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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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Concerts without the city of the locations!

Hey,since the new update is on the bandpage of any band with concerts the city where the concert is gone.Can anybody fix it?

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Hey, since the new update is on the bandpage of any band with concerts the city where the concert is gone. Can anybody fix it?

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Desktop overlay

Hi, I would suggest making the desktop overlay optional.It's really intrusive, especially when I play games. As it is fairly new, I sometimes forget it will pop up when I change songs with my keys, which has killed me several times while playing vide...

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 Hi, I would suggest making the desktop overlay optional. It's really intrusive, especially when I play games. As it is fairly new, I sometimes forget it will pop up when I change songs with ...

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Strange shuffle issues

This problem occurs when I am playing music off of my Android phone and controlling it from my Windows laptop, or vice versa. If I hit shuffle play on one device, while the other is playing, Spotify only shuffles the nearest 40 or so songs, and only ...

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This problem occurs when I am playing music off of my Android phone and controlling it from my  Windows laptop, or vice versa.   If I hit shuffle play on one device, while the other is pl...

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Extreme data consumption of data in Windows 10 ?

I had an extreme data consumption in the beginning of August. In only 24 hours my computer downstreamed 120 GB of data. I didn't do any downloads of my own, and neither my data provider nor Microsoft can say what happened exept that a program must ha...

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I had an extreme data consumption in the beginning of August. In only 24 hours my computer downstreamed 120 GB of data. I didn't do any downloads of my own, and neither my data provider nor Microsoft...

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Problema com foto na busca

a foto que aparece na playlist da descoberta da semana que não sigo é do meu perfil antigo do facebook, com meu ex, preciso trocar essa foto e nao consigo como fazer?

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a foto que aparece na playlist da descoberta da semana que não sigo é do meu perfil antigo do facebook, com meu ex, preciso trocar essa foto e nao consigo como fazer?

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Solved!! Widget?! :D

Hello! Since idk, the last update? I'm not that observant of these things, I have seen a widget appearing in the top left corner of my computer as soon as I change song on my keyboard shortcuts.Is there a way to disable it or even make it always visi...

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Hello!   Since idk, the last update? I'm not that observant of these things, I have seen a widget appearing in the top left corner of my computer as soon as I change song on my keyboard shortc...

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Nothing to look at

Is there anything equivalent to the "humming is fun" animation? I mean, yeah, the lyrics are gone, but you guys already had the visual stuff going on. I'd love to see some kind of animation, even if it's not synced with the music. Remember tuning int...

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Is there anything equivalent to the "humming is fun" animation? I mean, yeah, the lyrics are gone, but you guys already had the visual stuff going on. I'd love to see some kind of animation, even if ...

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How to Reduce spotify CPU consumption

I have seen a few different ways people suggest like disconnecting facebook or unfollowing friends, but neither of those methods worked for me so I went around the app trying to figure out why it would be cause such a drain on my cpu. I found that an...

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I have seen a few different ways people suggest like disconnecting facebook or unfollowing friends, but neither of those methods worked for me so I went around the app trying to figure out why it wou...

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Playlist Folder Icons / Arrows on Right

Hi, believe I am supposed to report bugs here, and they will get raised by a superuser? I have recently arranged all my playlists in folders, and up until this weekend, the arrows which represent the state of the folder (collapsed / expanded) have be...

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Hi,  believe I am supposed to report bugs here, and they will get raised by a superuser?   I have recently arranged all my playlists in folders, and up until this weekend, the arrows whic...

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Spotify stops responding when I open it

Every time I open spotify (dekstop app) it stops responding, so I close it, re open it and it still isn't responding, this happens for a bit until it works, is there a fix for this?

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Every time I open spotify (dekstop app) it stops responding, so I close it, re open it and it still isn't responding, this happens for a bit until it works, is there a fix for this?

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Friend Activity feed is not showing my friends' recently played songs

As I said in the title, my Friend Activity feed isn't showing my friends' recently played songs. I have a Windows OS and have my Spotify up to date. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this? I've already tried uninstalling and reinstalling...

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As I said in the title, my Friend Activity feed isn't showing my friends' recently played songs. I have a Windows OS and have my Spotify up to date. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix thi...

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[Windows] Desktop client "This song is not available..."

Greetings,Getting a "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." message with nearly every song played on a Windows 7 PC. Started getting the message after an update this afternoon was installed. Subsequently...

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Greetings, Getting a "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." message with nearly every song played on a Windows 7 PC. Started getting the message after...

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Spotify em IPV6 no Brasil

Boa tarde Não consigo usar o spotify em rede Ipv6. Alguém no brasil consegiu?Estou com endereços Ipv6 em todos meus dispositivos. Acesso Google , Uol, Globo.com normalmente. mas quando vou ouvir spotify em Ipv6 ele fica off line . ou seja ele não esc...

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Boa tarde   Não consigo usar o spotify em rede Ipv6. Alguém no brasil consegiu? Estou com endereços Ipv6 em todos meus dispositivos. Acesso Google , Uol, Globo.com normalmente. mas quando vou...

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Minor sound reduction when sound plays in other games

Hey all, When I play games alone (Skyrim, Elder Scrolls Online, Minecraft, Civilization) I usually listen to music at the same time. I've noticed that when any of these applications is making any noise, the volume output by Spotify is reduced very sl...

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Hey all,     When I play games alone (Skyrim, Elder Scrolls Online, Minecraft, Civilization) I usually listen to music at the same time. I've noticed that when any of these applicatio...

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Good for music

i like the music you put on here i love it so much its like 5 stars *****

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i like the music you put on here i love it so much its like 5 stars *****

Catee

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Solved!! Playable Songs Now Unplayable?

Well, today I went to play one of my favourite songs, Wish You Were Here, but on the album it was dark and didn't have the play button. 2 songs on the album were playable, but the rest were the same as Wish You Were Here, unplayable. These songs were...

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Well, today I went to play one of my favourite songs, Wish You Were Here, but on the album it was dark and didn't have the play button. 2 songs on the album were playable, but the rest were the same ...

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Song crossfade does not work

The option to crossfade songs is only working with shuffle mode. Is there any reason for this? I love crossfade because it makes listening to music one long stream of endless music instead of seperate songs. Even if the genre is compeletely different...

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The option to crossfade songs is only working with shuffle mode. Is there any reason for this? I love crossfade because it makes listening to music one long stream of endless music instead of seperat...

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Solved!! Where did icons go?

I liked those icons, I like visuals They were making the navigation easier. Now its just a green stick moving up and down :{ For what reason you guys wanted to remove all those icons... Also all other icons/buttons got smaller (it's harder to click y...

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I liked those icons, I like visuals  😕   They were making the navigation easier. Now its just a green stick moving up and down :{   For what reason you guys wanted to remove all t...

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Album list disappeared

I signed in today and my list of saved albums is gone. If I search an artist, it still shows albums that I saved previously as saved. How do I get my album list back?

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I signed in today and my list of saved albums is gone. If I search an artist, it still shows albums that I saved previously as saved. How do I get my album list back?

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Allow the user to put playback buttons on the left side of the window

I'm not the biggest fan of the new U.I. in the new Spotify desktop version update, specifically how all the playback buttons were moved to the center of the window. I find it to be much more efficient to have the playback buttons at the left side of ...

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I'm not the biggest fan of the new U.I. in the new Spotify desktop version update, specifically how all the playback buttons were moved to the center of the window. I find it to be much more efficien...

Catee

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