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Solved!! Disable the Mini-Player on the Web-Version

Hi GuysI switched on my Windows 10 from the Desktop-Version to the Browser-Version. It works, but now I get/see every time a Mini-Player in the left upper corner for about 5 seconds when I press Pause/Play or e.g. if I change the volume. How can I de...

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Solved!! Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"I have tried all t...

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Solved!! Disable Video on desktop app

There no X or way to close or stop a video on Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c

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Windows Troubleshooting Guide

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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Superuser Contribution Can no longer navigate songs within playlists when using "search songs in playlist"

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayOperating SystemWindows 10 Before the new update, i was able to search for a song within a playlist, click on that song to mark it, and then clear my searchbar. This would scroll me to the songs location in the playlist, but w...

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Plan Premium Country Norway Operating System Windows 10   Before the new update, i was able to search for a song within a playlist, click on that song to mark it, and then clear my search...

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Desktop UI A/B testing web player UI

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI recently had to switch to a new account, and when I logged in to the desktop app on this new account, the UI changed. It now looks like the web player UI instead of the tra...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I recently had to switch to a new account, and when I logged in to the desktop app on this new account...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't login on desktop app after recent update

Recently, the Spotify app updated to a new layout on Windows. But after a day, I was logged out, and haven't been able to log in again. I don't have a dedicated Spotify account, so I cannot log in that way. When I use Facebook, Google or Apple log in...

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Recently, the Spotify app updated to a new layout on Windows. But after a day, I was logged out, and haven't been able to log in again.   I don't have a dedicated Spotify account, so I cannot ...

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[Desktop][Developer] Spotify bluetooth bug

There is a bug with Spotify that when I have bluetooth and it disconnects I have to close Spotify and reopen it to listen music

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There is a bug with Spotify that when I have bluetooth and it disconnects I have to close Spotify and reopen it to listen music

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Superuser Contribution Make it possible to pin Album view

PlanPremiumCountryGEROperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueThe new Navigation Pane UI does not include the Album View anymore. You must navigate through "Library->Albums". I would like to either pin the Albums view to the navigation pane or t...

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Plan Premium Country GER Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The new Navigation Pane UI does not include the Album View anymore. You must navigate through "Library->Albums". I ...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Podcasts] Improve performance for video podcasts on windows

Improve performance for video podcasts on windows. While streaming video podcast in full screen, playback stops for no obvious reason (home wifi, intel core i7, 32GB RAM). Either video stops and sound continues, or both are paused for several seconds...

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Improve performance for video podcasts on windows. While streaming video podcast in full screen, playback stops for no obvious reason (home wifi, intel core i7, 32GB RAM). Either video stops and soun...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Album radio not working

PlanFreeCountryBROperating SystemWindows 10 Until some time ago, there was an option to go to the radio of a certain album, but now that the option is supposedly back, it is bugged, because when we click on it, we are redirected to the radio of the a...

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Plan Free Country BR Operating System Windows 10   Until some time ago, there was an option to go to the radio of a certain album, but now that the option is supposedly back, it is bugged...

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[Desktop][Developer] Option to copy URI

with a recent update on desktop (looks and runs well), you removed the ability to copy the uri.For 'normal' users thats 100% reasonable but for developers for example it can be very handy to have quick access to the uri.Maybe you can give us a settin...

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with a recent update on desktop (looks and runs well), you removed the ability to copy the uri. For 'normal' users thats 100% reasonable but for developers for example it can be very handy to have q...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Add back listing all tracks by an artist on their page

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 / Linux My Question or IssueAdd back the ability to see all of the tracks from an artist on their main page. The new update on the desktop made it so we have to click on an album to see a sp...

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Plan Premium Country US Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 / Linux   My Question or Issue Add back the ability to see all of the tracks from an artist on their main page. The n...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Horrible new UI, bugs and missing features

"The UI is like a joke. If you need to explain it, it's not a very good one.."The new UI is terrible. 1. Very hard to find out which song is currently playing, because everything is gray and only the title is green. When scrolling on large lists I ca...

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"The UI is like a joke. If you need to explain it, it's not a very good one.." The new UI is terrible.  1. Very hard to find out which song is currently playing, because everything is gray a...

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[Bug Report] Progress bar is inaccurate when entering full-screen mode

When entering fullscreen on Windows Desktop, the music progress bar starts at 0:00, regardless of your actual progress in the song. Pausing or resuming playback resyncs the time.

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When entering fullscreen on Windows Desktop, the music progress bar starts at 0:00, regardless of your actual progress in the song. Pausing or resuming playback resyncs the time.

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Playlist jumbles itself when I want it to be in custom order

Spotify Desktop VersionFree Account I sorted my playlist in a custom order that I wanted however, after a few hours I see that the same order I put the playlist in has around 1/4th of the songs placed in random positions which I didn't put them in.Ha...

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Spotify Desktop Version Free Account   I sorted my playlist in a custom order that I wanted however, after a few hours I see that the same order I put the playlist in has around 1/4th of the ...

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Superuser Contribution Default playlist name in new desktop UI

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWith the new desktop UI (Windows 1.1.58.820.g2ae50076-a) when creating a playlist from an album, the playlist name is set to the "Album" name. The old UI set it to "Artist - Album...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue With the new desktop UI (Windows 1.1.58.820.g2ae50076-a) when creating a playlist from an album, the playli...

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Superuser Contribution Add artist album as a new playlist - Incomplete

When adding an album to a new playlist it doesn't register like before:Artist name - album name. Now it registers only the album name. This means I have to write the artist name myself otherwise I will not find it when filtering by artist.

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When adding an album to a new playlist it doesn't register like before: Artist name - album name.  Now it registers only the album name. This means I have to write the artist name myself other...

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Superuser Contribution Not able to filter playlists by typing when adding to playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceThinkPadOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOn desktop, I used to be able to right-click -> add to playlist, and then start typing to filter my playlists so that I could easily find the one I wanted to add the so...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device ThinkPad Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue On desktop, I used to be able to right-click -> add to playlist, and then start typing to...

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Superuser Contribution Place in album list not saved

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceLenovo LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI click on an album from "Your Library -> Albums". When I click the "back" button or type "alt back arrow", it takes me to the TOP of my Albums list rather than t...

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device Lenovo Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I click on an album from "Your Library -> Albums". When I click the "back" b...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Streaming Quality is Ignored

PlanPremium (Family)CountryCanadaOperating SystemWindows 10 20H2Spotify Version1.1.53.608.g7ed9c03a (Microsoft Store version) My Question or IssueI've noticed that Spotify Desktop will ignore the Streaming Quality setting and will use Auto anyways. I...

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Plan Premium (Family) Country Canada Operating System Windows 10 20H2 Spotify Version 1.1.53.608.g7ed9c03a (Microsoft Store version)   My Question or Issue I've noticed that Spotify ...

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Solved!! The lyrics is not showing properly because of ad banner

None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSome lyrics gets cut off or blocked by the ad banner ...

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None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Free Country India Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 &nbsp...

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'This Content Is Not Available' - Greyed out playlist

I've been really liking the new UI of the latest update, it's simpler, cleaner, etc. However, I've been having a recurring problem where, if I click on any playlist/radio it will appear greyed out and attempting to double click a song to play, will p...

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I've been really liking the new UI of the latest update, it's simpler, cleaner, etc. However, I've been having a recurring problem where, if I click on any playlist/radio it will appear greyed out an...

Billy-J

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Superuser Contribution "Recently Played" list

Thanks to this new ugly, horrible and useless update, we can't even edit our "recently played" list anymore ! Actually, those [snip - Community Moderator edit] Spotify devs removed this feature from the phone app a while ago, so everyone was asking t...

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Thanks to this new ugly, horrible and useless update,  we can't even edit our "recently played" list anymore !   Actually, those [snip - Community Moderator edit] Spotify devs remo...

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