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Solved!! Disable the Mini-Player on the Web-Version

Hi GuysI switched on my Windows 10 from the Desktop-Version to the Browser-Version. It works, but now I get/see every time a Mini-Player in the left upper corner for about 5 seconds when I press Pause/Play or e.g. if I change the volume. How can I de...

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Solved!! Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"I have tried all t...

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Solved!! Disable Video on desktop app

There no X or way to close or stop a video on Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c

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Windows Troubleshooting Guide

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...

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Superuser Contribution Why wont spotify open

When I click on the spotify app it says Spotify isn't responding and wont open

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When I click on the spotify app it says Spotify isn't responding and wont open

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Superuser Contribution Give us an option to permanetly keep square covers

The Spotify client UI is getting worse and worse after every update. Now everything is getting infested with the horrendous rounded corners plague, even covers are getting destroyed by the intrusive and uninspired Spotify UI. Please! Stop destroying ...

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The Spotify client UI is getting worse and worse after every update. Now everything is getting infested with the horrendous rounded corners plague, even covers are getting destroyed by the intrusive ...

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Superuser Contribution track info sidebar automatically opens after closing it

Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueThe new track info side bar keep opening every time I change an artist/song/playlist.Please fix this bug so it will keep closed after closing it.

Gig Goer

Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue The new track info side bar keep opening every time I change an artist/song/playlist. Please fix this bug so it will keep closed after clo...

Eni

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Crashing When Trying to Login

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue My Spotify app crashes immediately when trying to login. No error messages or anything. Never had issues before. I have tried a clean install both from the direct downl...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   My Spotify app crashes immediately when trying to login.  No error messages or a...

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Superuser Contribution Desktop app - buttons frozen and continues playing after closing.

Premium subsriber. After playing for about an hour, buttons freeze - e.g.shuffle on/off or play. When I close the app, it's still playing - it is not minimized and if I try to open it again it won't. When I look at Task Manager several instances of S...

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Premium subsriber. After playing for about an hour, buttons freeze - e.g.shuffle on/off or play. When I close the app, it's still playing - it is not minimized and if I try to open it again it won't....

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Solved!! How do I revert the recent playlist/folder changes on the desktop app?

The recent update to the UI messed up all of the folders and playlists that I had organized. I can't even move the folders anymore, I can only pin them. Some of my playlists have been reorganized, and are now out of order. Every band/artist I follow ...

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The recent update to the UI messed up all of the folders and playlists that I had organized. I can't even move the folders anymore, I can only pin them. Some of my playlists have been reorganized, an...

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How to get a share link WITHOUT allowing clipboard access?

I'm simply trying to get a URL to share a track, but there only way I can see to do this is "copy to clipboard", which means allowing websites to access my computer's clipboard. As someone who values my privacy, this is not an option to me. Do I want...

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I'm simply trying to get a URL to share a track, but there only way I can see to do this is "copy to clipboard", which means allowing websites to access my computer's clipboard. As someone who values...

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Superuser Contribution Plays random song in middle of podcast, plays by itself when paused

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUKDeviceLenovo LaptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueSpotify desktop app keeps playing a random song when I am listening to a podcast. After a few mins of listening it just switches to a song I have never heard of a...

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  Plan Free/Premium Country UK Device Lenovo Laptop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Spotify desktop app keeps playing a random song when I am listening to a podca...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution "Liked Songs" is not functioning properly

I added a certain song to "Liked Songs" three years ago,Now I click to navigate to its album, but the "Liked Songs" icon is not displayed in the album.

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I added a certain song to "Liked Songs" three years ago, Now I click to navigate to its album, but the "Liked Songs" icon is not displayed in the album.

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Superuser Contribution Spotify seems like it's offline on windows, but internet is connected

A few days ago, I reset my PC (I do this yearly to maintain decent system performance) after this, I figured I'd redownload all of my programs and applications, and when I downloaded Spotify, everything seemed fine until I logged in, and now it's the...

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A few days ago, I reset my PC (I do this yearly to maintain decent system performance) after this, I figured I'd redownload all of my programs and applications, and when I downloaded Spotify, everyth...

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Superuser Contribution win10/desktop: error code http 11/all commands in spotify bar greyed out

Reinstalled several times, logged out of all devices, allowed spotify.exe in through firewall or disabled entirely, restarted computer, nope nothing nada. Nothing works, extremely frustrating. Works fine on android and web browser.

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Reinstalled several times, logged out of all devices, allowed spotify.exe in through firewall or disabled entirely, restarted computer, nope nothing nada. Nothing works, extremely frustrating. Works ...

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Superuser Contribution WoW classic + Spotify makes my new computer crash.

PlanFreeSwedenDevicePC Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueHi! I bought a new computer like two weeks ago and I'm very happy with it. There is just a slight problem with it. While i play WoW Classic and listen to music through Spotify it...

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Plan Free Sweden Device PC  Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Hi! I bought a new computer like two weeks ago and I'm very happy with it. There is just a slight p...

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Superuser Contribution Why can I only listen to smart shuffle

When I press shuffle at my Computer at home the Smart shuffle is integrated in the normal shuffle mode. I do not want that. I want only to hear Songs that are in my playlist and not others. And I can not deactivate the smart shuffle. I only can deact...

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When I press shuffle at my Computer at home the Smart shuffle is integrated in the normal shuffle mode. I do not want that. I want only to hear Songs that are in my playlist and not others. And I can...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Video settings for desktop app

Video settingsWe need a Video Settings option in the desktop app. I just had a problem with the quality of the video with podcasts that I'm watching (Poor quality video) and I couldn't fix it. There is no video settings option that could fix it for m...

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Video settings We need a Video Settings option in the desktop app. I just had a problem with the quality of the video with podcasts that I'm watching (Poor quality video) and I couldn't fix it. Ther...

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Superuser Contribution Music notes next to all my songs on my main playlist on Spotify instead of numbers.

Plan-Premium (So I am a paying customer)Country-U.S.Device-14 inch M1 MacBook Pro (2021) My Question or Issue:Why is there music notes next to all my songs on all of my main playlist on Spotify instead of numbers now? And how do I change it back to n...

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Plan-Premium (So I am a paying customer) Country-U.S. Device-14 inch M1 MacBook Pro (2021)   My Question or Issue: Why is there music notes next to all my songs on all of my main playlist...

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Superuser Contribution album art glitch

Some of the album art when I view my liked songs appears corrupted.

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Some of the album art when I view my liked songs appears corrupted.

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Superuser Contribution Crackling Audio

Whenever I use Spotify on my laptop, I notice that the minute I leave the desktop app and go to another app (mostly Chrome or Discord), my audio gets all crackle-y. It's not too bad that it's hurting my ears or anything, but it's annoying because I a...

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Whenever I use Spotify on my laptop, I notice that the minute I leave the desktop app and go to another app (mostly Chrome or Discord), my audio gets all crackle-y. It's not too bad that it's hurting...

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Superuser Contribution Fotball?

Why keeps this app showing me the "Fotball" recommandation for ages now, although I completely ignore it? And how do I get rid of it?

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Why keeps this app showing me the "Fotball" recommandation for ages now, although I completely ignore it? And how do I get rid of it?

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Superuser Contribution App is actually just non functional

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi,I have been using spotify on multiple computers for many years. I have never been able to get the desktop app to function properly and I'm honestly considering unsubscribin...

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Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi, I have been using spotify on multiple computers for many years. I have never been able to get ...

Alex

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w11 client can't see outdated chromecast devices

So I spent like 30 minutes troubleshooting why a W11 client could no longer see/use the chromecast client on an nvidia shield, while other machines on the network could still see it. was forced to update the chromecast software on the shield to a dec...

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So I spent like 30 minutes troubleshooting why a W11 client could no longer see/use the chromecast client on an nvidia shield, while other machines on the network could still see it. was forced to up...

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