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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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Extremely stressful ads for people with PTSD

PlanFreeCountry USA DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThere is one extremely triggering ad about anti-vaping by the real cost. it starts out with people screaming in horror and it triggers my PTSD a lot. I have heard it many time...

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  Plan Free Country USA   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue There is one extremely triggering ad about anti-vaping by the real cost. it starts o...

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Superuser Contribution Autoplay no longer working across all devices

PlanPremium CountryUK DeviceSamsung S9+/HP Windows 10 Laptop Operating SystemAndroid 10, Windows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify Autoplay no longer functions on any of my installed versions of Spotify. When a playlist ends, rather than playing similar...

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Plan Premium   Country UK   Device Samsung S9+/HP Windows 10 Laptop   Operating System Android 10, Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify Autoplay no longer functi...

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Superuser Contribution number next to the songs in a playlist

PlanFreeCountry DeviceSmartphone/PCOperating SystemAll My Question or Issue my idea:insert numbers next to songs in playlistse.g.: I would like to listen to song number 380 in a playlist of 1000 songs. How do I do that? can I count 380 songs? so inst...

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Plan Free Country   Device Smartphone/PC Operating System All   My Question or Issue   my idea: insert numbers next to songs in playlists e.g.: I would like to listen to s...

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Superuser Contribution [Bug] Local Files Artwork not changing when Album info is empty

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 My IssueThere seems to be a bug for Local files with art not changing properly on next song from the same Artist when the Album info is not filled or empty. It will always show the first song artwork from the sa...

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Plan Premium   Operating System Windows 10   My Issue There seems to be a bug for Local files with art not changing properly on next song from the same Artist when the Album info is ...

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Superuser Contribution Schiit Modi issues

hey all!I am currently running my Sennheiser HD560s off of the schiit magni and modi stack. All settings in windows are on default. Here's the issue. All was good and was enjoying my music and out of nowhere I began having clipping/distortion issues ...

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hey all! I am currently running my Sennheiser HD560s off of the schiit magni and modi stack. All settings in windows are on default. Here's the issue. All was good and was enjoying my music and out ...

Ivan

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Superuser Contribution Recently listened artists doesn't update

PlanPremiumCountry ItalyDeviceSamsung Galaxy A5 2016Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi, my recently listened artists is not updating anymore. The same thing happened yesterday but randomly recovered after about 30 minutes. Today no rec...

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  Plan Premium Country  Italy Device Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi, my recently listened artists is not updating anymore. Th...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Someone at Spotify better read this!!!!!

Dear Spotify,I feel like you are all robots. Spent 10 minutes to find a way to contact you, none. "Let our bot answer your questions" FOR REAL??? Even this community is a joke of a site, I've spent like 5 minutes trying to figure out how to make a ne...

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Dear Spotify, I feel like you are all robots. Spent 10 minutes to find a way to contact you, none. "Let our bot answer your questions" FOR REAL??? Even this community is a joke of a site, I've spent...

Jeremy

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[Desktop][Search] Index search for big playlists

In Windows 10, playlists with hundred of songs causes in the App a slow and unresponsive experience when searching some word. In Android, for example, the search is fast and responsive.

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In Windows 10, playlists with hundred of songs causes in the App a slow and unresponsive experience when searching some word.    In Android, for example, the search is fast and responsive.

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Superuser Contribution Synching local files does absolutely nothing.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePixel 3 (N/A)Operating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueChecking to synch and adding a folder does nothing on desktop. Not even a local files menu option. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Pixel 3 (N/A) Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue Checking to synch and adding a folder does nothing on desktop. Not even a local f...

Jeremy

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[Desktop][Other] Play button not working when switching between albums

Often, when I finish listening to an album and try to start another one, nothing happens when I press the large play button or try to play an individual song. If I close spotify and reopen it, then it works fine.

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Often, when I finish listening to an album and try to start another one, nothing happens when I press the large play button or try to play an individual song. If I close spotify and reopen it, then i...

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Streaming quality keeps changing

This problem has appeared last week. My streaming quality is set to "Normal" , yet it acts like it's on "Automatic", and the quality keeps changing based on my internet connection. The problem here is that it keeps changing to the low streaming quali...

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This problem has appeared last week. My streaming quality is set to "Normal" , yet it acts like it's on "Automatic", and the quality keeps changing based on my internet connection. The problem here i...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Local files don't appear.

Ok. So I have checked the show local files switch. I have added the source. I have even tried making a new playlist. However, none of my local files show up. Do I have to import them somehow? I have searched for help on Spotify and it just redirects ...

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Ok. So I have checked the show local files switch. I have added the source. I have even tried making a new playlist. However, none of my local files show up. Do I have to import them somehow? I have ...

Ivan

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Superuser Contribution Spotify doesn't react properly to Cortana's command to "play music"

PlanPremiumCountryCzechiaDeviceDELL XPS 13 9370Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever I say "Hey Cortana, play music", she just brings Spotify window to focus and the playback stops if it was playing before, or simply doesn't start p...

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Plan Premium Country Czechia Device DELL XPS 13 9370 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Whenever I say "Hey Cortana, play music", she just brings Spotify window to focu...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Follow artist broken

I don't know if it's just a problem with the new desktop version of Spotify but when I click the FOLLOW button on an artist page, it just doesn't work.Sometimes I can see the the newly added artists in the library section, but when I restart spotify,...

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I don't know if it's just a problem with the new desktop version of Spotify but when I click the FOLLOW button on an artist page, it just doesn't work. Sometimes I can see the the newly added artist...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Joe Rogan video player freezes.. why are there ads on PREMIUM?

Attempted to watch an episode for the first time on my Spotify Premium, video player completely froze 10 minutes in. Couldn't get it to recover. I backed up the playhead then it cut to 3 different advertisements which are separate Spotify files.. I s...

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Attempted to watch an episode for the first time on my Spotify Premium, video player completely froze 10 minutes in. Couldn't get it to recover. I backed up the playhead then it cut to 3 different ad...

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Superuser Contribution (Desktop) Problem with the new update 1.1.51 Can't load the page

My Question or IssuePlease since I got this new update 1.1.51.380 I have this issue where I got theOoops can't load page and the social bar not showing + my name and pic not showing replaced by Spotify ID e.g. :8wzaksc6dwdxsfd So I have to log out an...

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My Question or Issue Please since I got this new  update 1.1.51.380 I have this issue where I got the Ooops can't load page and the social bar not showing + my name and pic not showi...

Ivan

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Web Player] [BUG] How to get rid of this unnecessary section that blocks my Playlist

PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceHP laptop Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI keep finding this unnecessary Division section that comes over the Playlist that I play on the Web Player, I opened the player on both Google Chrome and Brave Browse...

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Plan Free Country India Device HP laptop  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I keep finding this unnecessary Division section that comes over the Playlist that I p...

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[Desktop][Other] THE SONG IS NOT PLAYING

PLANFREECOUNTRYINDIAOPERATING SYSTEMWINDOWS 10 64 BIT PLEASE HELP ME OUT THE SPOTIFY APP ON WINDOWS WONT PLAY ANYTHINGI AM REALLY SAD I TRIED ALL THE THINGS INCLUDING1. REINSTALLING LATEST VERSION2.LOG OUT AND LOG IN3.TRIED INSTALLING FRROM OFFLINE I...

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PLAN FREE COUNTRY INDIA OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS 10 64 BIT   PLEASE HELP ME OUT THE SPOTIFY APP ON WINDOWS WONT PLAY ANYTHING I AM REALLY SAD I TRIED ALL THE THINGS INCLUDING 1. REI...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify switches to a random song

PlanPremiumCountryDEDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Spotify keeps switching to a random song I've never even heard of before (Belizian Dreams by Organic Julia) and then mutes itself and can't be unmuted even if I switch songs. It can only be ...

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Plan Premium Country DE Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   Spotify keeps switching to a random song I've never even heard of before (Belizian Dreams by Organic Julia) and then...

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Superuser Contribution podcast video so large it's obscuring individual podcast titles

Can not see the list of Joe Rogan podcasts Because of the huge size of the video box, it's not possible to scroll through Joe's different episodes as can only glimpse one line of the description and title at a time.

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  Can not see the list of Joe Rogan podcasts  Because of the huge size of the video box, it's not possible to scroll through Joe's different episodes as can only glimpse one line of the d...

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