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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 Desktop app lost connected devices

PlanPremiumCountryIrelandDeviceVariousOperating SystemWin10 My Question or IssueDesktop app suddenly lost the connected devices (Echo dots). Logoff/logon or reinstall not fixed the issue. However the dekstop app already had issues connecting with one...

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Plan Premium Country Ireland Device Various Operating System Win10   My Question or Issue Desktop app suddenly lost the connected devices (Echo dots). Logoff/logon or reinstall not fix...

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Superuser Contribution Re: The New Desktop App

Album/Song Title Text Sizing Bug:See screen shot visual: https://imgur.com/a/OUA5U6s When you click maximize, then restore, and then re-maximize the window again: Album/Song TitleThen the text shrinks?!:Album/Song Title Guys roll the damn app back, g...

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Album/Song Title Text Sizing Bug: See screen shot visual: https://imgur.com/a/OUA5U6s   When you click maximize, then restore, and then re-maximize the window again:   Album/Song Tit...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Where can we find help to navigate the new UI update

I'm having trouble navigating this sudden new UI update. I'm used to having the feature where when you click an artist that you follow, you would get a playlist of the songs you liked from them, but that seems to have disappeared. It would help if th...

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I'm having trouble navigating this sudden new UI update. I'm used to having the feature where when you click an artist that you follow, you would get a playlist of the songs you liked from them, but ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify cannot load my profile, and does not show my playlists on the left sidebar

PlanStudent PremiumCountryUnited StatesOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueWhen opening Spotify, my left sidebar after Your Library is completely blank.When trying to go to my profile, it loads for 15-20 seconds and then displays "Couldn't ...

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Plan Student Premium Country United States Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When opening Spotify, my left sidebar after Your Library is completely blank. When trying to go to ...

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A lil' glitch when adding new songs to playlists, with the latest update

Hello everyone, fellow developers, I found out that when I try to add songs to a playlist, some of the playlists fall outside the screen. Now, yes, I am talking about the users who have loads of playlists, I am one of them. A scrollbar fitted there w...

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Hello everyone, fellow developers,   I found out that when I try to add songs to a playlist, some of the playlists fall outside the screen. Now, yes, I am talking about the users who have load...

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Superuser Contribution Clicking at a song does nothing on my Win 10 laptop

I have been struggling with this problem for long time now. When I clicked at a song, it doesn't do anything. No album cover nor song title and artist displayed on the player, it's just blank. I'm also having a problem where some of the song doesn't ...

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I have been struggling with this problem for long time now. When I clicked at a song, it doesn't do anything. No album cover nor song title and artist displayed on the player, it's just blank. I'm al...

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[Desktop][Playlists] Auto-skipping songs you selected!

Dear Spotify, I was listening to my 'Discover Weekly' playlist, and everytime it renews there are so many good songs in them. But you will likely have 1 or 3 songs that you strongly dislike in there. My idea was to add a feature that allows you to se...

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Dear Spotify,   I was listening to my 'Discover Weekly' playlist, and everytime it renews there are so many good songs in them. But you will likely have 1 or 3 songs that you strongly dislike ...

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Superuser Contribution Unable to play music on desktop spotify

PlanFreeCountryU.A.E.DeviceHP Pavilion x360Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've performed a clean reinstall, tried switching off hardware acceleration but I'm still unable to play music. I'm constantly provided with the error message "...

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Plan Free Country U.A.E. Device HP Pavilion x360 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I've performed a clean reinstall, tried switching off hardware acceleration but I'm ...

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Solved!! unable to delete songs from playlists in desktop win 10 premium

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issueunable to delete songs from playlists in desktop premium win 10. option not offered

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue unable ...

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Bring Back Some Keyboard Shortcuts

PlanPremiumDeviceDESKTOPOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueI recently got the new design UI and I realized that the new desktop version doesn't support removing songs by doing Ctrl - X and it also doesn't support cutting and pasting songs li...

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Plan Premium Device DESKTOP Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue I recently got the new design UI and I realized that the new desktop version doesn't support removing songs by...

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Superuser Contribution Artist liked songs list...gone??

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe ability to click on your artists you follow in your library and listen/list your liked songs seems to be gone. I hope it is just buried somewhere in this update and I...

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Plan Premium Country US Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The ability to click on your artists you follow in your library and listen/list your liked son...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify can't load profile or play any non-downloaded song

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueSpotify is unable to play any music that isn't downloaded to the PC, nor is it able to load my profile with playlists after my reinstalls.I've tried restarting, logging out and bac...

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  Plan Premium Country Sweden Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify is unable to play any music that isn't downloaded to the PC, nor is it able to load my profile with...

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New Version

One of my friends has received the new version fo spotify which is 1.1.55.498.gf9a83c60-a. He downloaded spotify from the microsoft store and me either. However i don't have the new version like him. Instead i've got 1.1.55.498.gf9a83c60 (microsoft s...

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One of my friends has received the new version fo spotify which is 1.1.55.498.gf9a83c60-a. He downloaded spotify from the microsoft store and me either. However i don't have the new version like...

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Superuser Contribution My spotify keeps crashing! Help!

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceHP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-dk1xxxOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have been using spotify since 2019. I have spotify both on my phone and my laptop. Some while ago, Spotify started crashing on my iPhone...

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Plan Premium Country Turkey Device HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-dk1xxx Operating System Windows 10    My Question or Issue I have been using spotify since 2019. I have spotify bot...

Jeremy

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I play a song but no music can be heard

Plan: premium Israel Version: Windows, 1.1.55.498.gf9a83c60 Steps to reproduce: open up spotify press home recently played artists press play on one of them for example: MoxiFloxi Nothing happens but the play button turned to pause press MoxiFloxi an...

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Plan: premium Israel Version: Windows, 1.1.55.498.gf9a83c60 Steps to reproduce: open up spotify press home recently played artists press play on one of them for example: Mox...

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Superuser Contribution Skins - Where are they?

Why aren't there any official skins for this music player- something that's going to be on your desktop a lot. The gray is ugly.I've gone around this tiny problem by using methods to make the software semi-transparent, and even tried "spicetify".

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Why aren't there any official skins for this music player- something that's going to be on your desktop a lot. The gray is ugly. I've gone around this tiny problem by using methods to make the softw...

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[Desktop] Double Playing

Using the Windows application - I am currently listening to a podcast. I pause the podcast and start a playlist. When I start the playlist it plays both the podcast and the playlist. If I pause and play again it's always both the podcast and playlist...

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Using the Windows application - I am currently listening to a podcast. I pause the podcast and start a playlist. When I start the playlist it plays both the podcast and the playlist. If I pause and p...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify widget for albums is bugged for everyone

PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueThe Spotify widget for albums has a bug that makes it almost impossible to use. Every time I want to change the song from the album (it's especially noticeable when I am going through t...

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Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The Spotify widget for albums has a bug that makes it almost impossible to use. Every time I want to change the song fro...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Songs play in wrong order

Hey, Since I got the new design on Spotify, which by the way I don't like at all, songs are played in the wrong order. For example, I'm playing song number 8 and as soon as the song ends, song 7 plays instead of song 9?! Should I listen to my playlis...

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Hey,   Since I got the new design on Spotify, which by the way I don't like at all, songs are played in the wrong order.   For example, I'm playing song number 8 and as soon as the song...

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artist I follow doesn't show.

PlanPremiumCountry Sweden My Question or Issue I have the issue that I am a music geek and I believe I use spotify in a way that few does. And I like to follow a vast amount of artists, and every week I see if there are new artists I don't follow, th...

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      Plan Premium Country  Sweden     My Question or Issue   I have the issue that I am a music geek and I believe I use spotify in a way that few does....

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