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Discuss Spotify for Windows
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...
not sure if this is just me, but when an ad comes on, i'm usually able to skip it after 5 seconds or something like that, but now if i try to do that it comes up with "please try again after the ad"??? but i'm still able to skip songs...does anyone k...
not sure if this is just me, but when an ad comes on, i'm usually able to skip it after 5 seconds or something like that, but now if i try to do that it comes up with "please try again after the ad"?...
Spotify Legend
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Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue When I maximize Spotify there's a thin gap left over at the bottom which is slightly annoying. You can see it just slightly above the Windows taskbar.
Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue When I maximize Spotify there's a thin gap left over at the bottom which is slightly annoying. You can see it just s...
Music Fan
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On Windows desktop, my paired speakers aren't appearing in the list of devices. They do appear in the android app and if I cast from there to the speakers, then the desktop app then shows the paired speakers. Is this a bug that the desktop doesn't sh...
On Windows desktop, my paired speakers aren't appearing in the list of devices. They do appear in the android app and if I cast from there to the speakers, then the desktop app then sh...
Spotify Legend
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When I try to listen to podcasts in the PC desktop app I am unable to scroll down to view the different podcasts in my collection. Nor am I able to choose the different episodes available. It gets stuck on the top section and I can't move down from t...
When I try to listen to podcasts in the PC desktop app I am unable to scroll down to view the different podcasts in my collection. Nor am I able to choose the different episodes available. It gets st...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWin10 My Question or Issue"Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." is displayed for any song I try to play. It is completely unusable for the last ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Win10 My Question or Issue "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it....
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PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceDell laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 x64 My Question or IssueI cant play any song directly from Spotify on my laptop. The only thing that works is to press the play button in an album. All songs are greyed out....
Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device Dell laptop Operating System Windows 10 x64 My Question or Issue I cant play any song directly from Spotify on my laptop. The only thing t...
Casual Listener
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Windows app randomly started crashing yesterday. Have tried everything. Clean reinstall (remove files and all registry entries I could find). Run in compatibility mode, logout from other devices. Windows update, graphics update. Can't figure it out. ...
Windows app randomly started crashing yesterday. Have tried everything. Clean reinstall (remove files and all registry entries I could find). Run in compatibility mode, logout from other devices. Win...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceHP Envy 360xOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi! I'm using Spotify on my laptop with Windows 10. Everything was just fine until when my close my laptop without shutting it down. When I reopen it Spot...
Plan Premium Country United States Device HP Envy 360x Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi! I'm using Spotify on my laptop with Windows 10. Everything was just fine u...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify still opens on startup even after removing it from startup in taskmanager, startup in Spotify settings as well. I've tried uninstalling deleting temp files,re-installi...
Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify still opens on startup even after removing it from startup in taskmanager, startup in Spoti...
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Please, can anyone tell me how to put the content in my playlist in alphabetical order in Windows 10? Impossilbe to find an answer it seems, which says a lot about Spotifys interface.
Please, can anyone tell me how to put the content in my playlist in alphabetical order in Windows 10? Impossilbe to find an answer it seems, which says a lot about Spotifys interface.
Spotify Star
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PlanFreeCountrySerbiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 (Web)My Question or IssueFirst of all, why isn't there a section for Web version of Spotify in the community forums?Is there a way to open browser context menu by right click instead of the one ...
Plan Free Country Serbia Device PC Operating System Windows 10 (Web) My Question or Issue First of all, why isn't there a section for Web version of Spotify in the community forums? Is ther...
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I just hopped on desktop Spotify for the first time in years and was HEAVILY disappointed to learn that, not only did Spotify do away with the little popularity bars that used to let you know how popular a song was, but they also did away with listen...
I just hopped on desktop Spotify for the first time in years and was HEAVILY disappointed to learn that, not only did Spotify do away with the little popularity bars that used to let you know how pop...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryphilippinesDevicelaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issueall content unavailable when i am using the desktop app. but everything normal when i am using android app or web browser. I have tried every method including rei...
Plan Premium Country philippines Device laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue all content unavailable when i am using the desktop app. but everything normal when i ...
Music Fan
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Listening to "Joe Rogan Experience #1713 Mike Baker" and it stops playing around 49 min mark. Then some random ads for podcasts start even though I have Premium. Same thing happens on two different PCs (both Windows 10 and using Spotify App). How can...
Listening to "Joe Rogan Experience #1713 Mike Baker" and it stops playing around 49 min mark. Then some random ads for podcasts start even though I have Premium. Same thing happens on two different P...
Casual Listener
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Hello , Updated Spotify (windows store edition) recently and when I searched for it from the windows start menu, it looked something like this (see attachment). Does anybody know why?Any info is appreciated. DeviceHP Laptop OS VersionWindows 10 20H2
Hello 👋, Updated Spotify (windows store edition) recently and when I searched for it from the windows start menu, it looked something like this (see attachment). Does anybody know ...
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PlanFree Operating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueFew days ago, my Spotify show the message that "Please turn off offline mode and try again" whenever I try to play any song. I don't have a premium account and have never use the offline mode f...
Plan Free Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Few days ago, my Spotify show the message that "Please turn off offline mode and try again" whenever I try to pla...
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PlanPremiumCountryPhilippinesDevice(Samsung Galaxy A10, Windows)Operating System(Android 12) My Question or IssueI have noticed that the lyrics feature does not function with the Premium feature, I have compared it with two different accounts, one wi...
Plan Premium Country Philippines Device (Samsung Galaxy A10, Windows) Operating System (Android 12) My Question or Issue I have noticed that the lyrics feature does not funct...
Spotify Legend
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need to find a way to get rid the Facebook **bleep**, friend activity, etc. that appears on the right hand side of the PC app U/I
need to find a way to get rid the Facebook **bleep**, friend activity, etc. that appears on the right hand side of the PC app U/I
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PlanPremiumCountry(should be irrelevant but) AustriaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Version 2004 (Build 19041.1237) My Question or IssueHi everyone, what I've noticed was since the new version of the spotify app on PC, when I search or "filter" fo...
Plan Premium Country (should be irrelevant but) Austria Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Version 2004 (Build 19041.1237) My Question or Issue Hi everyone, what I've not...
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The people like me that like to have our music organised and don't want to miss one music in our library would like to know what are the unplayable songs, this problem has been keeping me away to subscribe to spotify because of this small but for som...
The people like me that like to have our music organised and don't want to miss one music in our library would like to know what are the unplayable songs, this problem has been keeping me away ...
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