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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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iyoran

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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 Navigating playlist with arrow keys can cause selection to go outside of the main UI

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 64-bit My Question or IssueI've had this issue since the introduction of the new UI refresh. I use the keyboard to navigate the playlist and noticed from day 1 that the selection on the song...

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Plan Premium Country Finland Device PC Operating System Windows 10 64-bit   My Question or Issue I've had this issue since the introduction of the new UI refresh. I use the keyboard to...

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Playing Spotify on two devices in my home at the same time

I have a computer in my bedroom and one in the living room. I pull spotify up on both of them and both computers are connected to a sound system. However, it will only play on one or the other?!? **bleep**? They are both using the same cable/Internet...

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I have a computer in my bedroom and one in the living room.  I pull spotify up on both of them and both computers are connected to a sound system.  However, it will only play on one or the ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Does Spotify count Local files as listened to?

I have whole mixtapes and albums which aren't on Spotify otherwise. Does anyone know if these actually get counted in places like Spotify.me and 20XX wrapped. So far from what I can see, they don't go on the 2018 wrapped playlist and they aren't anyw...

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I have whole mixtapes and albums which aren't on Spotify otherwise. Does anyone know if these actually get counted in places like Spotify.me and 20XX wrapped. So far from what I can see, they don't g...

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Superuser Contribution What's New on Web player

I've logged into the Spotify web player for the first time in a while and noticed there's a What's New notification bell icon. This is brilliant and very handy on bigger screens. Any plans to add this to the Windows desktop app? Would be great.

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I've logged into the Spotify web player for the first time in a while and noticed there's a What's New notification bell icon. This is brilliant and very handy on bigger screens. Any plans to add thi...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution search by year and like

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceDesktop (windows) and Android phoneOperating SystemWindows 10 and Android My Question or IssueIs it possible to search by both (production)year and liked songs? I want to add music I already liked to a playlist by p...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Desktop (windows) and Android phone Operating System Windows 10 and Android   My Question or Issue Is it possible to search by both (production)...

ZedX

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Superuser Contribution хочу сбросить премиум подписку в аккаунте на бесплатную и не получается

сбросить премиум подписку в аккаунте на бесплатную

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сбросить премиум подписку в аккаунте на бесплатную

AlejaR

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Superuser Contribution New layout

PlanFreeCountryUSADevice PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI closed the application cause i didnt need it at that moment but then when i opened it, the display was completely different. it was as if the Web Player layout was now in the...

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Plan Free Country USA Device  PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I closed the application cause i didnt need it at that moment but then when i opened it, the di...

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Superuser Contribution Bug - Play button does not work for podcast

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDell XPS Operating SystemWin 11 My Question or IssueIf I have a Spotify playlist, like Jazz In The Background, playing, and I go to my Library, and find a podcast and select it, if I click on the Play button, nothing happen...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell XPS  Operating System Win 11   My Question or Issue If I have a Spotify playlist, like Jazz In The Background, playing, and I go to my Library...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify app skips songs repeatedly without input

I'll hit the skip button once, and Spotify will sometimes start skipping repeatedly. The number of skipped songs varies, from around 50 to hundreds. This happens both with and without shuffle on, and it's been occurring multiple times a day for sever...

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I'll hit the skip button once, and Spotify will sometimes start skipping repeatedly. The number of skipped songs varies, from around 50 to hundreds. This happens both with and without shuffle on, and...

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Queue displaying random songs that don't play

The songs are not from the playlist I'm listening to. They show in the queue (sometimes repeating over and over) but never play. The actual next song is somewhere further down. I also can't remove songs from the queue either, but only sometimes.

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The songs are not from the playlist I'm listening to. They show in the queue (sometimes repeating over and over) but never play. The actual next song is somewhere further down. I also can't remove so...

MateusM

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Superuser Contribution I do not find the repeat track or playlist button. (I have premium account)

Usually the button used to appear in the menu where you start/play, next/previous track.Now I have only skip forward/backward 15 seconds and the repeat track is not there anymore.

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Usually the button used to appear in the menu where you start/play, next/previous track. Now I have only skip forward/backward 15 seconds and the repeat track is not there anymore.

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Superuser Contribution Guten Tag, wenn ich den Wochenmix verpasst habe, wie komme ich an den Wochenmix der letzten Woche?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  

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Superuser Contribution Appears On page for artsists limits the number of albums they appear on

This has been a problem for a long time, Spotify removed the appears on tab a little while ago last year for windows desktop, thankfully though, you could still use the web player to find the appears on tab and then brought it back to the windows des...

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This has been a problem for a long time, Spotify removed the appears on tab a little while ago last year for windows desktop, thankfully though, you could still use the web player to find the appears...

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Superuser Contribution "Spotify cant play this right now" on browser.

The error has started to occur on my windows 11, Lenovo legion 5 since today(11-8-24). Whenever i start playing a song it plays to about half way and then the error pops and player skips to the next song and this keeps on repeating. The error doesn't...

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The error has started to occur on my windows 11, Lenovo legion 5 since today(11-8-24). Whenever i start playing a song it plays to about half way and then the error pops and player skips to the next ...

Joan

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Superuser Contribution Playback with Sound BlasterX G6 (External USB DAC and Amp) does not work

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktop version Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAt the PC a USB sound card of the model "Creative Sound BlasterX G6" is used.If you start the Spotify desktop application and in Windows the Sound Blaster i...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop version  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue At the PC a USB sound card of the model "Creative Sound BlasterX G6" is use...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution nothing is loading

PlanFreeCountryUSDevicePCOperating Systemwindows 11 My Question or IssueOne day, my spotify started to show as blank/nothing would load. I've tried a whole lot of stuff, like disabling hardware acceleration and deleting my "hosts" file in system32, a...

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Plan Free Country US Device PC Operating System windows 11   My Question or Issue One day, my spotify started to show as blank/nothing would load. I've tried a whole lot of stuff, like...

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Superuser Contribution i want my queue to play all the songs, not repeat

My queue plays one song over and over. I want it to go to the next song in the queue automatically. Toggling off the "repeat 1" button means when it finishes a song, it goes to a similar song that is NOT in my queue. I just want it to play the songs ...

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My queue plays one song over and over. I want it to go to the next song in the queue automatically. Toggling off the "repeat 1" button means when it finishes a song, it goes to a similar song that is...

Yordan

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Superuser Contribution Spotify media keys is not working at the other pages (in app)

My spotify media keys is not working(fn+f6.7.8) at the other pages like games etc. it's just working at the spotify app.

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My spotify media keys is not working(fn+f6.7.8) at the other pages like games etc. it's just working at the spotify app.

OscarDC

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