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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...
PlanPremiumCountryCroatiaDevicePC and Xiaomi Mi 9 LiteOperating SystemPC: Windows 10Phone: Android PieMy Question or IssueI am playing the music via my phone and adding the songs to my queue via my PC. The songs that I add to my queue are not visible...
Plan Premium Country Croatia Device PC and Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite Operating System PC: Windows 10 Phone: Android Pie My Question or Issue I am playing the music via my phone and adding the songs ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro 21H2My Question or IssueSpotify-created playlists are playing songs in a random order. (No, shuffle is not turned on. I checked several times.)If I turn shuffle on, I can see the s...
Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro 21H2 My Question or Issue Spotify-created playlists are playing songs in a random order. (No, shuffle is not...
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PlanPremiumCountryMaxicoOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueAl abrir el baner para amigos de Facebook no hay forma de regresar a la vista de amigos, incluso no se muestran los amigos que sigues ni lo que están escuchando.
Plan Premium Country Maxico Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Al abrir el baner para amigos de Facebook no hay forma de regresar a la vista de amigos, incluso no se muestra...
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PlanFree Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or Issue My spotidy podcasts only play on alphabetical order, I have tried sorting it chronologically back and forth, troubleshooting/clearing app data, and reinstalled many times.
Plan Free Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue My spotidy podcasts only play on alphabetical order, I have tried sorting it chronologically back and forth, tr...
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Whenever I click play on an album, after the last song, Spotify just moves on to something similar instead of ending play. I want it to stop at the end of the album. I'm not seeing any way to stop this other than adding the album to its own playlist,...
Whenever I click play on an album, after the last song, Spotify just moves on to something similar instead of ending play. I want it to stop at the end of the album. I'm not seeing any way to stop th...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremium Devices(Windows 10, iOS, Android 12) Expected ResultWhen using Spotify Connect, I would expect to control the connected device's volume. For example, when controlling my iPad with the Windows 10 Spotify app, I would expect a way to contro...
Plan Premium Devices (Windows 10, iOS, Android 12) Expected Result When using Spotify Connect, I would expect to control the connected device's volume. For example, when controll...
Spotify Legend
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSA Device Lenovo PC(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemWindows 11(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhen playing albums Spotify shuffles songs without the shuffle being a...
Plan Free/Premium CountryUSA Device Lenovo PC (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating SystemWindows 11 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) ...
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PlanPremiumCountryEstoniaDeviceComputeOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've owned Spotify premium for 1.5 years now and haven't run into this problem yet. Couple days ago I got on my usual playlist and started to listen to music. Sudden...
Plan Premium Country Estonia Device Compute Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've owned Spotify premium for 1.5 years now and haven't run into this problem ye...
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PlanFreeCountryIndonesiaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue For some apparent reason my Spotify looks bigger than usual? I don't know if it's from Spotify itself but it looks out of touch and can be annoying for me with it's unappalling d...
Plan Free Country Indonesia Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue For some apparent reason my Spotify looks bigger than usual? I don't know if it's from Spot...
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I recently learnt that I can't make a Spotify blend on desktop. I wanted to ask if I could make it on mobile and be able to view it on desktop.PlanPremiumCountry DeviceLaptopOperating System(Windows 10
I recently learnt that I can't make a Spotify blend on desktop. I wanted to ask if I could make it on mobile and be able to view it on desktop. Plan Premium Country Device Laptop Operat...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi, I've never posted a question on this forum but after searching online and trying multiple approaches I'm still having the same issue. I also didn't see any othe...
Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, I've never posted a question on this forum but after searching online and tr...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHi,I've noticed recently a change in the functionality of selecting songs and retaining my queue. Whereas in the past, I could hit play on any individual ...
Plan Premium Country UK Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Hi, I've noticed recently a change in the functionality of selecting songs a...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDell XPS DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro 21H1 My Question or IssueWhile playing an album, between track transitions, I will receive the message "Spotify can’t play this right now if you have the file on your comput...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Dell XPS Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Pro 21H1 My Question or Issue While playing an album, between track transitions, I will receive the me...
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PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify greys out songs on my playlists for no good reason. The songs ARE available in my country, that's not the problem. When I click on the song on my playlist, i...
Plan Premium Country Finland Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify greys out songs on my playlists for no good reason. The songs ARE available in my...
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Having the desktop app remember the change to the song save location on my desktop pc upon reauthentication, because when I had the app ask me to log in again it did not. This is a problem for me and others who maybe out there who have a smaller driv...
Having the desktop app remember the change to the song save location on my desktop pc upon reauthentication, because when I had the app ask me to log in again it did not. This is a problem for me and...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremium CountryUS DevicePC Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen searching local files, if there are no matching results, it shows the screen that says to go to settings to add source for local files (see attached image). If I backs...
Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When searching local files, if there are no matching results, it shows the ...
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I have an issue. On the Windows version of Spotify Desktop, I have Alphabetically all my playlists. .. but on my iPhone Spotify app, my playlists won't change. I have log out and log back in. I have Google all the trick. My playlists will not change ...
I have an issue. On the Windows version of Spotify Desktop, I have Alphabetically all my playlists. .. but on my iPhone Spotify app, my playlists won't change. ...
Spotify Star
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Please create sub-directories possibilities to gather playlists together. I do have around 80 Playlists and it would be great to be able to group some of them.
Please create sub-directories possibilities to gather playlists together. I do have around 80 Playlists and it would be great to be able to group some of them.
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I had no problems up until recently where Spotify for whatever reason doesn't want to play any of my music. For any song I play, it says Spotify can't play it right now and to import the file. I've tried playing MP3s from local files as well, only fo...
I had no problems up until recently where Spotify for whatever reason doesn't want to play any of my music. For any song I play, it says Spotify can't play it right now and to import the file. I've t...
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While reported as fixed here, it's still not possible to drag tracks upwards in a playlist on the desktop app if you want to manually rearrange them. When reaching the edge of the current view, the playlist does not scroll up to allow the rearrangeme...
While reported as fixed here, it's still not possible to drag tracks upwards in a playlist on the desktop app if you want to manually rearrange them. When reaching the edge of the curre...
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