Connecting to Spotify

This feature is only available for the Breaking Points community.

How to connect Locals and Spotify


If you are a paid supporter for the Breaking Points Locals community, you can also get access to their subscriber content on Spotify when you link your accounts. Only a 1:1 connection is allowed, meaning only 1 Locals account can be connected to 1 Spotify account. If you want to connect to another account, disconnect the connection first before connecting a new one.


There are 2 ways to initiate this connection.


Initiate Connection from Locals


  1. Login to Locals.com (NOT THE APP) and find the Breaking Points community (or go directly to the Breaking Points community site)
  2. Find the RSS tab and click it
  3. If you are not a paid supporter, make sure you support first
  4. If you are a paid supporter, you should be able to see 2 options: RSS and Spotify. Click the "Connect Spotify" option
  5. You will be taken to Spotify's page on the browser. If you aren't logged in on your browser, you will be prompted to log into your Spotify account.
  6. Once you log into your Spotify account, you'll be asked to agree to a connection to Locals, Click Agree
  7. You'll see a confirmation page that you have access to the subscriber content
  8. Click into it and it will direct you to the playlist on Spotify


Initiate Connection from Spotify


  1. If you found the podcast directly on Spotify first and see that it's locked, you can connect from there by clicking on the Lock Icon and "Get Access"
  2. You'll be asked to link your Locals and Spotify accounts. Make sure you check you are indeed logged into the correct Spotify account. Click "Link Account". After linking, if you're logged into Locals on the browser and already a paid supporter, you'll automatically be directed to Step 6
  3. You will be redirect to Locals, if you're not logged in, you'll be asked to login first (if you don't have a Locals account, click the Sign up link instead and follow the flow). This step is skipped if you're already logged in.
  4. Once logged in, if you are not a part of the Breaking Points community yet, you will be asked to Join. This step is skipped if you've already joined the community.
  5. Once you joined, if you are not a paid supporter yet to Breaking Points on Locals, please subscribe. This step is skipped if you're already a paid supporter to Breaking Points on Locals.
  6. Once the system has detected that you have a paid Locals account, you'll be redirected back to Spotify. You'll be asked to agree to a connection to Locals, Click Agree
  7. You'll see a confirmation page that you have access to the subscriber content
  8. Click into it and it will direct you back to the playlist on Spotify where the lock icon will now change to a Play button


We have seen reported cases from users who had issues connecting to Spotify when using Safari on mobile devices sometimes. If this is the case, try using another browser instead.


How to disconnect my Locals account from Spotify


Whether you want to terminate the connection because you are no longer using the platforms or you want to connect to a new account, you can sever the connection between the two from either Locals or Spotify but you must be logged into the correct connected accounts on either end.


Disconnect from Locals

  1. Log into Locals.com and find the Breaking Points community (or go directly to the Breaking Points community site)
  2. Find the RSS tab and click it
  3. You'll see that under the Spotify section, instead of "Connect Spotify", it will say "Unlink Spotify account" now instead. Click unlink
  4. The page should refresh and you'll see that you are no longer connected


Disconnect from Spotify

  1. Log into the Spotify account where you made the connection
  2. Open this URL: https://content-access.spotify.com/
  3. Click Unlink next to Locals
  4. Confirm Unlink again
  5. Spotify will no longer show your Locals account linked


Errors when connecting to Spotify


Spotify Error

If you encounter this error when connecting, it is likely an issue from Spotify. You can try contacting Spotify directly for assistance or pass us your Spotify User ID/Name for us to send to Spotify when you contact Locals support.



Your Spotify User ID/Name can by found by:

  1. Go to the Spotify app
  2. Click on your Profile picture on the upper right corner
  3. Click Profile
  4. Click on the 3 dots
  5. Click Copy link to Profile
  6. Paste the URL to a browser


Some users may have IDs while others have a username, it's shown after this part of the URL: 

https://open.spotify.com/user/


We have seen reported cases from users who had issues connecting to Spotify when using Safari on mobile devices sometimes. If this is the case, try using another browser instead to see if it helps.


Multiple Connected Accounts Error

As mentioned above, you may only connect 1 Locals account to 1 Spotify account. If you've already connected a Locals account to your Spotify account, connecting another Locals account will result in this error.
If you want your your current Locals account to be connected to your Spotify account and resolve this issue, disconnect the existing connection first. If you do not remember which Locals account you've already connected to, you can initiate the disconnect from Spotify by referring to the instructions above.

Updated on: 25/06/2025