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Spotify is Shuffling even when Shuffle is Off

jismaelv — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:40:22 GMT

Every time I try to play my liked songs, as always, this time Spotify shuffles no matter what I do, and is driving me crazy. Someone knows if this is a known bug or some new "Feature" that's gonna finally make me change to Amazon Music

Re: Spotify is Shuffling even when Shuffle is Off

OscarDC — Sat, 09 Mar 2024 17:35:32 GMT

Hey @jismaelv,

Thank you for reaching out to the Community and welcome. We hope you don't mind us moving your post out of the Chat section to one of our Help boards as it fits better here.

This type of issue is commonly related to some damaged cache that might be affecting the proper behavior of the playback in your liked songs. In this case, we'd first recommend performing a clean reinstall of the app by following the steps in this article. This process will replace damaged files and ensure you're running the latest version of the app.

If the issue persists, include in your next response the make, model, and OS version of your device, along with the Spotify version you're currently running to continue investigating the case.

We'll be on the lookout.

Re: Spotify is Shuffling even when Shuffle is Off

djmarkbrown — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:02:48 GMT

this just started happening to me too and it's driving me insane. happening on my phone, computer, and on sonos

Re: Spotify is Shuffling even when Shuffle is Off

debby211 — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 21:19:47 GMT

this started happening to me to on multiple devices.

how can I fix this?
it's driving me crazy

Re: Spotify is Shuffling even when Shuffle is Off

mizusny — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 07:40:39 GMT

Yea, clear your Queue it worked for mme

Re: Spotify is Shuffling even when Shuffle is Off

RrrriotGrrrl — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 02:31:44 GMT

I use iPhone 16.7.10, Pixel 15, and on Windows. This problem is happening with all of the devices. I've already reinstalled on all 3 devices

Re: Spotify is Shuffling even when Shuffle is Off

freshtendril — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:19:23 GMT

I’m playing Spotify lists and it continues to shuffle even though shuffle is turned off. What gives? This has been a consistent problem. Why don’t they fix it?

Re: Spotify is Shuffling even when Shuffle is Off

MrDia — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 23:08:31 GMT

Same here. I’ve been having this issue for years on multiple phones, Spotify and IOS versions.

Re: Spotify is Shuffling even when Shuffle is Off

ScorpMonkion68 — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:07:46 GMT

I just got my subscription yesterday, and the shuffling while disabled was driving me crazy. Thank you for this tip. IT WORKED!!!

Re: Spotify is Shuffling even when Shuffle is Off

JS-fixit — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 08:58:29 GMT

This sh*t happens to me as well. I even try to deselect and in front of my eyes it changes bak to shuffle again, cant turn it off. This is in my list liked songs. FIX IT!

Re: Spotify is Shuffling even when Shuffle is Off

KHA505 — Sat, 17 May 2025 18:28:41 GMT

Hi - I have tried all the tips I can find multiple times in and outside the Spotify Community with no luck. Spoity will play a playlist for 3/4 songs then starts playing songs in the playlist out of order. Same issue across various play list. I look at the queue that is loaded with a list of songs when I never added any songs to the queue. I would think the queue would be completely empty. (There is no icon to empty the queue?) I have had this issue minimum 2 months at least. No issues before that... Google Pixel 8, Android version 15. Spotify version 9.0.44.478. This is really annoying and frustrating as to all the time I have used trying to resolve this. I am a Spotify fan and I need someone to help resolve this. Thanks.

Playlist shuffles when closing app

G-Beray — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:27:12 GMT

Issue: When listening to an unshuffled playlist (i.e. shuffle setting is off), closing the app causes the playlist to shuffle.

Duplicate Steps:

Open Spotify
Choose a playlist (I chose liked songs)
Turn off the shuffle.
Click any song.
Open the queue, ensure the list is in the correct order.
Close the app.
Re-open it and click the queue button on the button right.
At this point all song, even if ordered alphabetically, will be shuffled.

Not sure why this is the default behavior, I can start a shuffled playlist and close it, re-open it hours later and it still remain in the same listing order. While starting an unshuffled playlist causes it to become shuffled even when the setting is turned off.

Re: Playlist shuffles when closing app

Vasil — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 07:05:55 GMT

Hey @G-Beray & anyone else who might still be experiencing this,

Take a look at the reply from @OscarDC and see if going through the mentioned troubleshooting steps would help you out 🙂
Another user has also mentioned clearing the play queue so that's worth the shot as well!

In case the issue remains, let us know what your affected device is, as well as its OS version and your Spotify app version and we'll gladly have a further look into this for you. Cheers, folks!

Re: Spotify is Shuffling even when Shuffle is Off

Astro96 — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:48:05 GMT

I’ve had the exact same issue and it was driving me crazy, I went through the options and found auto play similar content and smart shuffle is on, even though shuffle mode is off. I’ve just enabled it so lets see how it goes but I suggest trying that as it may be a cause of this issue

Re: Playlist shuffles when closing app

Not-A-Robot1768 — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 18:13:50 GMT

Why would I want to clear a play queue with 80 hours of music. How would I recreate that? My Playlist is supposed to play all the songs alphabetically.

I see what is happening. Spotify has a button in the lower right corner. When I tap on this it does me the next 80 songs in alphabetical order. When that queue is over the songs shuffle.

Re: Spotify is Shuffling even when Shuffle is Off

Slaytex — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 22:30:51 GMT

Happening to me in 2025. Best thing to do is cancel your subscription and move onto another service like Apple Music or tidal…. If Spotify won’t fix this, then screw them… Totally unhelpful.

Re: Spotify is Shuffling even when Shuffle is Off

benbaptist — Sat, 09 May 2026 12:18:01 GMT

Thank you @Slaytex, with the only real solution. Cancel this piece of **bleep** service with jokes for software developers and "**bleep** clean install yer app lololol" as an actual proposed solution? No thanks.