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Discuss Spotify for Windows
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...
PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceMultiple Computers (Desktops & Laptops)Operating SystemWindows 10 & Windows 11 My Question or IssueI have this issue where i have a huge empty space in the dropdown menu when adding a song to playlist.I attached a scree...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Multiple Computers (Desktops & Laptops) Operating System Windows 10 & Windows 11 My Question or Issue I have this issue where i have a hug...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceSurface Laptop GoOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueThe songs are not queuing properly, when listening to an album and then adding another album to the queue - it won't allow for the remaining songs to be ...
Plan Premium Country Australia Device Surface Laptop Go Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue The songs are not queuing properly, when listening to an album and then addin...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10.0.19045 Build 19045 My Question or IssueThe Spotify desktop application has not loaded for me today saying "Something went wrong" and "Try reloading the page". I tried logging out of all my a...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 10.0.19045 Build 19045 My Question or Issue The Spotify desktop application has not loaded for me today saying "Somethi...
Regular
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My Question or IssueSearch no longer finds local songs and local songs aren't integrated so don't show up under artist or anything. Previously if Spotify had song but it wasn't available in your region due to licencing reasons it would be greyed out,...
My Question or Issue Search no longer finds local songs and local songs aren't integrated so don't show up under artist or anything. Previously if Spotify had song but it wasn't available i...
Music Fan
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Hi everyone, and Happy New Year ! It took me a while to get used to the new Spotify UI on desktop, but I'm actually really liking it now ! When I create a playlist and upload a picture as my playlist cover, it puts a background color, according to th...
Hi everyone, and Happy New Year ! It took me a while to get used to the new Spotify UI on desktop, but I'm actually really liking it now ! When I create a playlist and upload a pict...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 11 & 10 My Question or IssueI have tested this on 3 different Windows PC on my account as well as a completely different house, PC, network, and account.Upon starting Spotify for ...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 11 & 10 My Question or Issue I have tested this on 3 different Windows PC on my account as well as a...
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PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When launching the desktop app, the app will crash a few times when playing a song. After a few times, it'll run properly. I don't want to have to open it multiple times every time I want to...
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When launching the desktop app, the app will crash a few times when playing a song. After a few times, it'll...
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Hello,I am using a Win11 pc with a BT dongle in order to connect to my soundbar, which works well.I have a droid phone, which I sometimes use for volume control or skip on my pc as I am moving around the house for convenience, so I don't have to keep...
Hello, I am using a Win11 pc with a BT dongle in order to connect to my soundbar, which works well. I have a droid phone, which I sometimes use for volume control or skip on my pc as I am moving ar...
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Una vez desistalada y borrado los archivos he recibo el mismo error a la ahora de installar.no se pudo iniciar sesion error codigo17
Una vez desistalada y borrado los archivos he recibo el mismo error a la ahora de installar. no se pudo iniciar sesion error codigo17
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When I download and install Spotify to my Windows PC it installs on my C drive. But my C drive is not for Apps. I want it to install to my D Drive. How can this be done please?
When I download and install Spotify to my Windows PC it installs on my C drive. But my C drive is not for Apps. I want it to install to my D Drive. How can this be done please?
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Let's say I'm in 2016, in the discography, and I click on a song from that year, I go back and the scroll down resets and goes to the top, to 2022
Let's say I'm in 2016, in the discography, and I click on a song from that year, I go back and the scroll down resets and goes to the top, to 2022
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Whenever I click on Your Library in the Spotify Desktop app on Windows 10 I get a screen that says: "Something went wrong", "Try reloading the page". There is a "RELOAD PAGE" button underneath. When I click it the whole app refreshes and I get redire...
Whenever I click on Your Library in the Spotify Desktop app on Windows 10 I get a screen that says: "Something went wrong", "Try reloading the page". There is a "RELOAD PAGE" button underneath. When ...
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The Advanced Settings under my Power Options for Multimedia Settings is already set to "Prevent idling to sleep" [when sharing media], but the system doesn't seem to recognize that the music is actually playing. Is there a setting in Spotify that I'v...
The Advanced Settings under my Power Options for Multimedia Settings is already set to "Prevent idling to sleep" [when sharing media], but the system doesn't seem to recognize that the music is actua...
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when i try install in my pc, this show me a erro say error 17.I try this any time, after unistall and say me in spanish no se pude iniciar spotify codigo de error 17please if you have solution send me this emailmy email account is this acount is type...
when i try install in my pc, this show me a erro say error 17. I try this any time, after unistall and say me in spanish no se pude iniciar spotify codigo de error 17 please if you have solution se...
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I use spotify web player on chrome and it is continuously pausing my songs. This has become very irritating. I already tried clearing cache from my browser but the issue persists. Please help. I have a free plan and use an acer laptop.
I use spotify web player on chrome and it is continuously pausing my songs. This has become very irritating. I already tried clearing cache from my browser but the issue persists. Please help.  ...
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I accidentally deleted my important files and I would like to get it back. What to do? Anybody can help? Any suggestion?
I accidentally deleted my important files and I would like to get it back. What to do? Anybody can help? Any suggestion?
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePC/DesktopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueUnable to play any media through the desktop app. I have reinstalled, updated and followed all other options provided by Spotify Support.
Plan Premium Country USA Device PC/Desktop Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Unable to play any media through the desktop app. I have reinstalled, updated and followed al...
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PlanPremiumCountrycanadaDevicedellOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuemy songs got delated for some reason and tried to download the playlist again but it didn't download and it keeps saying downloading but nothing download except if i pla...
Plan Premium Country canada Device dell Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue my songs got delated for some reason and tried to download the playlist again but it didn't&n...
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Hello,I'm no longer able to launch Spotify on my Windows laptop. Re-installing the app and cleaning my hard-drive did not resolve the issue. The Event Viewer adds the following entry after trying to launch Spotify: Faulting application name: Spotify....
Hello, I'm no longer able to launch Spotify on my Windows laptop. Re-installing the app and cleaning my hard-drive did not resolve the issue. The Event Viewer adds the following entry after trying t...
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Spotify says my email is registered but I do not get any notifications and cannot reset my password!!!! The systems never sends me a password reset and I cannot get in. I wanted to buy the family package but after 2 days at this, I am looking for ano...
Spotify says my email is registered but I do not get any notifications and cannot reset my password!!!! The systems never sends me a password reset and I cannot get in. I wanted to buy the family pac...
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