How do I stop smart shuffle forever?

[AnnMarieG]

Plan

Premium

Country

N' Ireland

Device

Samsung Galaxy & iMac 

My Question or Issue

I hate having to remember to switch off "smart shuffle", I think it's adding songs to my playlists, as when it's on it plays songs I've never heard of before! Is there a way to turn it off?

[Anyk17]

Hey @AnnMarieG!

Thanks for posting and welcome to the Spotify Community.

Here's an idea though about getting a Smart Shuffle toggle setting in Settings menu, which you might find interesting, so feel free to check it out and show your support. Here you can read more on how ideas work.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

[MattSuda · Accepted solution]

Hey @AnnMarieG

Good news! Spotify has listened to user feedback and you can now disable Smart Shuffle from the mobile app settings, as mentioned in this now implemented idea. This setting will also be added to the desktop app in a future update.

Steps to disable Smart Shuffle in the mobile app:

1: Tap on your profile picture at the top left corner

2: Tap on Settings and privacy

3: Tap on Playback

4: Switch Include Smart Shuffle in play modes off

Note: This is for Premium users only and right now it's only available in the mobile app, but in a future update, there will be a setting to disable Smart Shuffle in the desktop app as well.

More info can be found in the Shuffle help article here:

https://support.spotify.com/article/shuffle-play/