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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...
PlanPremium Device(PC and iPhone 12)Operating System(Windows 11, iOS 15) My Question or IssueEvery time I press play on a song whether it's a single song, playlist, or artist song it pauses after 20-35 seconds. I've tried restarting the app, restarti...
Plan Premium Device (PC and iPhone 12) Operating System (Windows 11, iOS 15) My Question or Issue Every time I press play on a song whether it's a single song, playlist, or art...
Visitor
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Since a few days I can't anymore download playlists for offline listening. When I want to click on the arrow, a bubble spawn with "Unlock downloads et and others features with Spotify Premium". Okay, but I'm Premium (Duo).When I try on my phone, I wo...
Since a few days I can't anymore download playlists for offline listening. When I want to click on the arrow, a bubble spawn with "Unlock downloads et and others features with Spotify Premium". Oka...
Casual Listener
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I have problem with translation. Poor customer service on email, no answer. Plan Premium Country Finland Device Windows Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The followers and folloeimg is wrong in Finnish on profile. When first, fo...
I have problem with translation. Poor customer service on email, no answer. Plan Premium Country Finland Device Windows Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Quest...
Roadie
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I have followed the instructions on spotify desktop app for it supposedly start working and have even connected my Facebook account in the hopes of it working, which wasn't successful. I have also checked if my friends have that feature turned on and...
I have followed the instructions on spotify desktop app for it supposedly start working and have even connected my Facebook account in the hopes of it working, which wasn't successful. I have also ...
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceHP ProbookOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueIt has been deleted without any confirmation when I clicked the "delete downloaded songs" mistakenly. Why?! I had 5K songs and now puff! I must download again now and i...
Plan Premium Country Device HP Probook Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue It has been deleted without any confirmation when I clicked the "delete downloaded song...
Moderator
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Google ChromebookPlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceGoogle ChromebookOperating System?My Question or IssueWhenever I play a song it will play for only 2 seconds and then skips to the next song, it'll play that one as well for 2 secs before skipping...
Google Chromebook Plan Premium Country United States Device Google Chromebook Operating System ? My Question or Issue Whenever I play a song it will play for only 2 seconds and then skips t...
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Please allow user to turn off device synching. I see this issue goes back to 2015 and it seems there is some Spotify ideology that is stopping this small issue to be resolved. Just listen to your customers and give us an option to turn off (or on) sy...
Please allow user to turn off device synching. I see this issue goes back to 2015 and it seems there is some Spotify ideology that is stopping this small issue to be resolved. Just l...
Moderator
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I have Spotify premium (not sure if it matters) and the lyric feature (the mic icon in the now playing bar) is still not working. I uninstalled and reinstalled, logged out and back in, nothing will get it to work. I've seen threads saying this issue ...
I have Spotify premium (not sure if it matters) and the lyric feature (the mic icon in the now playing bar) is still not working. I uninstalled and reinstalled, logged out and back in, nothing will g...
Roadie
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Whenever I download something on my mobile installation it then also downloads it on my desktop. I couldn't find anything about this and it's incredibly annoying. I have absolutely no need to waste storage space on my PC that's always connected to th...
Whenever I download something on my mobile installation it then also downloads it on my desktop. I couldn't find anything about this and it's incredibly annoying. I have absolutely no need to waste s...
Moderator
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hello. I was uninstalling spotify because it gave the 'can't play music' error all the time, and as I was uninstalling I saw a notification pop up in the corner,...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello. I was uninstalling spotify because it gave the 'can't play music' error...
Spotify Legend
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So i got this weird issue with my work laptop. When i play music with the application there are some songs that i cant play (not grayed or local) and if i start playing on my phone or other computer it dosnt pause (Im playing on two units at the same...
So i got this weird issue with my work laptop. When i play music with the application there are some songs that i cant play (not grayed or local) and if i start playing on my phone or other computer ...
Casual Listener
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Small UI bug -- username is overlapping minimize button on Windows
Small UI bug -- username is overlapping minimize button on Windows
Spotify Star
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I just migrated from Chrome to Opera and my Spotify (in the regular tab and in the side app of the browser) is completely crazy. All songs play for 9 seconds (more or less) and then suddenly stop, no more sound pops up. Then, to make matters worse, I...
I just migrated from Chrome to Opera and my Spotify (in the regular tab and in the side app of the browser) is completely crazy. All songs play for 9 seconds (more or less) and then suddenly stop, no...
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"Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer import it" notification pops up when I try to play anything on my Desktop app. I tried to fix it and restart it through windows, reinstall it completely and reboot my computer ...
"Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer import it" notification pops up when I try to play anything on my Desktop app. I tried to fix it and restart it through windo...
Moderator
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I have down loaded my play list and they both see the files but will not play.
I have down loaded my play list and they both see the files but will not play.
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about 2 days ago i started having an issue where spotify wouldnt open, id try and open it and then nothing, not even task manager shows anything. i tried reinstalling it and that didnt work so i tried a clean reinstall and that didnt work either and ...
about 2 days ago i started having an issue where spotify wouldnt open, id try and open it and then nothing, not even task manager shows anything. i tried reinstalling it and that didnt work so i trie...
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Whenever I go on an artist's profile to play a song, the bottom just goes gray and nothing loads, the song, art, nothing, I can't listen to it. However, when I try to play any songs on my playlists or local files it works fine. This is only on pc, do...
Whenever I go on an artist's profile to play a song, the bottom just goes gray and nothing loads, the song, art, nothing, I can't listen to it. However, when I try to play any songs on my playlists o...
Moderator
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Connect on Windows Desktop Requiring Premium to play on Echo Dot PlanFreeCountryUSADevice(Windows Laptop running Desktop App)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueFor the past three days (October 18, 2022), the Spotify Connect feature on t...
Connect on Windows Desktop Requiring Premium to play on Echo Dot Plan Free Country USA Device (Windows Laptop running Desktop App) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question o...
Casual Listener
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On a 2-month-old HP Pavilion 24-ca0029 AiO PC with Windows 11…I’m getting a 6 or 7-second delay playing individual tracks on Spotify.Happens after about an hour of playing on about 90% of songs in my downloaded playlists.Sounds like fade but we’ve pl...
On a 2-month-old HP Pavilion 24-ca0029 AiO PC with Windows 11… I’m getting a 6 or 7-second delay playing individual tracks on Spotify. Happens after about an hour of playing on about 90% of songs i...
Spotify Legend
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I am running Spotify Desktop app in Windows 10. I was able to play everything last week. Now, I can only play playlists, not albums or individually selected songs. I have reinstalled Spotify (quick and clean installation), downloaded from website and...
I am running Spotify Desktop app in Windows 10. I was able to play everything last week. Now, I can only play playlists, not albums or individually selected songs. I have reinstalled Spotify (quick a...
Casual Listener
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