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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...
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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...
PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhile on Discord with a friend who is on my Friend Activity list, we discovered that the Friend Activity List was 1 song behind, as he was listening to his current...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue While on Discord with a friend who is on my Friend Activity list, we discovered that th...
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Hello. The Windows app for PC is no longer working after multiple attempts to uninstall/reinstall. Nothing but a black screen once downloaded. Spotify Premium user. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hello. The Windows app for PC is no longer working after multiple attempts to uninstall/reinstall. Nothing but a black screen once downloaded. Spotify Premium user. Any help would be greatly apprecia...
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As you can see from the below image, when I scroll down to the beginning of my liked songs, there are three songs that do not have a timestamp for when they were added and were not there previously. Does anyone know why this is and how it happened?Pl...
As you can see from the below image, when I scroll down to the beginning of my liked songs, there are three songs that do not have a timestamp for when they were added and were not there previously. ...
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Whenever I try to open up the web app it tells me there's a serve errorI have already cleared my cache and tried every browser on my computer and an incognito window with no successI cannot download or use the app currently because of some issues on ...
Whenever I try to open up the web app it tells me there's a serve error I have already cleared my cache and tried every browser on my computer and an incognito window with no success I cannot down...
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PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDevice(Dell Laptop)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueWhenever I open the Desktop App, I get hit with an error as shown in the image belowI have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app multiple times, even uni...
Plan Premium Country India Device (Dell Laptop) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue Whenever I open the Desktop App, I get hit with an error as shown in the image belo...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 running spotify thru UWP My Question or IssueMy music keeps pausing every 2-4 seconds. Tried reinstalling logging out, no other devices do this.
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 running spotify thru UWP My Question or Issue My music keeps pausing every 2-4 seconds. Tried reinstalling logging...
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Last month I received the awful "New Desktop Experience" upgrade. Among the many missing or broken features, I am no longer able to find clean versions of albums. Previous versions of the desktop app you were able to find these by doing the following...
Last month I received the awful "New Desktop Experience" upgrade. Among the many missing or broken features, I am no longer able to find clean versions of albums. Previous versions of the...
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This is more of a bug report I guess, but on Windows 10 (1.1.48.625.g1c87c7f7) until I cycle the "show desktop overlay when using media keys" setting the global keyboard hook (or however they're being handled) isn't working... even with the applicati...
This is more of a bug report I guess, but on Windows 10 (1.1.48.625.g1c87c7f7) until I cycle the "show desktop overlay when using media keys" setting the global keyboard hook (or however they're bein...
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I tried uninstalling and reinstalling spotify and it still randomly paused. I also tried using the web browser and it randomly paused there as well. I also disconnected all places that I've logged into so the only places that I'm currently logged int...
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling spotify and it still randomly paused. I also tried using the web browser and it randomly paused there as well. I also disconnected all places that I've logged in...
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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 Issue
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
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PlanPremiumBelgique(Windows 10.) My Question or Issue Bonjour, Quand je tente de partager un morceau de musique via mon application Spotify (Windows 10) sur messenger (facebook), j'ai ceci comme message : You cannot view this application. Please make...
Plan Premium Belgique (Windows 10.) My Question or Issue Bonjour, Quand je tente de partager un morceau de musique via mon application Spotify (Windows 10) sur messenger...
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PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 2004 My Question or IssueThe lyrics from Musixmatch are no longer there, it shows "Humming is fun" message. It used to work before but it no longer works now, please help.
Plan Free Country India Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 2004 My Question or Issue The lyrics from Musixmatch are no longer there, it shows "Humming is fun" message. It used...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceIntel NUCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI have a set of bluetooth earbuds which support both headphones and headset profile. I listen to Spotify with the bluetooth headphones profile 90% of the time, but when...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Intel NUC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have a set of bluetooth earbuds which support both headphones and headset profile. I listen to Sp...
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PlanFamily PremiumCountryU.S.A.DeviceAcer LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issueso after spending 2 days trying to turn off autoplay i finally figured it out but even after i turned it off it still continued to use autoplay
Plan Family Premium Country U.S.A. Device Acer Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue so after spending 2 days trying to turn off autoplay i finally figured it out b...
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So I don't really know how to ask a question or write on here, but my queue keeps getting deleted lately, on my laptop and on my phone. It is annoying. Anyone know what I can do to solve this problem?
So I don't really know how to ask a question or write on here, but my queue keeps getting deleted lately, on my laptop and on my phone. It is annoying. Anyone know what I can do to solve this problem?
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PlanPremium CountryUK DeviceAlphaSync RTX 3070 Ryzen 7 16GB RAM 1TB HDD 480GB SSD Gaming Desktop PC Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello. My spotify keeps resuming songs after I pause them. It takes about 10-15 seconds and it just sta...
Plan Premium Country UK Device AlphaSync RTX 3070 Ryzen 7 16GB RAM 1TB HDD 480GB SSD Gaming Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello....
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Win 10 1.1.47.684.g136419d9-a Desktop, Premium, Germanyis this a "feature" of the new UI? I need this in order to keep track of what I listened to before. I just switched to premium, but if this is not a bug and this behaviour persist I will cancel m...
Win 10 1.1.47.684.g136419d9-a Desktop, Premium, Germany is this a "feature" of the new UI? I need this in order to keep track of what I listened to before. I just switched to premium, but if this is...
Casual Listener
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When a song is added to a playlist (for instance, I just dragged a song into a playlist), display some indication the song was added to the play list so I can trust it succeeded and not have to check the playlist myself. Thanks!
When a song is added to a playlist (for instance, I just dragged a song into a playlist), display some indication the song was added to the play list so I can trust it succeeded and not have to check...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceWindows Surface Pro 7Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI can only play songs saved to my Library (as an Album or on a Playlist). Example: go to the Artist page for Biffy Clyro, play the song 'Sounds Like Balloon...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Windows Surface Pro 7 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I can only play songs saved to my Library (as an Album or on a Playlist).  ...
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PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceLenovo YogaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueLocal Files are greyed out and not playingI have tried everything listed in this post below and still not working.https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Play...
Plan Premium Country Australia Device Lenovo Yoga Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Local Files are greyed out and not playing I have tried everything listed in this ...
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