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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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X amount of notifications, only a limited number showing when scrolling down

Hello, all. This has been happening for a while now and I'd like to see it worked out. Today, I logged onto Spotify and found out I had 56 notifications of new releases. Thing is, when I scroll down, it stops at about 20 and the thing doesn't scroll ...

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Hello, all.   This has been happening for a while now and I'd like to see it worked out. Today, I logged onto Spotify and found out I had 56 notifications of new releases. Thing is, when I s...

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Solved!! Spotify last version 0.9.12.10

Hi community,Yesterday was released the last Spotify version 0.9.12.10. For me it looks the same. Did you guys experienced some change? Some new improvement?Regards.

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Hi community, Yesterday was released the last Spotify version 0.9.12.10. For me it looks the same. Did you guys experienced some change? Some new improvement? Regards.

Peter__

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Restoring followers

How do I restore my deleted followers?

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How do I restore my deleted followers?

Peter__

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Bug − multiple Janets

I was listening to Janet Jackson, then a song listed that it was by "Janet". I clicked her name and was taken to music from an assortment of Janets, not just Janet Jackson. I was offered the chance to play through this clashing assortment of tracks a...

Music Fan

I was listening to Janet Jackson, then a song listed that it was by "Janet". I clicked her name and was taken to music from an assortment of Janets, not just Janet Jackson. I was offered the chance t...

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Offline access withdrawn

I dont understand why, my subscription is fine. Even my phone is fine, however I lost all my playlist here but not on my phone. Any possible solution?

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I dont understand why, my subscription is fine. Even my phone is fine, however I lost all my playlist here but not on my phone.   Any possible solution?

Peter__

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Lost all of my Starred songs

I logged in just now and I don' t have any of my starred songs :cplease please please help

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I logged in just now and I don' t have any of my starred songs :c please please please help

Peter__

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Solved!! Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

I'm wondering if there is limit to following artists in Your Music? I'm painfully, butthurtingly aware of the 10,000 track limit. As a work around I was thinking of just following the remaining artists I can't fit. It's a few extra steps, but I reall...

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I'm wondering if there is limit to following artists in Your Music? I'm painfully, butthurtingly aware of the 10,000 track limit. As a work around I was thinking of just following the remaining artis...

Peter__

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Playlist/History empty but still premium

Hello, I just logged in today and my playlist & history is suddenly empty, I've read similiar problems but that also the premium is gone, but that's still there. The playlist is also still available on my Android phone & web player. Thanks

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Hello,   I just logged in today and my playlist & history is suddenly empty, I've read similiar problems but that also the premium is gone, but that's still there.   The playlis...

PizzaDevil

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my account was overwritten?

My soon to be wife must have been logged into my facebook when she created an account or something, after she created an account it erased all my play lists and now it says I am logged in as her I cannot even log in as me, I re-installed spotify, log...

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My soon to be wife must have been logged into my facebook when she created an account or something, after she created an account it erased all my play lists and now it says I am logged in as her I ca...

kbrooksc

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Slowly accumulating hard drive space

Here's the skinny. It seems that Spotify is slowly taking up more and more space. When I've left Spotify running over the period of a few hours (while in my dorm room homeworking or some such business), I'll check OS (C:) and there will be less space...

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Here's the skinny.       It seems that Spotify is slowly taking up more and more space.  When I've left Spotify running over the period of a few hours (while in my dorm room h...

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Hide Music Announcements on Browse page

I have the "hide music on discover page" checked, and they are hidden when I go to the discover tab on the browse page, but I don't want announcements ever. Thanks! (I'm on version 0.9.12.10)

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I have the "hide music on discover page" checked, and they are hidden when I go to the discover tab on the browse page, but I don't want announcements ever. Thanks! (I'm on version 0.9.12.10)

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Installation failure

Hello. I've been using spotify for a longer period, but suddenly one day it would not open. I delete spotify and tried to reinstall it . But it's like spotify did not install completely. When I start SpotifySetup it downloads and install spotify but ...

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Hello. I've been using spotify for a longer period, but suddenly one day it would not open. I delete spotify and tried to reinstall it . But it's like spotify did not install completely. When I s...

Peter__

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App for windows Surface Tablet

Any update on when Spotify might become available for Windows store anybody? Thanks!!

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Any update on when Spotify might become available for Windows store anybody? Thanks!!

Peter__

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Mojibake AKA Scrambled Japanese Text

Hey there so I just got spotify and its a pretty solid service (Save for some musicians I like not being on there) but I ran into a problem when I went to browse my local files, that being the dreaded Mojibake. For those not in the know its an error ...

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Hey there so I just got spotify and its a pretty solid service (Save for some musicians I like not being on there) but I ran into a problem when I went to browse my local files, that being the dreade...

Peter__

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Why isn't it possible to search through an artists page with CTRL+F anymore?

I find this frustration I used to use the CTRL+F function a lot, for example to find which album a song in the "Popular" list belongs. Now i have to first use the main search function, to see the name of the album, and then manually scroll through th...

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I find this frustration I used to use the CTRL+F function a lot, for example to find which album a song in the "Popular" list belongs. Now i have to first use the main search function, to see the n...

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Audio ad stops playing

Hello, Usually when audio ad starts playing and I click on next song I want to play, it shows a message "(song name) will play after the commercial message". Now when I play a song from desktop app for Windows with latest version from Top Lists and i...

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Hello,   Usually when audio ad starts playing and I click on next song I want to play, it shows a message "(song name) will play after the commercial message".   Now when I play a s...

kbrooksc

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Cant get music to play

Certain albums will not play, have cleared cache, and reinstalled spotify.

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Certain albums will not play, have cleared cache, and reinstalled spotify.

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Radio | Wont find playlist based songs

Hello, I started a new radio on one of my playlists. On the PL there are only cover songs from "String Tribute Players" and "Vitamin String Quartet" Vitamin String Quartet – Wake Me Up (String Quartet Tribute to Avicii) String Tribute Players – Throu...

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Hello,   I started a new radio on one of my playlists. On the PL there are only cover songs from "String Tribute Players" and "Vitamin String Quartet" Vitamin String Quartet – Wake Me Up (...

Tatze

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Webplayer pauses randomly

I'm using Google Chrome 36.0 on Windows 7 and the spotify webplayer will pause for 1-20 s randomly. The play button doesnt change but the playback timer just stops. I don't think it's a network problem because other websites stream music just fine an...

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I'm using Google Chrome 36.0 on Windows 7 and the spotify webplayer will pause for 1-20 s randomly. The play button doesnt change but the playback timer just stops. I don't think it's a network probl...

grdave

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Solved!! Latest update(0.9.12.6) broke embed.spotify.com, open.spotify.com and playing tracks from facebook.

As the topic says, the latest update for windows breaks the embed.* open.* and facebook "remote control" functionality in spotify. The webhelper seems to be doing what it should, but the spotify client is not handling the commands it should, only the...

Gig Goer

As the topic says, the latest update for windows breaks the embed.* open.* and facebook "remote control" functionality in spotify. The webhelper seems to be doing what it should, but the spotif...

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