If you live in Pakistan, you must be using Spotify through a VPN. Or through a crack some guy who pretends to be a techie has told you. You click on a playlist, it plays four songs, and then it randomly stops. Then you sometimes clear the cache, or uninstall and reinstall the app, and it is annoying, but you decide it’s worth it.
The music streaming app is not available in Pakistan. But there has been speculation that it might be launching soon here. It already is available in India and other emerging economies in Asia. Two developments have fuelled the speculation: People discovered a verified Instagram account of Spotify. It has over 17,000 followers already. Then a basic Google search throws up job openings by Spotify for the “South Asia Subset”.
The music streaming app is not available in Pakistan. But there has been speculation that it might be launching soon here. It already is available in India and other emerging economies in Asia. Two developments have fuelled the speculation: People discovered a verified Instagram account of Spotify. It has over 17,000 followers already. Then a basic Google search throws up job openings by Spotify for the “South Asia Subset”.
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Spotify Remove Apps App
Similar to the iOS instructions above, doing this will not remove your login credentials (but the ‘Clear Data’ option will). If you continue to have storage issues with Spotify, clear the data or delete and reinstall the app altogether. Clear Cache in Spotify. You can also clear the Spotify cache from within the application. Option one: Start menu, right-click on app, 'Uninstall'. Windows Store apps (Spotify included) will be uninstalled right-away. Classic Windows apps will open Option two. Option two: Settings, Apps, find the apps in the list, click, 'Uninstall'.
The job, titled “Editorial Manager – South Asia Subset”, based in Dubai, was posted to a jobs website called Tanqeeb in August. Another was “Artist and Label Partnerships Manager – South Asia Subset” posted on Spotifyjobs, but when you click on the page, it says, “Looks like the job has been closed or cancelled”.
A source in the industry told SAMAA Digital that he has heard rumours that people were being contacted for interviews. He says he does not know who those people are, and he did not ask about it, “but seeing the verified account, I assumed it’s happening.”
Singer Natasha Noorani said that she has heard the app is coming to Pakistan, and pointed to the same job vacancies posted.
Singer Shamoon tweeted Tuesday, “I confirm Spotify is coming to Pakistan,” but gave no more details.
SAMAA Digital contacted Spotify for comment and will add theirinput as soon as we hear back from them.
What’s the hype about Spotify?
In order to understand why people get excited about Spotify, first think about SoundCloud. It is an easy-to-use app, but most of all, it’s free. You can also set up your own account. It became popular in Pakistan when the authorities banned YouTube for three years, in 2010 over sacrilegious content.
In the absence of a functional music eco-system in Pakistan, many musicians and artists started putting their music on SoundCloud. They uploaded their work on Facebook too, with its improved video posts but SoundCloud provided anyone and everyone a way to upload their music. But there was one drawback.
You feel like listening to Arctic Monkeys? Maybe Shakira? On SoundCloud you first have to trawl through hundreds of really bad covers uploaded by amateur singers or just bored people before you can find the original songs. With Spotify this is not an issue. It is built so that you can easily find original work and artists right on top.
Another obvious advantage is you don’t have to keep the Spotify tab open to use it, unlike YouTube. It has an app for desktop and mobile.
But for Pakistan, it is about more than that. It is about the internet and digital infrastructure, and digital payments.
In order to understand why people get excited about Spotify, first think about SoundCloud. It is an easy-to-use app, but most of all, it’s free. You can also set up your own account. It became popular in Pakistan when the authorities banned YouTube for three years, in 2010 over sacrilegious content.
In the absence of a functional music eco-system in Pakistan, many musicians and artists started putting their music on SoundCloud. They uploaded their work on Facebook too, with its improved video posts but SoundCloud provided anyone and everyone a way to upload their music. But there was one drawback.
You feel like listening to Arctic Monkeys? Maybe Shakira? On SoundCloud you first have to trawl through hundreds of really bad covers uploaded by amateur singers or just bored people before you can find the original songs. With Spotify this is not an issue. It is built so that you can easily find original work and artists right on top.
Another obvious advantage is you don’t have to keep the Spotify tab open to use it, unlike YouTube. It has an app for desktop and mobile.
But for Pakistan, it is about more than that. It is about the internet and digital infrastructure, and digital payments.
Pakistan has a problem with slow internet speed, low internet penetration, and low mobile use. According to May 2019 data from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), total broadband, 3G, 4G and landline internet users in Pakistan increased to 70 million from 64 million in December 2018. The number of total cellular subscribers in Pakistan had reached 161 million by end-April 2019, 1.26% more than 159 million in the previous month.
What the PTA does not, however, provide is a breakdown of these figures according to regions and provinces. Since development infrastructure is abysmal in rural areas, this is true for their internet too. So while Pakistan ranked 116th, ahead of India, in the Ookla Speedtest Global Index 2020, the overall internet speeds can be said to be low in rural areas.
This means that if you do not live in one of the major cities in Pakistan, chances are you still go to your neighborhood telecom shop to get a song you like transferred to your phone. Another option is to download songs from websites. Remember ApniISP.com? Yes, it is still very much there, and lets you download audio songs. It was the go-to website for downloading music when dial-up internet became widespread in Pakistan.
This means that if you do not live in one of the major cities in Pakistan, chances are you still go to your neighborhood telecom shop to get a song you like transferred to your phone. Another option is to download songs from websites. Remember ApniISP.com? Yes, it is still very much there, and lets you download audio songs. It was the go-to website for downloading music when dial-up internet became widespread in Pakistan.
So why hasn’t Spotify come to Pakistan yet?
“Ultimately, I think the big question is, what is the industry, and what sort of monetisation is available and that is probably the reason Pakistan has not had a streaming app show up until now,” says culture and music writer Ahmer Naqvi. “On both those counts, Pakistan doesn’t really have a proper music industry.”
“Ultimately, I think the big question is, what is the industry, and what sort of monetisation is available and that is probably the reason Pakistan has not had a streaming app show up until now,” says culture and music writer Ahmer Naqvi. “On both those counts, Pakistan doesn’t really have a proper music industry.”
A major challenge for international apps anywhere is payments. “I think, the only question is payments, how easy it is to make payments, how widespread that is because obviously, that’s how that app is going to make its money, and is going to be able to do the things it needs to do,” he added.
A number of digital payment platforms have cropped up in the past decade, like EasyPaisa, JazzCash, and more recently Keenu and SadaPay. JazzCash lets you pay for a host of things from its app, while the others provide useful but limited digital payment options. It partnered with Saavn, a New-York based streaming app that distributes Indian and Pakistani music. But there aren’t other major such partnerships.
India’s Paytm, a major digital platform there, is one of paymentspartners of Spotify in the country.
Spotify can only be accessed in Pakistan through a crack or a VPN if you are an average user. There are two stumbling blocks here. If you are using it with the help of a crack—a hack that installs it from other sources—you can be signed out and lose your playlists. If you are using Spotify on a VPN, then your VPN has to be on at all times.
With additional reporting by Yousuf Sajjad.
With additional reporting by Yousuf Sajjad.
Spotify is a well-known media streaming app that easily lets you hear your favorite tunes and podcasts whenever and wherever you want. However, the app does take its toll on your iPhone’s storage space. So, clear up useless Spotify cache on iPhone will be a good choice.
Does Spotify allow users to manually empty the cache on iPhone?
Spotify is primarily a music streaming service; as such, it does not allow the users of iPhone to manually empty the Spotify cache on their phone.
This can however, lead to a lot of app cache getting accumulated in your phone’s memory and thus using up valuable storage space.
- Part 1: Free Way to Clear up Spotify Cache on iPhone
- Part 2: How to Permanently Erase Spotify Data on iPhone
- Part 3: 5 Tips to Clear up Spotify’s on iPhone
Part 1: Free Way to Clear up Spotify Cache on iPhone
If you are looking for a free way of clearing up your app caches, especially those that have been built up due to heavy Spotify use, then using the trail version of iMyFone Umate Pro or iMyFone Umate Pro for Mac is by far the best option for you.
With the trial version of iMyFone Umate Pro, you can easily clean unnecessary files such as junk files, temporary files and app caches to save space and improve iPhone performance.
Below are the steps that you can follow to clear up Spotify cache on iPhone.
Step 1: Launch iMyFone Umate Pro and connect your device to the computer.
Step 2: Click on the “one-click free up space” option and select “Scan”.
Step 3: Select “Clean” next to “Junk Files” to clear your iPhone from app caches.
Step 2: Click on the “one-click free up space” option and select “Scan”.
Step 3: Select “Clean” next to “Junk Files” to clear your iPhone from app caches.
As you can see, the process just requires three easy steps and you can quickly free your phone from excessive app caches that eat up your memory.
Part 2: How to Permanently Erase Spotify Data on iPhone
Using the trial version to delete Spotify app caches is only a temporary solution. In order to completely erase everything, you may need to go through the full version of iMyFone Umate Pro.
With the complete version, you will get a number of extra features and functions:
With the complete version, you will get a number of extra features and functions:
- Erase all Spotify Data: The “Erase All data” feature will not only help you get rid of all Spotify data, but will also help you wipe clean your phone so that it works as if it were new.
- Erase Spotify fragments: It is quite often that many apps fail to download completely. This might as well be the case when you would have downloaded Spotify. The result of such a download is that it leaves app fragments in your system that can take up space.
With the full version of iMyFone Umate Pro, you can erase such fragments in a matter of seconds and have a fragment-free iPhone.
Part 3: 5 Tips to Clear up Spotify’s on iPhone
Despite the fact that Spotify takes up a lot of space on your mobile, it is however, a very useful and addictive app. As such, rather than deleting the app completely, it is perhaps better to find ways in which you can optimize the app so that it takes up less space.
Below you will find some of the ways in which you can do so.
1. Delete and reinstall Spotify
Deleting Spotify and then reinstalling it can reduce the amount of space it has taken. This is because, once you delete the app and reinstall it, the app will download much more properly and will not produce unnecessary app caches.
In order to delete and reinstall the app on iPhone, simply go to the home screen and tap and hold on the app.
Next, tap on the “X” to delete the app.
You can then search the app in App store and reinstall it accordingly.
2. Delete your offline playlists
Deleting offline playlists can help you save a lot of space on your iPhone.
To delete offline playlists, simply tap on the playlist title that you want to remove from the offline mode and then delete the playlist accordingly.
3. Reduce your stream Quality
Reducing the streaming quality can speed up things for you significantly.
In order to do so, go to Edit -> Preferences -> Playback and then uncheck the “High Quality Playback” option.
4. Update your Spotify app
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Spotify updates may be optimized for better storage and as such, keeping the app up to date is essential.
You may do so by going to About Spotify where the link to download any updates will be displayed.
Spotify App Remove Song From Playlist
5. Jailbreak your iPhone
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There are various jailbreaking tools such as Yalu Jailbreak that will allow you to easily jailbreak iPhone.