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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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moep99

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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 Some albums and titles are showing with Asiatic letters, please help !

PlanPremiumCountry FRANCEDevicePC and Android phoneOperating SystemWindows 10, App and web player, Android 6 My Question or IssueI suddenly saw that some albums and titles are showing with Asiatic letters, please help !Examples:

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  Plan Premium Country  FRANCE Device PC and Android phone Operating System Windows 10, App and web player, Android 6   My Question or Issue I suddenly saw that some albums ...

Peter

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Superuser Contribution Play Queue being hijacked by unknown/ unwanted tracks and ignoring next up list too

PlanPremiumUK DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue HELP! In the last two days, on Premium while playing tracks from playlists it suddenly goes to radio in the middle of the playlist, not the end.It is not on shuffle and it even ign...

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Plan Premium UK   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  HELP!  In the last two days, on Premium while playing tracks from playlists it suddenly ...

Peter

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Superuser Contribution Error Code 17 upon istalling updates after installing program

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAustralia DevicePC DesktopOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue i have already gone through the forums for help to start with.A while back my spotify stopped opening and came up with error messages. i`ve followed vario...

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  Plan Free/Premium Country Australia   Device PC Desktop Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  i have already gone through the forums for help to start w...

Peter

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Qpad mk-85 keyboard FN and media keys not working properly anymore

PlanFree/PremiumCountry SwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi there, yesterday I spilled some water right where my FN key is, and I cleaned it up immediately, dried it etc.However after a shortwhile my FN key started being ...

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Plan Free/Premium Country  Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Hi there, yesterday I spilled some water right where my FN key is, and I clean...

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Spotify playing wrong song in list

There's a problem which has started occurring as a result of the last update you sent out. Basically, when you search for a song and get the long list, then you sort it by duration and click on one of the songs in the list, it doesn't play the one yo...

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There's a problem which has started occurring as a result of the last update you sent out.   Basically, when you search for a song and get the long list, then you sort it by duration and click...

johnnybravo

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Superuser Contribution Looped playback between sessions (Spotify don't remember when I left off)

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am here as @osornios told me. I didn't find any simmilar question so I'm starting new topic. I've noticed that, when I shut down system without prior closing manually manually closing Spotif...

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Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10  My Question or Issue I am here as @osornios told me. I didn't find any simmilar question so I'm starting new topic.  I've noticed that, when ...

arbardon

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How to increase volume of Spotify, instead of whole windows?

PlanFreeDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue So I got multimedia keys on my keyboard, and when I click to increase volume of music it increases volume of whole windows not only Spotify. Is there any way to increase volume of o...

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Plan Free Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  So I got multimedia keys on my keyboard, and when I click to increase volume of music it increases volum...

Peter

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Wrong track add to que, playlist

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify adds wrong track to que, playlist. When: Search part of the song. Choose right track and version in advanced results. Double check, that cursor is right line.Add. Res...

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  Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Spotify adds wrong track to que, playlist.   When: Search part of th...

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Spotify songs stopping randomly but the song keeps going.

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI use spotify through voicemeeter to control the volume for my stream so I don't have to hear it, but it still plays. Recently it has started just randomly stoppin...

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  Plan Premium Country  United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I use spotify through voicemeeter to control the volume for my stream so I...

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Superuser Contribution Default playlist naming while dragging into folder

PlanPremiumCountryPoland Operating SystemWindows 10Spotify Version1.0.88.353.g15c26ea1 My Question or IssueI usually create playlist by dragging an opened album title into the existing playlist folder on the left column. It was creating automaticly a...

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Plan Premium Country Poland   Operating System Windows 10 Spotify Version 1.0.88.353.g15c26ea1   My Question or Issue I usually create playlist by dragging an opened album title ...

Jemi

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Superuser Contribution playing spotify with cortana

PlanFreeCountry south africaDeviceacer laptopOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever I ask Cortana to 'play (song) on spotify', it opens spotify but doesn't play the song I asked for. What should I do?

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Plan Free Country  south africa Device acer laptop Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue Whenever I ask Cortana to 'play (song) on spotify', it opens spotify but does...

Katerina

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Superuser Contribution media player and spotify pause on use of the "N" key

PlanPremiumCountry canadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue a while ago i had donloaded spotify on my PC for background music while i work but it would pause on the use of the "n" key and while typing you can guess how annoying th...

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  Plan Premium Country  canada Device PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  a while ago i had donloaded spotify on my PC for background music while i wo...

Katerina

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Superuser Contribution Same device registered twice in offline list

Hi! I am experiencing exactly the same issue as related in https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Multiple-registrations-of-same-device-in-offline-device-list/idi-p/2112240 that was marked as "not an issue" and closed. In my case, the fix pr...

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Hi! I am experiencing  exactly the same issue as related in https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Multiple-registrations-of-same-device-in-offline-device-list/idi-p/2112240 that was ma...

Jemi

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BSOD au lancement (FR)

PlanFreeCountry FRANCEDeviceHP Pavilion 17 Notebook PC -> Numéro de : (série) 5CD3421T2C / (produit) D9W07EA#ABFOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueBonjour / Bonsoir, au lancement de Spotify (Windows 10) j'ai un BSOD qui rend l'application ...

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Plan Free Country  FRANCE Device HP Pavilion 17 Notebook PC -> Numéro de :  (série) 5CD3421T2C / (produit) D9W07EA#ABF Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Bonjour /...

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Spotify only shows the 20 most recent songs from my library

Plan: PremiumDevice: PCOperating System: Windows 10 Spotify is only showing 20 songs from "Your Library" > "Songs", and I have to restart the app twice to fix it, but some minutes later it happens again EDIT: If I click on "Artist", "Song", "Album" o...

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Plan: Premium Device: PC Operating System: Windows 10   Spotify is only showing 20 songs from "Your Library" > "Songs", and I have to restart the app twice to fix it, but s...

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Local cover art not showing but does on android

I added my local files to spotify yesterday and I noticed that some of the cover art isnt showing for some songs. Some songs are fine and some arent, the thing is I have a different cover for each song. A cover will show for some songs but the cover ...

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I added my local files to spotify yesterday and I noticed that some of the cover art isnt showing for some songs. Some songs are fine and some arent, the thing is I have a different cover for each so...

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Solved!! Is there a way to search within your Playlists ?

In the desktop experience (Windows) or even the Android app I'd like to know if there is a way to do the following:I have some of an artists' songs on one or more (created by me or followed) Playlists. However, if I type the artist's name on the sear...

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  In the desktop experience (Windows) or even the Android app I'd like to know if there is a way to do the following: I have some of an artists' songs on one or more (created by me or f...

Loxer

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Enable Spotify in Chrome?

I've been using Spotify webplayer at work for the last couple of yeas (we're not allowed to download the app to the computers) but suddenly today it won't allow me to log in on Chrome. It says "Enable player in your browser", and I followed the instr...

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I've been using Spotify webplayer at work for the last couple of yeas (we're not allowed to download the app to the computers) but suddenly today it won't allow me to log in on Chrome. It says "Enabl...

Sebasty

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Free freezes before ad plays

The Win10 app will run well for hours... and then freeze, with message "The selected song will be played after the ads" At that point nothing I've tried will fix, other than shutting app, restarting. (At least the rest of my work is unaffected)... bu...

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The Win10 app will run well for hours... and then freeze, with message "The selected song will be played after the ads"   At that point nothing I've tried will fix, other than shutting app, re...

Loxer

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Solved!! Autoplay not working - also unable to turn on

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands Operating SystemWindows My Question or Issue Hi,My autoplay feature does not work anymore. To be clear: it's when music continues playing after you reach the end of an album or simply one separate song. Now I've found th...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands    Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue  Hi, My autoplay feature does not work anymore. To be clear: it's when music continue...

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