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Solved!! How to permanently turn off smart shuffle?

PlanPremiumCountryPolandOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just noticed that a new "smart shuffle mode" putting unwanted "smart recommendations" in my queue was added to my desktop app. How to turn it off permanently or at least make th...

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Solved!! Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"I have tried all t...

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Solved!! Disable Video on desktop app

There no X or way to close or stop a video on Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c

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Windows Troubleshooting Guide

Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide of general troubleshooting steps known to resolve a multitude of issues. Basic Troubleshooting: Restart the Spotify app as well as your PC. Make sure both the app and Windows ar...

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Superuser Contribution Miniplayer not showing properly

PlanFreeCountryUnited KingdomDeviceGalaxy Book4 EdgeOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen select the option to show the miniplayer in the spotify desktop app, a window, which the miniplayer is supposed to show in, appears. But it just s...

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Plan Free Country United Kingdom Device Galaxy Book4 Edge Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue When select the option to show the miniplayer in the spotify desktop app, a...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify crashes on Windows 11 on "Play next"

Hey, ive been having problems recently with my spotify app, i restart my computer daily and have tried clearing cache, reinstalling the app, updating windows, enabling and disableing hardware axcelleration. The problems im having is that it constantl...

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Hey, ive been having problems recently with my spotify app, i restart my computer daily and have tried clearing cache, reinstalling the app, updating windows, enabling and disableing hardware ax...

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Superuser Contribution Album covers in the Recently played section are not displayed properly

PlanPremiumCountry-Device(Notebook)Operating System(Windows 10 22H2) My Question or IssueThe tracks in the "recently played" section are shown aligned to the left, so album artwork is not displayed properly.this has been a long-standing issue and sti...

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Plan Premium Country - Device (Notebook) Operating System (Windows 10 22H2)   My Question or Issue The tracks in the "recently played" section are shown aligned to the left, so album a...

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Solved!! Spotify not playing through my speaker.

I am BEYOND frustrated at this point. My speaker works perfectly fine. Youtube videos and even Spotify's online player works fine. When I try to play music from the Spotify app, nothing plays. Yes, my volume is up within the app. Yes, I have tried re...

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I am BEYOND frustrated at this point. My speaker works perfectly fine. Youtube videos and even Spotify's online player works fine. When I try to play music from the Spotify app, nothing plays. Yes, m...

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Superuser Contribution All my PRIVATE playlists have been made public by you. How do I undo that?

Premium/Windows.You have probably buried this 'move' in one of your incessantly update EULAs, I only care about setting all of my playlists to private again without having to go to each one and tick a box. How?

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Premium/Windows. You have probably buried this 'move' in one of your incessantly update EULAs, I only care about setting all of my playlists to private again without having to go to each one and tic...

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Superuser Contribution Failed to load URL at the bottom of Setting Page

PlanFreeCountryCanadaOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueHi there, I was trying to change the advanced setting and faced an error at the bottom of the Setting pageit says "Failed to load URL https://d5ecgvacntsb3.cloudfront.net/test-ads/dyn...

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Plan Free Country Canada Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi there, I was trying to change the advanced setting and faced an error at the bottom of the Setting page ...

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Superuser Contribution Crash app windows 11 - playing local files

Hello, I did everything, install, réinstall, test the store version, the app version... create a new account, make new playlists... My app randomly stop to work. Buton are not responsive. Playlist stop to charge, i have to crash the app in windows, r...

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Hello,   I did everything, install, réinstall, test the store version, the app version... create a new account, make new playlists... My app randomly stop to work. Buton are not responsive. Pl...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify can't play songs

PlanFreeCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify can't play music with me I get the error in the screenshot translated to English it says: spotify can't play this now. if the file is on your compute...

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Plan Free Country The Netherlands Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify can't play music with me I get the error in the screenshot translated to ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify stuck in Offline mode

Periodically, on Windows 10, spotify believes that there is no internet connection when there is. This is abolutely infuriating, as the only way to fix it is to restart my PC. Has anyone else had this issue?

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Periodically, on Windows 10, spotify believes that there is no internet connection when there is.   This is abolutely infuriating, as the only way to fix it is to restart my PC. Has anyone els...

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Can't play a specific artist's top songs? (bug)

I've never had this issue before, but I've been trying to play a specific artist's top songs on her page and the player just goes blank every time. The window on the right also shows the "find something to play." I've tried closing and reopening Spot...

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I've never had this issue before, but I've been trying to play a specific artist's top songs on her page and the player just goes blank every time. The window on the right also shows the "find someth...

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Solved!! Desktop Spotify can't play liked song

I've had this everlasting issue, Where my liked songs would sync from my iPhone to the desktop if I had liked a song on my phone (as in the library of liked songs would be up-to-date from whatever I liked on my phone.) but when I try to press play on...

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I've had this everlasting issue, Where my liked songs would sync from my iPhone to the desktop if I had liked a song on my phone (as in the library of liked songs would be up-to-date from whatever I ...

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Superuser Contribution Can't play a large playlist

Windows 10. Premium. Latest Spotify.I have a playlist with around 6,000 songs in it. I can no longer play any songs in it.

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Windows 10. Premium. Latest Spotify. I have a playlist with around 6,000 songs in it. I can no longer play any songs in it.  

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Full screen artwork broken at high resolutions with scaling

PlanPremium DeviceWindows / macOS desktop apps (tested on both) My Question or IssueWhen using a 4k display with scaling enabled on both windows and mac the artwork is not visible in full screen mode until the app is manually scaled up using ctrl/cmd...

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Plan Premium   Device Windows / macOS desktop apps (tested on both)   My Question or Issue When using a 4k display with scaling enabled on both windows and mac the artwork is not vis...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Scrolling too fast in a discography results in "Spotify can't play this right now"

Windows 11, Windows Store installed with winget. 1. Open a large discography.2. Hold down the end-key to scroll to the bottom as quickly as possible.3. Play a track near the bottom.4. "Spotify can't play this right now" This seems to be connected to ...

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Windows 11, Windows Store installed with winget.   1. Open a large discography. 2. Hold down the end-key to scroll to the bottom as quickly as possible. 3. Play a track near the bottom. 4. ...

Joan

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Desktop app shuffle button not changing

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOn the desktop app I will try to switch between smart shuffle, shuffle, or no shuffle. The icon changes for a split second only to change back to the previous one i...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue On the desktop app I will try to switch between smart shuffle, shuffle, or no shuffle. T...

Amay

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Superuser Contribution Different queue with smart connect

PlanPremiumCountryUkraineDeviceSamsung S23 Ultra/PCOperating SystemAndroid/Windows When I connect PC to play I see different queue song on the phone and on the pc My Question or Issue

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Plan Premium Country Ukraine Device Samsung S23 Ultra/PC Operating System Android/Windows     When I connect PC to play I see different queue song on the phone and on the pc &nbs...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Why is my Spotify so slow ?

Hey everyone ! Since the last 2or 3 updates, my Spotify is running so slow, it feels like I'm using a very old PC with like 1 MB of RAM Every other program on my PC is working just fine, but opening a playlist, navigating through them, switching back...

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Hey everyone !   Since the last 2or 3 updates, my Spotify is running so slow, it feels like I'm using a very old PC with like 1 MB of RAM 😅 Every other program on my PC is working just ...

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Superuser Contribution The application is not responding

Spotify gets unresponsive -> You close it. Try to reopen it and you get a message box with "The Application is not responding". Only works again if you go to task manager and kill any process that's related to Spotify. This has been reported before b...

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Spotify gets unresponsive -> You close it. Try to reopen it and you get a message box with "The Application is not responding". Only works again if you go to task manager and kill any process that...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify desktop app shows 1 row of pixels on other screen in multi-monitor setup

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaOperating SystemWindows 10 - Spotify Desktop App My Question or IssueWhen the Spotify Desktop app is maximized on a screen on my multi-monitor setup, and it is currently in focus, a single row of pixels from the right or left ...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Operating System Windows 10 - Spotify Desktop App   My Question or Issue When the Spotify Desktop app is maximized on a screen on my multi-monitor setup, and ...

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Superuser Contribution None of the content in my playlists are available

This problem started this morning: None of the content in my playlists are available. I can add them to liked songs and they're then suddenly playable. I did the steps of deleting data and restarting program, enabling and disabling hardware accelerat...

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This problem started this morning: None of the content in my playlists are available. I can add them to liked songs and they're then suddenly playable. I did the steps of deleting data and restar...

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