Play a playlist in order

[MND2016]

Does anyone know how to play a playlist in order, I don't want it to shuffle! I have Premium and can't fingers out how to do it

[Joe]

Just touch the track you want to start from. 

[MND2016]

If I click on the top track for instance to play when it's finished it will then shuffle. I want it to play the playlist in order

[Joe · Accepted solution]

Ah OK. It sounds like you have shuffle enabled. Tap the bar at the bottom to go to album cover view. At the bottom there's a crossed arrow icon to the left of the play controls. This is the shuffle button and, if it is green then shuffle mode is enabled. Just touch it to turn shuffle off.

[mains69]

I don't have the the shuffle on. Still can't play my playlist in order? What's going on? I have the Premium  plan. 

[AndresM]

Hey @mains69,

Thanks for reaching out about this in the Community and welcome. 

Just to confirm, is this happening when logging in with a different device? 

Also, could you log out, restart your main device, log back in and tell us if the issue persists?

We'll be waiting here for your reply. 

[etd11wm]

This was happening to me. Make sure to clear your queue. That worked for me.

[PM7287]

This still isn’t working!!! Cannot turn shuffle off for a playlist, all the comments on this thread are wrong. Is this just not something Spotify has figured out??!

[Jeremy]

Hi there @PM7287,

Thank you for taking the time to post in this thread. We're sorry that you haven't been able to turn off your shuffle. Let's take a closer look into this.

To start with, can you let us know if you're pressing the green arrow when you start a song in a playlist as this will turn shuffle on automatically. If you do, can you click the first song directly in the playlist to see if the issue persists?

Another useful step to try would be to make sure there's no old cache files causing this by reinstalling the app with the steps provided here.

Let us know how it goes.

Take care!

[oshkoshbob]

No no no. I've tried it a million times and it still doesn't work like I intend it. I'm on an Android phone on 6/7/22. I would like to play a playlist from the first song at the top song of the list of songs.

Every time I do what you say to do, when I go to other songs in the playlist and then try to start the playlist from the top song and continue down. What happens is that when I start playing the playlist it chooses a random song.

[Dian]

Hey @oshkoshbob,

Thanks for the reply.

If you turn off the Shuffle for a certain playlist and play songs from this playlist by clicking on a title and not the play button, the playlist will be played without shuffle on.

But if you switch to a different playlist, the Shuffle will be again set to ON and you'll have to deactivate it again from the Now Playing bar buttons.

Could you confirm this is the case on your end?

Keep us posted,

Cheers!

[Angel13187]

I tried everything but I still can't turn shuffle mode off. Please respond in less than an hour.

[Angel13187]

But how do you turn shuffle mode off

[Angel13187]

Because I was taping on the title of my playlist and it wasn't working

[Dian]

Hey @Angel13187,

Thanks for posting in the Community.

It's important to first find out if you're using a free account or have a Premium subscription. What's the case on your end?

If you're using a Premium account, follow the advise from my previous reply.

If you're using a free account, the Shuffle mode can be deactivated only for certain playlists like the ones from the "Made For You" section. More on that here.

Hope this helps,

Cheers!

[Angel13187]

Well that's trash I can't even listen to my playlist in order. I literally put in that order so I can listen to the songs I like in order this new update sucks

[aramoarcea]

Extremely frustrating! I have a premium family account and I am ready to cancel my account. Why is there no easy way to shuffle a playlist? If I click on the current song it takes me to the album which I can shuffle or unshufle but the playlists come with a green play button and a shuffle symbol on. is that play button for the shuffle option only? Not very intuitive.   I don't want it shuffled! Anything. Ever. 

[Nigel99]

I have the same problem and it is driving me nuts

[Nigel99]

I am also a premium subscriber (though other plans are looking increasingly more likely) and have precisely the same issue.   

[Nigel99]

So have had exactly same issue (I am a premium member using Android). However, just accessed Spotify via my windows laptop and the icon for shuffling on/off is there against both the playlist and at the track level.

Miraculously when I now access the playlist on my android device, the icon appear (when they were not present before).

No idea if this is coincidence, but just to be absolutely clear - I have the exact p[problem that others have listed above and now I dont.