topic Re: Permanently disable smart Shuffle in iOS (iPhone, iPad)

Permanently disable smart Shuffle

actuallycece — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 04:55:34 GMT

I am so tired of the smart Shuffle. I cannot even fully explain to you how useless of a thing it is. if it was its own thing, and I could toggle it on or off I’d be fine with that but being someone else who puts music in a playlist because I specifically like that song and not another song is very frustrating when I’m listening to my playlist and I have to run to Spotify to turn it off because either I didn’t notice it was on or I have to press it twice to turn it off I’m never gonna use this feature, and I genuinely cannot stand it and it irritates me so much that I cannot turn this off permanently.

Re: Permanently disable smart Shuffle

MateusM — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 17:18:34 GMT

Hey there @actuallycece! We appreciate your feedback!

You can support this idea here by adding your +VOTE and clicking on Subscribe in the three-dots menu at the top right corner next to the title. That'll make sure you stay up-to-date with any relevant updates about this. It’s also worth knowing that the higher the number of votes an idea gets, the more likely it is for the idea to be implemented.

We always take new ideas and feedback into consideration to improve the app. Here you can read more about how ideas work.

Hope this helps clear things up.
/Mateus

Re: Permanently disable smart Shuffle

LilithMaze1998 — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 18:52:59 GMT

How many people's votes are necessary for Spotify to implement the idea? It's already been a year. If they wrote a single line of code every day since then, the godforsaken option would've been available already. Come on devs, go do your job.

Re: Permanently disable smart Shuffle

Scib — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 08:17:55 GMT

Over a year and they still haven't put a remove smart shuffle button in the settings, I'm done with spotify, I've paid for years and used it but this is just absolute**bleep** it literally kills the vibe every time it turns itself back on. I'll listen elsewhere!

Re: Permanently disable smart Shuffle

Marnelle — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 17:07:28 GMT

It's over 4 years actually, there are other threads asking for implement TRUE shuffle

Re: Permanently disable smart Shuffle

slo0ath — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:25:44 GMT

Ok, now it's getting back on in the same playlist even after I turned it off just a few seconds ago. I really hope that this is a bug, not expected behavior.

I even registered here to mention this problem, hope you finally listen to people.

Re: Permanently disable smart Shuffle

MattSuda — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 04:46:16 GMT

Hey @actuallycece @slo0ath @Marnelle @Scib @LilithMaze1998

Good news! Spotify has listened to user feedback and you can now disable Smart Shuffle from the mobile app settings, as mentioned in this now implemented idea. This setting will also be added to the desktop app in a future update.

Steps to disable Smart Shuffle in the mobile app:

Tap on your profile picture at the top left corner
Tap on Settings and privacy
Tap on Playback
Switch Include Smart Shuffle in play modes off

Note: This is for Premium users only and right now it's only available in the mobile app, but in a future update, there will be a setting to disable Smart Shuffle in the desktop app as well.

More info can be found in the Shuffle help article here:

https://support.spotify.com/article/shuffle-play/

Re: Permanently disable smart Shuffle

animedudej — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 06:47:37 GMT

ABOUT TIME! anyone adding new features without and enabling them by default or otherwise making using the old ones require more inputs without so much as considering people may not want to even use the new feature deserves a boot to the head!

Re: Permanently disable smart Shuffle

animedudej — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 06:50:40 GMT

for real! i understand true random is objectively impossible with conventional computer architecture, but for the love of god they NEED to improve it! i swear over half of my 1500 song never comes up when i hit shuffle, and i'm terrible at making playlists so that's sadly not an option for me!

Re: Permanently disable smart Shuffle

Perkelix — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 10:58:20 GMT

This isn't available in the web player. I really NEED to disable smart shuffle and get the search box back. Thanks.

Re: Permanently disable smart Shuffle

MateusM — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 16:42:53 GMT

Hey @Perkelix! Thanks for reaching out.

The option to disable Smart Shuffle is only available for the mobile app. In the meantime, I suggest you keep the app always updated so you don't miss anything!

Cheers!
/Mateus

Re: Permanently disable smart Shuffle

Perkelix — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:29:39 GMT

Keeping the app updated is what caused problems, because the latest version of the Debian app is seriously broken. I'm now stuck with using the web app until that is fixed. Needless to say, the web app doesn't have nearly all the features we've come to expect of the desktop app i.e. something as simple as searching for a song within a playlist doesn't exist on the web app.

Re: Permanently disable smart Shuffle

Arianawhatareyoudoin — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:23:59 GMT

Spotify I hope you make this free this is soooooooooo frustrating it only works on my iPad not my phone I don't see the disable button on my phone