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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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Local files crash when starting.

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceDesktopOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueAs soon as I click on Music library, Spotify starts loading songs at about 1k, Spotify crashes. When restarted local files is turned off.

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device Desktop Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue As soon as I click on Music library, Spotify starts loading songs at about 1k, ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify won't show any music include my save music

PlanFree DevicepcOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or Issuehi, I have spotify pc for a while. last month I became a premium user because I traveled abroad and needed music offline. now I came back ands I cancelled my premium. I went to the PC sp...

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  Plan Free   Device pc Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue hi, I have spotify pc for a while. last month I became a premium user because I traveled abroad and...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify cannot play certain songs on the desktop client.

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindowns 10 My Question or Issue Spotify cannot play certain songs on the desktop client. For example the UNDERTALE Soundtrack, "Ghost fight" can play without issue but "Spider dance" cannot (image...

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  Plan Premium Country UK   Device Desktop PC Operating System Windowns 10   My Question or Issue  Spotify cannot play certain songs on the desktop client. For example...

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Spotify Hoykeys

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've been using Spotify for a couple months now. Tonight while playing a game songs suddenly started randomly stopping and starting. Or the queue started skipping. Turns o...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I've been using Spotify for a couple months now. Tonight while playing a game songs sudden...

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Still no animations Windows PC?

PlanPremiumCountryUnunited States of Dramamerica.DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro v.2004 My Question or IssueYa know, when you minimize or restore any other folder, windows app, program or window, it animates as it shrinks down towards the user...

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  Plan Premium Country Ununited States of Dramamerica. Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro v.2004   My Question or Issue Ya know, when you minimize or restore any other fol...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Windows 7] App crashes every time when clicking any 'play' button for the 2nd time after launching.

Operating SystemWindows 7 App Version 1.1.39.612.g1e7e78a4 My Question or IssueAfter recent update app started crashing when clicking on any play button for the second time after launching the app. It doesn't happen when you click play button for the...

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Operating System Windows 7   App Version 1.1.39.612.g1e7e78a4   My Question or Issue After recent update app started crashing when clicking on any play button for the second time af...

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Não consigo ver a letra da música no Computador

Não consigo ver a letra da música no Computador. Eu vi eles falando para clicar no ícone do microfone mas no meu computador não tem esse ícone.

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Não consigo ver a letra da música no Computador. Eu vi eles falando para clicar no ícone do microfone mas no meu computador não tem esse ícone.

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Cannot play certain songs

PlanFree Country UKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have noticed since last week that almost every song I have not already favorited are not available to me to play or even listen to. Only a small selection of new songs I hav...

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Plan Free   Country  UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   I have noticed since last week that almost every song I have not already favorit...

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Album Art missing

So I got this problem 6 months ago but this is actually triggering me more. The Album cover is missing only at the upper left corner when using media keys, I have enabled the option(Show desktop overlay when using media keys).PlanPremiumCountry Spain...

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So I got this problem 6 months ago but this is actually triggering me more.  The Album cover is missing only at the upper left corner when using media keys, I have enabled the option(Show deskt...

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Superuser Contribution liked songs not synchronized between devices

PlanPremiumCountry NetherlandsDeviceSurface pro 2017Operating SystemWindows 10 pro x64 1709 My Question or Issue My liked songs are not synchronizing between my phone and laptop. On my phone the likes are up to date but on my laptop they're outdated ...

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Plan Premium Country  Netherlands Device Surface pro 2017 Operating System Windows 10 pro x64 1709   My Question or Issue  My liked songs are not synchronizing between my pho...

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Superuser Contribution Error 16/126 - Proxy/Firewall HELP

Have all of a sudden had issues with running spotify from my desktop (windows) . I usually log on via my facebook account but now getting error codes 126/16. Have tried using the troubleshooting tips described on forums. 1. turning off firewall has n...

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Have all of a sudden had issues with running spotify from my desktop (windows) .  I usually log on via my facebook account but now getting error codes 126/16.  Have tried using the troubl...

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Superuser Contribution Suggested Songs for Playlist is broken

I shuffle through a playlist of about 4,500 songs. There's a ton of diversity in the music, and less than 100 of the songs are 70's rock songs from various African countries. For some reason, the Recommended Songs based on the playlist are nothing bu...

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I shuffle through a playlist of about 4,500 songs. There's a ton of diversity in the music, and less than 100 of the songs are 70's rock songs from various African countries. For some reason, the Rec...

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Superuser Contribution Create similar playlist not working anymore

I got hyped when i heard about the "create similar Playlist" function in the spotify desktop client.Tried it with 2 of my playlists and it worked fine.After burning through the new, created playlists and adding some of the songs to my other playlists...

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 I got hyped when i heard about the "create similar Playlist" function in the spotify desktop client. Tried it with 2 of my playlists and it worked fine. After burning through the new, created...

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I cant unblock the artist.

PlanPremiumCountryRussian FederationLanguageEng or RusDeviceSamsung Galaxy A50, Acer Aspire E 15Operating SystemAndroid, Windows 10 My Question or IssueHello, i`ll tell you a full story. First I added a couple of songs good artists. Listening further...

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Plan Premium Country Russian Federation Language Eng or Rus Device Samsung Galaxy A50, Acer Aspire E 15 Operating System Android, Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello, i`ll t...

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Spotify no reproduce las canciones cuando quiero escuchar junto a un amigo en Discord

PlanPremium FamiliarCountryChileDeviceNotebookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueA pesar de tener vinculada mi cuenta de discord y spotify además de pagar una suscripción familiar, cuando en discord pongo "Escúchalo con X" Spotify pone la...

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Plan Premium Familiar Country Chile Device Notebook Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue A pesar de tener vinculada mi cuenta de discord y spotify además de pagar una sus...

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Superuser Contribution Amazon Echo says "Connecting" but won't

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceSamsung Galaxy S10e Operating SystemAndroid Pi My Question or IssueThe spotify app on my phone won't always connect to my Echo. My wife's Galaxy s9 connects everytime, but mine is sporadic. It won't connect everytime and I'v...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Samsung Galaxy S10e   Operating System Android Pi   My Question or Issue The spotify app on my phone won't always connect to my Echo.  My wife...

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Spotify no longer playing after windows crash

PlanPremiumCountryU.S.A.DevicePC(custom)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've had spotify on my computer since the day I built it and it's always worked, Today I got the Windows blue screen of death, I had spotify playing when it died a...

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Plan Premium Country U.S.A. Device PC(custom) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I've had spotify on my computer since the day I built it and it's always worked, Today ...

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Edit changes on a playlist will vanish.

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhen I make "edit" changes to the "Description" field on a playlist, they "take" and then the...

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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 When I ...

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Spotify sometimes crashes the instant i play a song

Currently using the latest version of the Spotify Application on the latest version of Windows 10. Sometimes Spotify will close as soon as i hit play on a song. This has happened on occasion in the past, and now that it's happened at least 4 times in...

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Currently using the latest version of the Spotify Application on the latest version of Windows 10. Sometimes Spotify will close as soon as i hit play on a song. This has happened on occasion in the p...

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Saved Albums gone

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceDesktop Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue All my saved favorite Albums are gone! I tried to save a new one at it is now the only one on my list. Windows Store ver 1.1.39.612

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  Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Desktop  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   All my saved favorite Albums are gone! I tried to save a new one at ...

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