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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...
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...
PlanFreeCountry Device(PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueIf I use spotify on my computer, it doesn't count for me and I can't connect the device to my phone. Also, the status is not shown on the discord. (I have it turned on)But whe...
Plan Free Country Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue If I use spotify on my computer, it doesn't count for me and I can't connect the device to my ...
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Okay so since last week, my spotify is acting crazy. Every song i play is like suttering at the beginning for a few seconds and its pissing me off. I usually never need any help when it comes to technical issues because im a tech guy myself, but this...
Okay so since last week, my spotify is acting crazy. Every song i play is like suttering at the beginning for a few seconds and its pissing me off. I usually never need any help when it comes to tech...
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PlanPremiumCountryNLDevice(PC, Android Phones, Connect Devices)Operating System(Windows 11, Android 11) My Question or IssueI can't play certain playlist anymore when using connect to play on other devices like my multiroom setup. When trying to play...
Plan Premium Country NL Device (PC, Android Phones, Connect Devices) Operating System (Windows 11, Android 11) My Question or Issue I can't play certain playlist anymore when using c...
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Plan Premium, FamilyCountry CanadaDevice Windows 10 PC, Pixel 6 - both were manually reset and flashed THIS MORNING.Date: For the google search results, March 21 2022Issue: Windows 10, either version of the app, every single song in every playlist, l...
Plan Premium, Family Country Canada Device Windows 10 PC, Pixel 6 - both were manually reset and flashed THIS MORNING. Date: For the google search results, March 21 2022 Issue: Windows 10, eith...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceWebplayerOperating SystemWindows 10 (Google Chrome) My Question or IssueAfter using Spotify's Webplayer on a work device I have noticed that certain playlists in my library will brick my Webplayer, preventing it f...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Webplayer Operating System Windows 10 (Google Chrome) My Question or Issue After using Spotify's Webplayer on a work device I have noticed t...
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same thing ads dont close when i press x on them while im watching JRE i hope it not a premium thing if so thats annoying af im not talking about skipping ads im talking about the pop up over the ad it wont let me browse other things/shows during thi...
same thing ads dont close when i press x on them while im watching JRE i hope it not a premium thing if so thats annoying af im not talking about skipping ads im talking about the pop up over the ad ...
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Today when I connected my spotify to my google speaker, I no longer have the ability to control which song is playing. The previous song button is greyed out and whenever I click to play a song it says it can't do it. Works perfectly fine unconnected...
Today when I connected my spotify to my google speaker, I no longer have the ability to control which song is playing. The previous song button is greyed out and whenever I click to play a song it sa...
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PlanFree/PremiumUsing PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Windows PCOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)Windows 10My Question or IssueFor some reason every time I pause Spotify or a playlist fini...
Plan Free/Premium Using Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Windows PC Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Windows 10...
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PlanFreeDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueEvery track I play skips back to start after about 1-2 seconds. This occurs on ALL tracks no matter if its in my playlists or not. Sometimes it skips back 2 seconds twice in a row. After ...
Plan Free Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Every track I play skips back to start after about 1-2 seconds. This occurs on ALL tracks no matter if its in my pl...
Music Fan
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PlanFreeCountryGermanyDeviceWindows PC, Desktop App (exe)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen i launch the program and start a song right away, it will start playing for 2-3 seconds and then i get a loop and second 2-3 are played again...
Plan Free Country Germany Device Windows PC, Desktop App (exe) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When i launch the program and start a song right away, it will start p...
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PlanPremiumCountry Device(toshiba laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuehow can i stop the web app from launching everytime i start spotify on my laptop. it is so annoying. I have deleted and reinstalled spotify have cleaned all cookie...
Plan Premium Country Device (toshiba laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue how can i stop the web app from launching everytime i start spotify on my laptop. ...
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Country: SwedenDevice: laptopOperating System: Windows 10 The new desktop has been out for almost a year but it still have plenty of bugs to be fixed. Can you please pick up some speed as some bugs are rather bad. All bugs are related to latest deskt...
Country: Sweden Device: laptop Operating System: Windows 10 The new desktop has been out for almost a year but it still have plenty of bugs to be fixed. Can you please pick ...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwitzerlandDeviceAny Windows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 / Windows 11 My Question or Issue:A couple months ago from one day to another, about 95% of the people I follow on Spotify stopped showing up in my friend feed. I didn't chan...
Plan Premium Country Switzerland Device Any Windows PC Operating System Windows 10 / Windows 11 My Question or Issue: A couple months ago from one day to another, about 95% of the pe...
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PlanFreeCountryAustraliaDeviceLenovo Thinkpad L390 and iPhone SEOperating SystemWindows 11, iOS 15 My Question or Issuewhen I try to control my phone from my computer it says unavailable to control but it works fine when I control my computer from my...
Plan Free Country Australia Device Lenovo Thinkpad L390 and iPhone SE Operating System Windows 11, iOS 15 My Question or Issue when I try to control my phone from my computer it says...
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PlanPremiumCountryPhilippinesDeviceAsus Vivobook x556uqOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo, This randomly happened. Out of the blue, my spotify desktop app refused to sync with anything, discord integrations, spotify connect, etc. I alr...
Plan Premium Country Philippines Device Asus Vivobook x556uq Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue So, This randomly happened. Out of the blue, my spotify desktop app refu...
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PlanSpotify PlusCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have Spotify Plus until April. But I cannot skip ads.
Plan Spotify Plus Country Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have Spotify Plus until April. But I cannot skip ads.
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceIntel® Core™**bleep**NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Operating SystemWindows 11 Pro My Question or Issue[Very lengthy post but the subject is basically the TLDR] 02/28/2022For a couple of months now, Spotify has been freezing...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Intel® Core™**bleep** NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Operating System Windows 11 Pro My Question or Issue [Very lengthy post but the subject i...
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Why can we not remove the big black bar thats just taking away space!?I dont have facebook and dont want to look att friends tab when i have spotify open... add more social media and make it possible to hide it!!!!
Why can we not remove the big black bar thats just taking away space!? I dont have facebook and dont want to look att friends tab when i have spotify open... add more social media and make it...
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PlanFreeCountryPuerto RicoDevicePC DesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI have noticed that as of late spotify has some “missing issues” and one of them is that i cannot connect spotify to my Iphone which makes it tedious since i hav...
Plan Free Country Puerto Rico Device PC Desktop Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I have noticed that as of late spotify has some “missing issues” and one of them is t...
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I've been staring at these for months now with no way to remove them. My 8 yr old just asked me what does "UnF*ck your brain" mean? Contacted support and was told there was nothing they could do and that I just had to live with it. Hey Gustav Söderst...
I've been staring at these for months now with no way to remove them. My 8 yr old just asked me what does "UnF*ck your brain" mean? Contacted support and was told there w...
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