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How to Find Friends on Spotify

Spotify users initially set up their accounts by connecting to Facebook via an app or by using a non-Facebook email address. The music service automatically finds Facebook friends who have Spotify accounts every time you log in through its computer software or Web player. It doesn't automatically locate friends you've connected with through other social networks, though, nor does it provide an option to search for a friend by email address. As a result, you will need to use several different methods to find friends on Spotify.

Instructions

  1. Use Facebook Automatic Search

    • 1

      Log in to the Spotify computer software or Web player (see Resources).

    • 2

      Click “Follow” on the left sidebar and then click the “Find Friends” option.

    • 3

      Wait for the service to generate a list of Facebook friends who have recently created Spotify accounts, if applicable.

    • 4

      Click the “+ Follow” button for any friend you want to follow.

    Use Manual Username Search

    • 5

      Ask a friend for his Spotify username. If he set up Spotify via the Facebook app and you used an email address, ask him for his Spotify Facebook username ID number.

    • 6

      Locate the Spotify Search field at the top of the software interface or click the “Search” option on the Web player sidebar.

    • 7

      Enter “spotify:user:” (without quotation marks) followed by your friend’s username and then press the “Enter” key. For example, if your friend’s username is zeo, you would enter "spotify:user:zeo" and press "Enter" to locate his Spotify profile.

    • 8

      Click the “+ Follow” button beneath your friend's profile name to follow him.

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