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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...
PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuespotify keeps crashing with an "application not responding" message every month or so, I delete and reinstall the app every
Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue spotify keeps crashing with an "application not responding" message every month or so, I...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI have noticed that since I upgraded to Win 11 the repeat and shuffle buttons are greyed out. Since they are "active" its no big deal for the moment. I almost always ...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Desktop Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I have noticed that since I upgraded to Win 11 the repeat and shuffle buttons are greyed o...
Spotify Legend
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How do I change playback speed on podcasts?Using a Toshiba PC laptop.thank you
How do I change playback speed on podcasts? Using a Toshiba PC laptop. thank you
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Plan CountryPremiumDeviceRyzen 5 3600, GTX 1660 Super, 16GB DDR4, 1TB HDD, 1TB SSD.Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor the past two months, my Spotify has not been working at all. When I load up the app, my "Liked Songs" and all of my ...
Plan Country Premium Device Ryzen 5 3600, GTX 1660 Super, 16GB DDR4, 1TB HDD, 1TB SSD. Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue For the past two months, ...
Spotify Legend
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When in the main screen (Windows desktop app) and you enlarge the album cover by clicking on the bottom left, the album cover will go full screen it will show how the artist and track information for a few seconds before disappearing. Is there a way ...
When in the main screen (Windows desktop app) and you enlarge the album cover by clicking on the bottom left, the album cover will go full screen it will show how the artist and track information for...
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PlanPremiumCountryNew ZealandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm posting this to ask about the playback just stopping all together and giving this error message, "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your ...
Plan Premium Country New Zealand Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I'm posting this to ask about the playback just stopping all together and giving t...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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