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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 Continuous issues with desktop app in windows 10

Device(Lenovo Flex 14 Laptop)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue I’m wondering why the constant glitches that I’ve seen on the help questions repeatedly aren’t being rectified. I find lately I’m spending more time trying to fix problems...

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Device (Lenovo Flex 14 Laptop) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue   I’m wondering why the constant glitches that I’ve seen on the help questions repeatedly aren’t b...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify now skips all tracks unless started with "Run as Administrator"

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceWindows 10Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueNot sure this started with recent windows updates I did yesterday but now spotify will only play anything if I started with "Run as Administrator", I've tried all the ...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Windows 10 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Not sure this started with recent windows updates I did yesterday but now spotify will only...

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Cannot "clear" album playing

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI have been playing an album and it is now in the "queue". However I now want to play a podcast. Trying to play it fails. Adding it to the queue seems to work initially so it looks like it will...

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Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have been playing an album and it is now in the "queue". However I now want to play a podcast. Trying to play it fails. Adding it ...

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Superuser Contribution Group Session - Volume level is linked across all users on PC

Brief description of the issue: We started a group session on our mobile devices (because that's currently the only way we've found to do it). We changed our devices to our respective Computers. However, our volume level is forced to be the same. Whe...

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Brief description of the issue: We started a group session on our mobile devices (because that's currently the only way we've found to do it). We changed our devices to our respective Computers. Howe...

Mihail

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Solved!! Cannot play song on desktop

PlanPremiumCountryThailandDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI start my premium plan recently. But since then, I cannot play any song on my PC (It was fine up until recently) I've tried every step the other post suggests, ...

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Plan Premium Country Thailand Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I start my premium plan recently. But since then, I cannot play any song on my PC (It...

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Skips songs and crashes when moving mouse

CountryBelgiumDeviceLenovo laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue After a while when i'm coming back on the computer, when i move the mouse, spotify stops playing and will skip songs very fast.. he just goes trough the playlist till th...

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  Country Belgium Device Lenovo laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   After a while when i'm coming back on the computer, when i move the mouse, spotify...

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Songs can't stop go to the next track

PlanFreeCountryIndonesiaDeviceROG Zephryus 14Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy songs keep go to the next tracks automatically, even i'm not pressing it and it can't stop. I already reinstall but this seems not work.

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  Plan Free Country Indonesia Device ROG Zephryus 14 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My songs keep go to the next tracks automatically, even i'm not pressing i...

Nico

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Superuser Contribution Recently played in home menu dont update

Premium on windows 10My Question or IssueTitle. This has been going on for a month now. The playlist is up to date if I look at it in my library. Tried reinstalling, relogging, clearing cache. No Im not in private mode. Yes I have been listening to m...

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Premium on windows 10 My Question or Issue Title. This has been going on for a month now. The playlist is up to date if I look at it in my library. Tried reinstalling, relogging, clearing cache. No...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop can't track recently played songs

PlanPremiumCountryRussiaDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 8.1 Pro 64-bit (6.3, build 9600) My Question or IssueSpotify Home "Recently played" shows the same songs and albums I listened to when I *first installed* the software. The app seems pat...

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Plan Premium Country Russia Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit (6.3, build 9600)   My Question or Issue Spotify Home "Recently played" shows the same songs and a...

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Desktop app not playing any songs

PlanFreeCountryHungaryDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 (build 19041.450) My Question or IssueHello, I listen to spotify often, but around 1-2 months ago, i had an issue. The desktop app weren't playing any songs. If i clicked on a song, it would sa...

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Plan Free Country Hungary Device PC Operating System Windows 10 (build 19041.450)   My Question or Issue Hello, I listen to spotify often, but around 1-2 months ago, i had an issue. Th...

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Playists - Date Added for Newly Added Songs displaying a countdown?

Basically starting today I noticed that songs we would add to our playlist are not showing the usual information under the date added field. Instead something I added just a minute ago says "in 10 hours".Meanwhile songs I added 2 hours ago, as you ma...

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Basically starting today I noticed that songs we would add to our playlist are not showing the usual information under the date added field.    Instead something I added just a minute ago s...

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Italian Advert

PlanFreeCountryUnited KingdomDevicePC, SmartphoneOperating SystemWindows 10, Android My Question or IssueI am looking to find an Advert, it was talking about Italy, the ad was promoting Italian beverage as far as I recall it, the ad been on very rece...

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Plan Free Country United Kingdom Device PC, Smartphone Operating System Windows 10, Android   My Question or Issue I am looking to find an Advert, it was talking about Italy, the ad wa...

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Solved!! Spotify skipping all songs in like 1 second

When i am booting up my PC and opening spotify and hoping that i can play some games and chill with my spotify but after i came home from a LAN, now i cant hear music any more when i am starting a song or a playlist it is just skipping it, i have see...

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When i am booting up my PC and opening spotify and hoping that i can play some games and chill with my spotify but after i came home from a LAN, now i cant hear music any more when i am starting a so...

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All Songs being skipped on PC, for all audio devices

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have tried reinstalling, clearing cache, checking host files, logging out/in, uninstalling virtual audio mixers, restoring default settings for all devices, updating dri...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have tried reinstalling, clearing cache, checking host files, logging out/in, uninstalling vi...

Nico

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Cant log in to spotify. Firewall issues on pc mirosoft 7 ultimate

PlanFree/PremiumCountryPhilippinesDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)Windows 7 ultimateMy Question or Issue

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Plan Free/Premium Country Philippines Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Windows 7 ultimate My Question ...

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Solved!! Windows 10 Spotify app can't use chrome cast because of google?

Hi all, PlanPremium DeviceWindows 10 PC connected over Lan. My Question or IssueI was looking for a way to cast directly from the Windows 10 Spotify app to my Chrome cast (I know all the workarounds. More in the end). I found this old forum post and ...

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Hi all,   Plan Premium   Device Windows 10 PC connected over Lan.   My Question or Issue I was looking for a way to cast directly from the Windows 10 Spotify app to my Chrome ...

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[Win10][BugReport] Speaker Icon disappears using Playlist Folder. (and annoying "bug")

So reporting a bug without authority seems impossible on your boards. I'll just post here and you can forward to whatever section. --- We use over 100 different playlists at my workplace, we decided to try out the folder option, but this is annoying ...

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So reporting a bug without authority seems impossible on your boards. I'll  just post here and you can forward to whatever section.  ---    We use over 100 different playlists ...

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Solved!! No internet connection, error code: 4

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe Windows Store app won't connect, even though I'm logged into my account in the app (somehow). Did a clean install through the windows store, no luck. The web version works...

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Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The Windows Store app won't connect, even though I'm logged into my account in the app (somehow).&n...

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Solved!! How to paste spotify links to a playlist?

Need a way to paste spotify links to a playlist, but ctrl-v doesnt seem to work nor does right clicking give a paste option on windows btw

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Need a way to paste spotify links to a playlist, but ctrl-v doesnt seem to work nor does right clicking give a paste option   on windows btw

Nico

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Spotify unresponsive after using search

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAfter using "Search", Spotify becomes unresponsive. I cannot start/stop playing music, i cannot change the song and I can only terminate Spotify from the task manager.I h...

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Plan Premium Country Denmark Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue After using "Search", Spotify becomes unresponsive. I cannot start/stop playing music, i canno...

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