Help - Clearing play queue of automatic songs and playlists.

[Esk__]

Hi,

Sorry I'm new.  I realise this problem has already been posted before, but I've not found the answer that I'm looking for!

Basically I've double clicked a song instead of adding it to the play queue.  This has now added the whole back catalogue to the play queue.  'No problem!' I think, I'll just skip though all the songs and when I get to the end the play queue will be clear... This used to work, but now when you skip the last song in the queue, it re-queues up the whole back catalougue AGAIN.

Another thing I used to do is skip to the last song then queue a song after it.  After the chosen queued song had been played the play queue would be clear. This doesn't work anymore either.  Once the last song has been played it yet again queues up the whole back catalogue for the artist you double clicked.  This could have been days ago, or weeks ago.  Why does it remember? I've tried restarting Spotify, but it's still there, all queued up.

My currently bug bear is the Foo Fighters.  A friend came over ages ago and instead of queuing a song, double clicked it instead.  Now I have the whole of Foo Fighters constantly in my play queue and there doesn't seem to be anything I could do about it.  Today I've cleared though all the songs and then queued up some other music I wanted to listen too.  I had about enough time to listen to 10 tracks.  So I queue up 10 tracks assuming that when it got to the end of the list the music would just stop, but no.  After the last song Foo Fighters starts playing again.  I notice that another Foo Fighters track has been automatically added to the end of the queue.  I skip this hoping for the list to clear and then the whole Foo Fighters catalogue is queued up AGAIN! It's getting very frustrating.

Some suggestions I've seen include double clicking another artist or play list.  This does clear what's being automatically queued, but the cycle continues.  Whatever you have double clicked now automatically queues up again instead. It's like theres no end to music once it is being played.  It's the same for playlists.  Once you've got to the end of a playlist it automatically queues itself up again even if you don't want to listen to it.  You manually queue up more songs, but Spotify will automatically start playing the last playlist you've clicked once you get to the end of your play queue.  It's absolutely ridiculous, and sometimes embarrassing when a song not in the style of what you've been listening to suddenly comes on and there's nothing you can do about it.  I just want a clear queue, that I can start afresh from whenever I log in.  When I finish a playlist I want it to be finished not just automatically be queued up again.  All previous tricks as described above seem to have stopped working.  Even re-starting Spotify/logging in and logging out doesn't seem to work.

Please help!

Thanks

[reih]

I am afraid spotify does not see it as a mistake but they see it as a "feature". Maybe there is some kind of commercial motive to have every one 's play queue always filled with songs?

[user-removed]

For those doing the silent song workaround, I suggest you use the ".10 seconds" file off http://www.xamuel.com/blank-mp3s/ and as far as I can tell it appears as "0:00" in spotify, and isn't long enough for last.fm to scrobble it.

[Bullhorn]

With the most recent update, the "blank playlist" workaround is working again!  This is a good move!

[user-removed]

I have the same issue.  Hard to believe the Spottify human factors experts let this one pass.  Popular demand?  I demand a recount.  Give me a clear queue button please; it's almost comical that one has to request this. 

[eimhin]

I still cant get a workaround that solves this? this is possibly the most frustraiting thing about spotify. the 'choose as current' method just make it appear empty but it pops back in anyway in the end. also the play button on right click does nothing and the green play button is non-functional.

[PaulM]

It doesn't anymore. One solution is to un-instal and then re-instal but if I have to do that one more time I'm just going to cancel and not bother. Why do they just stop all of the solutions from working? It's anoying expecially when it just keep loading it up over and over and over again!

[deadfish1881]

How do you make this empty playlist? Mine keeps going back to the last album 

[cheapsupport]

Thank You, so glad to stop the auto queue BS!

I have not intention to give Spotify $9.99 for such a crappy application with its dozens of quirks and then to have them auto queue songs I don't want to hear. Then there is no support! Give me a break!!!

I listened to 2 Rammstein songs and my queue was completely full of Rammstein songs that looks like it could last 3 days. It didn't matter if I listened to other music Rammstein has been in my queue for a week now.

I want it to perform like a Stereo, playing songs I select and not a Jukebox that is queueing **bleep** someone else seleccted.

That being said, hope I never have to use the "community" again. Hopefully a better option will come online soon.

[Taylerpaige2000]

Sign out and then sign back in. 

[user-removed]

Well. I was looking online (and keeps on bringing me to spotify community) early today to get answer from same problem. My issue just happened early today. And as I read the answers, it looks like there's no good answer to resolve this issue with clearing out your play queue.

But, what I was able to do, to resolve my issue, was to LOG OUT AND LOG BACK IN. That way, it cleared my queue play back to empty.

I hope, spotify can SIMPLY create a way to have that option (to clear out the play queue), so we can enjoy our music life again.