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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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Joan

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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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Desktop App current status?

Hi, Since I have stopped the desktop app from updating earlier this year (mainly due to every update making the app worse or messing up things by accident, which would then not be fixed until the next update), and I don't have access to another compu...

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Hi,   Since I have stopped the desktop app from updating earlier this year (mainly due to every update making the app worse or messing up things by accident, which would then not be fixed unti...

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Solved!! Can't Search Downloaded Songs on Spotify for Windows (Desktop & UWP App) When Offline Mode Activated

PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaDeviceLaptop Lenovo CPU AMD E-350, RAM 4 GBOperating SystemWindows 10 64 bit version 1803 build 17134.523 My Question or Issue Is it possible to search downloaded songs in Spotify for Windows (Desktop or UWP App) when Offli...

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Plan Premium Country Indonesia Device Laptop Lenovo CPU AMD E-350, RAM 4 GB Operating System Windows 10 64 bit version 1803 build 17134.523   My Question or Issue   Is it possibl...

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Solved!! DESKTOP: Can't see download button on my playlist

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have a trial premium account. I have created a playlist of the songs I would like to download.I cannot see any button that will allow me to download the playlist to...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   I have a trial premium account. I have created a playlist of the songs I would...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Cannot Install Spotify (both via full setup and normal one)

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 21H2 Enterprise My Question or IssueHi there,since a week or so I am not able to use my desktop app of Spotify anymore on a specific device. Just to give you more context: I had a black ...

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  Plan Premium Country Poland Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 21H2 Enterprise   My Question or Issue Hi there, since a week or so I am not able to use my deskt...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution La Música se detiene despues de unos segundos (PC)

PlanGratisPaísMéxico DispositivoPCSistema operativoWindows 10 Mi pregunta o problema es:Hace unos días no puedo reproducir mi musica, todo empezo cuando reinstale Spotify. Reinstale inicie Spotify y alcabo de unos segundos 3-10s se detiene y marca ca...

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  Plan Gratis País México  Dispositivo PC Sistema operativo Windows 10   Mi pregunta o problema es: Hace unos días no puedo reproducir mi musica, todo empezo cuando reinst...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Win 11, wrong sound routing

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueOn each start of Spotify, it keeps routing on the motherboard sound card which is *not* the default one. I have to switch the default to motherboard (which has no output a...

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Plan Premium Country France Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue On each start of Spotify, it keeps routing on the motherboard sound card which is *not* the def...

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Superuser Contribution Facing Some Issues with i3 10th Generation Desktop and Spotify Product - Any Advice?

Hi everyone,I hope you’re doing well. I’m having some issues with my i3 10th Generation desktop while using Spotify Version 1.2.6.1234. These problems are affecting my ability to use the application effectively, and I’m looking for some advice on how...

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Hi everyone, I hope you’re doing well. I’m having some issues with my i3 10th Generation desktop while using Spotify Version 1.2.6.1234. These problems are affecting my ability to use the applicatio...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify changes Windows volume when changing between app focus.

Example: I set windows volume to 20. I then click on Spotify app and the volume set in windows goes down to 10. Clicking away from Spotify, the volume goes back up to 20. It does this with and without music playing. NOT volume normalization - affects...

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Example: I set windows volume to 20. I then click on Spotify app and the volume set in windows goes down to 10. Clicking away from Spotify, the volume goes back up to 20. It does this with and withou...

Yordan

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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...

Joan

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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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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...

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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.

Eni

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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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