Folder only playing 2/3 playlists in a folder?

[Squeege10]

Plan

Free

Country

Canada

Device

Desktop

Operating System

Windows 11

My Question or Issue

This is a relatively new issue I'm having. I have a folder which contains 3 playlists. Previously, when I played the folder, it would shuffle between the songs within the 3 playlists to play a variety of all 3. However, in the last few days, I've noticed that the shuffle feature is playing songs solely from 2 of the playlists and leaving out the third entirely.  I've tried deleting the folder and re-adding them but nothing seems to work.

[MihailY · Accepted solution]

Hey @Squeege10,

Thanks for reaching out and kudos for the troubleshooting you've tried.

Is there anything different about this playlist e.g. created/not created by you, contains local files or podcast episodes? What happens if you leave only the non-shuffling playlist in the folder? 

To be on the safe side, you can also try clean reinstalling the app as described here.

Keep us posted.

[Squeege10]

Hello Mihail!

If I delete the other 2 playlists from the folder and leave solely the non-shuffling one, it will shuffle just fine.  However to my knowledge, it's no different from the others (songs only, no podcasts or local files and all 3 created by me.)

[OscarDC]

Hey @Squeege10,

Thank you for keeping in contact.

That's an odd behavior taking into account that the 3 of them are regular playlists created by you. So to continue investigating this issue, would you mind confirming if you've followed the clean reinstall process mentioned previously by @MihailY? If not, give it a try to see if it makes any difference.

Also, could you check if this happens with 3 different playlists on the same, or a new folder? 

Lastly and if the issue persists, it would be great if you could include the exact Spotify version you're currently running on your device to take a better look. 

We'll be on the lookout.

[Squeege10]

Hi everyone!

I just tried the clean re-install and it worked!  Thank you both!

[Novy]

Hi @Squeege10,

Glad to hear things are now working properly! 

The Community will be here if anything else comes up.

Cheers!