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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...
PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceDell G5 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify is crashing unexpectedly with no error messages or popups when I changed the cache to a custom location. My default location is at C:\Users\Lucas\AppData...
Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Dell G5 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My Spotify is crashing unexpectedly with no error messages or popups w...
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PlanStudent PremiumCountryUSADeviceLenovo Yoga C640Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy App keeps force closing itself, and I don't know how to make it stop. I have a US Student Premium account, and have had my Spotify Account since like...
Plan Student Premium Country USA Device Lenovo Yoga C640 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My App keeps force closing itself, and I don't know how to make it stop.&nbs...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows PCOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueSo every so often the recommended sections just disappears and in order to see it again i have to make a new playlist. Theres times though where it wont show up on m...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue So every so often the recommended sections just disappears and in order to see it ag...
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PlanFree/Premium CountryUnited KingdomDeviceWindows 10 DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueSpotify from either the windows store and direct download from Spotify is buggy, when playing there’s a delay before the music starts, at...
Plan Free/Premium Country United Kingdom Device Windows 10 Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue Spotify from either the windows store and direct downloa...
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Often I'll play music on my smartphone and remote control it from the Spotify client on my laptop. Then sometimes I want to close my laptop (putting it in sleep) and continue playback on my mobile. Problem is that the Spotify desktop client sends a p...
Often I'll play music on my smartphone and remote control it from the Spotify client on my laptop. Then sometimes I want to close my laptop (putting it in sleep) and continue playback on my mobile. P...
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PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDevice(Lenovo Legion Y520 )Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueWhen I am listening via Spotify Desktop App, there are interruptions because of downloading the current music data. However; I haven't been affected f...
Plan Premium Country Turkey Device (Lenovo Legion Y520 ) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue When I am listening via Spotify Desktop App, there are interruptio...
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PlanPremium(Family)CountryUSADeviceCustom built PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify never goes back online, despite having the "Offline mode" box unticked in the top left, and reinstalling the app several times. I nuked the appda...
Plan Premium(Family) Country USA Device Custom built PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify never goes back online, despite having the "Offline mode" box unticke...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop - AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX with 64.0 GBOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro for Workstations build 19042.685My Question or Issue__ This issue appears to be a bug in how many files the Local Files view can d...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop - AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX with 64.0 GB Operating System Windows 10 Pro for Workstations build 19042.685 My Question or Issue __ ...
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Ok, so I downloaded spotify to reinstall it, as it stopped working. First I got a windows error, that terminated the program. Then I couldn't uninstall it, as I got another windows error.Then I tried to download it and reinstall it, but I got error 5...
Ok, so I downloaded spotify to reinstall it, as it stopped working. First I got a windows error, that terminated the program. Then I couldn't uninstall it, as I got another windows error. T...
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PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueLately, Spotify has been freezing in a weird way. Just after starting up the software for the first time since turning on my PC, Spotify will freeze. However, I am stil...
Plan Premium Country Australia Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Lately, Spotify has been freezing in a weird way. Just after starting up the software for th...
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PlanPremiumCountry/DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently I noticed whenever I try to forward photos in an artist about section, it goes back a photo. When I press the right-arrow (to go to the next photo), it goes back ...
Plan Premium Country / Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Recently I noticed whenever I try to forward photos in an artist about section, it goes back a ...
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I had been using the Spotify app on my computer without issue, but suddenly it won't connect to my Sonos speaker. It will only play through the cheesy laptop speakers. My android app connects to the speaker just fine, but then I am unable to control ...
I had been using the Spotify app on my computer without issue, but suddenly it won't connect to my Sonos speaker. It will only play through the cheesy laptop speakers. My android app connects to the ...
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PlanFreeDevice: pc desktopOperating system Windows 10 My Question or IssueEverything just doesnt work. I can't search up anything I can't play anything. All official spotify created playlist are just empty.can someone plz help me. I already tried rei...
Plan Free Device: pc desktop Operating system Windows 10 My Question or Issue Everything just doesnt work. I can't search up anything I can't play anything. All official spotify ...
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PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 sp1Spotify version1.1.48.625.g1c87c7f7-a My Question or Issue>> https://youtu.be/50qYGUbWVTI Whenever I remove a song from my list it shuffles (instead of just moving the list up). Why? Bug o...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 7 sp1 Spotify version 1.1.48.625.g1c87c7f7-a My Question or Issue >> https://youtu.be/50qYGUbWVTI Whe...
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I filter the unplayed episodes of a podcast, it automatically puts them on my active queue. I would like to just browse my podcasts, to see if there is anything...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I filter the unplayed episodes of a podcast, it automatically puts them on my...
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PlanPremium (valid to 08.01.2020)CountryPolandDevice(PC, Huawei P30 Pro)Operating System(Windows 10, Android 11) Hello, From today I have a strange problem with Spotify on all devices (Desktop app, Web app, Mobile app). If I play music from my playli...
Plan Premium (valid to 08.01.2020) Country Poland Device (PC, Huawei P30 Pro) Operating System (Windows 10, Android 11) Hello, From today I have a strange problem with Spotif...
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PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I click on the playlist description it displays lots of ASCII codes that put it over the character limit. I can exit out without having to change anything, but if I...
Plan Free Country USA Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I click on the playlist description it displays lots of ASCII codes that put it over the...
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When using Spotify connect, the song randomly restarts. A typical use is this, but it does not always happen in the order listed. During the entire session I run ping towards spotify.com with stable 5 ms response time. Open Spotify on PC Windows 10 2...
When using Spotify connect, the song randomly restarts. A typical use is this, but it does not always happen in the order listed. During the entire session I run ping towards spotify.com with stable ...
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PlanPremiumCountryItalyDevicedesktop PC(i5-7500,16gb RAM,SSDOperating SystemWindows 10 PRO x64 My IssueWith version 1.1.7.13766.gf9dc3904 (22 May 2019) I have no problemWith version 1.1.8.439.g8502297d (05 Jun 2019), at the first start it is ok, from...
Plan Premium Country Italy Device desktop PC(i5-7500,16gb RAM,SSD Operating System Windows 10 PRO x64 My Issue With version 1.1.7.13766.gf9dc3904 (22 May 2019) I have no problem Wit...
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PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I lower the volume (to about like 5-10%) it will slowly go back up to full volume (Without the volume slider in the Spotify app moving). I've been dealing with it for a while and its gett...
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I lower the volume (to about like 5-10%) it will slowly go back up to full volume (Without the volume slider in the Spo...
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