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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 cracking a lot in windows

Guys I have a problem with my Spotify he’s cracking a lot in stopping my computer, So I need to restart every time but I have a good computer with a x64 windows 10 and 6GB of RAM,I use it have some years on and just now it’s happening this I think th...

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Guys I have a problem with my Spotify he’s cracking a lot in stopping my computer,  So I need to restart every time but I have a good computer with a x64 windows 10 and 6GB of RAM,I use it have ...

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Spotify keeps switching to other device playing same song.

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDeviceDesktop & laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 (both devices My Question or IssuePlaying songs on laptop. After a random amount of time playing it jumps back to the same song that is supposedly playing on my desktop. (Green...

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Plan Premium Country Belgium Device Desktop & laptop Operating System Windows 10 (both devices   My Question or Issue Playing songs on laptop. After a random amount of time playing...

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Automatic play bug

PlanPremiumCountryCosta Rica DeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I play the song Lalala by Y2K and bbno$ it plays normaly, but it doesn't play anything else automatically, with every song played after Lalala you can't hit ...

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Plan Premium Country Costa Rica   Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I play the song Lalala by Y2K and bbno$ it plays normaly, but it doesn't p...

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Desktop app not working correctly

PlanFamily PremiumCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 Pro My Question or IssueSince the start of the week, everytime I go on the app to play music from a playlist or something that I searched, the player get really laggy. I click "Pause", ...

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Plan Family Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 7 Pro   My Question or Issue Since the start of the week, everytime I go on the app to play music from a playlist ...

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Impossible to sort list of ARTIST

What an unusefull type of ordering.I want to order my Artist list. I pay for your service (premium account) and I want to ordr my lists as I want.Correct immediatly this stupid order method

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What an unusefull type of ordering. I want to order my Artist list. I pay for your service (premium account) and I want to ordr my lists as  I want. Correct immediatly this stupid order m...

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Computador congelando

Olá, eu uso spotify free e quando aparece algum anuncio no computador (windows 7) ele trava totalmente (mais especificamente o HD), quais serão as possiveis causas disso?Obs: no celular funciona normalmente...

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Olá, eu uso spotify free e quando aparece algum anuncio no computador (windows 7) ele trava totalmente (mais especificamente o HD), quais serão as possiveis causas disso? Obs: no celular funcion...

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Não consigo ouvir nada pelo desktop

Não consigo ouvir nada pelo aplicativo de desktop, a não ser as musicas dos arquivos locais, ja tentei sair da conta, reinstalar mas nada resolve.

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Não consigo ouvir nada pelo aplicativo de desktop, a não ser as musicas dos arquivos locais, ja tentei sair da conta, reinstalar mas nada resolve.

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Solved!! Summer 2019 Update Breaks Keyboard Play/Pause/Skip

I have a Microsoft 3050 Wireless Keyboard which has media hotkeys at the top. Without any configuration, the Skip Fwd, Skip Back, and Play/Pause keys always controlled whatever player was currently playing on my system. However, I noticed after this ...

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I have a Microsoft 3050 Wireless Keyboard which has media hotkeys at the top. Without any configuration, the Skip Fwd, Skip Back, and Play/Pause keys always controlled whatever player was currently p...

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Removed all offline devices but still have access

I recently removed all my devices and changed my password on my spotify account, but I have still been able to access my account without logging again on both my desktop app and phone. I thought changing your password and removing all the approved de...

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I recently removed all my devices and changed my password on my spotify account, but I have still been able to access my account without logging again on both my desktop app and phone.    ...

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Is there a way to play the next playlist in a folder when the current playlist is finished?

I assumed the next playlist in a my playlist flder would start when the current playlist was finished. That is not the case. Is there a way to automatically play the next playlist when the current playlist is finihed?

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I assumed the next playlist in a my playlist flder would start when the current playlist was finished. That is not the case.  Is there a way to automatically play the next playlist when the curr...

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Playlist All EMPTY

All the playlists in the Spotify program are empty on my Desktop application. I've tried at least 10 different playlists and none of them will play because it says it is empty. Just started today was working fine yesterday. Tried uninstalling and re-...

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All the playlists in the Spotify program are empty on my Desktop application.  I've tried at least 10 different playlists and none of them will play because it says it is empty.  Just start...

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Wrong Music File - "Because I Love" by Majority One

Hello. I am in Brazil and I run Spotify Free on Windows 10 and on Android 5.1.1 for Asus ZenFone.My issue is that I have discovered that the Song "Because I Love", by Majority One in the Album Rainbow Rockin' Chair actually plays a wrong audio file. ...

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Hello.   I am in Brazil and I run Spotify Free on Windows 10 and on Android 5.1.1 for Asus ZenFone. My issue is that I have discovered that the Song "Because I Love", by Majority One in the...

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Playlist sort filter in Windows app ... like Android app

Plan: FreeCountry: 'mericaDevice: LG V20Operating System: Android 8My Question or Issue Would like to see the Windows app have a filter, like in Android, to sort playlists by name, recently played, recently added, etc f1v3h0l3

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Plan: Free Country: 'merica Device: LG V20 Operating System: Android 8 My Question or Issue   Would like to see the Windows app have a filter, like in Android, to sort playlists by name, r...

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Private Playlist Followers

Hello! I turned my playlist private, but there were people following it prior to me turning it. It still says there are some people following it even after I turned it into a private playlist. Can they still see it even though I turned it on private?

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Hello!   I turned my playlist private, but there were people following it prior to me turning it. It still says there are some people following it even after I turned it into a priva...

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(artist radio) hide a previously favorited song

PlanfreeCountryusaDevicehp notebookOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or IssueHi! I was listening to an artist (Dodie) radio and accidently clicked the "like song" button rather than clicking the "hide song" button. I noticed this a few minutes l...

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Plan free Country usa Device hp notebook Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi! I was listening to an artist (Dodie) radio and accidently clicked the "like song" button...

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Solved!! Win 10 - can't play my Playlist.

I press play and just keeps skipping all music's from all Playlists (mine or others)I reinstalled the app and tryed the "host" archive solution and nothing happens. On the phone works perfectly. The **bleep** is happening? PlanPremiumCountryPortugalD...

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I press play and just keeps skipping all music's from all Playlists (mine or others) I reinstalled the app and tryed the "host" archive solution and nothing happens. On the phone works perfectly. Th...

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After NVIDIA GPU Driver Update, Win7 Spotify App Crashes After Initial Login =

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDell Precision M6800 w/NVIDIA Quadro K3100M Operating SystemWindows 7 Pro My Question or IssueAfter updating the display driver for my NVIDIA QUadro K3100M to version 389.08, the Spotify PC application crashes immediately u...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell Precision M6800 w/NVIDIA Quadro K3100M  Operating System Windows 7 Pro   My Question or Issue After updating the display driver for my NVIDIA ...

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Controlling iPhone queue from PC application no longer works...

PlanPremiumCountry USADevicePC + iPhone 6Operating SystemWindows 10 + iOS My Question or Issue For years now I have used Spotify at work, placing my phone on a dock speaker, and controlling all of the queue from my desktop PC.Today, that seems to no ...

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  Plan Premium Country  USA Device PC + iPhone 6 Operating System Windows 10 + iOS   My Question or Issue   For years now I have used Spotify at work, placing my ...

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Superuser Contribution Search stops working

After several searches in a row, any subsequent search yields the last result that was displayed, already after the first symbol entered into the box. Only re-opening Spotify fixes the issue for a while.

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After several searches in a row, any subsequent search yields the last result that was displayed, already after the first symbol entered into the box. Only re-opening Spotify fixes the issue for a wh...

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Solved!! A playlists are empty

PlanFreeCountryItalyDeviceAcer Aspire 3Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueGood morning. Since yesterday night i can't listen music in my app Spotify for desktop! I see all the playlist empty included top 50 Italy etc.. If I log from the b...

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Plan Free Country Italy Device Acer Aspire 3 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Good morning. Since yesterday night i can't listen music in my app Spotify for desktop! ...

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