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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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Solved!! Desktop: Jam now available

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...

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Desktop: New "Now Playing View" sidebar

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...

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New Your Library sidebar

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...

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Superuser Contribution Manage Spotify song on multiple devices

Hey, I couldn't find anything about this but my wording is probably poor.I am posting on here about -when I am listening on Spotify, for this example lest say on my phone. On my desktop I can see what is playing on my phone and even change songs. Whe...

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Hey, I couldn't find anything about this but my wording is probably poor. I am posting on here about - when I am listening on Spotify, for this example lest say on my phone. On my desktop I can see...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Desktop App Not Playing

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueSo this started this morning, but my spotify desktop app won't play anything. I can search music just fine, and if I hit play it will show progress on the song, but no audio ...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue So this started this morning, but my spotify desktop app won't play anything.  I can search m...

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Superuser Contribution Lazy Loading Causing Playback Issues

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor long podcast libraries, the lazy loading feature is causing playback issues. If a library is longer than X amount, it will not initially load any episodes of podcast beyo...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue For long podcast libraries, the lazy loading feature is causing playback issues. If a library is l...

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Superuser Contribution Just a bug with playback

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueLook at the attachment below

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Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Look at the attachment below

Alex

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Voice Control forWindows 10 Desktop PC Not Available?

Plan--PremiumCountry--USADevice--Windows PC Desktop with Windows 10 with latest updatesOperating System--Windows 10 Voice Control for Windows 10 Desktop PC doesn't seem to be available as I never see the microphone icon in the Spotify app. I tried al...

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Plan--Premium Country--USA Device--Windows PC Desktop with Windows 10 with latest updates Operating System--Windows 10   Voice Control for Windows 10 Desktop PC doesn't seem to be available...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify restarting songs, skipping songs, playing random songs

PlanPremiumCountryIrelandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10Client Version1.1.86.857.g3751ee08 My Question or Issue Spotify keeps restarting, skipping and playing random songs. I've done the following: signed out on all devicesreinstalledMy internet i...

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Plan Premium Country Ireland Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Client Version 1.1.86.857.g3751ee08   My Question or Issue   Spotify keeps restarting, skipping and playing r...

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Superuser Contribution My playlists Bug

PlanFree Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or Issue:There some to be an issue that whenever I scroll down then field my playlist on the desktop app some of my top playlists disapear. For they to apear again I must close and open the app again.

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Plan Free   Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue: There some to be an issue that whenever I scroll down then field my playlist on the desktop app some of my top playlis...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify crashing when sorting music in playlist

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceASUS Rog Zephyrus G14Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueMy issue is that spotify is continuing to crash on me while using excessive memory through task manager. I have already uninstalled the app, cleared ...

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  Plan Premium Country Australia Device ASUS Rog Zephyrus G14 Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue My issue is that spotify is continuing to crash on me while using...

Jeremy

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Collaborative Playlist

I have a collaborative playlist with my previous lover. How do I know he is also playing a song on our playlist at the same time as me? I don't follow him anymore.

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I have a collaborative playlist with my previous lover. How do I know he is also playing a song on our playlist at the same time as me? I don't follow him anymore.

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Avoiding screen saving while using Spotify

DeviceLaptop + screenOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello,Can you add an option in the Spotify application to stop the screen saving of the PC while Spotify is playing (like a video software)?My PC is connected to an external screen w...

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Device Laptop + screen Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello, Can you add an option in the Spotify application to stop the screen saving of the PC while Spotify is play...

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Superuser Contribution Too many lyrics showing

Ever since I connected my phone on spotify connect, the lyrics are shown full in the whole song and you scroll through them. It won't even autoscroll for you once you need to. I hate this and I want it to go back to when 2-3 lines are shown at a time...

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Ever since I connected my phone on spotify connect, the lyrics are shown full in the whole song and you scroll through them. It won't even autoscroll for you once you need to. I hate this and I want ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify auto-update soft-locks the computer with Controlled Folder Access feature on

Setup:- Windows 11 Desktop- Spotify Premium- Controlled Folder Access feature turned on (Windows Security -> Ransomware Protection)- Personal folder (including "/Music") root set to Microsoft OneDrive Spotify auto-update seems to be soft-locking Wind...

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Setup: - Windows 11 Desktop - Spotify Premium - Controlled Folder Access feature turned on (Windows Security -> Ransomware Protection) - Personal folder (including "/Music") root set to Micros...

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Playlist song count doesn't match

I have this issue on two of my playlists. While looking at it on my laptop, the preview says there are 508 songs when scrolling to the bottom says it is 506. On the other, it says I have 717 songs on the top while scrolling to the bottom says there a...

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I have this issue on two of my playlists. While looking at it on my laptop, the preview says there are 508 songs when scrolling to the bottom says it is 506. On the other, it says I have 717 songs on...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Release Radar/Discover Weekly songs hidden via phone do not appear hidden on desktop app

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceSamsung Galaxy S21 FE/Windows DesktopOperating SystemAndroid 12/Windows 11 My Question or IssueThere is a bug with this scenario: I hide songs in my release radar or discover weekly playlists on my phone, then try to vie...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Samsung Galaxy S21 FE/Windows Desktop Operating System Android 12/Windows 11   My Question or Issue There is a bug with this scenario: I hide songs i...

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Superuser Contribution Nissan ad pops up but does not play, unable to resume listening to music.

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceHP Envy laptopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueEvery time the Nissan ad tries to play it freezes and then I can't resume listening to music. I can restart the app and get it to play one or two songs before ...

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  Plan Free/Premium Country   Device HP Envy laptop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Every time the Nissan ad tries to play it freezes and then I can't res...

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Superuser Contribution whole spotify window scrolls with playlists

It's nothing new that the implementation of the spotify clients is absolutely horrible on every single platform there is. But this bug in the windows client just completely beats everything i've seen so far. When adding a song to a playlist, not only...

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It's nothing new that the implementation of the spotify clients is absolutely horrible on every single platform there is. But this bug in the windows client just completely beats everything i've seen...

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Superuser Contribution Many, Many Bugs (White boxes on hover, wont play songs, doesn't detect devices)

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceHome-built Windows Desktop PC (MSI Motherboard, Ryzen 5 CPU/GPU), but the issues also show up on my HP laptop (I don't use it enough to test all of them). Mobile (iOS) apps work great.Operating SystemWindows 11My IssueEv...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Home-built Windows Desktop PC (MSI Motherboard, Ryzen 5 CPU/GPU), but the issues also show up on my HP laptop (I don't use it enough to test all of them). Mobi...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Cannot drag songs to top of the queue

PlanPremiumCountryUruguayDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've been unable to drag a song to the top of the queue ever since the Spotify revamp. If I drag the song to the top of the screen, it does not auto scroll. Dragging song...

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Plan Premium Country Uruguay Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I've been unable to drag a song to the top of the queue ever since the Spotify revamp. If I dr...

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Superuser Contribution Multiple unwanted devices on desktop app, but not android

PlanPremium planCountryU.S. DevicePC desktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My desktop Spotify shows a few Alexa devices under Connect that I want to remove. They belong to family members in other states, one of whom I don't speak to and REALLY don't want...

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Plan Premium plan Country U.S.  Device PC desktop Operating System Windows 10   My desktop Spotify shows a few Alexa devices under Connect that I want to remove. They belong to fam...

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