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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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New songs won't show up in queue

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue A few days ago I added a lot of new songs to my playlist, but none of them will show up in the queue no matter how many times I re-shuffle it.

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  A few days ago I added a lot of new songs to my playlist, but none of them wil...

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Solved!! "Hmm, the Friend Feed failed to load."

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue My friend feed hasnt been working for a little more than a month now. I reinstalled spotify and it fixed it but now it doesnt work again.

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Plan Premium Country  United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  My friend feed hasnt been working for a little more than a month now. I...

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Puts on 'shuffle mode' but it displays a whole other song than it's playing on ps4

Hello! When i'm playing on my Playstation 4, i'm connecting to spotify through the Desktop application without no problems. I put on a song, and enable the 'shuffle mode', but when i do that it displays another kind of song, than the song it's curren...

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Hello!   When i'm playing on my Playstation 4, i'm connecting to spotify through the Desktop application without no problems. I put on a song, and enable the 'shuffle mode', but when i do that...

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Queue problem

 Spotify just plays one song then stops 

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  Spotify just plays one song then stops 

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify plays but suddenly sound disapear

PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDevice(iPhone 8 plus + Windows 7)Operating System(iOS 12.0.1, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I am listening the music and in middle of the song the sound disapear but it looks like it is still streaming. ...

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Plan Premium Country  Sweden Device (iPhone 8 plus  + Windows 7) Operating System (iOS 12.0.1, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  I am listening...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify starts up with Windows even though I disabled this option???

DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue So from time to time Spotify starts up when I log into my computer, even though I disabled this option in the settings menu. And yes, I quadruple-checked if this option is indeed disabled. Still...

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 Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  So from time to time Spotify starts up when I log into my computer, even though I disabled this option in the setti...

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Superuser Contribution Can't login- firewall

I have been having basically the same problem as this guy: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Mac/Suddenly-I-can-t-log-in-to-spotify-because-of-a-quot-firewall/td-p/1141695 No solution is seen there however. Basically I cannot login to spotify ...

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I have been having basically the same problem as this guy:   https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Mac/Suddenly-I-can-t-log-in-to-spotify-because-of-a-quot-firewall/td-p/1141695   No...

Peter

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Superuser Contribution VIEW PLAYLIST LENGTH ON COMPUTER WEBSITE

Simple question. Why can't I see the length of my playlist on my computers Spotify website? I can see it on my phone app! Please give me a solution.Thanks

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  Simple question. Why can't I see the length of my playlist on my computers Spotify website? I can see it on my phone app!  Please give me a solution. Thanks

Peter

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Superuser Contribution I can only listen to what I have saved to my "Favorite Songs"....

It's been happening since last night. I can only listen to what I have saved to my "Favorite Songs," and when I go to my Artists or Albums, apparently it thinks I have nothing saved at all. What in the world is happening? What can I do so I can liste...

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  It's been happening since last night.   I can only listen to what I have saved to my "Favorite Songs," and when I go to my Artists or Albums, apparently it thinks I have nothi...

Peter

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Superuser Contribution Spotify App on my windows isn't playing any songs. It is just skipping through all of them.

CountrySingaporeSubscriptionPremiumDeviceHP SpectreOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify is working on my other systems (i.e. android phone and ipod touch) but when I tried playing on my computer, it skips through the whole list of ...

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    Country Singapore Subscription Premium Device HP Spectre Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Spotify is working on my other systems (i.e. android p...

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Superuser Contribution Dragging album into folder to create playlist names the playlist by album name, then artist name

PlanPremiumCountry US Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue If I'm viewing an album, and want to save it as a playlist, I know of two quick ways to do so:1. click the little button with three dots next to the "save" button, and select "add ...

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Plan Premium Country  US   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  If I'm viewing an album, and want to save it as a playlist, I know of two quick ways to do ...

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Solved!! No Music Plays - Requires a re-install each day

Plan: FreeCountry: UKDevice: Windows PCOperating System: Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue:Since Tuesday (13/11/18), when I start Spotify (Spotify is configured not to start when Windows starts), no songs play. I double click a song or highlight a ...

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Plan: Free Country: UK Device: Windows PC Operating System: Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue: Since Tuesday (13/11/18), when I start Spotify (Spotify is configured not to start...

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Song Popup

PlanFreeCountry ItalyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSome months ago everytime I was pressing the volume buttons a popup next to the volume was appearing. Even If for some people It was annoying, I found it very useful, es...

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Plan Free Country  Italy Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Some months ago everytime I was pressing the volume buttons a popup next to the volume w...

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This Playlist is Currently Empty

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Understanding the Queue

Forgive me if this belongs in general help. I'm not sure if this is a bug, a feature, or just stupidity on my part. At work, I've been recently using the queue to listen to music to load up albums if I have a minute or two of idle time instead of wai...

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Forgive me if this belongs in general help. I'm not sure if this is a bug, a feature, or just stupidity on my part.  At work, I've been recently using the queue to listen to music to load up a...

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spotify cuts out when using my HEOS sound bar

I have the HEO app on my Iphone and when I try to stream Spotify via bluetooth it cuts out every 15mins or so and I have to reconnect.PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDevice(iPhone 8,Operating Systemwindows My Question or Issue

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I have the HEO app on my Iphone and when I try to stream Spotify  via bluetooth it cuts out every 15mins or so and I have to reconnect. Plan Premium Country  Australia Device (iPhone ...

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I can´t play songs that are not in my playlist!

PlanFreeCountry SwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I can´t play songs that I have not added to my playlist from before. When I try to play these songs I have not added to my playlist frpm before, I get a picture with a blac...

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Plan Free Country  Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I can´t play songs that I have not added to my playlist from before. When I try to pla...

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adding new songs and not showing

PlanFreeCountry TurkeyDeviceNotebookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuewhen add some songs to a list, the not showing them and when adding again it says already added and new ones will be duplicate. even i add them as duplicates they also...

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Plan Free Country  Turkey Device Notebook Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue when add some songs to a list, the not showing them and when adding again it says alre...

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Cant change my country

hey im living in israel but somehow my account is set to canada, i succses to login (via web only, but with software it dosent let me to log in) when i try to change my country settings to israel and clicking the save button, it says "We're sorry, th...

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hey im living in israel but somehow my account is set to canada, i succses to login (via web only, but with software it dosent let me to log in) when i try to change my country settings to israel and...

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