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August 15, 2024 - Solved: I'll hit the skip button once, and Spotify will sometimes start skipping repeatedly. The number of skipped songs varies, from around 50 to
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How to Fix Spotify Keeps Skipping Songs [100% Working]
September 26, 2025 - After that, reopen the Spotify app and log back in with your account. Logging out and logging back in help refresh your Spotify session, which can help resolve any temporary issues that might be causing the skipping problem. You can try play the song and check if the issues persists in your Spotify session.
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[Spotify] Songs automatically skips really fast.
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Spotify is skipping all songs for me, problem is related to output device selection.

I haven't had this issue the same way you seem to be having it, so the attempted solutions you describe are new to me. However, I did experience similar behavior once, and it was because I'd left Voicemeeter running in the background, and I guess Spotify thought I was trying to pirate their music. It just skipped song after song very rapidly. So, it's probably not the issue for you, but do you have Voicemeeter or any other audio loopback/virtual patch cable software running?

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Spotify skipping songs
Routers usually require 30 seconds to 1 minute with out power to reboot. Once you have your system up and running again, test Spotify playback on one of your Sonos Ones for at least five minutes, preferable on the One that is wired to yoru router. Test the same playback on your Connect:Amp and see if the skipping returns or resolves after ... More on en.community.sonos.com
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Spotify skips exactly 5 songs then will only load 10 seconds of a song? (web player)

I'm also having this issue with the web player, with Firefox as my browser. On Android it works fine. Unless I control the web player from the Android app, then it also skips and stops at 9 seconds.

Clearing cookies and restarting the browser did not do the trick.

Did you find a solution?

Edit: well, this has solved itself pretty much on its own, at least on my side. Today Firefox has been updated on my machine (currently v.89.0 64bit), and now the web player works without skipping.

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Spotify Is Skipping Songs By Itself for Some Users — Here's How to Fix It
April 19, 2023 - Spotify's millions of users have found themselves unhappy recently as they've discovered that Spotify is skipping songs at random while they try to listen to their tunes. This problem is a glitch on Spotify's side, and it seems to be one that occurs between 30 and 45 seconds into a song.
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9 Ways to Solve Spotify Skipping Songs
May 10, 2023 - If the “Spotify skipping songs by itself” problem persists, you can try reinstalling Spotify. To cleanly reinstall Spotify on your PC, you can follow these steps. Step 1. Go to the “Control Panel” on your computer. Step 2. Select “Uninstall a program” in the “Programs” section. Step 3. Find Spotify and right-click on it to select “Uninstall“. Step 4. After ...
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What to Do When You Encounter the Spotify Skipping Issue? - MiniTool
November 8, 2022 - After reinstalling the game, check if that “Spotify skipping” gets resolved. If not, try the next solution. If you are streaming Spotify songs with high quality, the songs may pause or skip when the Internet environment is not good enough.
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How to Fix My Spotify Skipping Songs Every 10 Seconds
September 15, 2025 - Just lower the Spotify streaming quality to stop Spotify from skipping songs. Step 1. Launch Spotify on your mobile or computer and go to 'Settings'. Step 2. Scroll down and choose the 'Audio Quality' option. Then select a lower streaming audio quality for both WiFi and Cellular. If Spotify keeps skipping 10 seconds in the middle of songs, gapless playback may be on.
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August 15, 2024 - Solved: I'll hit the skip button once, and Spotify will sometimes start skipping repeatedly. The number of skipped songs varies, from around 50 to
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Solved: Spotify skips tracks immediately, won't play any t... - Page 3 - The Spotify Community
January 9, 2018 - Hi, I'm playing spotify on my desktop, not sure if it's related to just switching to a VOIP service where the ethernet cable now goes in and out of the phone to the PC, where it went directly to the PC before, but when I click on a track it starts playing the track for less than a second, then ...
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r/techsupport on Reddit: [Spotify] Songs automatically skips really fast.
June 3, 2015 -

Hi. As the title states, I have a problem with spotify. The songs on my playlist keeps skipping so fast that I can't listen to anything. I made a GIF to show you how it looks. I don't know if any of you know about this problem, but my hopes are up.

I've tried uninstalling and installing it again, I've tried with different headsets, and I've tried of course turning my computer on and off again :P

Thanks!

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r/spotify on Reddit: Spotify is skipping all songs for me, problem is related to output device selection.
September 8, 2018 -

This is not a new issue: when using a playback device other than speakers or a headset, Spotify skips through all songs or refuses to play altogether. The two ways to fix this were to either:

  1. change your playback device to be your speakers/headset. This is not a fix.

  2. Restart the Windows Service: Windows Audio Endpoint Builder (as described here).

After restarting the Endpoint Builder, I have to restart my audio engine, not a big deal. However, this second solution does not help me as it has helped other people. Tried restarting Spotify too for good measure, no luck.

Has anyone else using a non-Windows audio engine ran into this issue? What did you do?

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How to fix Spotify randomly stop, pause playback or skip when playing streamed songs? - PUPUWEB
October 20, 2024 - Home » Troubleshooting » How to fix Spotify randomly stop, pause playback or skip when playing streamed songs? ... Solution 2: Switch off High Quality Streaming or use High (Ogg Vorbis 160kbit/s) Music Quality Settings ...
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Spotify app and web issues 'resolved' after users report skipping songs
November 27, 2020 - Skipping through song after just seconds. Appears to play on Google nest, but no sound comes out.” · We’ve made a few tweaks backstage, so everything should be back to normal. Need more help? Let @SpotifyCares know!— Spotify Status (@SpotifyStatus) November 27, 2020
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Spotify skipping songs | Sonos Community
October 19, 2018 - Routers usually require 30 seconds to 1 minute with out power to reboot. Once you have your system up and running again, test Spotify playback on one of your Sonos Ones for at least five minutes, preferable on the One that is wired to yoru router. Test the same playback on your Connect:Amp and see if the skipping returns or resolves after this reboot.
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Forbes
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Spotify Song Skip Rates Tell Us A Lot About Our Attention Span
June 3, 2024 - Music blogger Paul Lamere analyzed billions of plays from millions of Spotify listeners all over the world to discover their skip rates. Here's what he found: 24.14% likelihood of skipping to the next song in the first 5 seconds.
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r/spotify on Reddit: Spotify skips exactly 5 songs then will only load 10 seconds of a song? (web player)
October 13, 2019 -

This is one of the more bizarre problems I've had. Whenever I double click on a song or press a play button Spotify will skip exactly 6 songs and then play 9 or 10 seconds of the 6th before it won't play any more. What the hell is going on and how can I fix it?

I can still get all songs to "play" (10 seconds) by using the skip and back buttons. I've never had a problem with spotify before.

UPDATE: firefox updated and the issue is gone, still no clue what caused it, probably completely out of my control

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Solved: Music Skipping 10 Seconds Repeatedly - The Spotify Community
August 24, 2024 - It thinks that the button between the two volume buttons is being pressed or held when it isn’t actually and it often pauses the song, opens Siri or skips ahead 10 seconds. ... Many years later and this just happened to me. After restarting my laptop, it made no difference.