
Whenever you have an issue with your computer, one of the first things you’ll hear is “try restarting it.” Spotify errors are no exception to this rule. Instead, we recommend trying the following troubleshooting techniques one by one to see which one fixes the issue. There’s a big chance that you still won’t be able to play the chosen song even after uploading it from your computer. If You Have the File on Your Computer You Can Import It” ErrorĮven though this particular error states that you can import your local files and play them, the error ultimately means that there’s something wrong with either your app or your computer. Then, on the log in page, click "Forgot username or password?" which will prompt Spotify to send you a password reset link.How to Fix “Spotify Can’t Play This Right Now. However, there's an unofficial workaround for revoking Facebook permissions from Spotify!įirst, you'll need to log out from Spotify. Spotify did not immediately respond to request for comment. According to Spotify’s support page, you have to cancel your Premium subscription, create a new account, use the contact form to ask customer service to port your playlists over, and hope for the best.Īnd because you can’t create two accounts with the same email address, if your Facebook account is associated with your main email address, you have to close the old account before creating a new one, possibly losing all of your saved library and playlists! If you want to use a dedicated Spotify log-in, without Facebook, you have to create an entirely new Spotify account, and ask customer service to port your playlists over. In 2012, it quietly reversed its decision and allowed users to sign up with an email address, but it made that option available in tiny font on its registration page. When Spotify launched in the US in 2011, it required users to sign up with Facebook. As it turns out, you can’t unlink your Facebook from Spotify! If you created a Spotify account with Facebook (likely), it is *forever* tied to your Facebook account. In a statement, Spotify said it “has not experienced a security breach.” But removing your Facebook account as a log-in method would be a good precaution, anyway.

So, today, I tried to unlink my Facebook account from my Spotify account.īecause security! Essentially, attackers stole “access tokens” that allow full access to Facebook accounts, as well as access to accounts that use Facebook as a log-in (called “Facebook single sign-on”).

A recent Facebook security breach put thousands of sites that use Facebook Login at risk of hacking.
