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Solved!! Disable the Mini-Player on the Web-Version

Hi GuysI switched on my Windows 10 from the Desktop-Version to the Browser-Version. It works, but now I get/see every time a Mini-Player in the left upper corner for about 5 seconds when I press Pause/Play or e.g. if I change the volume. How can I de...

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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Desktop app wont use headset as output device.

I've been reading through multiple posts about this issue but I haven't been able to find the answer. I'm on the desktop app and I get the "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." message when I tr...

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I've been reading through multiple posts about this issue but I haven't been able to find the answer. I'm on the desktop app and I get the "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on ...

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Superuser Contribution No sound from Nvidia Shield to TV; tracks appear to be playing

Although tracks appear to be playing, I get no sound from Nvidia Shield to TV. Have uninstalled and reinstalled but no change. All other apps work

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Although tracks appear to be playing, I get no sound from Nvidia Shield to TV. Have uninstalled and reinstalled but no change. All other apps work

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Change Playback Device BETA

yesterday i saw that there was a beta and now its gone i dont know if my client is broken or its being pulled back for further testing but my question is does anyone know where it went?

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yesterday i saw that there was a beta and now its gone i dont know if my client is broken or its being pulled back for further testing but my question is does anyone know where it went?

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Superuser Contribution Integration with LCARS System 3

Hello. I know this is off topic for most threads here. As a music fan and a Star Trek fan, I have converted my Windows desktop to the interactive LCARS System 3 skin for Rainmeter. The LCARS skin has a built in media player integration which supposed...

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Hello.  I know this is off topic for most threads here.  As a music fan and a Star Trek fan, I have converted my Windows desktop to the interactive LCARS System 3 skin for Rainmeter.  ...

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Superuser Contribution Music keeps pausing when Spotify is open on two devices

PlanPremiumCountrySwitzerlandDeviceXiaomi Pocophone F1 & Lenovo Thinkpad T14Operating SystemAndroid 10 & Windows 10 My Question or IssueI do not know exactly what is causing my problem. It seems when I have my wireless earbuds (Jabra 65t) connected v...

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Plan Premium Country Switzerland Device Xiaomi Pocophone F1 & Lenovo Thinkpad T14 Operating System Android 10 & Windows 10   My Question or Issue I do not know exactly what is ...

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Hovering the cursor over artist name in the Now Playing bar shows tooltip with song title

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueThis affects songs with multiple artists, where the complete list of artists is too long to fit in the respective field of the Now Playing bar. One would expect that hovering over the name of ...

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Plan Premium Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue This affects songs with multiple artists, where the complete list of artists is too long to fit in the respective field of t...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 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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Plan Premium Country Poland Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I just noticed that a new "smart shuffle mode" putting unwanted "smart recommendations" in my queue was add...

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Solved!! Disable the smart shuffle.

PlanPremiumCountryTaiwanDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWin11 64bit My Question or IssueCould you please disable the smart shuffle feature? This is the worst feature since I started using Spotify nine years ago.Could you add a toggle button in the setti...

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Plan Premium Country Taiwan Device Desktop Operating System Win11 64bit   My Question or Issue Could you please disable the smart shuffle feature? This is the worst feature since I sta...

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Track number column is all of a sudden missing

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAll of a sudden today, the column number that shows the track has disappeared. There are no podcasts in my playlists. All of my playlists are missing this very helpfu...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue All of a sudden today, the column number that shows the track has disappeared. There are n...

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Superuser Contribution Smart Shuffle turning itself on on Desktop

PlanPremium CountryUSA Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just want to use normal shuffle but every time I change tabs to something else or look away, it switches from normal shuffle over to smart shuffle and I have to turn it off again...

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Plan Premium   Country USA   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I just want to use normal shuffle but every time I change tabs to something else or look away,...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify resumes from pause automatically after around 50 seconds

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDell Pro Max 16Operating SystemWindows 11 Enterprise My Question or IssueThis is a newly provided work laptop (which I have admin rights on) with a fresh install of Spotify. For some reason, when I pause my music (to leave t...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Dell Pro Max 16 Operating System Windows 11 Enterprise   My Question or Issue This is a newly provided work laptop (which I have admin rights on) with a ...

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Spotify web app logs me out every time i restart my pc

Every time I open the Spotify web app it logs me and ask forces me to authenticate my profile via email every time I log out of my pc. I am unable to use the Spotify application so this is the only way.PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows 11 PC

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Every time I open the Spotify web app it logs me and ask forces me to authenticate my profile via email every time I log out of my pc. I am unable to use the Spotify application so this is the only w...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution External monitors disconnect when opening Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesOperating SystemWindows10 My Question or IssueWhenever Spotify is active my monitors will constantly disconnect and reconnect (and my bluetooth mouse). This happens with the web player, the desktop app, and on webpages ...

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Plan Premium Country United States Operating System Windows10   My Question or Issue Whenever Spotify is active my monitors will constantly disconnect and reconnect (and my bluetooth mou...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Keeps Writing Cache to C:\ drive, even though Changed in properties to F:\

Not sure if this is per design, but I had changed the offline Songs cache folder in Advanced settings to F:\ , but my C:\ drive is still being filled up with the same .File **bleep** -These are the 2 offending folders -C:\Users\XXXXX\AppData\Local\Pa...

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Not sure if this is per design, but I had changed the offline Songs cache folder in Advanced settings to F:\ , but my C:\ drive is still being filled up with the same .File **bleep** - These are the...

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Superuser Contribution Prevent Spotify playing on another device than the one I am using

I do not want pressing "Play" on the Spotify Desktop app to ever start music playing on my phone. It's not even an intuitive best guess as to what should happen when I move between devices. I want control over this. I should be able to prevent this f...

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I do not want pressing "Play" on the Spotify Desktop app to ever start music playing on my phone. It's not even an intuitive best guess as to what should happen when I move between devices. I want co...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify is agonisingly slow on desktop (windows 11)

Windows 11I've never had issues with spotify until recently, not even on Windows 11.Recently I pulled all my liked songs into a playlist, and also added my local songs to the playlist. After a lot of troubleshooting to get my local songs to work, thi...

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Windows 11 I've never had issues with spotify until recently, not even on Windows 11. Recently I pulled all my liked songs into a playlist, and also added my local songs to the playlist. After a ...

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Superuser Contribution Can auto-updates be disabled under Windows 10?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSince the recent lyrics screen change is terrible (to me), I want to roll back to an older version of the desktop app and disable auto-updates. Under Windows 11, I found that...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Since the recent lyrics screen change is terrible (to me), I want to roll back to an older version...

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Superuser Contribution All playlists are greyed out in app only

PlanFree Device(PC - Amd 7500F, Nvidia 4070s, 32gb ddr5)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueEvery playlist in app are greyed out, however web version works perfectly with 0 issues so its not licensing issue or regional availability. I ca...

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Plan Free   Device (PC - Amd 7500F, Nvidia 4070s, 32gb ddr5) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Every playlist in app are greyed out, however web version works pe...

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