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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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How do I turn off the Desktop App's invasion into my web browser?

When listening to a song preview on a webpage( The song on this page http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8013987/selena-gomez-new-song-marshmello-wolves ) I noticed that when I closed the tab the song was still playing. I switched to the des...

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When listening to a song preview on a webpage( The song on this page http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8013987/selena-gomez-new-song-marshmello-wolves ) I noticed that when I closed t...

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Seriously, why won't you unlink your phone playing the same song as your other devices already?

This has been asked multiple times. I've seen multiple threads. If I want to play music on my phone, I am very capable of doing so. This feature has been asked for for years now. Who is the guy who is thoroughly conviced that being invasive on device...

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This has been asked multiple times. I've seen multiple threads. If I want to play music on my phone, I am very capable of doing so. This feature has been asked for for years now. Who is the guy who i...

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Downloads for offline listening

My question is rather simple. I would like to do my offline listening on a mp3 player. How do I transfer my library to the player?

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My question is rather simple.  I would like to do my offline listening on a mp3 player.  How do I transfer my library to the player?

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Spotify crashes on startup despite all troubleshooting and reinstalling repeatedly.

Kinda just like the title says... Spotify crashes on my desktop for about the last month and a half immediately as I open the program. It started after an update around mid-September. I have been able to successfully uninstall and reinstall it, altho...

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Kinda just like the title says... Spotify crashes on my desktop for about the last month and a half immediately as I open the program. It started after an update around mid-September. I have been abl...

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Spotify won't open (windows 10 desktop app)

Spotify no longer opens, when I click to open it nothing happens. I've tried unistalling it and reinstalling and even loading my laptop in safe mode but nothing has made any difference. Also when I reinstall I get an error code 57 . Any help would be...

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Spotify no longer opens, when I click to open it nothing happens. I've tried unistalling it and reinstalling and even loading my laptop in safe mode but nothing has made any difference. Also when I r...

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Solved!! "This song is not available."

Hey guys, Since a couple of days I get the following notifaction for nearly all my songs, which were played perfectly before: "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." (see screenshot)This even happens to ...

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Hey guys,    Since a couple of days I get the following notifaction for nearly all my songs, which were played perfectly before:  "This song is not available. If you have the file o...

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Spotify is very slow / Hitlists won't load

Spotify has been very slow lately, which cannot be due to internet connection. That's fine. Even on my iPhone it's much faster than the Windows 10 desktop version. Also a lot of the features simply won't load.

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Spotify has been very slow lately, which cannot be due to internet connection. That's fine. Even on my iPhone it's much faster than the Windows 10 desktop version.  Also a lot of the features s...

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Does Spotify Free have a timeout?

I have the desktop application installed. I stream music through my house and find after idling for awhile the music stops playing. When I return to my desktop I simply hit play to start the music again. It doesent crash or anything. It just stops pl...

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I have the desktop application installed. I stream music through my house and find after idling for awhile the music stops playing. When I return to my desktop I simply hit play to start the music ag...

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Spotify se cierra cuando lo abro en la PC

Hola. Hace una semana que intento abrir Spotify desde una Notebook. intenta abrir, pero empieza a ponerse la pantalla en blanco y se cierra. no me da tiempo ni a logguearme. Tengo Windows. se cierra y queda el inioco de Spotify en la barra de inicio ...

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Hola. Hace una semana que intento abrir Spotify desde una Notebook. intenta abrir, pero empieza a ponerse la pantalla en blanco y se cierra. no me da tiempo ni a logguearme. Tengo Windows. se cierra ...

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Frozen playlist

I just created a new playlist and the app automatically selected the name of the first song assigned to the playlist as the name of the playlist (like is usually does). But the playlist does not respond to mouse clicks. I can't edit the playlist name...

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I just created a new playlist and the app automatically selected the name of the first song assigned to the playlist as the name of the playlist (like is usually does).  But the playlist does no...

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Solved!! no music available

Hi all,I tried to start spotify this morning (as usual) and when starting a playlist (e.g. "Hits du moment") I received an error info that the song is not available on my PC. Tried one of my personal playlist and got the same message.I reinstalled sp...

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Hi all, I tried to start spotify this morning (as usual) and when starting a playlist (e.g. "Hits du moment") I received an error info that the song is not available on my PC. Tried one of my person...

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Re: You didn't subscribe and had one inbox conversation?

Was that no-subscriber one-comment jab directed at me? I've been a paying subscriber since 2011 I've just been so happy with the service I never felt the need to sign up for these forums. But when I saw the note from one from the Spotify team in this...

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Was that no-subscriber one-comment jab directed at me? I've been a paying subscriber since 2011 🙂 I've just been so happy with the service I never felt the need to sign up for these forums...

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Re: Inbox and messages

I'm with every one of you guys - even +1'd all your comments I was also incensed at Spotify's insensitive handling of - and lack of response to - the situation; maybe I'm an idealist but, surely, this much negative feeling from a community should be ...

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I'm with every one of you guys - even +1'd all your comments 🙂   I was also incensed at Spotify's insensitive handling of - and lack of response to - the situation; maybe I'm an idealist but,...

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Spotify plays a different track for the same one!

Same track on PC plays 1 track and on phone plays a different one. Whats wrong how can I fix that?

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Same track on PC plays 1 track and on phone plays a different one.  Whats wrong how can I fix that?

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Downloaded Player logging me out

My Spotify App downloaded to my PC keeps logging me out?? I can maybe be on the app for 1-5 seconds after I log in when it immediately kicks me out, I can log in to the web player but the Spotify app just wont work! It tells me in the app that I have...

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My Spotify App downloaded to my PC keeps logging me out?? I can maybe be on the app for 1-5 seconds after I log in when it immediately kicks me out, I can log in to the web player but the Spotify app...

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Screen break up

Repeatadly seeing my screen do this - Any ideas? Maybe a feature?

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Repeatadly seeing my screen do this - Any ideas? Maybe a feature?

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Play Queue Not Functioning Properly on PC

Hello, A recurring problem I'm having on my PC is the play queue. I will look to add 10-15 songs to the queue, but only a handful, maybe 4-5, actually end up in the queue, so I know it works sometimes, but not every time. To my knowledge I have the m...

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Hello,   A recurring problem I'm having on my PC is the play queue. I will look to add 10-15 songs to the queue, but only a handful, maybe 4-5, actually end up in the queue, so I know it works...

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I haven't emailed you. I've jumped on a discussion which is still very popular. If you don't like it, remove your post.

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I haven't emailed you. I've jumped on a discussion which is still very popular. If you don't like it, remove your post.

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Re: You didn't subscribe and had one inbox conversation?

Hi. I posted my disappointment over the inbox like hundreds of other people- several months ago. Why are you emailing me today?

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Hi. I posted my disappointment over the inbox like hundreds of other people - several months ago. Why are you emailing me today?

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You didn't subscribe and had one inbox conversation?

Seriously? You have never even signed up to Spotify and had one little conversation in the inbox and you're mad? I can understand those who utilized this function for years.Talk about jumping on the bandwagon.

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Seriously? You have never even signed up to Spotify and had one little conversation in the inbox and you're mad? I can understand those who utilized this function for years.Talk about jumping on the ...

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