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Windows Troubleshooting Guide

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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Solved!! Desktop: Jam now available

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...

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Desktop: New "Now Playing View" sidebar

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...

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New Your Library sidebar

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...

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why does it say illegal scope when i try to login to the spotify app

when i try to login on the spotify app on windows 10 it redirects me to a page that says illegal scope and nothing else. i tried changing my default browser from opera gx to google chrome and it still says illegal scope

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when i try to login on the spotify app on windows 10 it redirects me to a page that says illegal scope and nothing else. i tried changing my default browser from opera gx to google chrome and it sti...

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Superuser Contribution Experiencing Lag While Streaming Spotify with GTA San Andreas

Hello everyone!I’ve been facing an issue when playing GTA San Andreas gtandreaspro.com while streaming music on Spotify, and I’m hoping someone can shed some light on this. Every time I try to play GTA San Andreas and listen to music on Spotify at th...

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Hello everyone! I’ve been facing an issue when playing GTA San Andreas gtandreaspro.com while streaming music on Spotify, and I’m hoping someone can shed some light on this. Every time I try to p...

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Superuser Contribution some local files stop autoplaying

hello, i have some interesting issue i have shared with a couple other users and has happened right out of the blue with no change of mine.sometimes when playing some tagged local files in any playlist and any order, right before some of them, the tr...

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hello, i have some interesting issue i have shared with a couple other users and has happened right out of the blue with no change of mine. sometimes when playing some tagged local files in any play...

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Superuser Contribution Opening open.spotify links automatically plays the linked song

Previously, when opening an open.spotify link, it would show the album view, but not automatically play the song, allowing for any music experience to stay interrupted and to allow the song to be added to queue.A few days ago, this has changed to the...

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Previously, when opening an open.spotify link, it would show the album view, but not automatically play the song, allowing for any music experience to stay interrupted and to allow the song to be add...

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Superuser Contribution Smart Shuffle turning itself on on Desktop

PlanPremium CountryUSA Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just want to use normal shuffle but every time I change tabs to something else or look away, it switches from normal shuffle over to smart shuffle and I have to turn it off again...

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Plan Premium   Country USA   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I just want to use normal shuffle but every time I change tabs to something else or look away,...

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Superuser Contribution Full Screen: Read Along

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWin11 My Question or IssueEnjoying Read along (beta) for podcasts on desktop - wondering how I can make this full screen or enlarged as at the moment it only takes up a small corner of the scree...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device Desktop Operating System Win11   My Question or Issue Enjoying Read along (beta) for podcasts on desktop - wondering how I can make this full scre...

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Superuser Contribution Advanced Settings to open weblinks with app is missing in Windows App

Hi allSpotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.65.255.g85e641b4 seems to be missing Advanced Settings, in which one supposedly can set the Windows App to open web links. Tried Re-installing the app already, to no avail. Older versions of Spotify seemed to ha...

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Hi all Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.65.255.g85e641b4 seems to be missing Advanced Settings, in which one supposedly can set the Windows App to open web links. Tried Re-installing the app already...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How to turn off playing now view permanently?

I hate that the playing now view pops up every time I switch playlists. It gets in the way. If I wanna see what's next I'll look at the queue or manually turn it on. The automatic pop-up is soooo irritating!

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I hate that the playing now view pops up every time I switch playlists. It gets in the way. If I wanna see what's next I'll look at the queue or manually turn it on. The automatic pop-up is soooo irr...

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Superuser Contribution Normalize volume not applying to artist/album previews

The Normalize audio feature doesn't work on previews, making them WAAAAAY louder than normal playback. There's been multiple instances where I’ve opened the preview of an album (because I’d forget this issue) and had to throw off my headphones.I use ...

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The Normalize audio feature doesn't work on previews, making them WAAAAAY louder than normal playback. There's been multiple instances where I’ve opened the preview of an album (because I’d forget th...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify not playing any song, Says can't play it right now.

Anytime this week that I have tried to play a song on my desktop it says Spotify can't play this right now. I have uninstalled and reinstalled, cleared my cache on the app and my computer and it still will not play anything.

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Anytime this week that I have tried to play a song on my desktop it says Spotify can't play this right now. I have uninstalled and reinstalled, cleared my cache on the app and my computer and it stil...

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Spotify is preventing Windows from sleeping

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop, iPhone 11 Pro Max, Macbook Air, Roku w/ SpotifyOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen playing Spotify on another device, my Desktop will no longer sleep due to Spotify claiming there is "Back...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop, iPhone 11 Pro Max, Macbook Air, Roku w/ Spotify Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When playing Spotify on another de...

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How to view previoulsy played Daily Mix playlists on spotify?

I clicked on a Daily Mix playlist yesterday and i liked the songs that were in the playlist but i didnt save the playlist. today, i want to view my previously played Daily Mix playlists on spotify to find it

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I clicked on a Daily Mix playlist yesterday and i liked the songs that were in the playlist but i didnt save the playlist. today, i want to view my previously played Daily Mix playlists on spotify to...

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Superuser Contribution Miniplayer not showing properly

PlanFreeCountryUnited KingdomDeviceGalaxy Book4 EdgeOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen select the option to show the miniplayer in the spotify desktop app, a window, which the miniplayer is supposed to show in, appears. But it just s...

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Plan Free Country United Kingdom Device Galaxy Book4 Edge Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue When select the option to show the miniplayer in the spotify desktop app, a...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify crashes on Windows 11 on "Play next"

Hey, ive been having problems recently with my spotify app, i restart my computer daily and have tried clearing cache, reinstalling the app, updating windows, enabling and disableing hardware axcelleration. The problems im having is that it constantl...

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Hey, ive been having problems recently with my spotify app, i restart my computer daily and have tried clearing cache, reinstalling the app, updating windows, enabling and disableing hardware ax...

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Superuser Contribution Album covers in the Recently played section are not displayed properly

PlanPremiumCountry-Device(Notebook)Operating System(Windows 10 22H2) My Question or IssueThe tracks in the "recently played" section are shown aligned to the left, so album artwork is not displayed properly.this has been a long-standing issue and sti...

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Plan Premium Country - Device (Notebook) Operating System (Windows 10 22H2)   My Question or Issue The tracks in the "recently played" section are shown aligned to the left, so album a...

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Solved!! Spotify not playing through my speaker.

I am BEYOND frustrated at this point. My speaker works perfectly fine. Youtube videos and even Spotify's online player works fine. When I try to play music from the Spotify app, nothing plays. Yes, my volume is up within the app. Yes, I have tried re...

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I am BEYOND frustrated at this point. My speaker works perfectly fine. Youtube videos and even Spotify's online player works fine. When I try to play music from the Spotify app, nothing plays. Yes, m...

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Superuser Contribution All my PRIVATE playlists have been made public by you. How do I undo that?

Premium/Windows.You have probably buried this 'move' in one of your incessantly update EULAs, I only care about setting all of my playlists to private again without having to go to each one and tick a box. How?

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Premium/Windows. You have probably buried this 'move' in one of your incessantly update EULAs, I only care about setting all of my playlists to private again without having to go to each one and tic...

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Superuser Contribution Failed to load URL at the bottom of Setting Page

PlanFreeCountryCanadaOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueHi there, I was trying to change the advanced setting and faced an error at the bottom of the Setting pageit says "Failed to load URL https://d5ecgvacntsb3.cloudfront.net/test-ads/dyn...

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Plan Free Country Canada Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi there, I was trying to change the advanced setting and faced an error at the bottom of the Setting page ...

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Superuser Contribution Crash app windows 11 - playing local files

Hello, I did everything, install, réinstall, test the store version, the app version... create a new account, make new playlists... My app randomly stop to work. Buton are not responsive. Playlist stop to charge, i have to crash the app in windows, r...

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Hello,   I did everything, install, réinstall, test the store version, the app version... create a new account, make new playlists... My app randomly stop to work. Buton are not responsive. Pl...

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