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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 How can you change Email. When I click on edit profile, it is not editable.

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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  

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Local Files Lag

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever I put my local files my Spotify takes so long to load them in. Sometimes it just crashes. Yes, I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Spotify. I tried delet...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Whenever I put my local files my Spotify takes so long to load them in. Sometimes it just cra...

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Embedded player not working

Plan PremiumFree/PremiumCountryCanadaDevice Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've embedded some tracks using Spotify player on my blog. They show up fine, but even if I am logged in to Spotify, it will only play a 30 second sample, then...

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Plan Premium Free/Premium Country Canada Device   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I've embedded some tracks using Spotify player on my blog.  They show u...

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Pausing ads

PlanFreeCountryUSA DeviceDesktop appOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever the New Seasons Market ad pops up, it pauses and won't play. I have to close Spotify and re-open it for play music again.

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Plan Free Country USA   Device Desktop app Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Whenever the New Seasons Market ad pops up, it pauses and won't play. I have to clos...

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Superuser Contribution How can I stop Spotify showing me a playlist in my "heavy rotaion" that I've never played?

Also it's called **bleep** lounge PlanPremiumCountryN/ADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10

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Mario

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Spotify Using Entire Internet Bandwidth

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently Spotify started using my entire download bandwidth to stream songs.The best way i can describe it is, instead of loading the song while it plays like it used to, i...

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Plan Premium Country Italy Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Recently Spotify started using my entire download bandwidth to stream songs. The best way i can...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Chromebook] Song stops randomly

Plan Free Country USA Device Chromebook Operating System Chrome OS My Question or Issue My song will play regularly, but stops at 9 seconds, pauses for like 5 seconds, then plays again. I've tried signing out, restarting my computer, even using a who...

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  Plan Free Country USA Device Chromebook Operating System Chrome OS   My Question or Issue My song will play regularly, but stops at 9 seconds, pauses for like 5 seco...

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Superuser Contribution Moving single tracks in already sorted playlist?

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceAcer Aspire 7, 2018Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI tend to keep most of my playlist sorted by recently added. In past, I was able to move single tracks freely up and down this already date-oriented playl...

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Plan Premium Country Poland Device Acer Aspire 7, 2018 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I tend to keep most of my playlist sorted by recently added. In past, I was ab...

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Ugly bug: iOS Spotify lets you ban daily mix songs, PC Spotify does not

On iphone it is possible to ban daily mix songs, but on PC the ban button is missing. There's no reason for that other than a bug. This is for a premium subscription on the newest version of iOS / the spotify app and Windows 10 / the spotify program ...

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On iphone it is possible to ban daily mix songs, but on PC the ban button is missing. There's no reason for that other than a bug. This is for a premium subscription on the newest version of iOS / th...

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How do you play songs by one artist in a playlist?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIn my liked songs or any playlist, I used to be able to search for a keyword (such as an artist) and it brings me up a list of songs by the artist that I have saved. I then p...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue In my liked songs or any playlist, I used to be able to search for a keyword (such as an artist) a...

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Solved!! How to have *all* songs from an artist?

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWin10 My Question or IssueHi, it's a dumb question and I really feel even dumber not finding the answer. How can I listen to *all* songs from one artist from *all* of his albums etc.? No "best of" or m...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Win10   My Question or Issue Hi,  it's a dumb question and I really feel even dumber not finding the answer. 😞   H...

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Solved!! Spotify Connect stopped working on some User account(s)

PlanPremium for FamilyCountryHong KongDevicePC, iPad, Android Tablet, Spotify SpeakersOperating SystemWindows 10, iOS 12, Android 7 I found Spotify Connect stoped working on the Desktop App since last Saturday.But after some trial and error troublesh...

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Plan Premium for Family Country Hong Kong Device PC, iPad, Android Tablet, Spotify Speakers Operating System Windows 10, iOS 12, Android 7   I found Spotify Connect stoped working on th...

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Bluetooth headphones break my spotify when connected to PC

So I'm using bluetooth headphones to listen to music while I'm on my windows 10 PC, but my spotify app is bugged out completely whenever I use my bluetooth headphones (which are connected via micro-usb). I can't skip songs, only the last listened son...

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So I'm using bluetooth headphones to listen to music while I'm on my windows 10 PC, but my spotify app is bugged out completely whenever I use my bluetooth headphones (which are connected via micro-u...

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Superuser Contribution Playing wrong track

strange issue noticed with spotify in the Windows standalone app. double clicking a track plays the wrong one. see following video:https://youtu.be/aqGcrXW1lFo track order might have changed automatically overnight. issue does not bother me and is fi...

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strange issue noticed with spotify in the Windows standalone app.   double clicking a track plays the wrong one. see following video: https://youtu.be/aqGcrXW1lFo   track order might h...

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Maximized window with Taskbar Autohide has issues.

Operating SystemWindows 10Spotify Version1.0.95.289.g342899da My IssueOn the attached screenshot notice the extra border all around the window. Happensonly on maximized window with Taskbar Autohide. I tried reinstalling Spotify; did not help.

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Operating System Windows 10 Spotify Version 1.0.95.289.g342899da   My Issue On the attached screenshot notice the extra border all around the window. Happens only on maximized window wi...

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Solved!! Spotify doesn't follow my playlist during playback

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 ProSo I recently got this issue on my PC. It works fine on my Mac and my iPhone, but when I play songs from my main playlist on PC, Spotify jumps to random Stevie Wonder songs (that I have ne...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro So I recently got this issue on my PC. It works fine on my Mac and my iPhone, but when I play songs from my main playli...

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Unavailable song in liked songs

Hi, In my liked songs playlist I have a song which has become unavailable, so whenever I start to play my liked songs playlist, it will come up with an error that "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can impor...

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Hi,   In my liked songs playlist I have a song which has become unavailable, so whenever I start to play my liked songs playlist, it will come up with an error that "Spotify can't play this ri...

Emilia_8

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Necessary Podcast Player Updates

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10,etc. My Question or IssueIt seems like whoever is in charge of the Desktop Podcast experience does not listen to podcasts. Some of these have been addressed in other threads and for other p...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10,etc.   My Question or Issue It seems like whoever is in charge of the Desktop Podcast experience does not listen to ...

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Lists at "home" page is broken

PlanFree/PremiumCountryRussiaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueCan't see all lists at home page, they look clipped or broken. What should I do to see them all? Spoiler (Highlight to read)

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Plan Free/Premium Country Russia Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Can't see all lists at home page, they look clipped or broken. What should I do to see them all? &nbs...

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Solved!! Audio popping and cracking. Reinstalledm, updated drivers, disabled hdwr accel, nothing.

I'm running the Windows 10 desktop audio app and I've been having audio pops and cracks at random intervals in all the music I listen to (It's not clipping or part of the song). It happens more often when my computer is doing a high intensity task li...

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I'm running the Windows 10 desktop audio app and I've been having audio pops and cracks at random intervals in all the music I listen to (It's not clipping or part of the song). It happens more often...

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