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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 just playing static noise

so I Installed Spotify for win 10 recently and wanted to put on some music. however no sound was playing at all i looked for a solution online wich only told me to check my audio mixer and drivers. The weird thing is, the audio mixer is showing audio...

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so I Installed Spotify for win 10 recently and wanted to put on some music. however no sound was playing at all i looked for a solution online wich only told me to check my audio mixer and drivers. T...

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Bring back the feature that play unplayable songs with the matching local song file.

Bring back the feature that play unplayable songs with the matching local song file. In October 2018, this feature was removed without any explanation, why do you remove something that works perfectly? This worked great not only on the desktop but al...

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Bring back the feature that play unplayable songs with the matching local song file. In October 2018, this feature was removed without any explanation, why do you remove something that works perfectl...

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Always same song at start of the program.

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueEverytime my PC starts and Spotify opens it is paused on the same song.For example: I listen to Drake in the evening and then turn off my PC. In the next morning the window opens ...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Everytime my PC starts and Spotify opens it is paused on the same song. For example: I listen to Drake in the eve...

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Macros no longer working

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have just recently noticed that my Play/Pause multimedia key is being hijacked by something. I have seen other threads here talking about google music stealing it but...

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  Plan Premium Country   Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have just recently noticed that my Play/Pause multimedia key is being hijacke...

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Deluxe/Expanded Edition Albums Replacing Originals

Is anyone else annoyed when an "Expanded" or "Delux Edition" shows up in an aritist's discography and replaces the orignal verion of the album? I rarely (if ever at all) want to add the Expanded Edition to my library, with all the extra demo tracks a...

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  Is anyone else annoyed when an "Expanded" or "Delux Edition" shows up in an aritist's discography and replaces the orignal verion of the album?  I rarely (if ever at all) want to add the...

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Playlist Images and Text Reverting

PremiumWindows 10 So for probably over a month now, images and descriptions for both of my two (yes, just two) playlists have been reverting to either blank images even when I've repeatedly uploaded the cover photo I'd prefer (exhibit A) or previousl...

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Premium Windows 10   So for probably over a month now, images and descriptions for both of my two (yes, just two) playlists have been reverting to either blank images even when I've repeatedl...

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Playback doesn't sync PC to phone (but does the opposite way)

Premium member. Windows 10 and iPhone 5. When I'm listening on my phone and I open Spotify on my PC, it shows the current track playing and lets me control resuming it on PC, pause/play etc. But - more importantly - when I'm playing on my PC and I go...

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Premium member. Windows 10 and iPhone 5.    When I'm listening on my phone and I open Spotify on my PC, it shows the current track playing and lets me control resuming it on PC, pause/pla...

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Playlists blank and songs not playing

PlanPremiumCountryUKOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently moved to a Windows 10 machine, since then have had constant playback issues for most songs. Playlists open blank, although adding songs to then can provide the duplicate mess...

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Plan Premium Country UK Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Recently moved to a Windows 10 machine, since then have had constant playback issues for most songs. Playlists ...

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Search for my own playlists no longer working in Windows 10 desktop app.

PlanPremiumCountry USA DeviceWindows 10 desktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Search for my own playlists no longer working. A search used to list my playlist first, now my playlist is not included at all among the others. Has the process to locate your ...

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device Windows 10 desktop Operating System Windows 10   Search for my own playlists no longer working. A search used to list my playlist first, now my pl...

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Windows 10 App won't launch

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevice2016 Razer Blade 14Operating SystemWindows 10 - latest version My Question or IssueI am running the microsoft store version of Spotify. Since about a week ago, the app won't launch. Both the app and windows 10 are up to date...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device 2016 Razer Blade 14 Operating System Windows 10 - latest version   My Question or Issue I am running the microsoft store version of Spotify. Since about ...

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Local files aren't appearing on Desktop app

Hi! I have a Premium account. I'm playing Spotify on my Windows Laptop, and I don't see where I can add local files to my player. I have screengrabbed where my local files would normally be. Now, this is a new laptop, and I recently transferred some ...

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Hi!   I have a Premium account. I'm playing Spotify on my Windows Laptop, and I don't see where I can add local files to my player. I have screengrabbed where my local files would normally be....

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I can't get my local files on my iPhone

So none of my songs will sync to my iPhone from my computer and it is extremely annoying because spotify still won't put any of Lil Peep's old music on here but thats besides the point. I do not have a WiFi adapter on my computer so I use ethernet, h...

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So none of my songs will sync to my iPhone from my computer and it is extremely annoying because spotify still won't put any of Lil Peep's old music on here but thats besides the point. I do not have...

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Skipping songs and generally acting weird

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesOperating SystemWindows 10 The issues started a few days ago. Basically, whenever I click on a song in an album or playlist when I first log on, it'll play and skip a few songs in the album/playlist that I was listening to...

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Plan Free Country United States Operating System Windows 10   The issues started a few days ago. Basically, whenever I click on a song in an album or playlist when I first log on, it'll p...

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Cover art bug

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceAndroid 8.0.0 Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe cover art for my latest playlist are bugged. I've provided some screenshots. So Spotify can create automatic cover art for you, it basically takes the...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Android 8.0.0  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The cover art for my latest playlist are bugged. I've provided some scree...

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"Spotify can't play this right now." error message

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(Desktop)Operating System(Windows) I can't play random songs/podcasts on my work computer. I get an error message at the top of the window that say "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your compute...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (Desktop) Operating System (Windows)   I can't play random songs/podcasts on my work computer. I get an error message at the top of the window th...

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Spotify Shuffle is terrible and needs re-development

Does anyone here besides me think that the Spotify shuffle method is complete **bleep**? I have a total of 36 songs, however, the shuffle only plays songs at the beginning of the list of songs that I have. It never plays the songs towards the end of ...

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Does anyone here besides me think that the Spotify shuffle method is complete **bleep**? I have a total of 36 songs, however, the shuffle only plays songs at the beginning of the list of songs t...

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Re: Playlists appear empty on desktop app

Hi everyone, I have the same problem, the last weeks I figure that I can't play some songs in Desktop app in Windows, like that files are corrupted, but all works fine in my phone app, now I tried to reinstall the Desktop app and now all my playlists...

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Hi everyone,   I have the same problem, the last weeks I figure that I can't play some songs in Desktop app in Windows, like that files are corrupted, but all works fine in my phone app, now I...

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Spotiamb 2.1.5 stopped working

Plan PremiumCountry CanadaDevice Compac PCOperating System Windows 7My Question or IssueI use Spotiamb in conjunction with the Spotify Windows Application. I found the Spotiamb had a much better sound quality and I could control it with global hotkey...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Compac PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue I use Spotiamb in conjunction with the Spotify Windows Application. I found the Spotiamb had a mu...

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Recommended Songs way off

Whenever I open up one of my playlists (one comprised entirely of Protest The Hero) the recommended section on the bottom of the list will contain literally nothing but Ed Sheeran songs.. I have to hit refresh a few times to eventually filter all of ...

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Whenever I open up one of my playlists (one comprised entirely of Protest The Hero) the recommended section on the bottom of the list will contain literally nothing but Ed Sheeran songs.. I have to h...

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Click-Searching in my Playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI used to be able to click the thumbnail of the song currently playing and it would go directly to where this song was located in my playlist. Now, when I click the thumbnail, it see...

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Plan Premium Country USA Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I used to be able to click the thumbnail of the song currently playing and it would go directly to where this ...

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