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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...
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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...
Hello Without having to reinstall the Spotify Windows app, is this the path where one can safely delete the cache? For me the data folder current size is: 1.14GB Path is below with edited username for privacy reasons. Thank you in advance for any ans...
Hello Without having to reinstall the Spotify Windows app, is this the path where one can safely delete the cache? For me the data folder current size is: 1.14GB Path is below...
Music Fan
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PlanPremium Family - using Desktop AppCountryUKDeviceHP ZBook Create G7 NotebookOperating SystemWindows 11 - Version 21H2 My Question or IssueI upgraded to windows 11 last week and since then the playback on Spotify, via bluetooth into a speaker (UE ...
Plan Premium Family - using Desktop App Country UK Device HP ZBook Create G7 Notebook Operating System Windows 11 - Version 21H2 My Question or Issue I upgraded to windows 11 l...
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PlanFreeCountryFloridaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify still continues to show Offline Mode even after Unistalling and Reinstalling it mutiple times, it works on Website Player but physical Desktop App, all the song...
Plan Free Country Florida Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify still continues to show Offline Mode even after Unistalling and Reinstalling...
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Plan: FamilyPremiumCountry: Norway DeviceHuawei Matebook D 15 signature edition Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello!I have recently ran into a problem with my Spotify application.Whenever I play music in the background while playing ...
Plan: Family Premium Country: Norway Device Huawei Matebook D 15 signature edition Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello! I have recently...
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PlanPremiumCountryPortugalDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI use a VPN for reasons not concerning to Spotify. A few weeks ago several issues with the Spotify app have risen: I am unable to play songs from any artist page;Spotify...
Plan Premium Country Portugal Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I use a VPN for reasons not concerning to Spotify. A few weeks ago several issues with the Sp...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceLenovo Ideapad 5 Pro Gen 6, listening on a Bose QuietComfort 45Operating SystemWindows 11 22000.739 build My Question or IssueHi,I've recently noticed that Spotify randomly stops playing my music, when I'm using some Micr...
Plan Premium Country Spain Device Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro Gen 6, listening on a Bose QuietComfort 45 Operating System Windows 11 22000.739 build My Question or Issue Hi, I've rece...
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PlanPremiumCountry NZ DeviceWindows 10 PCOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue
Plan Premium Country NZ Device Windows 10 PC Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue
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PlanPremiumCountrySingaporeDeviceAMD Ryzen 7 Asus X570 desktopOperating SystemWindows 11 22H2 Build 22621.160 My Question or IssueI hibernate my computer for the end of the day.When I resume the desktop the next day, and click the Play button on Spot...
Plan Premium Country Singapore Device AMD Ryzen 7 Asus X570 desktop Operating System Windows 11 22H2 Build 22621.160 My Question or Issue I hibernate my computer for the end of the d...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremium (Family)CountryUnited StatesDeviceiPhone 12/PCOperating SystemIOS 15.5/Windows 10 ver. 10.0.19044 My Question or IssueWhen using Spotify connect with my iPhone and PC Spotify will not let me directly pick a song on only one playlist, by t...
Plan Premium (Family) Country United States Device iPhone 12/PC Operating System IOS 15.5/Windows 10 ver. 10.0.19044 My Question or Issue When using Spotify connect with my iPhone an...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have spent a lot of time trying to figure this out on my own. I am NOT very "computer-wise" so it's been a challenge. Spotify has been crashing within 2-3 seconds every time...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have spent a lot of time trying to figure this out on my own. I am NOT very "computer-...
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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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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceDell laptopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueAfter running for a while, I cannot start a new song (it just keeps playing the current song) and I cannot close the app, unless I kill every Spotify process...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Dell laptop Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue After running for a while, I cannot start a new song (it just keeps playing the c...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWin10 My Question or IssueI can'[t get anything to play on the desktop app. My android and the web player both work, but the app is unable to play anything. The PC plays other sounds from Web Player, Games...
Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Win10 My Question or Issue I can'[t get anything to play on the desktop app. My android and the web player both work, but ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDell Ultrabook Latitude E7470Operating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueAs I'm listening to a playlist, I will sometimes add one random song to my queue that is not on the playlist. Every time I do this, my entire q...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell Ultrabook Latitude E7470 Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue As I'm listening to a playlist, I will sometimes add one random son...
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PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceDellOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueEver since some changes in search, it seems to misbehave more often than not. First of all there are no results for very common words:Second of all, clicking on headers Play...
Plan Premium Country Spain Device Dell Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Ever since some changes in search, it seems to misbehave more often than not. First of a...
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Hi, today I noticed that in some albums the songs are showed to be 0:29 seconds long (always and only 0:29) while obviously they are longer. Once I play them the right lenght appears on the playing bar, but still not in the album. This only happens i...
Hi, today I noticed that in some albums the songs are showed to be 0:29 seconds long (always and only 0:29) while obviously they are longer. Once I play them the right lenght appears on the playing b...
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My situation is like this:I have a public Spotify playlist of mine which I am enhancing on my Android phone (OnePlus 9, latest OS update, latest Spotify update). I am playing the music on my Windows 10 desktop (latest Windows update, latest Spotify a...
My situation is like this: I have a public Spotify playlist of mine which I am enhancing on my Android phone (OnePlus 9, latest OS update, latest Spotify update). I am playing the music on my Window...
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hey,i have the problem, that when i log open spotify on my pc it work fine until i log into an account (it doesnt matte which account i use) then there is an error message and nothing works anymore. also i cant log out of my account because everythin...
hey, i have the problem, that when i log open spotify on my pc it work fine until i log into an account (it doesnt matte which account i use) then there is an error message and nothing works anymore...
Composer
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When I want to listen to J-pop I play the J-pop mix made for me by spotify. Now recently it has been adding k-pop songs to the mix. I like k-pop but when I want to listen SPECIFICALLY to J-pop I don't want k-pop songs mixed in. I assume there is no f...
When I want to listen to J-pop I play the J-pop mix made for me by spotify. Now recently it has been adding k-pop songs to the mix. I like k-pop but when I want to listen SPECIFICALLY to J-pop I don'...
Newbie
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I don't know why because i have seen people access this feature but for some reason i cant play my songs in Fullscreen.
I don't know why because i have seen people access this feature but for some reason i cant play my songs in Fullscreen.
Spotify Legend
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