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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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Spotify windows app need help deleting recently played album/playlist

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAustralia Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI'm trying to delete an album/playlist from in recently played from my home page but it doesn't work. I tried deleting it using the left hand...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Australia   Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I'm trying to delete an album/playlist from in recently p...

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Spotify can't play this right now.

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceDesktop DeviceOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueNo songs play after downloading Netflix. I'm getting an error called Spotify can't play this right now. Since I don't have an internet connection, I am looking ...

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Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Desktop Device Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue No songs play after downloading Netflix. I'm getting an error called Spotify can't play thi...

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Se reproduce música en el web player sin yo haberla puesto

Se reproduce música que yo no pongo. PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceHuawei P10Operating SystemWindows 8 My Question or IssueSe reproducen canciones en web player que yo no he puesto. Lo veo en el movil cuando yo no estoy reproduciendo nada en ningún di...

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Se reproduce música que yo no pongo.  Plan Premium Country Spain Device Huawei P10 Operating System Windows 8   My Question or Issue Se reproducen canciones en web player que yo ...

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Unknown Webplayer randomly starts playing

I have only ever used the spotify application. Never once have I touched a webplayer and lately I've had someone listening to terrible music on my spotify. Sometimes they will even interrupt my session. I haven't given my account details to anyone. I...

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I have only ever used the spotify application. Never once have I touched a webplayer and lately I've had someone listening to terrible music on my spotify. Sometimes they will even interrupt my sessi...

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Spotify Strip Getting Cut

PlanPremiumCountryIndia DeviceHP Envy 13tOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe strips on my Home menu when I switch on Spotify appears to cut the Album/Playlist art randomly and I cannot even scroll left or right. I have attached a pictu...

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Plan Premium Country India   Device HP Envy 13t Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The strips on my Home menu when I switch on Spotify appears to cut the Album/Pl...

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Can't delete local files that are in "liked songs" playlist.

So i saw that there are multiple posts on this already, but i've tried all resolutions and can't find a fix for it. To my Problem: in my "liked songs" there it shows local files some from 2018 some from 2019 that were once added to spotify but as of ...

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So i saw that there are multiple posts on this already, but i've tried all resolutions and can't find a fix for it.  To my Problem: in my "liked songs" there it shows local files some from 20...

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Playing the wrong playlist that

Through out the day, my Spotify account has been acting strange. Ever time I click a playlist it always takes a while to load the song. This is not on my part because my internet is perfectly fine. When ever I click shuffle my playlist, it always pla...

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     Through out the day, my Spotify account has been acting strange. Ever time I click a playlist it always takes a while to load the song. This is not on my part because my internet ...

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How do you organise your playlists/library?

Hi there all. So, as the subject says, how do you organise your playlists? I find spotify's ability to manage playlist incredibly subpar, and I don't believe they're about to do anything about it soon, instead focusing on crappy social features, rath...

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Hi there all.   So, as the subject says, how do you organise your playlists?   I find spotify's ability to manage playlist incredibly subpar, and I don't believe they're about to do...

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Superuser Contribution Why is my Spotify randomly playing music?

PlanPremium CountryFinland My Question or IssueMy Spotify starts randomly playing certain music that I don't listen to, turns the shuffle and repeat buttons on, likes certain songs and follows certain artists and playlists. I know that no one has con...

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Plan Premium   Country Finland   My Question or Issue My Spotify starts randomly playing certain music that I don't listen to, turns the shuffle and repeat buttons on, likes certain ...

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Humming is...not fun anymore

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceWindows (App and Web), AndroidOperating SystemAndroid Oreo, Windows 10, Ubuntu 20.04 My Question or IssueHi everyone, I wonder if someone can help me. I don't why but I'm the only one in my friends group that the lyrics ...

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  Plan Premium Country Canada Device Windows (App and Web), Android Operating System Android Oreo, Windows 10, Ubuntu 20.04   My Question or Issue Hi everyone,   I wo...

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Can't fix "Error code 4" no matter what I try

PlanPremiumDevicePC (connected to LAN)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hello Spotify community, This is the second or third time I am returning to the forum with this issue.My Spotify keeps giving me the famous "No internet connection ...

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Plan Premium Device PC (connected to LAN) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Hello Spotify community,   This is the second or third time I am returning to ...

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Windows 10 app won't update the recently played artists at all.

Windows 10 app (version 1.1.31.703.g256add22) hasn't updated the front-page where it's supposed to show recently listened at all lately (gone actually for many months, I think this started late last year).First of all, whenever I used my iPhone or iP...

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Windows 10 app (version 1.1.31.703.g256add22) hasn't updated the front-page where it's supposed to show recently listened at all lately (gone actually for many months, I think this started late last ...

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Spotify Desktop app won't play when music is connected to bluetooth devices

PlanFree/PremiumCountryGermanyDeviceLenovo Yoga Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen my airpods pro are connected to my Lenovo Yoga 310 running on windows 10 the music on my spotify desktop app will play but without playing the song, m...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Germany Device Lenovo Yoga  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When my airpods pro are connected to my Lenovo Yoga 310 running on windows...

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Superuser Contribution 'Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it.' Error

So I know a lot of people have encountered this error before and I have checked all the possible solutions online. I hope someone can provide me a new solution that I haven't tried. I really love those songs, they are important to me (actually evey s...

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So I know a lot of people have encountered this error before and I have checked all the possible solutions online. I hope someone can provide me a new solution that I haven't tried. I really love tho...

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Solved!! Drag songs to sort in own list

PremiumCountryArgentinaDevicewindows 10 My Question or Issuei can t drag songs to order them in my own created list, but in other list that it s mine i can, i don t know why with 1 can do it and with the other not. In both i can arrenge by theme or a...

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Premium Country Argentina Device windows 10     My Question or Issue i can t drag songs to order them in my own created list, but in other list that it s mine i can, i don t know wh...

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[Desktop][Connect] Error code while logging in to my desktop app (error code 5)

Hi community!After turning on my PC today I found out that my app on Windows 10 was in "Offline mode" but my internet was okay and everything else ran smoothly. So I've decided to try to re-log into my account. I've logged out but when I've tried to ...

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Hi community! After turning on my PC today I found out that my app on Windows 10 was in "Offline mode" but my internet was okay and everything else ran smoothly. So I've decided to try to re-log int...

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Spotify Issue

PlanFree/Premium Operating SystemWindows 10 Home My Question or Issue so ive been using spotify for a while now and for the past 3 days the tiny song icon isnt showing up. usually theres a picture on the left to the song. i was wondering if theres a ...

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Plan Free/Premium   Operating System Windows 10 Home   My Question or Issue  so ive been using spotify for a while now and for the past 3 days the tiny song icon isnt showing up...

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Songs skip to queued songs

PlanPremiumCountryunited kingdom Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueWhen I play a song that is in a playlist or an album it will always stop half way through the first song and skip to my queued songs. When there’s nothing in my queue i...

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Plan Premium Country united kingdom    Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue When I play a song that is in a playlist or an album it will always stop half way t...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify's taskbar icon on the wrong monitor every single time (dual monitors)

We had a five page thread; Spotify closed it because "nobody responded in a long time". That's because, Spotify, ya never fixed it. How to reproduce (you need two monitors): 1. Open Spotify and close it on the second monitor.2. Open Spotify again. Th...

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We had a five page thread; Spotify closed it because "nobody responded in a long time". That's because, Spotify, ya never fixed it.   How to reproduce (you need two monitors):   1. Open...

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Statistics for local songs I listen to

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi,Spotify unfortunately doesn't provide statistics of your local songs you listen to(those musics that are from your laptop and that you listen on Spotify, but that ain't proposed by Spotify).Do you kno...

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Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi, Spotify unfortunately doesn't provide statistics of your local songs you listen to(those musics that are from your laptop and that you...

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