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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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ethan989

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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 Spotify for Windows writes excessive amounts of data to the SSD/disk

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceWindows desktop computer12-generation Intel 12400FSamsung NVME SSDOperating SystemWindows 11 23H2App versionSpotify for Windows (64 bit)1.2.65.255.g85e641b4 My Question or IssueAfter 8 hours of use, Spotify has writte...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device Windows desktop computer 12-generation Intel 12400F Samsung NVME SSD Operating System Windows 11 23H2 App version Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.65...

Joan

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Superuser Contribution download music to a flash drive from desktop windows system for my car. This is a premium Spotify

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Superuser Contribution O Spotfy não consegue tocar isso no momento. Se você tiver o arquivo no computador é possível import

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueO Spotify não consegue tocar isso no momento. Se você tiver o arquivo no computador é possíve...

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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 O Spoti...

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I can hear Spotify music in my personal microphone, what's the problem?

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Amay

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Superuser Contribution Windows app refuses to play after a song or two

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10/11 My Question or IssueThis is a new issue. Just started in the last week or two. I open the application and start playing something. Everything goes fine for 1 or even two songs, but then the p...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10/11   My Question or Issue This is a new issue.  Just started in the last week or two.  I open the application a...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Local File song won't show new name

How can I get Spotify to use the names I've given to Local Files that I own? I have a number of recordings that I own, and I want the song names to be names that I choose when I import them into my private Spotify playlist. E.g., shorter or more mean...

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How can I get Spotify to use the names I've given to Local Files that I own?   I have a number of recordings that I own, and I want the song names to be names that I choose when I import them ...

sidneymayo

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Superuser Contribution The volume of the music goes down and up by itself

PlanPremiumCountryTürkiyeDevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 11) My Question or IssueThe volume of the music goes down and up by itself. This is despite volume normalization being turned off in the settings. It happens all the time.

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Plan Premium Country Türkiye Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 11)   My Question or Issue The volume of the music goes down and up by itself. This is despite volume normalization b...

Vasil

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution My volume is too low

Even though i make my volume max the music volume is too low and this only happens on my pc in my phone its perfectly fine

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Even though i make my volume max the music volume is too low and this only happens on my pc in my phone its perfectly fine

JohnMiles2

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Superuser Contribution Set bookmark in audio books

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceAllOperating SystemAll My Question or IssueI often hear audio books via Spotify. But of course in 15 hours of hearing I need some breaks, some "music", some other inspiration. I despair every time, because whenever I int...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device All Operating System All   My Question or Issue I often hear audio books via Spotify. But of course in 15 hours of hearing I need some breaks, s...

jdallasr

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Superuser Contribution I am becoming extremely frustrated. Spotify stopped working on my desktop

PlanPremiumUSADeviceNewer desktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI have removed the AP and reinstalled in 3 times so far in the past two days. I have gone in and looked at my drivers. I have selected and reselected my speakers. Everyth...

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Plan Premium USA Device Newer desktop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I have removed the AP and reinstalled in 3 times so far in the past two days.  I have gone ...

Ivelina

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Superuser Contribution How do I add something to the START of the queue?

PlanPremiumCountryCanada DevicePC, Android phone, Android TVOperating SystemWindows 10, Android My Question or IssueHow do I play a whole album or playlist? Currently it only plays the first song on the album and adds the rest to the end of the queue...

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  Plan Premium Country Canada   Device PC, Android phone, Android TV Operating System Windows 10,  Android   My Question or Issue How do I play a whole album...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution fullscreen button not showing

the fullscreen button next to the miniplayer button doesn't appear. but on the spotify web the button appears

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the fullscreen button next to the miniplayer button doesn't appear. but on the spotify web the button appears

RyanMako

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Superuser Contribution Distortion, buzzing on quiet songs such as solo piano or violin, Eq or normalisation issue

When playing relatively soft music typically solo instrumental piano or violin, I am getting crackle and distortion that sounds like speaker overload on tracks. I have both spotify and PC volumes set to 50%, and have tried various wired headphones bu...

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When playing relatively soft music typically solo instrumental piano or violin, I am getting crackle and distortion that sounds like speaker overload on tracks.  I have both spotify and PC volum...

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Superuser Contribution DIO Songs not on Spotify

I've been recenty getting back into DIO, and came to the old reliable Spotify, only to find NONE OF THEIR MUSIC! I'm on Windows 10, and am using Spotify Version: 1.1.0.237.g378f6f25 To recreate my issue, one would simply go to the search bar, and fin...

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  I've been recenty getting back into DIO, and came to the old reliable Spotify, only to find NONE OF THEIR MUSIC!  I'm on Windows 10, and am using Spotify Version: 1.1.0.237.g378f6f2...

Maria

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Desktop App Not Playing

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueSo this started this morning, but my spotify desktop app won't play anything. I can search music just fine, and if I hit play it will show progress on the song, but no audio ...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue So this started this morning, but my spotify desktop app won't play anything.  I can search m...

Milha

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 'Hide song' button does nothing for one particular album

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHide song button doesn't work for "Jamie XX - In Colour" album, yet it works everywhere else I've tried. I want to never listen to "I know there's gonna be (Good Times)" song b...

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  Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Hide song button doesn't work for "Jamie XX - In Colour" album, yet it works everywhere...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Playlist Background Color Not Updating

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently I've noticed all my playlist background colors changed to a seemingly random color and no matter what I change in the first 4 songs, the colors st...

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Plan Premium Country United States   Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Recently I've noticed all my playlist background colors changed to a see...

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Superuser Contribution Close button should minimize and Alt-F4

PlanPremiumCountryCZOperating SystemWindows 10, Windows 11 My Question or IssueIt worked for a long time that setting "Close button should minimize" worked for Alt-F4 keyboard shortcut as well. With some recent update, this shortcut closes the app. F...

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Plan Premium Country CZ Operating System Windows 10, Windows 11   My Question or Issue It worked for a long time that setting "Close button should minimize" worked for Alt-F4 keyboard sh...

Johny_W

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Superuser Contribution How to remove a song from local files

I've got a local file containing 60000+ songs. I want to delete a couple of them, but I don't see an option doing this. Can you help, or is it not possible?

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I've got a local file containing 60000+ songs. I want to delete a couple of them, but I don't see an option doing this. Can you help, or is it not possible?

Nina-123

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Hello, how can I dowload a song from spotify directly to my pc. tks

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MateusM

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