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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...
PlanPremiumCountryU.S.DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10, Website Download (not from microsoft store) My Question or IssueThe new Spotify update for desktop started rolling out almost a month ago and even after uninstalling/reinstalling, i have ...
Plan Premium Country U.S. Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10, Website Download (not from microsoft store) My Question or Issue The new Spotify update for desktop started roll...
Spotify Star
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Operating SystemWindows 10 Ever since the recent update on the Desktop App there's been this constant bug where changes made to playlists across different platforms will not register properly on the Desktop App. For example I will re-order a bunch of...
Operating System Windows 10 Ever since the recent update on the Desktop App there's been this constant bug where changes made to playlists across different platforms will not register prope...
Regular
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryRussiaDeviceGL63 8RCSWindows 10, 64 Same as https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Spotify-just-stops-playing/m-p/4659763Spotify application stops songs or sometimes randomly skips a lot of them (Don't really know how...
Plan Free/Premium Country Russia Device GL63 8RCS Windows 10, 64 Same as https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Spotify-just-stops-playing/m-p/4659763 Spotify applicati...
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DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen in fullscreen, the seek bar (or the progress bar, whatever you want to call it) doesn't show time accurately at all once going into fullscreen - when there is a song change DURING fullscreen...
Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When in fullscreen, the seek bar (or the progress bar, whatever you want to call it) doesn't show time accurately at all once g...
Moderator
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PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceThis problem occurs on a PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify is very slow. It takes a very long time in order for Spotify to be opened. Yesterday, I opened Spotify directly after my PC was o...
Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device This problem occurs on a PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify is very slow. It takes a very long time in or...
Composer
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceHP Pavilion x360 Touchscreen 2-in-1Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIt seems as though after the last forced Windows 10 update, my Spotify app has been having a slight issue. When I first open the a...
Plan Premium Country United States Device HP Pavilion x360 Touchscreen 2-in-1 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue It seems as though after the last forced Windows ...
Spotify Legend
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I'm not certain as to whether this problem existed in the previous UI but I am currently using the most recent version of Spotify on Windows 10. When sorting a playlist by duration, songs that are of equivalent length will be shown in the playlist in...
I'm not certain as to whether this problem existed in the previous UI but I am currently using the most recent version of Spotify on Windows 10. When sorting a playlist by duration, songs that...
Spotify Legend
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On Premium in the US before the latest Desktop version of Spotify, there used to be a feature that would recommend similar songs when scrolling at the very bottom of my playlists. This is no longer possible on the newest version. When scrolling down ...
On Premium in the US before the latest Desktop version of Spotify, there used to be a feature that would recommend similar songs when scrolling at the very bottom of my playlists. This is no...
Casual Listener
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My Question or IssueWhy make music more inaccessible?
My Question or Issue Why make music more inaccessible?
Spotify Star
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PlanFreeCountryJordanDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello everybody , so my problem is in the windows 10 apps :when i press play for a song it might play but the time bar lags behind for 4 or 5 seconds , if i press next the pr...
Plan Free Country Jordan Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello everybody , so my problem is in the windows 10 apps : when i press play for a song it might...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceDell G5 Laptop Operating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueAbout 2 weeks ago I noticed that about 60% of my liked songs tracks aren't showing on the windows desktop software. I have around 9000 tracks in my liked so...
Plan Premium Country Australia Device Dell G5 Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue About 2 weeks ago I noticed that about 60% of my liked songs tracks aren't showing...
Spotify Legend
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I see Ctrl-X is still part of the documentation, but it doesn't seem to work on the Windows client any longer. Would be really, really nice if this got fixed, because moving tracks around in a big playlist by dragging and dropping is a real hassle.
I see Ctrl-X is still part of the documentation, but it doesn't seem to work on the Windows client any longer. Would be really, really nice if this got fixed, because moving tracks around in...
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PlanFreeCountryDenmarkDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have been using spotify for quite a while now, I started using spotify on another account that I had connected to my facebook back in 2013ish, but I made a new account a y...
Plan Free Country Denmark Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have been using spotify for quite a while now, I started using spotify on another account that ...
Spotify Legend
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueAs of April 15, 2021 Spotify has again made another stupid decision about format design. This...
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue As of A...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremium FamilyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe album name is now missing in the author's Popular tracklist. Please upvote a Feature requesthttps://community.spotify.com/t5/Idea-Submissions/Desktop-Browse-Display-album-na...
Plan Premium Family Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The album name is now missing in the author's Popular tracklist. Please upvote a Fea...
Roadie
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PlanPremium FamilyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssuePreviously, it was possible to start playing artist's album's tracks one after another. When one album ended, the second in order would start playing automatically.This behavior...
Plan Premium Family Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Previously, it was possible to start playing artist's album's tracks one after another. When one album ...
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Recently played is currently limited to 8 entries. In the previous version, recently played had its dedicated page where you could see the last 25 (?) artists/albums/playlists played and you were able to remove entries from this page.My request is to...
Recently played is currently limited to 8 entries. In the previous version, recently played had its dedicated page where you could see the last 25 (?) artists/albums/playlists played and you w...
Visitor
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On the desktop application for Windows, when you sort a playlist by a setting that is not the default, let's say sort by name in ascending order, and you play a song, then you click on the song image on the left, because you want to be taken to the l...
On the desktop application for Windows, when you sort a playlist by a setting that is not the default, let's say sort by name in ascending order, and you play a song, then you click on the song image...
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I used to look forward to friday, checking the new releases tab...
I used to look forward to friday, checking the new releases tab... 😞
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Y’all I am DESPERATE here. I can’t get my local songs to sync to my iPhone and I’ve tried EVERYTHING. Cleared my cache, turned off my fire wall, downloaded the songs to play offline, checked local files were selected.... NOTHING WORKS. For some reaso...
Y’all I am DESPERATE here. I can’t get my local songs to sync to my iPhone and I’ve tried EVERYTHING. Cleared my cache, turned off my fire wall, downloaded the songs to play offline, checked local fi...
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