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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Help! My songs in playlista aren't playing or are skipping to random songs?

Hi all, This has been happening for at least two days, but my playlists seem to be acting up. I've tried turning off Smart Shuffle, turning off Shuffle completely, and switching playlists, but it still has the same error. It will play the first song ...

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Hi all, This has been happening for at least two days, but my playlists seem to be acting up. I've tried turning off Smart Shuffle, turning off Shuffle completely, and switching playlists, but it s...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Help with Sorting Songs Alphabetically

PlanPremiumPCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm having trouble sorting my songs alphabetically in my music library. This issue is making it hard to find and organize my music. Can you please show me how to sort ?

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  Plan Premium PCOperating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm having trouble sorting my songs alphabetically in my music library. This issue is making it hard to find and o...

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Superuser Contribution Unable to resume after pausing for a few minutes

Hi!I'm on Windows 10 and have been experiencing this issue with my Spotify Desktop App for about a week. Whenever I pause for a few minutes and try to resume the song again Spotify has already completely stopped playback and the queue is empty as wel...

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Hi! I'm on Windows 10 and have been experiencing this issue with my Spotify Desktop App for about a week.   Whenever I pause for a few minutes and try to resume the song again Spotify has alr...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution One playlist not showing up

PlanPremiumCountrySingaporeOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOne of my playlists on my desktop app is not showing up... Not sure what the issue is? I didn't notice it till today, but it could be because I only used this playlist again to...

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Plan Premium Country Singapore Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue One of my playlists on my desktop app is not showing up... Not sure what the issue is? I didn't notice i...

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Web Player and Windows Player not working

PlanPremium IndividualCountryUnited StatesDeviceHP desktop, Chrome browserOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueEvery playlist I try, it cycles through 2-5 different songs before starting to play one and then the audio cuts out after 9 secon...

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Plan Premium Individual Country United States Device HP desktop, Chrome browser Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Every playlist I try, it cycles through 2-5 different...

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Superuser Contribution How do I fix Spotify not letting me change songs and restarting the song?

Sometimes when I am using Spotify, the app plays the first second of a bunch of random songs then once it starts playing, it will restart and not let me change the song. This is most common when using Apple Carplay or the Desktop App. This makes the ...

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Sometimes when I am using Spotify, the app plays the first second of a bunch of random songs then once it starts playing, it will restart and not let me change the song. This is most common when usin...

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Superuser Contribution Volume rises when connecting headphones/ speakers

Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Volume issues began 10/12/24. My volume becomes much louder when I plug my earphones in while music is playing. Have to adjust the volume slider to get it back to norm...

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Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Volume issues began 10/12/24. My volume becomes much louder when I plug my earphones in w...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution spotify can not play this right now. if you have the file on your computer you can import it.

PlanFreeCountryEgyptDevicedesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify can not play this right now. if you have the file on your computer you can import it. This happens with the Windows app while using computer speakers or headphone...

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Plan Free Country Egypt Device desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify can not play this right now. if you have the file on your computer you can import it. ...

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Superuser Contribution My computer version of Discord, when connected to Discord, the profile will

My computer version of Discord, when connected to Discord, the profile will not show the playback status, and in addition to the app version, the web page and mobile phone will show the playback status and other devices

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My computer version of Discord, when connected to Discord, the profile will not show the playback status, and in addition to the app version, the web page and mobile phone will show the playback stat...

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Superuser Contribution Why can't I see my time capsule anymore?

I found out on both the mobile and web player versions of Spotify that I can no longer access my time capsule, especially when I looked at the "made for you" section. Going to the time capsule pages now redirects you to a 404.

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I found out on both the mobile and web player versions of Spotify that I can no longer access my time capsule, especially when I looked at the "made for you" section. Going to the time capsule pages ...

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Search shows a massive amount of irrelevant results and there is no order of relevance

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe search is really broken. Here is an example:I want to listen to a song called Frida (by BEHM but let's pretend I don't remember) So I put Frida (or "Frida" doesn't see...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The search is really broken. Here is an example: I want to listen to a song called Frida (by B...

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Only half the Audio Book available. Is that intended?

Hey guys, maybe you can help me. I was listening to that Audio Book called "Totenfang" by Simon Beckett (german version) and after half of the tracks it just stopped. So I looked it up and apparently there are only half the tracks available, and the ...

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Hey guys,    maybe you can help me. I was listening to that Audio Book called "Totenfang" by Simon Beckett (german version) and after half of the tracks it just stopped. So I looked it up...

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Superuser Contribution constant skipping

PlanpremiumCountryusaDevicewindows 11 desktop pc, iphone 12Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueOn my desktop app, My spotify is stuck playing a playlist of mine and it skips through the whole playlist playing each song for less than a seco...

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Plan premium Country usa Device windows 11 desktop pc, iphone 12 Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue On my desktop app, My spotify is stuck playing a playlist of mine an...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify: A firewall may be blocking spotify. Please update your firewall to allow spotify.

PlanFreeCountry Canada DeviceWindows 10 My Question or IssueEverytime i try to login my spotify account, the firewall issue keeps on coming up. Ive tried to delete it, check if my country is still the same, tried a different account, tried a vpn, eve...

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Plan Free Country Canada   Device Windows 10   My Question or Issue Everytime i try to login my spotify account, the firewall issue keeps on coming up. Ive tried to delete it, check...

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Superuser Contribution Entire windows 11 audio is messed up

I was on Spotify when i noticed a update so i updated my Spotify and then everything went downhill first the audio from spotify wouldnt play at all but the songs would play and when the song was playing (I cant hear the actual song) it would make oth...

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I was on Spotify when i noticed a update so i updated my Spotify and then everything went downhill first the audio from spotify wouldnt play at all but the songs would play and when the song was play...

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local files on desktop not dispalying properly despite everything is correct in my spotify library

Plan (spotify free desktop)Country (canada) Device(desktop)Operating System(windows 10) My Question or Issue ( local files when playing through discord doesnt show up or display correctly. this has been is happenening since may. ive done everything t...

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Plan (spotify free desktop) Country (canada)   Device (desktop) Operating System (windows 10)   My Question or Issue ( local files when playing through discord doesnt show up or dis...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't listen to music with Headset

PlanFreeCountry SpainDevicePC WindowsOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueSuddenly, I stopped hearing the music on my wireless headset (Corsair Void Pro). If I change to my speakers, It works. It's not the headset's problem because I can h...

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Plan Free Country  Spain Device PC Windows Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue Suddenly, I stopped hearing the music on my wireless headset (Corsair Void Pro)...

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Videoclipes no spotify não funcionam

PlanPremiumCountryBrasilDeviceComputadorOperating SystemWindows 11 Home 23h2 My Question or Issueé o seguinte, meu spotify funciona normalmente se for apenas ouvir o áudio da música, porém se eu tento ativar pra ver o videoclipe da música, ele da o s...

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Plan Premium Country Brasil Device Computador Operating System Windows 11 Home 23h2   My Question or Issue é o seguinte, meu spotify funciona normalmente se for apenas ouvir o áudio da...

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Superuser Contribution Missing Playing Animation for Current Song in Playlist

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaOperating SystemWindows 10 Dear Spotify Support Team,I am a Premium user from India using Spotify on a Windows 10 system. I have noticed an issue with the user interface while playing songs from a playlist. Specifically, the pl...

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Plan Premium Country India Operating System Windows 10   Dear Spotify Support Team, I am a Premium user from India using Spotify on a Windows 10 system. I have noticed an issue with the ...

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