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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...
I'm on the latest version of Spotify on Windows 10 and I've been having problems with the local files option. In Spotify settings under Local Files, the location that all of my music is in has no name. I know what the file is, but I don't know why th...
I'm on the latest version of Spotify on Windows 10 and I've been having problems with the local files option. In Spotify settings under Local Files, the location that all of my music is in has no nam...
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PlanPremiumCountryRussiaOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueHello. I've been experiencing a problem with the 'Listen Along' feature on Discord. I'm not sure if it's a specifically a Spotify or a Discord issue. My friend starts off listening...
Plan Premium Country Russia Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello. I've been experiencing a problem with the 'Listen Along' feature on Discord. I'm not sure if it's a ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueYou open Spotify and play a song, to the right of the track length bar is a set of numbers that show the song length in minutes and seconds. When you click on it, it shows the...
Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue You open Spotify and play a song, to the right of the track length bar is a set of numbers that sho...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice(LaptopOperating Windows 10 My Question or IssueWhen trying to post a suggestion, I get blocked because my content "was last auto-saved at xx.xx PM", the represented time being completely out of place. When trying to po...
PlanPremium Country Germany Device (Laptop Operating Windows 10 My Question or Issue When trying to post a suggestion, I get blocked because my content "was last auto-saved at xx.xx PM...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktop PC Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWith the new desktop update, all album covers are now super-downsampled. They look horrible, like 240x240 quality postage stamps.I like to have the album covers o...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue With the new desktop update, all album covers are now super-downsampled. They loo...
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PlanFreeCountryPhilippinesDeviceLenovo IdeapadOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI can no longer see who added a song on a collaborative playlist. Is the feature hidden somewhere or was it removed on the new interface?
Plan Free Country Philippines Device Lenovo Ideapad Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I can no longer see who added a song on a collaborative playlist. Is the feature ...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceAll PC's, laptops & Macs.Operating SystemWindows Vista/7/8/10. MacOS My Question or IssueSo, the reason I use spotify instead of Soundcloud or Youtube or any other application like that is the accessibility, functionalit...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device All PC's, laptops & Macs. Operating System Windows Vista/7/8/10. MacOS My Question or Issue So, the reason I use spotify instead of Soundcloud ...
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As of yesterday, both my computers received a new Spotify update to v1.1.57.443 - and the old client is BACK! I'm haven't seen Spotify officially acknowledging this anywhere. Is the change for good? Or is maybe just a delay till the new client has re...
As of yesterday, both my computers received a new Spotify update to v1.1.57.443 - and the old client is BACK! I'm haven't seen Spotify officially acknowledging this anywhere. Is the change f...
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Hey I just noticed on playlists there's no way to change the descending/ascending order in which songs appear in a playlist (specifically my starred playlist). Can we get the date added (oldest to newest) and date added (newest to oldest) feature bac...
Hey I just noticed on playlists there's no way to change the descending/ascending order in which songs appear in a playlist (specifically my starred playlist). Can we get the date added (oldest to ne...
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I found the "browser" folder in AppData\Local\Spotify and I just want to know what its purpose is.
I found the "browser" folder in AppData\Local\Spotify and I just want to know what its purpose is.
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIn the spotify web player I've 500+ songs marked as favourite. But when I open my favourite library in the desktop or android app there are just about 30 songs in the lis...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue In the spotify web player I've 500+ songs marked as favourite. But when I open my favourite li...
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PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHi, I've been having this issue for a very long time now. Since my account was compromised like 2-3 months ago, my home page won't refresh. My 'Recently played' section ...
Plan Premium Country Argentina Device PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Hi, I've been having this issue for a very long time now. Since my account was compromised li...
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Ok, it doesn't seem like much, but all I want is for me to organize my playlists. As in, move the order of my playlists. I want my most listened playlist to be the front of the page and for all my other rarely listened to playlist to be in the back. ...
Ok, it doesn't seem like much, but all I want is for me to organize my playlists. As in, move the order of my playlists. I want my most listened playlist to be the front of the page and for all my ot...
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PlanFree/PremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10Version1.1.57.443.ga029a6c4 My Question or IssueIn Windows 10, I'm using a High Contrast theme, which kind of gives me a proper dark theme in every application.Spotify desktop client comes with a very...
Plan Free/Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Version 1.1.57.443.ga029a6c4 My Question or Issue In Windows 10, I'm using a High Contrast theme, which kind of gives me ...
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i deinstalled and reinstalled spotify for several times but i still dont have the new update. what am i doing wrong?
i deinstalled and reinstalled spotify for several times but i still dont have the new update. what am i doing wrong?
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceIphone X Operating SystemiOS 10, Windows 10, My Question or IssueHello, is it possible to play playlists of local files located on my desktop with Amazon Alexa/Echo? It seems that it's not possible? If I want to play an...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Iphone X Operating System iOS 10, Windows 10, My Question or Issue Hello, is it possible to play playlists of local files located on m...
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PlanPremiumCountryTanzaniaDevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI downloaded random episodes from Joe Rogan and Conan O'Brien, and my problem now is to locate those episodes. So my problem is to locate those episodes easier rathe...
Plan Premium Country Tanzania Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue I downloaded random episodes from Joe Rogan and Conan O'Brien, and my problem now is to l...
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I use playlists because Spotify allows me to organize playlists into folders.I used to be able to drag an album name into a folder, creating a playlist (with the artist name and album name) within the folder. Now, I need to click on the three dots, c...
I use playlists because Spotify allows me to organize playlists into folders. I used to be able to drag an album name into a folder, creating a playlist (with the artist name and album name) withi...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI used to be able to play my local files in Spotify so I can have all of my music from Spotify and my computer in one place. Now it's completely gone with this new UI ch...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I used to be able to play my local files in Spotify so I can have all of my music from Spotif...
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With the new update, the context menu pops up too easily on my Surface GO touch screen. The previous Spotify app did not do that, and none of my other apps ever did. Win10 app, version 1.1.56.595.g2d2da0de-a.
With the new update, the context menu pops up too easily on my Surface GO touch screen. The previous Spotify app did not do that, and none of my other apps ever did. Win10 app, version 1.1.56.5...
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