Playlist shuffle is still a coin flip
On a playlist, shuffle typically picks the next track from the remaining set without a hard promise that every song must play before any repeat. On a 40-song playlist you might not mind. On Liked Songs with thousands of titles, chance revisits hits while albums you saved last year stay silent. That is the same math as why random shuffle repeats on local players.
Smart features make the loop louder
Radio, DJ, Smart Shuffle, and similar modes are not trying to finish your library. They mix in extra tracks and weight what you already play. If your complaint is “I never hear the rest of my likes,” those modes work against you. Turn them off when you want a straight shuffle of a list you made.
What you can try inside Spotify
- Shuffle a smaller playlist you actually want to finish, not the entire Liked Songs dump.
- Turn off Smart Shuffle / similar mixes so extra recommended tracks stop jumping the queue.
- Start from an album or artist page when you want that catalog, not a blend of your heaviest repeats.
Those tweaks help a session. They do not give you a saved cycle across your whole library that survives closing the app.
When a local player is the actual fix
If the music is files you ripped, bought, or downloaded once, you do not need a streaming shuffle at all. A local player can mark each track played and refuse to repeat until the full library has had a turn. That is what ShuffleIt™ calls true shuffle: a cycle, not a coin flip. It works offline on Android and Windows. See how to shuffle an entire library without repeats.
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