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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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toddalex4

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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 Spotify installer isn't installing anything

PlanFreeCountryEgyptDeviceLenovo laptop idepad 3 Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI wanted to reinstall spotify because I had an issue with the lyrics and other things, I wanted to use the spotify installer since microsoft store doesn't...

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  Plan Free Country Egypt Device Lenovo laptop idepad 3  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I wanted to reinstall spotify because I had an issue with the lyr...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution App opens on the wrong screen EVERY TIME [dual monitors]

PlanFreeCountryRomania DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I launch Spotify, it always launches on my primary monitor, instead of the second one. Please read this through, this isn't the issue with the desktop icon, simply the...

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Plan Free Country Romania   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I launch Spotify, it always launches on my primary monitor, instead of the second on...

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Superuser Contribution Lyrics on Spotify Desktop (Windows)

PlanPremium CountryPhils. DeviceDell Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI used to have the lyrics feature on my spotify desktop which I use whenever I like a new song but when I tried opening it it suddenly says that "Sorry, you have to g...

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Plan Premium   Country Phils.   Device Dell   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I used to have the lyrics feature on my spotify desktop which I use w...

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Superuser Contribution Cannot select multiple songs

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm trying to add multiple songs from old playlists into one. Both online and the Windows App do not let me select multiple songs. I can select multiple but when i scr...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm trying to add multiple songs from old playlists into one. Both online and the Windows A...

syderific

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Solved!! Podcast titles with apostrophes show html numeric code '

Using my desktop windows 7 spotify app, podcast titles with ' apostrpohes in the title seem to be displaying html numerical character ' instead of '. I don't see this issue with my iOS spotify app or with music albums, songs, playlists. only see this...

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Using my desktop windows 7 spotify app, podcast titles with ' apostrpohes in the title seem to be displaying html numerical character ' instead of '.    I don't see this issue wit...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Windows playback stuttering

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows 10 PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Professional OEM My Question or IssuePlayback on the Windows desktop application stutters about every 10 seconds. Just a very slight hitch but 100% noticeable and makes it IMPOSSIBLE ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows 10 PC Operating System Windows 10 Professional OEM   My Question or Issue Playback on the Windows desktop application stutters about every 10 se...

Ivelina

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the song lyrics just dont display

PlanFreeCountrypolandDeviceacer travelmate p2Operating Systemwin 10 pro My Question or Issue99% of the songs im listening to lost their lyrics, i look them up on musixmatch, and the lyrics are avaible.

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Plan Free Country poland Device acer travelmate p2 Operating System win 10 pro   My Question or Issue 99% of the songs im listening to lost their lyrics, i look them up on musixmatch, ...

MauriceMV

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Superuser Contribution Repeat one skips after an ad break

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceWindows 11 DesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 When playing a song on a playlist/album/authors top 10 with repeat one enabled, the song WILL repeat itself, up until an advertisement plays, at which it will go to the ne...

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Plan Free Country United States Device Windows 11 Desktop Operating System Windows 11   When playing a song on a playlist/album/authors top 10 with repeat one enabled, the song WILL rep...

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spotify shows songs to be only 0:29 second long

Hi, today I noticed that in some albums the songs are showed to be 0:29 seconds long (always and only 0:29) while obviously they are longer. Once I play them the right lenght appears on the playing bar, but still not in the album. This only happens i...

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Hi, today I noticed that in some albums the songs are showed to be 0:29 seconds long (always and only 0:29) while obviously they are longer. Once I play them the right lenght appears on the playing b...

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[SOLVED] (ish) Spotify blocks taskar set to auto-hide

Hi! This might be related to this bug and the older archived one it references: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Desktop-Windows-Can-t-access-auto-hidden-taskbar-when-maximised/idi-p/2591456 On a my Windows 10 laptop, spotify initially...

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Hi!    This might be related to this bug and the older archived one it references: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Desktop-Windows-Can-t-access-auto-hidden-taskbar-wh...

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Superuser Contribution Bug Report: Broken UI of windows Microsoft app.

PlanPremium StudentCountryIndiaDeviceLenovo Yoga 7i proOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueThe Microsoft app UI is showing some bugs when minimized and opened, the icons (What's new, Browse, Friend activity) get cramped one and overlay eac...

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Plan Premium Student Country India Device Lenovo Yoga 7i pro Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue The Microsoft app UI is showing some bugs when minimized and opened, the...

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Superuser Contribution Song volume fades on "quiet" parts of songs

PlanPremium, version is 1.1.47.684.g136419d9CountryFinlandDeviceDesktop computerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueLow volume part of songs get an artificial fade out - fade in which is really annoying. I've noticed it starting today, pre...

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Plan Premium, version is 1.1.47.684.g136419d9 Country Finland Device Desktop computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Low volume part of songs get an artificial fade...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Please give us back the "Artist" column

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm desperate for the return of the "Artist" column, separate from the song title. Not only is the artist very difficult to read, displaced almost half the size of the bolded ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm desperate for the return of the "Artist" column, separate from the song title. Not only is...

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Solved!! Release Radar not Updating

Hi all,The past few weeks I've found that my release radar is updating much later than on friday. However, when it updates it states that the songs had been on the playlist for a few days. Anyone else experiencing this issue? Any thoughts?

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Hi all, The past few weeks I've found that my release radar is updating much later than on friday. However, when it updates it states that the songs had been on the playlist for a few days. Anyone...

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Superuser Contribution "Show songs from" option toggles itself on after app restart

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceLenovo Legion LaptopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueAfter experiencing extreme lagging, I decided to try to have fewer local files. I made a new folder SPOTIFY in my musicv library where I put the files th...

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Plan Premium Country Norway Device Lenovo Legion Laptop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue After experiencing extreme lagging, I decided to try to have fewer local file...

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Play button gray out

PlanFree/Premium DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Button play grayed outI tried to disconnect all devices, log in in other browsers, ctr+f5. But the play button is always grayed-out

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Plan Free/Premium     Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   Button play grayed out I tried to disconnect all devices, log in in other browsers, ctr+f5. But the play bu...

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I accidentally hit CTRL + A and deleted all the songs out of my Liked Songs

I accidentally had clicked on Spotify, instead of PowerPoint, and had selected CTRL + A and DELETE to delete the contents of the slide, and instead removed ALL of the songs out of my Liked Songs.It won't let me undo, and it doesn't fall in the 'Recov...

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I accidentally had clicked on Spotify, instead of PowerPoint, and had selected CTRL + A and DELETE to delete the contents of the slide, and instead removed ALL of the songs out of my Liked Songs. ...

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Superuser Contribution Liked songs not showing as liked on artist page (ALL DEVICES, NOT JUST DESKTOP)

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceLITERALLY HAPPENING ON EVERY DEVICE I OWN (windows 10, android, ios, macbook) My Question or IssueSome artists not showing the liked tracks that are sitting in my liked tracks. Yes i've made sure it's not another album/etc.

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device LITERALLY HAPPENING ON EVERY DEVICE I OWN (windows 10, android, ios, macbook)   My Question or Issue Some artists not showing the liked tracks tha...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Search by URI

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAccording to this link and some other Help/FAQ posts I found through searching, I should be able to paste a Spotify URI into the search bar and get the resource I'...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue According to this link and some other Help/FAQ posts I found through searching, I shoul...

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Automatically skipping over songs and saying the songs aren't available

I am using spotify on a windows 10 laptop and have spotify premium. Whenever i try to play any song, it just skips over it. Nearly every time I open spotify, a message in a blue box appears at the top saying "This song is not available. If you have t...

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I am using spotify on a windows 10 laptop and have spotify premium. Whenever i try to play any song, it just skips over it. Nearly every time I open spotify, a message in a blue box appears at the to...

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