over 800 ...

  • Casual Listener
  • it happens like once every 5 months. I open Spotify and it crashes and I try opening it again and it crashes again. I keep opening the app and it keeps crashing and then 2-3 months later I open the a...
  • jnorris170
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Login Fail on Mobile

So I can sign in online with email.But as soon as I try to use the app it won't let me saying the information is incorrect. I have tried changing the password, connecting my facebook as an option but it's not connecting to facebook on either mobile o...

  • Newbie
  • So I can sign in online with email. But as soon as I try to use the app it won't let me saying the information is incorrect.  I have tried changing the password, connecting my facebook as an o...
  • Maxim
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Cant find a song on my spotify

I cant find a song on search but when i go to youtube it shows me that the song is on spotify

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  • I cant find a song on search but when i go to youtube it shows me that the song is on spotify
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Superuser Contribution Local Files on app is missing

I updated my spotify last month on my phone and all of my local files are missing in my playlists. When spotify is connected to my computer and the song is being played, it'll say the same on my phone but when i click on the track it takes me nowhere...

  • Casual Listener
  • I updated my spotify last month on my phone and all of my local files are missing in my playlists. When spotify is connected to my computer and the song is being played, it'll say the same on my phon...
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Wrong Song

So my favorite song by the band Raubtier, titled Vapenbröder, is not playing correctly. Instead, it is playing the previous song on the album, Rebeller, again. How can I fix this?

  • Newbie
  • So my favorite song by the band Raubtier, titled Vapenbröder, is not playing correctly. Instead, it is playing the previous song on the album, Rebeller, again. How can I fix this?
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Spotify keeps skipping through songs

Please help! I've had premium for over a year now and am loving it but recently I'll go to play a song and it skips like a broken CD and goes through every song really quickly. Not even touching it. Then Siri keeps popping up when I'm not even using ...

  • Newbie
  • Please help! I've had premium for over a year now and am loving it but recently I'll go to play a song and it skips like a broken CD and goes through every song really quickly. Not even touching it. ...
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INTERRUPTIONS TO A CD ON PREMIUM

Hi. I hope someone can help me. I like to run whole albums. In this case, I was running the soundtrack to the movie Ben-Hur. Before I became a premium user, Spotify would play the overture, the first song, then play a song from a completely different...

  • Newbie
  • Hi.  I hope someone can help me.  I like to run whole albums.  In this case, I was running the soundtrack to the movie Ben-Hur.  Before I became a premium user, Spotify would play...
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Solved!! Playing via Bluetooth in car (BMW) meta data is working for first track only

This thread originates from , which is a different problem. As cgrex described it perfectly, the problem is still present, even with all components updated to newest versions. "When playing via Bluetooth to car, only the first track artwork and track...

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  • This thread originates from , which is a different problem.    As cgrex described it perfectly, the problem is still present, even with all components updated to newest versions. ...
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Right audio

My audio is playing only on the right side of the cars I play it in, whether it be Bluetooth or aux cord. It also only plays ont he right side of headphones, though that may be an issue with the headphones themselves. Either way, is there any way for...

  • Newbie
  • My audio is playing only on the right side of the cars I play it in, whether it be Bluetooth or aux cord. It also only plays ont he right side of headphones, though that may be an issue with the head...
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How to delete a song from a playlist without scrolling

Sometimes you have well over a thousand songs in one playlist that you've collected over the years. Now when I want to delete a song I have no other option (it seems) than to scroll thorugh the playlist until I find it among the thousand songs, press...

  • Casual Listener
  • Sometimes you have well over a thousand songs in one playlist that you've collected over the years. Now when I want to delete a song I have no other option (it seems) than to scroll thorugh the playl...
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Severe battery drain IOS 10.1.1

Hey guys,ever since the iOS10 update Spotify kills my battery. 2 hours of Spotify playback (Screen off, mind you) drain my battery by 46%. It is not feasible to use this service at the moment. My data:iPhone 6SiOS 10.1.1Spotify: 6.8.0.3786 Here's a l...

  • Visitor
  • Hey guys, ever since the iOS10 update Spotify kills my battery. 2 hours of Spotify playback (Screen off, mind you) drain my battery by 46%. It is not feasible to use this service at the moment. &nb...
  • alinajetly
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Equaliser PLEASE!!!!

Spotify!! Listen to your users!!!Put in an EQ!!!Please!!!!!

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  • Spotify!! Listen to your users!!! Put in an EQ!!! Please!!!!!
  • eduardourrejola
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David ochoa

Hola buen día, disculpe quiero rentar el plan familiar y al introducir la tarjeta de crédito me aparece la leyenda de "ups, al parecer tu porveedor está teniendo un mal día.." y ya lo eh intentado diferentes días, hice otros pagos con la misma tarjet...

  • Newbie
  • Hola buen día, disculpe quiero rentar el plan familiar y al introducir la tarjeta de crédito me aparece la leyenda de "ups, al parecer tu porveedor está teniendo un mal día.." y ya lo eh intentado di...
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Solved!! Added local file on my laptop. But on Iphone i don't see it

Guys, I can't find resolve for this problem. Help me, please. I have created a playlist and Added a local file for this playlist. After that, I have uploaded my playlist to Spotify. My iPhone connected to the same wi-fi. But on iPhone, I can't see th...

  • Casual Listener
  • Guys, I can't find resolve for this problem. Help me, please. I have created a playlist and Added a local file for this playlist. After that, I have uploaded my playlist to Spotify. My iPhone connect...
  • PilotAC
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crackling noise in car

I get alot of crackling noise when using Spotify in my car. Similar results using an iphone 5s and my new iphone 6. I connect to my car (Mini Cooper S 2014) using a premium bmw iphone cable. I have also tried with an original apple cable with same re...

  • Regular
  • I get alot of crackling noise when using Spotify in my car. Similar results using an iphone 5s and my new iphone 6. I connect to my car (Mini Cooper S 2014) using a premium bmw iphone cable. I have a...
  • awolAD
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