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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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Spotify doesn't support dolby digital plus when listen a music on my laptop without a headphone

I've just noticed that Spotify doesn't support Dolby Digital Plus when I listen to a music on my computer without a headphone.I already tried to play a music on Window Media Player and It's work well. The problem is disappeared when I listen to a mus...

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I've just noticed that Spotify doesn't support Dolby Digital Plus when I listen to a music on my computer without a headphone. I already tried to play a music on Window Media Player and It's wo...

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Adding music to playlists inside folders broken as of latest update

I just updated Spotify and I'm suddenly unable to add music in any way to playlists that are inside playlist folders. I right click on them, click the three dots on the track from the album or while I'm playing them, I click and drag them over the pl...

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I just updated Spotify and I'm suddenly unable to add music in any way to playlists that are inside playlist folders. I right click on them, click the three dots on the track from the album or while ...

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aplicativo congela o computador

Ha algum tempo que venho enfrentando esse problema. Quando inicio o aplicativo, ele simplesmente congela o computador, nada funciona, nem mouse nem teclado, para tudo! A unica solucao eh forcar o meu notebook a desligar. Antes demorava um tempo ate i...

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Ha algum tempo que venho enfrentando esse problema. Quando inicio o aplicativo, ele simplesmente congela o computador, nada funciona, nem mouse nem teclado, para tudo! A unica solucao eh forcar ...

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Spotify se queda en negro, Spotify stays in black

Hola, cuando abro spotify se queda la pantalla en negro, tengo Windows 7 Hi, when i open spotify this stays in black and doesn't opened, i have windows 7

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Hola, cuando abro spotify se queda la pantalla en negro, tengo Windows 7   Hi, when i open spotify this stays in black and doesn't opened, i have windows 7

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Playing Spotify on Web Browser when NOT on same network

Hello! I have been listening to spotify at work for the past couple days without an issue, logging in and just letting it do it's thing, but the last couple of days it won't play anything. I'm logged into both my phone and my web browser, I can add m...

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Hello! I have been listening to spotify at work for the past couple days without an issue, logging in and just letting it do it's thing, but the last couple of days it won't play anything.  &nb...

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Suggestion: Autopause when desktop screen locks

I really like the new autoplay feature. However, it has exacerbated an issue I've been having occasionally. I listen to spotify in headphones connected my desktop computer at the office. When I leave the office, I sometimes forget to pause the music,...

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I really like the new autoplay feature. However, it has exacerbated an issue I've been having occasionally.   I listen to spotify in headphones connected my desktop computer at the office. Whe...

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Partial Playlist Length

When using other music players I could select a batch of tracks and it would give me the total playing time of that specific selection. Is there anyway to see this in Spotify? It would greatly help me organize the playlist for our wedding. If not, it...

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When using other music players I could select a batch of tracks and it would give me the total playing time of that specific selection.   Is there anyway to see this in Spotify? It would ...

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The Day the Music Died, Part 2: A Real Fix

I detailed my problems in a different thread (the play arrows no longer worked on any part of my Spotify web account), and my previous "fix" was to open a new Spotify account, then link back to all my old folders. I stumbled on a new fix, and it solv...

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I detailed my problems in a different thread (the play arrows no longer worked on any part of my Spotify web account), and my previous "fix" was to open a new Spotify account, then link back to all m...

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Spotify window won't fullscreen

I have two monitors, and it fullscreens on the second monitor, however when I switch the window over to my first monitor, it seems to cut off everything except what it would be on my second monitor; as if its resolution is set to my second monitor. I...

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I have two monitors, and it fullscreens on the second monitor, however when I switch the window over to my first monitor, it seems to cut off everything except what it would be on my second monitor; ...

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Spotify Won't Load

Hello, I have been using Spotify since last year I believe, and since then I have not have had any problems. Now, when I open Spotify I get the black screen with the whirring circle and I have tried uninstalling the program and re-downloading it mult...

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Hello, I have been using Spotify since last year I believe, and since then I have not have had any problems.  Now, when I open Spotify I get the black screen with the whirring circle and I have ...

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Add Song to playlist - playlists temporarily disappear

Hello, Got a weird little bug on the Windows app. When I first open the app and want to add a song to one of my playlists, I right click on the song as normal and navigate the menus to my folder of playlists. Weirdly, it only shows my playlists that ...

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Hello,   Got a weird little bug on the Windows app. When I first open the app and want to add a song to one of my playlists, I right click on the song as normal and navigate the menus to my fo...

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Identifying songs saved to my music that are not in any playlist

There seems to be no way to identify what playlist(s) a given song is part of. I use both Save save Add to Playlist but sometimes forget one or the other Identifying songs in a playlist that are not saved to my music is easy enough... there is a "plu...

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There seems to be no way to identify what playlist(s) a given song is part of. I use both Save save Add to Playlist but sometimes forget one or the other   Identifying songs in a playlist that...

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Spotify Audio Stuttering -> Windows 10 app

The audio is stuttering in my Windows 10 Desktop app. I have tried reinstalling Spotify, restarting my computer, everything listed in the troubleshooting list. I am not having this issue with any other audio files or with Youtube, only Spotify. I hav...

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The audio is stuttering in my Windows 10 Desktop app. I have tried reinstalling Spotify, restarting my computer, everything listed in the troubleshooting list. I am not having this issue with any oth...

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Solved!! WEB PLAYER STUCK

My web player is stuck with the repeat one song control active but I can't hit it or neither of the other controls. Basically I can't use the player anymore.

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My web player is stuck with the repeat one song control active but I can't hit it or neither of the other controls. Basically I can't use the player anymore.

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Local playlist sync

Local playlist wont sync between 2 PC but does sync to my mobile device.When I click to download the playlist the message that keeps showing is "waiting.."

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Local playlist wont sync between 2 PC but does sync to my mobile device. When I click to download the playlist the message that keeps showing is "waiting.."

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504 Gateway Time Out Message

My desktop version of Spotify is displaying a 504 Gateway Time Out Message. Working okay on my phone. My husband, on our family plan, is working fine on his desktop and his phone. The only one affected is my desktop.

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My desktop version of Spotify is displaying a 504 Gateway Time Out Message. Working okay on my phone. My husband, on our family plan, is working fine on his desktop and his phone. The only one a...

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Spotify UI glitch

UI glitch on *COUNTRY* TOP 50. 

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UI glitch on *COUNTRY* TOP 50.  

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People stealing other artists songs.

(Sorry if this is in the wrong part of the ''forum'' but this just angers me.) So just as the title... I've come a cross an ''artist'' called ''I n'' that had some album called ''Acisenlia'' then i realized that the cover arts had the actual name of ...

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(Sorry if this is in the wrong part of the ''forum'' but this just angers me.) So just as the title... I've come a cross an ''artist'' called ''I n'' that had some album called ''Acisenlia'...

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Spotify Web Player Not Working

I cannot play any music in the web player. It is just frozen. The play buttons don't work, I keep pressing them. Logging in and out, refreshing.. nothing helps. I only have spotify web player as App ain't available in my country.

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I cannot play any music in the web player. It is just frozen. The play buttons don't work, I keep pressing them. Logging in and out, refreshing.. nothing helps. I only have spotify web player as App ...

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