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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...
My local files (LF) are Mp3 format, they are my own productions, not downloaded or copied. There is Spotify running in this Windows 11 PC. My LF are playable by Spotify, they are visible in Local Files folder. I created playlist with my LF to be able...
My local files (LF) are Mp3 format, they are my own productions, not downloaded or copied. There is Spotify running in this Windows 11 PC. My LF are playable by Spotify, they are visible in Local ...
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Every single time without fail on Windows 11, restarting Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) for any reason while Spotify is running will cause the system tray icon for Spotify to disappear. It will not re-appear until I close Spotify fully, which due to...
Every single time without fail on Windows 11, restarting Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) for any reason while Spotify is running will cause the system tray icon for Spotify to disappear. It ...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen using the app in a small window, the volume slider is so small that we can't use it effectively. The screenshot below shows spotify taking up a little less than half of my mo...
Plan Premium Country Canada Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue When using the app in a small window, the volume slider is so small that we can't use it effectively. The s...
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The mobile app will show if you already have a song added to it, but the desktop version doesnt do that. It only tells you it is already on a playlist after you try adding it. Feel like it would be a nice quality of life change. Thank you for your ti...
The mobile app will show if you already have a song added to it, but the desktop version doesnt do that. It only tells you it is already on a playlist after you try adding it. Feel like it would be a...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceHP Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI try to separate out certain items into folders and today when I created a new folder at the top of my playlist view after a few seconds it had added all 775 playlists to t...
Plan Premium Country USA Device HP Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I try to separate out certain items into folders and today when I created a new folder at th...
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Does anyone else want lyrics but are on a laptop or desktop???
Does anyone else want lyrics but are on a laptop or desktop???
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My Question or IssueI can't see any of my friends' activity and it kept saying "go to settings to enable my share my listening activity" which I did multiple times. I also uninstalled and reinstalled the app, restarted my computer, logged out and log...
My Question or Issue I can't see any of my friends' activity and it kept saying "go to settings to enable my share my listening activity" which I did multiple times. I also uninstalled and reinstall...
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PlanPremiumCountryGreeceDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueA whole week now, everyone in my friend group has the same issue. Support was 0 of help as they repeatedly said to try things we already done and already said they are tem...
Plan Premium Country Greece Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue A whole week now, everyone in my friend group has the same issue. Support was 0 of help...
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PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceSpotify for Windows (64 bit)1.2.51.345.gcc39d911Operating SystemWindows 11 Pro My Question or IssueWhen I open spotify with 7.1 surround sound on the sound glitches + you hear cracking sounds. When I disable sur...
Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.51.345.gcc39d911 Operating System Windows 11 Pro My Question or Issue When I open spotify with 7.1 surro...
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2 inicios distintos en 2 ordenadores distintos.
2 inicios distintos en 2 ordenadores distintos.
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PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceMacbook Pro M3Operating SystemMacOS Sequoia 15.1.1 When copying a song's link and pasting it into apps(Telegram has been tested), the preview doesn't work, but when I remove the part after the main song's link(in the exam...
Plan Premium Country India Device Macbook Pro M3 Operating System MacOS Sequoia 15.1.1 When copying a song's link and pasting it into apps(Telegram has been tested), the preview doesn...
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some songs will play til the end while others keep pausing
some songs will play til the end while others keep pausing
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Everytime my song finish, and another one start, my ping Go from 20-30 to 230-300… I already did a clean installation, reinstalled windowsw and other things, but nothing.
Everytime my song finish, and another one start, my ping Go from 20-30 to 230-300… I already did a clean installation, reinstalled windowsw and other things, but nothing.
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My headphones are connected to my laptop via bluetooth, I have tried many suggested solutions, including attempting to update the drivers, uninstalling the app, clearing the cache, reconnecting my headphones, removing them as a device then reconnecti...
My headphones are connected to my laptop via bluetooth, I have tried many suggested solutions, including attempting to update the drivers, uninstalling the app, clearing the cache, reconnecting my he...
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Every track I play freezes and skips forward 20-30 seconds when it gets to about 1 minute and skips to the next track when it gets to about 3 minutes. I've already reinstalled the app, cleaned the cache and reduced the streaming quality, but nothing ...
Every track I play freezes and skips forward 20-30 seconds when it gets to about 1 minute and skips to the next track when it gets to about 3 minutes. I've already reinstalled the app, cleaned the ca...
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Many times after suspending the computer, the Library appears filtered by “downloads only”. It is a nuisance because I have to remove the filter every time.
Many times after suspending the computer, the Library appears filtered by “downloads only”. It is a nuisance because I have to remove the filter every time.
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited States of AmericaDeviceComputer DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueHello so I opened my spotify app on my windows desktop and it prompted me to relogin, so I clicked the login button. I then waited for the l...
Plan Premium Country United States of America Device Computer Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello so I opened my spotify app on my windows desktop and it prompted ...
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PlanN/ACountryUnited StatesDeviceWindowsOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue The Spotify Windows desktop app fails to load after install when the appdata folder is pointed to a network location via folder redirection. We are in a corporate...
Plan N/A Country United States Device Windows Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The Spotify Windows desktop app fails to load after install when the ap...
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PlanFreeCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 home My Question or IssueI tell spotify to run as an administrator so that a password is required to run the app.Every week or so the desktop app tries to perform an automatic update, but n...
Plan Free Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 11 home My Question or Issue I tell spotify to run as an administrator so that a password is required to run the app....
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Plan: Free Country: Viet Nam Device: Laptop Operating System: Windows 11 My Question or Issue: -Issue: Can't login into my account on Spotify Desktop App -Backstory: Yesterday, I installed and turned on a VPN extension (Touch VPN) to Google Chrome to...
Plan: Free Country: Viet Nam Device: Laptop Operating System: Windows 11 My Question or Issue: -Issue: Can't login into my account on Spotify Desktop App -Backstory: Yesterday, I installed and turned...
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