Announcements

Help Wizard

Step 1

NEXT STEP

FAQs

Please see below the most popular frequently asked questions.

Loading article...

Loading faqs...

VIEW ALL

Ongoing Issues

Please see below the current ongoing issues which are under investigation.

Loading issue...

Loading ongoing issues...

VIEW ALL

[Mobile] [Other] Smart Shuffle toggle setting in settings menu

Smart shuffle is a fun way to discover new songs, but it comes at a cost. Want to reshuffle your queue? Bam, wait a few seconds longer. Want to unshuffle your playlist? Bam, no longer works, and goes to a completely random place in the playlist.

 

To me this is an unwanted complication, and I'd much rather be able to choose in the settings menu whether I want to enable the Smart Shuffle feature, or disable it.

Updated on 2025-04-29

Hey folks,

 

We're excited to announce that you can now toggle whether Smart Shuffle is available on your mobile apps!

  1. Tap your profile picture at the top.
  2. Tap Settings and privacy.
  3. Select Playback.
  4. Switch Enable all play modes off and you're good to go!

Cheers & many thanks for your input 🙂 Stay tuned for new updates 🙌🏼

Comments
Sksss
Yeah day 4
lisharrock

Day 5 of posting until they allow us to disable smart shuffle. 5️⃣

Sksss
Day 5 it is
GiveMeMyMusac

Perfect example of an idea which should have been made optional

Metard79

Day 5 get rid of this feature that completely contradicts paying for premium.

Sksss
Day 5
oreodoh

I mean technically it's been a little bit more than *5 days but who's counting!? 🙃 5️⃣8️⃣7️⃣ 😂

Sksss
587 it is
saṅgīta

Dear Spotify Mod, wearing what seems to be a blindfold: PLEASE READ: Creating a personal playlist, is, well, a personal expression—not a community effort. A ‘PERSONAL’ playlist, is NOT a place to cram some rando’s suggestions/reccos. A ‘PERSONAL’ playlist, is also NOT a collaboration with an algorithm. Selecting, curating and then sharing a playlist is a VERY personal project. Frequently, created with some measure of love and care. Spotify, your ‘Smart’ Shuffle feature has clearly generated more than 7,000 community comments from upset Spotify users, on over 100 pages, plus the many who have never logged in to make a comment.

 

Please respond and update us on your thoughts, plans and efforts, is a sensible way, within the next few days.

 

Thank you.

lisharrock

Day 6(ish) of posting until they allow us to disable smart shuffle. 6️⃣