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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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Re: Inbox and messages

@Ashthemash wrote:Yes please bring it back and update the notifications! Or put the inbox in an easier place to find! It was hidden in the app, which is why people probably didn't use it so much! Should have been easily assessable, and maybe better m...

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@Ashthemash wrote: Yes please bring it back and update the notifications! Or put the inbox in an easier place to find! It was hidden in the app, which is why people probably didn't use it so much! S...

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Trying to delete my post. **bleep**?

I just made a post but now I'd like to delete it. For some reason the Spotify forums don't let you delete your own posts. What the what?

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I just made a post but now I'd like to delete it. For some reason the Spotify forums don't let you delete your own posts. What the what?

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Lags in pausing, playing, skipping, changing tracks

My Spotify for Windows lags in playing, pausing, skipping, changing tracks. Once pause is pressed, there is a lag of around 20 seconds or so before the song will actually pause, and during this period the song progress is still moving forward in the ...

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My Spotify for Windows lags in playing, pausing, skipping, changing tracks. Once pause is pressed, there is a lag of around 20 seconds or so before the song will actually pause, and during this perio...

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Superuser Contribution My friends wont display in my friends feed, I just have a button prompting me to "find friends"

When I click the "find friends" button it just prompts me to connect to facebook. I don't have a facebook, however I do have friends on Spotify. In the past I could see these friends in the sidebar but right now the sidebar is occupied with this "fin...

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When I click the "find friends" button it just prompts me to connect to facebook. I don't have a facebook, however I do have friends on Spotify. In the past I could see these friends in the sidebar b...

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Superuser Contribution break between songs

I have the Sptify web player and I want to change the break between the songs. Is that possible and can anyone tell me how to do this?

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I have the Sptify web player and I want to change the break between the songs. Is that possible and can anyone tell me how to do this?

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Solved!! Message box won't appear

Today, I had to restart my computer, and when I did so the box I click on to check my messages will not appear. I checked my tablet and my laptop and they are having the same problem. Though this is not happening on my mother's IPhone.

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Today, I had to restart my computer, and when I did so the box I click on to check my messages will not appear. I checked my tablet and my laptop and they are having the same problem. Though this is ...

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Forced delay when attempting to resume song from Bose Bluetooth headphones

This is extremely repeatable for me, so I'm wondering if I'm the only one having this issue. I have the following bluetooth headphones which have a button on them to allow for pause, resume, skip next, and skip previous.http://worldwide.bose.com/prod...

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This is extremely repeatable for me, so I'm wondering if I'm the only one having this issue.   I have the following bluetooth headphones which have a button on them to allow for pause, resume,...

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Re: Inbox and messages

Yeah, how do you access old messages now? We could have been given some kind of notice... I had songs there that I didn't have time to move to playlists. Songs I sent yesterday that for sure were not listented by their recipents yet. And yes, inbox =...

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Yeah, how do you access old messages now? We could have been given some kind of notice... I had songs there that I didn't have time to move to playlists. Songs I sent yesterday that for sure were not...

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How to sort playlists by number of followers?

Hello, When I do a search and I go to the playlists results for the search the playlist don't seem to be ordered in any way.Does anyone know if it's possible to sort playlists by the number of followers?In other words, how can I get the most popular ...

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Hello,   When I do a search and I go to the playlists results for the search the playlist don't seem to be ordered in any way. Does anyone know if it's possible to sort playlists by the numbe...

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How to play local files (from itunes) Windows Desktop

I have read dozens of posts from 2012 onwards and tried many solutions but non of them work for meI have my itunes playlists visible in Spotify and have 2 different cases1. The song artist and album is greyed out. A right mouse click gives a menu wit...

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I have read dozens of posts from 2012 onwards and tried many solutions but non of them work for me I have my itunes playlists visible in Spotify and have 2 different cases 1. The song artist and al...

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Spotify Fails to Update

Last few versions of Spotify fail to install the latest update. Once the update is downloaded I get the blue arrow in the top right-hand corner suggesting that I restart Spotify to install the update but when it reloads it has not installed. The only...

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Last few versions of Spotify fail to install the latest update.   Once the update is downloaded I get the blue arrow in the top right-hand corner suggesting that I restart Spotify to inst...

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my ads are in spanish and im in usa

hello, im in usa but im getting mexican ads pleese help

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hello,   im in usa but im getting mexican ads pleese help

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Display error on windows 10 desktop for songs that are in a time format

Interesting bug shows the time of this song 12:34 as a full timestamp "1899.12.30 12:34:00" instead of it's actual name "12:34". This doesn't seem to affect the web player.

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Interesting bug shows the time of this song 12:34 as a full timestamp "1899.12.30 12:34:00" instead of it's actual name "12:34".   This doesn't seem to affect the web player. 

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[WP7] Playlist stuck on loading

Hello, I wanted to copy a playlist from an old account. The internet connection stopped and then this happened: http://prntscr.com/ec69b2 I can't remove the playlist. Any idea how to fix this?

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Hello,   I wanted to copy a playlist from an old account. The internet connection stopped and then this happened: http://prntscr.com/ec69b2   I can't remove the playlist. Any idea how t...

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Playlist sorting options

I cannot sort my playlist. I like to move my music for my fitness classes around and clicked on something and it locked it up. Please help.

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I cannot sort my playlist.  I like to move my music for my fitness classes around and clicked on something and it locked it up. Please help.

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Listening to Spotify offline, while still connected to the Internet

Hi, I have a work laptop. My company is happy for me to install the Spotify application, but I cannot stream music while at work, as this is against company policy in order to maintain bandwidth. Is there a way to listen to my downloaded playlists of...

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Hi,   I have a work laptop.  My company is happy for me to install the Spotify application, but I cannot stream music while at work, as this is against company policy in order to maintain...

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[Windows]Spotify doesnt switch playback device

There is a bug I believe in the spotify desktop version, where sometimes, the program just won't change the output to the output device you chose. Sometimes if I restard Spotify and switch playback devices, it does actually work, sometimes it doesn't...

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There is a bug I believe in the spotify desktop version, where sometimes, the program just won't change the output to the output device you chose. Sometimes if I restard Spotify and switch playback d...

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Local Files awfulness

you know the drill; I added some mp3's to the "local files" portion of spotify through what should have been the normal method of adding mp3 files to a program, this was the smooth part. Obviously the not so smooth part is when all of my songs become...

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you know the drill; I added some mp3's to the "local files" portion of spotify through what should have been the normal method of adding mp3 files to a program, this was the smooth part. Obviously th...

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Incorrect Metadata on Local Files

I am trying to add some music to Spotify using local files but I am having a problem with it identifying the songs incorrectly, despite the files having the correct metadata. This is happening with an album from Amanda Palmer with a similar name to o...

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I am trying to add some music to Spotify using local files but I am having a problem with it identifying the songs incorrectly, despite the files having the correct metadata.  This is happening ...

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