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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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Desktop won't resume playback after a period of inactivity

PlanPremiumCountryChileDeviceHP ProbookOperating SystemFedora Linux 31BrowserChrome 83.0.4103.116 (Official Build) My Question or IssueAfter a while of inactivity on the desktop player, generally 12 hours (sometime less),I can't resume the playback. ...

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Plan Premium Country Chile Device HP Probook Operating System Fedora Linux 31 Browser Chrome 83.0.4103.116 (Official Build)  My Question or Issue After a while of inactivity on t...

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Superuser Contribution Cant play any music on spotify for windows

PlanPremiumCountryNew ZealandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Im not able to play any music on spotify for windows. If i start a playlist in will skip form all the music without playing anything. If I click an individual song i...

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Plan Premium Country New Zealand Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Im not able to play any music on spotify for windows. If i start a playlist in wil...

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Local files greyed out and some not appearing

PlanFreeCountryHong KongDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueThe story begins when I downloaded some new songs and added to my local file, but Spotify isn't showing those newly added songs.And so I followed this "solution"https://com...

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Plan Free Country Hong Kong Device PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue The story begins when I downloaded some new songs and added to my local file, but Spotify is...

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Superuser Contribution Fix Songs skipping quickly rapidly and not playing at all

PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceDell XPSOperating SystemWindows 10 Go to "Settings - Sound - Advance sound options - App Volume and device preferences - Reset" You may need to close and open Spotify.

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Plan Premium Country US   Device Dell XPS Operating System Windows 10   Go to "Settings - Sound - Advance sound options - App Volume and device preferences - Reset" You may need t...

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Spotify Rapidly Skipping Songs

Spotify will not play a single song for more than a fraction of a second, skipping songs at the speed of light. I've tried almost EVERYTHING from drivers to uninstalling reinstalling, restarting and updating my pc, updating spotify, using a vpn, gett...

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Spotify will not play a single song for more than a fraction of a second, skipping songs at the speed of light. I've tried almost EVERYTHING from drivers to uninstalling reinstalling, restarting and ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution FRIEND ACTIVITY STOPPED WORKING SUDDENLY. (WINDOWS)

PlanPremiumCountryIndia DeviceLenovo LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify desktop app was not connecting to my facebook friends to show friends activity. It showed an error " Sorry, we couldn't load friends to follow." Howe...

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Plan Premium Country India   Device Lenovo Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My Spotify desktop app was not connecting to my facebook friends to show frie...

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Superuser Contribution Friend Feed not working

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAustraliaDevice(Lenovo)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueMy Spotify friend feed doesn't come up with most of the people I follow only 2 of the like 20 people show up on the friend feed show up.Please help

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  Plan Free/Premium Country Australia Device (Lenovo) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue My Spotify friend feed doesn't come up with most of the people I follow...

Ivan

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Superuser Contribution Spotify in Windows 10 behaving as if it is logged into a different account.

PlanPremium CountryNew ZealandDeviceHP Spector Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueConnect is not working, windows 10 behaves as if it is logged into a different account. This started happening after the recent update. I would prefer Conne...

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Plan Premium  Country New Zealand Device HP Spector  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Connect is not working, windows 10 behaves as if it is logged into a d...

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Bug: Song Images really big at Home Screen

PlanStudent PremiumCountryIndonesiaDeviceHP Envy x360 "13 ConvertibleOperating SystemWindows 10 64bit My Question or IssueI am sure one of Spotify programmer messed up the code and makes all song pictures at home screen really big like this:Let me kn...

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Plan Student Premium Country Indonesia Device HP Envy x360 "13 Convertible Operating System Windows 10 64bit   My Question or Issue I am sure one of Spotify programmer messed up the co...

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Black Screen issue

My issue is when im playing games on PC i try to pause my music using the buttons on my keyboard when i change songs/pause i get a black screen for a few seconds sure its not unbearable but if theres a way to stop this some help would be appreciated ...

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My issue is when im playing games on PC i try to pause my music using the buttons on my keyboard when i change songs/pause i get a black screen for a few seconds sure its not unbearable but if theres...

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PlanFree/PremiumCountryukDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)windows vlaptopOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHow do I change the display format for my Recently Played music icons? it's d...

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

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Spotify connect through PC only works when initiated on phone

PlanPremiumDeviceEssential Phone / Windows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen trying to play music on my speaker through spotify connect on my PC. I cannot find any devices. But when i open spotify on my phone and click devices, i ...

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Plan Premium Device Essential Phone / Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When trying to play music on my speaker through spotify connect on my PC. I cannot fin...

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Superuser Contribution Can't click on Artist name unless I go into album

So when I'm using Spotify on my windows 10 desktop and I'm on the Spotify homepage, where the albums are shown in recently played and you're favourite albums etc. I can click on the album picture and album name, but can't click on the artist name und...

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So when I'm using Spotify on my windows 10 desktop and I'm on the Spotify homepage, where the albums are shown in recently played and you're favourite albums etc. I can click on the album picture and...

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Recently Played Songs on the Home Page won't Update

PlanFamily PremiumCountryCanadaDeviceRazer BladeOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Recently Played on my home page on the desktop app won't update. It only occurs on the desktop app on both the spotify download and the Microsoft Store ...

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  Plan Family Premium Country Canada Device Razer Blade Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My Recently Played on my home page on the desktop app won't update. It ...

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Solved!! How to stop duplicates in the que, for shuffled playlists

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)Windows 10My Question or IssueWhen I shuffle a playlist it creates a lot of duplicates in the que, how can...

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

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Solved!! PC wont play spotify

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify refuses to play anything when i use my PC, whether it is the app or the web player, it will keep skipping through a playlist showing a blue error message saying...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify refuses to play anything when i use my PC, whether it is the app or the web player, ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify won't play on PC desktop app

PlanPremiumCountryEnglandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever I open Spotify normally, and try to play any song, it will instantly skip to the next one, not actually playing anything. It skips all Spotify songs and only pla...

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Plan Premium Country England Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Whenever I open Spotify normally, and try to play any song, it will instantly skip to the next...

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Spotify won't go online

Spotify desktop went offline this morning, my internet is working properly but I'm not able to open https://www.spotify.com/ .I have the same problem on my phone as well, using a proxy on desktop version has fixed the issue but now everything is slow...

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Spotify desktop went offline this morning, my internet is working properly but I'm not able to open https://www.spotify.com/ .I have the same problem on my phone as well, using a proxy on deskto...

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Solved!! How to view amount of streams on Spotify

My Question or IssueHow can I check how many streams a song has as of June 2020? It used to be where you go on the artists profile and it would show most popular songs and its streams but now.. its a little different. So can someone help?

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        My Question or Issue How can I check how many streams a song has as of June 2020? It used to be where you go on the artists profile and it would show most popular son...

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Windows 10 works EXCEPT for local device (This Computer)

-Premium plan, United States, Spotify on Windows 10 w/latest updates(07/06/2020) *Weirdest* issue that I mistook for a generic "spotify thinks it's offline" problem. The spotify windows10 app detects and can play on all of my various Alexa & MusicCas...

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-Premium plan, United States, Spotify on Windows 10 w/latest updates(07/06/2020)     *Weirdest* issue that I mistook for a generic "spotify thinks it's offline" problem.  The spotify ...

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