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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...
PlanFamily PremiumCountryUSADevice Macbook Pro Running WIndows Operating System(iOS 10, My Question or IssueI have family premium, why do I hear adds when I listen to a podcast on Spotify?
Plan Family Premium Country USA Device Macbook Pro Running WIndows Operating System (iOS 10, My Question or Issue I have family premium, why do I hear adds when I listen ...
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I love my discover weekly playlist, but occasionally there will be a song on that playlist that I absolutely hate. It would be great to have the option to remove songs from the discovery weekly/release radar/daily mix playlists
I love my discover weekly playlist, but occasionally there will be a song on that playlist that I absolutely hate. It would be great to have the option to remove songs from the discovery weekly/relea...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDell DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueUsing the web player in the Brave Browser (also tried in Firefox) and noticed that some songs are randomly grayed out. I am unable to play them if I try. ...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Dell Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Using the web player in the Brave Browser (also tried in Firefox) and noticed ...
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While I was playing one of my Daily Mixes, for some reason, the lineup keeps changing, making it more confusing
While I was playing one of my Daily Mixes, for some reason, the lineup keeps changing, making it more confusing
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PlanPremiumCountryNODeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHey, I was wondering if it is possible to check somewhere if lyrics are prevented from being displayed on Spotify in my region due to lack of license to display it even th...
Plan Premium Country NO Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hey, I was wondering if it is possible to check somewhere if lyrics are...
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PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesOperating SystemWindows 11 So, for some reason, in playlists, some songs are grayed out in the web player, but you're still able to play them on albums, if you search them and if you have the desktop app installed
Plan Free Country United States Operating System Windows 11 So, for some reason, in playlists, some songs are grayed out in the web player, but you're still able to play them on...
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PlanFreeCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify can't play music with me I get the error in the screenshot translated to English it says: spotify can't play this now. if the file is on your compute...
Plan Free Country The Netherlands Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify can't play music with me I get the error in the screenshot translated to ...
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PlanPremiumCountryBulgaria Why do these 3 items in the Browse menu appear like this and also do not work? They look and act the same way on the web player and the desktop app (Windows 7) As you see, they don't show a playlist cover in the box like th...
Plan Premium Country Bulgaria Why do these 3 items in the Browse menu appear like this and also do not work? They look and act the same way on the web player and the ...
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PlanPremiumCountryBRDeviceDell InspironOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAfter disconnect an second monitor, when spotify was open on the screen that was removed, the buttons for minimize, max and close are overlapped by three buttons li...
Plan Premium Country BR Device Dell Inspiron Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue After disconnect an second monitor, when spotify was open on the screen that was...
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None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktop ComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy IOS, and Web Player versions of spotify...
None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Computer Operating System ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy medias stopped working, the forward and backward keys still work but the play/pause don't work. I've tried everything, I've changed settings, restarted my la...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My medias stopped working, the forward and backward keys still work but the play/pau...
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PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 I tried to download my local files on the desktop app but they won't download. Everything is fine transferring the files into Spotify but when I try to download the playlists to transfer to my phone, the download...
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 I tried to download my local files on the desktop app but they won't download. Everything is fine transferring the files into Spotify but ...
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Operating SystemWindows 10When using "Add to playlist" to add a song to one of your playlists if the desktop app is a certain size it will not show the last playlist in the list of playlists.Steps to Recreate:Attempt to add a song to a playlist using...
Operating System Windows 10 When using "Add to playlist" to add a song to one of your playlists if the desktop app is a certain size it will not show the last playlist in the list of playlists. ...
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceWindowsOperating SystemWindows 11My Question or IssueYesterday I had 6 Daily mixes under 'Made for [Name]'. Now this is gone and replaced by pretty dumb other items I don't want to listen to (not even lists or mixes). Second ...
Plan Premium Country Device Windows Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Yesterday I had 6 Daily mixes under 'Made for [Name]'. Now this is gone and replaced by pretty dum...
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PlanPremiumCountryNZDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 11 (upgraded from Windows 10 with Spotify already installed)My Question or IssueI have set the offline storage to a directory on E drive, but Spotify continues to update appdata on C drive. ...
Plan Premium Country NZ Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 11 (upgraded from Windows 10 with Spotify already installed) My Question or Issue I have set the offline storage to a direc...
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Premium, Sweden, latest version. Since several versions I cannot move a single track (or selection of tracks) up the queue to place it where I want it, only down. It can only be moved up in the space of the queue that is visible, but not longer. Obvi...
Premium, Sweden, latest version. Since several versions I cannot move a single track (or selection of tracks) up the queue to place it where I want it, only down. It can only be moved ...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHey. For some reason, any time I go and try to edit the tag of a local file, the cover art gets changed to something that I didn't choose if it's by a certain artist (in this case...
Plan Premium Country Canada Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hey. For some reason, any time I go and try to edit the tag of a local file, the cover art gets changed to ...
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Hello,I foolishly updated Spotify on Windows 10 and now can't listen to some of my favorite podcasts that have videos. Every time I try to play any episodes in Bret Weinstein DarkHourse I am getting to following message:Hmm... we can't seem to play t...
Hello, I foolishly updated Spotify on Windows 10 and now can't listen to some of my favorite podcasts that have videos. Every time I try to play any episodes in Bret Weinstein DarkHourse I am gettin...
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PlanPremiumCountryTaiwanDeviceMicrosoft Store Windows 10 / Binary installer form Official site . Operating SystemWindows 10 20H2 My Question or IssueUsers that using Windows 10 in Traditional Chinese (Taiwanese) will see a black screen after installa...
Plan Premium Country Taiwan Device Microsoft Store Windows 10 / Binary installer form Official site . Operating System Windows 10 20H2 My Question or Issue Users that...
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PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueSometimes when playing songs from a playlist the actual song playing is the same song, but from a different album. Also showing album cover for another album.Why is this ha...
Plan Premium Country Norway Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Sometimes when playing songs from a playlist the actual song playing is the same song, but from a diffe...
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