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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...
PlanPremium DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 8 My Question or IssueWhenever I drag and drop a track to a playlist on the new desktop app, it reverts to the top of the playlist, regardless of where I was in the playlist previously. The only way to add ...
Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 8 My Question or Issue Whenever I drag and drop a track to a playlist on the new desktop app, it reverts to the top of the playl...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm desperate for the return of the "Artist" column, separate from the song title. Not only is the artist very difficult to read, displaced almost half the size of the bolded ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I'm desperate for the return of the "Artist" column, separate from the song title. Not only is...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAfter an update a week or so ago, I can now only have 50 songs display in my queue (an issue that was fixed years ago), and I can't easily drag the songs to re...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue After an update a week or so ago, I can now only have 50 songs display in my queue ...
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PlanPremiumCountryuk Devicehp laptop Operating windows 10 My Question or IssueA few things that need fixing....... In full screen mode, countdown timer on the right does not count down. Remains staticAlso in full screen mode, only first artist is sho...
Plan Premium Country uk Device hp laptop Operating windows 10 My Question or Issue A few things that need fixing....... In full screen mo...
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Windows 10 I dont see why the iOS app has this but not the desktop. would be pretty simple so add this at the bottom along with other metadata
Windows 10 I dont see why the iOS app has this but not the desktop. would be pretty simple so add this at the bottom along with other metadata
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>Windows 10Used to be able to hover over the volume bar and scroll to adjust volume. new update has taken this away
>Windows 10 Used to be able to hover over the volume bar and scroll to adjust volume. new update has taken this away
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PlanFreeCountryIndiaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAfter the update, the homepage is not loading up. I tried reinstalling spotify and restarting my laptop. It is not showing up at all.
Plan Free Country India Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue After the update, the homepage is not loading up. I tried reinstalling spotify and restarting my laptop. It is ...
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Now that you've updated computer mode, it's hard to make sure that you can flip the date added column. There used to be a specific column with the date it was added on computer mode, and now that's completely gone. So when you put it to sort by date ...
Now that you've updated computer mode, it's hard to make sure that you can flip the date added column. There used to be a specific column with the date it was added on computer mode, and now that's c...
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I came home after a long day of working, and wanted to kick back with some music. I went to my search history to listen to some songs that I like, but which I do not want to add to any of my lists. I do this all the time and my search history was lon...
I came home after a long day of working, and wanted to kick back with some music. I went to my search history to listen to some songs that I like, but which I do not want to add to any of my lists. I...
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Fullscreen doesn't show the album art big, just the artist's image? How do I fill a screen with the album art in fullscreen like I used to do?And you can't adjust the volume in full screen?
Fullscreen doesn't show the album art big, just the artist's image? How do I fill a screen with the album art in fullscreen like I used to do? And you can't adjust the volume in full screen?
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Before the update, I was able to find the location of tracks in a big playlist by clicking on the album art in the left bottom corner. Now if I click the album art, I'm sent to the top of the playlist its in. How do I find the location of the song cu...
Before the update, I was able to find the location of tracks in a big playlist by clicking on the album art in the left bottom corner. Now if I click the album art, I'm sent to the top of the playlis...
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It now takes me so long to move one song to the top of my playlist. The track list order management is bugged. When I select every track above the track I'm trying to move up, it doesn't select everything. Updates should increase Functionality. What ...
It now takes me so long to move one song to the top of my playlist. The track list order management is bugged. When I select every track above the track I'm trying to move up, it doesn't select every...
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PlanFreeCountryTunisiaDeviceAsus X541UV LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueEmpty Gray Bar at the bottom on Spotify Free in playlists, search, and settings. Only disappears in the Home tab.
Plan Free Country Tunisia Device Asus X541UV Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Empty Gray Bar at the bottom on Spotify Free in playlists, search, and settings. Only dis...
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If you: Select more than about 200 songs in a playlistDelete them (via right-click)Only the first approximately 100-200 of the songs actually delete. The remainder of them are still there, but no longer selected. I am not sure of the exact numbers, b...
If you: Select more than about 200 songs in a playlist Delete them (via right-click) Only the first approximately 100-200 of the songs actually delete. The remainder of them are still th...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIs there a way to turn off the album art tiles on the playlists that were just added? Because wow, I absolutely HATE THIS, it takes up too much space, I don't want to see ...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Is there a way to turn off the album art tiles on the playlists that were just added? Because w...
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Why I get no animation on the Banner when I open Artist Page just like old app before? this really sucks, I open Desktop App for that smooth, fine animation. why you guys gotta delete something beautiful
Why I get no animation on the Banner when I open Artist Page just like old app before? this really sucks, I open Desktop App for that smooth, fine animation. why you guys gotta delete someth...
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PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceDell laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI made my Spotify accound around a year ago on my phone and when I got a new laptop last summer I installed the app there as well and everything worked fine. However, I...
Plan Free Country USA Device Dell laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I made my Spotify accound around a year ago on my phone and when I got a new laptop last sum...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryINDONESIADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy spotify is still on the old UI, I knew this from my brother's pc, he has the new UI version
Plan Free/Premium Country INDONESIA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My spotify is still on the old UI, I knew this from my brother's pc, he has the new UI ...
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When adding a track to a playlist, I can no longer search for the playlist I’m looking for by typing the first letter of the playlist. PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue
When adding a track to a playlist, I can no longer search for the playlist I’m looking for by typing the first letter of the playlist. Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating...
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Shift+click to select multiple items in the queue works fine when just using the dekstop app.However when streaming to Connect it suddently stops working. Spotify Version 1.1.56.595
Shift+click to select multiple items in the queue works fine when just using the dekstop app. However when streaming to Connect it suddently stops working. Spotify Version 1.1.56.595
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