EXPLAINED: Stop Spotify From Playing Suggested Songs

Spotify is the most popular music streaming app in the world today, but it has its own fair share of problems. One such problem that users often complain about is how it adds songs to your playlists. In this guide, I’ll talk about how you can disable some features that can stop the app from playing suggested songs, and also of other methods I’ve tried that have helped as well.

Key Takeaways

• Spotify keeps playing suggested songs as its algorithmic recommendation system is designed to keep users engaged with the app and provide them with a personalized and enjoyable listening experience.
• You can prevent Spotify from playing suggested songs by disabling Autoplay or using the Private Session feature.
• If you are highly irritated by suggested songs being played on Spotify, upgrade to premium.

Why Does Spotify Keep Playing Suggested Songs

Spotify’s algorithmic recommendation engine plays recommended music to give you a personalized touch. The technology analyzes a user’s listening behavior and recommends tracks that are similar to those they have already heard or liked, and then makes suggestions based on the gathered data to keep you interested.

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How To Stop Spotify From Playing Suggested Songs

There are a few ways you can use to stop Spotify from doing this, these ways are:

• Disabling the Autoplay feature.
• Creating a playlist for your songs.
• Turning off the “Discover Weekly” and “Daily Mix” playlists.
• Enabling Private Session.

Disable The Autoplay Feature

First of all, it would be best if you consider disabling the Autoplay feature on your Spotify account by following the steps below:

1. Turn on your device.
2. Go to “Spotify.”
3. Now, click on “Settings.”

   

4. From the settings window, toggle the button next to “Autoplay” to turn it off, which will prevent the app from automatically playing suggested songs after the current song has ended.

   

Turn Off The “Discover Weekly” And “Daily Mix” Playlists

The “Discover Weekly” and “Daily Mix” playlists are the primary sources of suggested songs on Spotify. To turn them off on Spotify, you can follow these steps:

1. Open the Spotify app and go to the “Your Library” section.
2. Find the “Discover Weekly” or “Daily Mix” playlist.
3. Click on the three dots in the playlist’s top right corner.
4. Now, select “Don’t play after this.”
5. Repeat the process for each “Discover Weekly” or “Daily Mix” playlist you want to turn off.
6. After you have turned off these playlists, they will no longer play automatically after you finish listening to your current songs.

Note: Disabling the “Discover Weekly” and “Daily Mix” playlists will not affect other suggested songs that may be recommended based on your listening habits and preferences.

Create A New Playlist

If you want to keep listening to music on Spotify, you can create a new playlist with only the songs you want to hear. You can then play that playlist, and Spotify won’t play any suggested songs. To do this, follow the process below:

1. Turn on your device.
2. Launch the Spotify app.
3. Go to the “Your Library” tab.
4. Click on “Playlists.”
5. Now, tap on the “+” symbol and choose “Playlist.” Give your playlist a name and a description, and decide whether you want to make it public or private.

   

6. Click on “Create.” To add songs to your new playlist, you can either search for them in the Spotify search bar or find pieces in your library and drag them to your new playlist.

Enable Private Session

You can also use the Private session feature, which prevents your listening habits from affecting the songs that are being suggested to you. Spotify will not monitor the music you play, playlists you make, or podcasts you listen to when you begin a private session. This implies that none of your listening behaviors will be utilized to produce recommendations for you. Furthermore, your “Recently Played” list will not be refreshed, nor will your playlists be edited. You might also be interested in learning about how to fix Spotify error code 73.

To enable the private session feature, you can implement this process:

1. Go to the “Spotify” app.
2. Click on the profile picture displayed in the upper right corner of the screen.
3. Now, select “Private session.”
4. Doing so will enable the private session, and none of your listening habits will be tracked by Spotify.

   

Note: Private sessions are only available while the Spotify app is active and will finish when you shut the app or change the “Private session” button to the “Off” position. I recommend you enable the private session every time you listen to songs on Spotify to keep your listening habits hidden.

Upgrade To Premium

The last resort to this issue would be upgrading to Spotify Premium. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Open your Spotify app.
2. Click on “Settings.”
3. Scroll down to find “Account.”
4. Now, tap on “Go Premium.”
5. Choose the Premium plan you want to subscribe to, either a Monthly or Annual subscription. Spotify Premium is available in several different plans, including individual, family, student, and HiFi. You can choose the plan that best suits your needs.
6. Follow the steps to enter your payment information and complete the subscription process.

Once you have upgraded to Spotify Premium, you will have access to many benefits, including:

• Ad-free listening.
• Offline playback.
• Unlimited skips.
• High-quality audio.
• Access to exclusive content.

Final Words

Spotify plays suggested songs because of its algorithm that works to keep the user’s attention. In order to turn off this feature, you can Disable Autoplay, Turn off the “Discover Weekly” and “Daily Mix” playlists. You can then create a new playlist, and enable Private Session. While all these do help, the most foolproof way is to simply Upgrade to Premium. If nothing works, try contacting Spotify Support.

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