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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...
PlanPremiumCountryIrelandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue I am unable to link my Spotify account via Game bar on Windows 10. When I press link account a new pop-up appears which loads for a moment and then stays blank white.I ha...
Plan Premium Country Ireland Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am unable to link my Spotify account via Game bar on Windows 10. When I press link account a...
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PlanPremiumCountryIsraelDeviceDesktop PC & Galaxy Note 8Operating SystemWindows 11 & Android 9 My Question or IssueI use the Spotify app on both Windows and Android, and I noticed a perpetual bug where my liked songs do not correctly sync between the...
Plan Premium Country Israel Device Desktop PC & Galaxy Note 8 Operating System Windows 11 & Android 9 My Question or Issue I use the Spotify app on both Windows and Android, ...
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDevice(iPhone 11, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook 2019)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueIn the seach section the local files disappeared in the new spotify version. In the search secti...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device (iPhone 11, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook 2019) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue In the seach se...
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Why would spotify remove essential features from their desktop app UI? to try and make it sleeker? It looks like garbage now! You cant change the playlist picture, or sort and filter playlists. Those are EXTREMELY basic features for a music app that ...
Why would spotify remove essential features from their desktop app UI? to try and make it sleeker? It looks like garbage now! You cant change the playlist picture, or sort and filter play...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSA DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI want to cry. I have been at this for 2 hours.My local files won't show. I have done 3 clean reinstalls of the spotify app (deleted out of the local app data etc..) my file...
Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I want to cry. I have been at this for 2 hours. My local files won't show. I have done 3 cl...
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Hi, Spotify stopped working right after installing the latest Windows 10 update (January 11, 2022—KB5009543 (OS Builds 19042.1466, 19043.1466, and 19044.1466)) "Cumulative update for Win10 V 20H2 " I've done multiple clean installs both from the Spot...
Hi, Spotify stopped working right after installing the latest Windows 10 update (January 11, 2022—KB5009543 (OS Builds 19042.1466, 19043.1466, and 19044.1466)) "Cumulative update for W...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDevice(Windows Laptop (Lenovo)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueFor some reason, Spotify decides to mute itself in the volume mixer and I cannot unmute it. It has done this a few times but all I had to do was restar...
Plan Premium Country UK Device (Windows Laptop (Lenovo) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue For some reason, Spotify decides to mute itself in the volume mixer and I c...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueThe recent updates to the app available from Spotify (not windows store) have slowly been ironing out problems that first occurre...
Plan Premium Country UK Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 10 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue The recent updates to the app available from S...
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PlanPremiumCountrySlovenia DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueVideos won't load in Windows app or in any browser, it starts loading but never loads and after a second or two it just stops. Music works fine. I've tried different br...
Plan Premium Country Slovenia Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Videos won't load in Windows app or in any browser, it starts loading but never loads...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHere's a strange one.I've been using Spotify desktop client on Windows 10 playing on Google Home Mini for many months. No issues. Then recently, maybe couple weeks ago, it stopped...
Plan Premium Country Canada Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Here's a strange one. I've been using Spotify desktop client on Windows 10 playing on Google Home Mini for...
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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...
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Piano:PremiumNazioneItalia Dispositivo HP pavilion x360Sistema operativowindows 11 La mia domanda o problemanon riesco più a vedere l'attività dei miei amici, ho provato a disinstallare l'applicazione, a ricollegarmi e ho controllato tutte le svariat...
Piano: Premium Nazione Italia Dispositivo HP pavilion x360 Sistema operativo windows 11 La mia domanda o problema non riesco più a vedere l'attività dei miei amici, ho ...
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Hello, the issue has been reported previously and marked as fixed: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/When-opening-a-link-to-a-song-the-app-starts-playing-the-next/idi-p/5246755 I have to say, that sadly it's still happening, the song st...
Hello, the issue has been reported previously and marked as fixed: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/When-opening-a-link-to-a-song-the-app-starts-playing-the-next/idi-p/5246755...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI get the "Spotify can't play this right now"-error whenever I attempt to play a song with my RME ADI-2 DAC is connected as the primary audio device.However, if I turn it off, cau...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I get the "Spotify can't play this right now"-error whenever I attempt to play a song with my RME ADI-2 DAC...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceLaptop (Spotify for Windows 1.1.73.517.gbef50fdb)Operating SystemWindows 10 Pro (Version 1909) My Question or IssueHey,I navigated to the "Sponsored by" view and found out that this view does not seem to be ready to sho...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Laptop (Spotify for Windows 1.1.73.517.gbef50fdb) Operating System Windows 10 Pro (Version 1909) My Question or Issue Hey, I navigated to the "Sp...
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Hi, I tried various ways to load local files into my Win 11 Spotify desktop.I recently migrated to Win11.I have a dedicated 2TB Dropbox SSD in which I have also stored my local music filesI tried removing the local-files.bnk like suggested but no suc...
Hi, I tried various ways to load local files into my Win 11 Spotify desktop. I recently migrated to Win11. I have a dedicated 2TB Dropbox SSD in which I have also stored my local music fil...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSee attached. The track duration is listed as 4:45. However, when you play the track, the player says it is 8:17 long (which is correct). Also, the title says "Single Version"...
Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue See attached. The track duration is listed as 4:45. However, when you play the track, the player sa...
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I know the Spotify team is aware that the cut option is no longer working, but come on guys, this issue has been around since June 2021. Why won't you just let the already working "feature" be there? It's such a small thing, I don't understand why yo...
I know the Spotify team is aware that the cut option is no longer working, but come on guys, this issue has been around since June 2021. Why won't you just let the already working "feature" ...
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Hello,First: I didn't know where to post this as there is no section for website bug reports. I have two issues.1. In the documentation of the Spotify API, I found a misleading link. On this site: "https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/...
Hello, First: I didn't know where to post this as there is no section for website bug reports. I have two issues. 1. In the documentation of the Spotify API, I found a misleading link. On this site...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueOn the windows/PC version, the old crackling or shuttering or distortion noises are back. Every couple of seconds, the sound pauses, crackles, and then continues, making...
Plan Premium Country Argentina Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue On the windows/PC version, the old crackling or shuttering or distortion noises are back. Every coup...
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