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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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Solved!! Spotify Friend Activity

Hello dear Spotify users , i have a question , it's been two months since my Friend Activity on Desktop don't show up , do you guys have the same problem ? i'm gonna upload a image so you can see

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  Hello dear Spotify users , i have a question , it's been two months since my Friend Activity on Desktop don't show up , do you guys have the same problem ? i'm gonna upload a image so you can...

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Spotify on Windows seems to kill the Wifi connection

PlanFree CountryUK DeviceLenovo Yoga 11sOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify on Windows seems to kill the Wifi connection on my PC. Other Wifi connected devices in my house aren't affected. Seems to happen after a longer period of p...

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Plan Free   Country UK   Device Lenovo Yoga 11s Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify on Windows seems to kill the Wifi connection on my PC. Other Wifi...

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Spotify keeps stopping ... so frustrating

PlanFree/PremiumCountry CanadaDeviceHp pro bookOperating SystemWindows My Question or Issue For months now whenever I play Spotify, it stops after 10 or 15 minutes and I have to come back and restart the feed on the computer...very frustrating esp du...

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Plan Free/Premium Country  Canada Device Hp pro book Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue  For months now whenever I play Spotify, it stops after 10 or 15 minutes ...

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Solved!! Favorite Songs Disappear

PlanFreeCountryUSA Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy songs that I've favorited don't appear under the "Favorite Songs" sometimes. As a result, I have to manually search for the song, and then my Favorite Songs will be loaded. I have t...

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Plan Free Country USA    Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My songs that I've favorited don't appear under the "Favorite Songs" sometimes. As a result, I have...

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Superuser Contribution Quickly play all local files and liked songs together

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceLG V30Operating SystemWindows 10/Android My Question or Issue I'm sure this has been asked before, but I couldn't find it using google or the search here. Is there a way to quickly play all of my local files and all of my ...

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device LG V30 Operating System Windows 10/Android   My Question or Issue  I'm sure this has been asked before, but I couldn't find it using google o...

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Solved!! Adding songs to a playlist by song ID

PlanFreeCountryUnited States DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have a text file with the song IDs of about 300 songs that I would like to add to a playlist. Is there a way to add all of them at the same time?

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Plan Free Country United States  Device PC Operating System Windows 10  My Question or Issue  I have a text file with the song IDs of about 300 songs that I would like to add ...

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Superuser Contribution Windows 10 won't let me log in!

PlanPremium (family)Country UKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hey all,When I start the PC desktop app and click "login with FaceBook" (as that's how my account was registered) a big grey box with what looks like an old interne...

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Plan Premium (family) Country  UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Hey all, When I start the PC desktop app and click "login with FaceBook" (as ...

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Superuser Contribution Wondering if there are plans to implement an equalizer for PC?

I was just wondering whether there are plans to implement an equalizer on the PC version of spotify? I really enjoy using it on my iphone to tweak the sund to my liking, but I find it a little annoying that a PC, which is a stronger/a device with mor...

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  I was just wondering whether there are plans to implement an equalizer on the PC version of spotify? I really enjoy using it on my iphone to tweak the sund to my liking, but I find it a littl...

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"This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"

I have been a Premium user for the last couple of years, and over the last couple of months I have had trouble streaming music from my laptop. I keep getting the error message "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can...

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I have been a Premium user for the last couple of years, and over the last couple of months I have had trouble streaming music from my laptop. I keep getting the error message "This song is not ...

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Adding local folder, does not show all files

Premium DevicesWindows Desktop, Macbook and android phoneOperating System( Android Oreo, Windows 10) My Question or IssueHi, I added my local muisc folder to spotify and many songs now appear.but not all of them, is it possible that it does not scan ...

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  Premium     Devices Windows Desktop, Macbook and android phone Operating System ( Android Oreo, Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Hi,  I added my local mui...

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Shuffling a Playlist Doesn't Actually Shuffle

Anyone else notice how when you shuffle a playlist, it doesn't shuffle it as much as possible? For example, if you have been shuffling the same playlist everyday a few different times and you have a 100-song playlist, it keeps the same 30 songs (esti...

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  Anyone else notice how when you shuffle a playlist, it doesn't shuffle it as much as possible? For example, if you have been shuffling the same playlist everyday a few different times and you...

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[Desktop] Shuffle Play entire Playlist Folder

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceLenovo Thinkpad T410Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueJust today after updating my computer -- and I believe my Spotify as well -- I noticed that I can no longer double click my playlist folder to shuffle play ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Lenovo Thinkpad T410 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Just today after updating my computer -- and I believe my Spotify as well -- I n...

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[Playlists] Playlist titles have changed

Premium/UK/Windows 7/app build 1.0.86.337.ga8d5cef9 For years, I've been dragging an album from the play window to the left to create a Playlist - sometimes beneath a playlist folder, sometimes not. Until this past week the Playlist was auto-titled "...

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Premium/UK/Windows 7/app build 1.0.86.337.ga8d5cef9   For years, I've been dragging an album from the play window to the left to create a Playlist - sometimes beneath a playlist folder, s...

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My Friend Feed Disappeared Again...

PlanFreeCountry United StatesDevice(Desktop)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueFriend feed was working perfectly fine and now, once again, I can't see what my friends are listening to and the 'See What Your Friends Are Playing" prompt i...

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Plan Free Country  United States Device (Desktop) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Friend feed was working perfectly fine and now, once again, I can't see what...

Loxer

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Solved!! How Spotify selsects what new music to suggest me (autoplay, daily mixes, dowcovery)?

PlanPremium My QuestionHi,I'm wondering how does spotify decide what new music to suggest me (autoplay, daily mixes, dowcovery, etc), specifically - does it rely on what's in "My library" or "Playlists"? The reason I'm trying to figure this out is, t...

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Plan Premium     My Question Hi, I'm wondering how does spotify decide what new music to suggest me (autoplay, daily mixes, dowcovery, etc), specifically - does it rely on what's in "...

Loxer

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Cant sign into spotify using Microsoft Edge

PlanPremiumCountry IrelandDeviceLaptop, Surface hubOperating SystemMicrosoft Edge My Question or IssueI have been using web player for months via Microsoft Edge but as of today I cant access, i go to the sign in page and put my email and password but...

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Plan Premium Country  Ireland Device Laptop, Surface hub Operating System Microsoft Edge   My Question or Issue I have been using web player for months via Microsoft Edge but as o...

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The "label" search is gone?

PlanPremiumCountry swedenOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I use the label search function pretty often. It doesn't work any more, did it get removed?Example: Label:"labelname"

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Plan Premium Country  sweden Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I use the label search function pretty often. It doesn't work any more, did it get removed? Ex...

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Discover weekly outdated and no daily mixes

PlanPremiumCountrySouth AfricaDeviceHP Envy 15Operating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueHi Spotify community, I have recently obtained Spotify premium and started using it. Had a free account for a while and didn't use it much. However, I have ...

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Plan Premium Country South Africa Device HP Envy 15 Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi Spotify community,   I have recently obtained Spotify premium and...

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[Desktop] Desktop app won't play via my usb controller/studio monitors

PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceLenovo G580 Laptop, Numark PartyMix, Alesis M1Active 520USB studio monitorsOperating SystemWindows 10(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueThe desktop app skips through all the tracks and won't play a ...

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Plan Premium Country  UK Device Lenovo G580 Laptop, Numark PartyMix, Alesis M1Active 520USB studio monitors Operating System Windows 10 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) &nbs...

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Superuser Contribution Playlist image visible in player but blank in search list

PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDevicePC/Samsung Note8Operating SystemWindows10/Android My Question or Issue PlayerSearchI recently updated the cover image for my public playlist which seemed to go through fine. On both the windows 10 and android spotify...

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Plan Premium Country  Australia Device PC/Samsung Note8 Operating System Windows10/Android   My Question or Issue   Player Search I recently updated the cover image for my...

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