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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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[BUG][WEB] Album cover art is disappearing after being clicked

I am using a free account on the Spotify web player using the current version of Google Chrome. For the past few days, when I return to an artist's main page (through the back button or otherwise) after selecting an album (by clicking on the cover ar...

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I am using a free account on the Spotify web player using the current version of Google Chrome.    For the past few days, when I return to an artist's main page (through the back button o...

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[Web Player] Album/Playlist disappearing after clicking on it

When I land in a Artist page and I click to a Album/Single to open the Album/Single page, and then I return back to the Artist page, the Album/Single I just clicked on disappear. Anyone with the same issue?Edit: I run Spotify Web Player from Opera 51...

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When I land in a Artist page and I click to a Album/Single to open the Album/Single page, and then I return back to the Artist page, the Album/Single I just clicked on disappear. Anyone with the same...

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Donde se guarda mi musica que descargo en la PC con Windows?

Hola, buenas noches. Queria preguntarles si no saben donde se guardan las musicas que descargo desde la pc??? Gracias!!

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Hola, buenas noches. Queria preguntarles si no saben donde se guardan las musicas que descargo desde la pc??? Gracias!!

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Spotify Connect cannot handle >100 playlists.

Hi!I'm having a huge issue with Spotify connect as it will only play the first 100 songs of any playlist that I play.no matter what OS you use, while playing spotify and using the connect function, it cannot shuffle more than 100 songs.The small play...

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Hi! I'm having a huge issue with Spotify connect as it will only play the first 100 songs of any playlist that I play. no matter what OS you use, while playing spotify and using the connect funct...

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Solved!! Won't play Offline on laptop (premium user)

Hi I'm a preimium user and I don't get why spotify doesnt play offline on my laptop

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Hi    I'm a preimium user and I don't get why spotify doesnt play offline on my laptop

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"Sorry, couldn't find it" links found while posting songs on Tumblr

Okay, turns out there's a new problem on Tumblr. Suddenly song links get the "sorry, can't find it" message. Tried every song and it just suddenly shows up like that. I don't know if that's a Spotify problem or not but it seems to be. I can log in ju...

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Okay, turns out there's a new problem on Tumblr. Suddenly song links get the "sorry, can't find it" message. Tried every song and it just suddenly shows up like that. I don't know if that's a Spotify...

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Superuser Contribution Search for songs by year doesn't work

I'm trying to search for songs from a specific year, using the search string year:1992I used 1992 as an example.But I get no results. Neither on an updated Spotify on two different PCs or my android phone. The weird thing is that for example genre:ja...

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I'm trying to search for songs from a specific year, using the search string   year:1992 I used 1992 as an example. But I get no results. Neither on an updated Spotify on two different P...

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[Other] Samsung Gear Sport

I just downloaded a Spotify playlist of approx. 100 songs to my Gear Sport, but only the first 20 songs show up and play on the watch. Those 20 songs play great, but where are the other 80 and why can't I see or play them?

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I just downloaded a Spotify playlist of approx. 100 songs to my Gear Sport, but only the first 20 songs show up and play on the watch.  Those 20 songs play great, but where are the other 80 and ...

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Alt+left/right arrows behavior changed in latest update

In the latest update (I installed it maybe Tuesday 3/20?), I noticed that the alt+arrow key behavior changed, and not for the better. Now, when I'm typing in the search bar, and I make a mistake in a previous word, I press alt+left-arrow as I always ...

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In the latest update (I installed it maybe Tuesday 3/20?), I noticed that the alt+arrow key behavior changed, and not for the better.  Now, when I'm typing in the search bar, and I ma...

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Many unknown songs appear in my playlist ! why ?

There appear about 20 unknown songs in my songlist in the library. When i delete them, some days later they appear again. I deleted them for about 10 times but they reappear again and gain.

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There appear about 20 unknown songs in my songlist in the library. When i delete them, some days later they appear again. I deleted them for about 10 times but they reappear again and gain.

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Shuffle is broken on big playlists

When you have a lot of songs in a playlist, the shuffle function is clearly broken. If I sort my playlist on track title, only songs beginning with "0-B" as their first letter is played. When I sort on artist and enable shuffle, only tracks by artist...

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When you have a lot of songs in a playlist, the shuffle function is clearly broken. If I sort my playlist on track title, only songs beginning with "0-B" as their first letter is played. When I sort ...

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I lost a lot of important messeges

I understand that it is no longer cost efficient to keep the messeging app on Spotify, however, I would like a way to recover my messeges in some kind of file or an email or something like that. Is there a way that can happen?

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I understand that it is no longer cost efficient to keep the messeging app on Spotify, however, I would like a way to recover my messeges in some kind of file or an email or something like that. Is t...

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Song goes on for 6 minutes

I found a song on my computer and i wanted to listen to it on spotify, but when i saw the length (by hovering my move over the file) it was very short 3 minute song but when i added to spotify it said the song was 6 minutes long how can i fix this. W...

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I found a song on my computer and i wanted to listen to it on spotify, but when i saw the length (by hovering my move over the file) it was very short 3 minute song but when i added to spot...

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Impossible to delete or move a song from playlist

Hello, I'm currently experiencing the following issue: I go into my playlist and delte a song, then move some songs to another playlist. Then when I play this playlist.... I still hear the songs that I have moved or deleted. They appear in the player...

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Hello, I'm currently experiencing the following issue: I go into my playlist and delte a song, then move some songs to another playlist. Then when I play this playlist.... I still hear the songs that...

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SSL Proxy

Trying to get spotify to work behind a SSL proxy.So the corp proxy replaces the servers SSL cert with one of its own. I am thinking this is what spotify is failing. Any one know what the destination ip / hostnames spotify use A

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Trying to get spotify to work behind a SSL proxy. So the corp proxy replaces the servers SSL cert with one of its own.   I am thinking this is what spotify is failing.   Any one know w...

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Artist names in Japanese Katakana even after changing the language setting to English...

Why are artist names still in Japanese Katakana even after I changed the language setting to English? Anway to fix this problem easily? I'm using Spotify version 1.0.53.758.gde3fc4b2 in Windows 10 Pro. Here are screenshots of my Spotify app:

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Why are artist names still in Japanese Katakana even after I changed the language setting to English? Anway to fix this problem easily?   I'm using Spotify version 1.0.53.758.gde3fc4b2 in...

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X button doesn't have the same behavior as Cntrl+Shift+Q

Hi,If I close the app using Cntrl+Shift+Q the desktop app will remember the current state, however, if I use the X button on the top right corner, it won´t.For example, when I start the app the first time, the song A is in the session, then I play so...

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Hi, If I close the app using Cntrl+Shift+Q the desktop app will remember the current state, however, if I use the X button on the top right corner, it won´t. For example, when I start the app the...

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Song stops short, then skips to songs that aren't even on my playlist

Running Spotify on Windows 10, never had a problem before just now. It is completely updated, latest version, etc. I am not a premium member, if that matters. I start playing my playlist, random. Song will play for anywhere from 15 seconds to two min...

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Running Spotify on Windows 10, never had a problem before just now. It is completely updated, latest version, etc. I am not a premium member, if that matters.   I start playing my playlist, ra...

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Same song, but is different in windows app and android app

Hello,I've found an issue:for this song (and maybe other) :100eme etageByVegastarDuration3:36 The song is "correct" on the windows app but when I switch to Android (in my car) the song is different, it's an alternate version (it's should be the same ...

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Hello, I've found an issue: for this song (and maybe other) : 100eme etage By Vegastar Duration 3:36   The song is "correct" on the windows app but when I switch to Android (in my car) ...

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Spotify constantly says songs not available

I have a spotify premium account and the player routinely cannot play ANY songs. I will restart the application a number of times, but it will just do the same thing over and over and it happens almost every day. This is unacceptable when I am paying...

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I have a spotify premium account and the player routinely cannot play ANY songs.  I will restart the application a number of times, but it will just do the same thing over and over and it happen...

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