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Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide of general troubleshooting steps known to resolve a multitude of issues. Basic Troubleshooting: Restart the Spotify app as well as your PC. Make sure both the app and Windows ar...
Spotify is bringing Jam to the desktop app! 拾 ️ Now you can start or join a listening party with your friends, family, colleagues, and classmates, with the Spotify desktop app in addition to the mobile app. Although you can listen on your own, Jam in...
Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. Together, the individually customizable design of these new views provides a richer experience, m...
Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...
On the desktop app, whenever I want to add a song to a playlist in a pinned folder, the folder is far down the list instead of at the top. You should fix this.
On the desktop app, whenever I want to add a song to a playlist in a pinned folder, the folder is far down the list instead of at the top. You should fix this.
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicedifferent PCsOperating SystemWindows 10, Windows 11 My Question or IssueThe buttons in the top right corner are no longer at the top of the app. This is very annoying for me, as it makes it significantly more difficult ...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device different PCs Operating System Windows 10, Windows 11 My Question or Issue The buttons in the top right corner are no longer at the top of the app...
Music Fan
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PlanFreeCountryNetherlandsDevicesMSI Laptop 2016, Lenovo LaptopOperating SystemBoth Windows 11Spotify VersionSpotify voor Windows (64-bits)1.2.72.438.g8c88c31cMy Question or IssueSpotify allows me to open a tab in CEF by plugging in my numworks calcu...
Plan Free Country Netherlands Devices MSI Laptop 2016, Lenovo Laptop Operating System Both Windows 11 Spotify Version Spotify voor Windows (64-bits) 1.2.72.438.g8c88c31c My Question or Iss...
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My music starts playing when i turn off my work headset (bluetooth connection via USB). I was not listening to music before it was turned on or during. I usually am in a call, so when i turn my headset off after the call the music or podcast starts p...
My music starts playing when i turn off my work headset (bluetooth connection via USB). I was not listening to music before it was turned on or during. I usually am in a call, so when i turn my heads...
Visitor
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PlanFreeDeviceDesktop WindowsOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI can't figure out how to unpin a playlist I pinned
Plan Free Device Desktop Windows Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I can't figure out how to unpin a playlist I pinned
Casual Listener
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I do not know if its a bug or a feature, When I open a playlist and search for a song using find in playlist,and for example if 2 songs come up, and i select one of it, the player starts looping in that two songs instead of the playlist. My motivatio...
I do not know if its a bug or a feature, When I open a playlist and search for a song using find in playlist, and for example if 2 songs come up, and i select one of it, the ...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(PC)Operating System(Windows) My Question or Issue I recently ran into a problem that the spotify on my PC stopped working, nothing was playing, music was not playing, I cleaned the cache, but nothing helped
Plan Premium Country USA Device (PC) Operating System (Windows) My Question or Issue I recently ran into a problem that the spotify on my PC stopped working, nothing was playin...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryHong Kong DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have 2 playlist of songs from local files (Playlist added from Local Files, not the "Local Files" playlist) I cannot add any of the song from said playlists to anoth...
Plan Premium Country Hong Kong Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have 2 playlist of songs from local files (Playlist added from Local Files, not th...
Newbie
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Plan: Premium Country: US Device: Dell Desktop Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue: When I use Spotify on desktop, I like to keep my view split between the album/playlist on the right, and my library on the left. Now currently, the libr...
Plan: Premium Country: US Device: Dell Desktop Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue: When I use Spotify on desktop, I like to keep my view split between the alb...
Music Fan
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I deleted some playlists I made but they are still showing up on the home page, I've tried deleting them again but I always get an error saying something went wrong. I've tried listening to a bunch of playlists to see if they go away but nope they ar...
I deleted some playlists I made but they are still showing up on the home page, I've tried deleting them again but I always get an error saying something went wrong. I've tried listening to a bunch o...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceWindows 10 PC---On three separate occasions, I've launched Spotify, only for it to immediately crash and freeze my PC. On restart and relaunching Spotify, I find that I have been signed out of Spotify, and that after logging...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Windows 10 PC --- On three separate occasions, I've launched Spotify, only for it to immediately crash and freeze my PC. On restart and relaunching Spotify, I fi...
Music Fan
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I do not want pressing "Play" on the Spotify Desktop app to ever start music playing on my phone. It's not even an intuitive best guess as to what should happen when I move between devices. I want control over this. I should be able to prevent this f...
I do not want pressing "Play" on the Spotify Desktop app to ever start music playing on my phone. It's not even an intuitive best guess as to what should happen when I move between devices. I want co...
Newbie
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Windows 11 has a new feature where the taskbar icons can get smaller when the taskbar is full.To enable this, go to "Windows Settings > Personalization > Taskbar behaviors", and set "Show smaller taskbar buttons" to "When taskbar is full".To experien...
Windows 11 has a new feature where the taskbar icons can get smaller when the taskbar is full. To enable this, go to "Windows Settings > Personalization > Taskbar behaviors", and set "Show s...
Moderator
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I wanted to update spotify then it shot itselfI cant Reinstall it nor via Microsoft storeI found Left over files that i think that it might cause issues but i cannot remove itI also Cannot relocate files i am stuck with no optionsI can go on the webr...
I wanted to update spotify then it shot itself I cant Reinstall it nor via Microsoft store I found Left over files that i think that it might cause issues but i cannot remove it I also Cannot relo...
Casual Listener
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I live in the Netherlands. However, I prefer listening to English music and podcasts. When I try to find podcasts the explore page shows mostly Dutch podcasts. Is there a way to browse the English podcast?
I live in the Netherlands. However, I prefer listening to English music and podcasts. When I try to find podcasts the explore page shows mostly Dutch podcasts. Is there a way to browse the English po...
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Windows 10Firefox 135Spotify desktop app freshly installed (again) When a friend posts a spotify link, I want it to open in the app, not in a browser window.Please help. I've looked for hours and nothing works.Interestingly, when spotify opens in the...
Windows 10 Firefox 135 Spotify desktop app freshly installed (again) When a friend posts a spotify link, I want it to open in the app, not in a browser window. Please help...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueSpotify is working on my Phone perfectly fine (Iphoone 14 Pro Max)but on my Computer the Desktop app and the Browser version are both **bleep**ed up.In the Screenshots yo...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Spotify is working on my Phone perfectly fine (Iphoone 14 Pro Max) but on my Computer the Des...
Spotify Star
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I have a Premium Spotify account and live in the Netherlands. I use Spotify Connect with some devices (e.g. a Denon receiver) and that works great.Shortly, I bought a used Argon Stream2. Internet radio and local network audio works great. But I can't...
I have a Premium Spotify account and live in the Netherlands. I use Spotify Connect with some devices (e.g. a Denon receiver) and that works great. Shortly, I bought a used Argon Stream2. Internet r...
Casual Listener
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PlanFreeCountryNew ZealandDeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have just started using Spotify, and am using the Chrome browser version (I have not downloaded an app). I'm listening to a single specific podcast. Whenever I ...
Plan Free Country New Zealand Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have just started using Spotify, and am using the Chrome browser version (I have not...
Moderator
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PlanPremiumCountryPolandOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just noticed that a new "smart shuffle mode" putting unwanted "smart recommendations" in my queue was added to my desktop app. How to turn it off permanently or at least make th...
Plan Premium Country Poland Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I just noticed that a new "smart shuffle mode" putting unwanted "smart recommendations" in my queue was add...
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