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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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  • Rastereyes
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Some songs wont play or download iOS

Some songs when i click on them will only play for about 7-8 seconds then just stop, and if i try to add them to a playlist they wont download it will just have the spinning icon saying its downloading but will sit there like that for hours. It has o...

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  • Some songs when i click on them will only play for about 7-8 seconds then just stop, and if i try to add them to a playlist they wont download it will just have the spinning icon saying its downloadi...
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Solved!! iCloud is backing up Offline songs. HELP!

Hey all, I have to assume this is the same for everyone. iCloud on my iPhone is backing up all of my OFFLINE songs. Why? There is no reason to. They will always be available for download if I get a new phone. Just flip a switch in the app and it's do...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey all,   I have to assume this is the same for everyone. iCloud on my iPhone is backing up all of my OFFLINE songs. Why? There is no reason to. They will always be available for download if ...
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iPhone 4 terrible slow after last update

Hi, I got old iPhone 4 with only spotify on it to use in my car, I have all my lists synced so no streaming.But after the last update, it's totally srewed, really slow, when I open a song and "open the song" from bar bellow it glitches. When I fast f...

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  • Hi,   I got old iPhone 4 with only spotify on it to use in my car, I have all my lists synced so no streaming. But after the last update, it's totally srewed, really slow, when I open a song ...
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How to download the playlist for offline use without FOLLOWING it on spotify?

Everytime I download a playlist I automatically start following that playlist. I don't want to do that because then I have to many playlists showing up and it's confusing and if I unfollow the playlist on my Mac, then it is automatically removed from...

  • Newbie
  • Everytime I download a playlist I automatically start following that playlist. I don't want to do that because then I have to many playlists showing up and it's confusing and if I unfollow the playli...
  • Hubo
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Solved!! My Top Tracks of 2016 Playlist

I had the pop up this morning asking to see the "top tracks" playlists. I selected the one for Canada but now I want to see what mine is, does anyone know how to actually find this playlist again? I can't seem to see it anywhere...

  • Visitor
  • I had the pop up this morning asking to see the "top tracks" playlists. I selected the one for Canada but now I want to see what mine is, does anyone know how to actually find this playlist again? I ...
  • Matthewshaw955
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Iphone6 - Can't skip songs using steering wheel or center stack buttons

I just got a new GMC Terrain and tried to play Spotify. It would play, but when I pressed the "Next" button on my steering wheel, center stack, and touchscreen, the song would not skip to the next. I tried the same thing with Apple Music and the butt...

  • Regular
  • I just got a new GMC Terrain and tried to play Spotify.  It would play, but when I pressed the "Next" button on my steering wheel, center stack, and touchscreen, the song would not skip to the n...
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Solved!! Songs disappearing in playlists

Hi, I'm actually getting really tired of using Spotify since music keep on disappearing. It was only from my most used playlist, but now -all- of the songs in a recently put together playlist I realised was gone. I know they were there yesterday, and...

  • Regular
  • Hi, I'm actually getting really tired of using Spotify since music keep on disappearing. It was only from my most used playlist, but now -all- of the songs in a recently put together playlist I reali...
  • Thisisemilie
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Solved!! Spotify free on mobile - Taiwan

It's now free for everyone to use Spotify in your mobile devices?! What the hack?! I can't use it because I live in Taiwan?! It's NOT FREE AT ALL!

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  • It's now free for everyone to use Spotify in your mobile devices?! What the hack?! I can't use it because I live in Taiwan?! It's NOT FREE AT ALL!  
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High pitch noise?

When listening to music, a high pitch sound beeps non stop. It sounds like a smoke alarm and is so loud it's borderline painful. Anyone else know anything about this ? How do I fix this?

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  • When listening to music, a high pitch sound beeps non stop. It sounds like a smoke alarm and is so loud it's borderline painful. Anyone else know anything about this ? How do I fix this?
  • Jacob
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How to change the playlist from car steering wheel control??

I can't seem to figure out how to change the playlist on the iOS spotify app using just the steering wheel controls. The button I would normally use seems to fast-forward the music instead. Seems odd.

  • Newbie
  • I can't seem to figure out how to change the playlist on the iOS spotify app using just the steering wheel controls. The button I would normally use seems to fast-forward the music instead. Seems odd.
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Cancel my premium

Hi i am a premium user of sportify and i want to cancell my monthly charge that mean want to cancel my premium how can i do that plz help my ac is damon6400-hk

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  • Hi i am a premium user of sportify and i want to cancell my monthly charge that mean want to cancel my premium how can i do that plz help my ac is damon6400-hk
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Why can't I find my daily mix on the mobile app?

I can find it on desktop, but it is nowhere to be found on the ios app. I've already looked in both the library and the radio section but it's just not there. The only way I can access it on mobile is if I've played it on desktop, and then look at re...

  • Casual Listener
  • I can find it on desktop, but it is nowhere to be found on the ios app. I've already looked in both the library and the radio section but it's just not there. The only way I can access it on mobile i...
  • soulstresshippy
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Superuser Contribution Won't let me play select songs

Whenever I click on a song (I have premium btw) it won't let me play it. (This only happens with a few songs )

  • Newbie
  • Whenever I click on a song (I have premium btw) it won't let me play it. (This only happens with a few songs )
  • ZullyB
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Songs Playlist

Why is it shuffle playing when I never clicked shuffle play. I click a specific song and it just shuffles the songs after that. I don't understand why or how to fix it and I'd like some help.

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  • Why is it shuffle playing when I never clicked shuffle play. I click a specific song and it just shuffles the songs after that. I don't understand why or how to fix it and I'd like some help.
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Fui cobrado em R$10 ao me inscrever no premium para universitário

Ao me inscrever no premium para universitários, fui cobrado em R$10 no momento da inscrição.Já sou premium normal, pago mensalmente o valor comum, e não concordei com esta cobrança.Além disso, gostaria de confirmar que agora terei o desconto para uni...

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  • Ao me inscrever no premium para universitários, fui cobrado em R$10 no momento da inscrição. Já sou premium normal, pago mensalmente o valor comum, e não concordei com esta cobrança. Além disso, go...
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Solved!! Login Issue

I click on sign in and input in the info. Error message says I've already created an account with this email. I'm not on signup, I'm on login

  • Newbie
  • I click on sign in and input in the info. Error message says I've already created an account with this email. I'm not on signup, I'm on login
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Kc Rebell Ak Ausserkontrolle probleme

Guten Tag liebe Musikfans!Ich habe mit meinem Schwager mir spotify Family gehollt. Es läuft aus seinen namen und Adresse (England). Nun bin ich als teil der Familie eingeschrieben und kann mir musik anhören, aber nicht alle! Mir ist es bei Raf, Ak Au...

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  • Guten Tag liebe Musikfans! Ich habe mit meinem Schwager mir spotify Family gehollt. Es läuft aus seinen namen und Adresse (England). Nun bin ich als teil der Familie eingeschrieben und kann mir mu...
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I have lost all my offline starred songs playlist on my 4th Gen iPod

All my downloaded starred songs disappeared on my iPod. I do not know why. I had ahout 300 songs downloaded in that playlist. Is there a way to recover it? Or why I have lost my songs?

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  • All my downloaded starred songs disappeared on my iPod. I do not know why. I had ahout 300 songs downloaded in that playlist. Is there a way to recover it? Or why I have lost my songs?
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My spotify app takes a very long time in (installing/updating?) :(

I downloaded the spotify app then I subscribed premium on it. I downloaded many songs. My concern is that when it started updating or installing, its taking forever for it to finish..until now its installing and I wanted to re-install the app, howeve...

  • Casual Listener
  • I downloaded the spotify app then I subscribed premium on it. I downloaded many songs. My concern is that when it started updating or installing, its taking forever for it to finish..until now its in...
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