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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...
PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDevicePCOperating SystemVersion 20H2 (OS Build 19042.630) My Question or IssueAs soon as I try to play any music desktop app crashes, No warnings or error codes just closes. This is happening on my PC as well as on sur...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device PC Operating System Version 20H2 (OS Build 19042.630) My Question or Issue As soon as I try to play any music desktop app crashes, No warni...
Spotify Legend
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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 IssueHello - when playing songs in Liked Songs, despite being sorted by artist, the songs always p...
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 Hello -...
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hi, I noticed that Spotify 2020 wrapped has been released for a lot of people on the mobile app, but I was wondering if there were any plans to also release it to users on Desktop, like previous years. thanks!
hi, I noticed that Spotify 2020 wrapped has been released for a lot of people on the mobile app, but I was wondering if there were any plans to also release it to users on Desktop, like previous year...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceDesktop (windows) and Android phoneOperating SystemWindows 10 and Android My Question or IssueIs it possible to search by both (production)year and liked songs? I want to add music I already liked to a playlist by p...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Desktop (windows) and Android phone Operating System Windows 10 and Android My Question or Issue Is it possible to search by both (production)...
Music Fan
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI want to watch video in browser, the default is the video playing in the bottom right corner. It is just taking 1/4 of the screen. My only other option seems to be full s...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I want to watch video in browser, the default is the video playing in the bottom right corner. It is j...
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After talking with several friends who use Spotify, Premium or not, we all ended up with the same conclusion : it takes forever to load.No kidding, I lauch the desktop app and just end up using my phone because it takes from 3 to 7 minutes just to op...
After talking with several friends who use Spotify, Premium or not, we all ended up with the same conclusion : it takes forever to load.😥 No kidding, I lauch the desktop app and just end up using m...
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There was a long thread here with me describing a bug and being put off again and again and again. Made to jump through countless hoops and told that the bug I was describing was another bug. Then I find out, in the New Desktop Experience, that the f...
There was a long thread here with me describing a bug and being put off again and again and again. Made to jump through countless hoops and told that the bug I was describing was another bug. ...
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PlanFreeDeviceAsus i5, 940mxOperating SystemWindows 10 Home x64 My IssueSpotify song/track wont trigger the "move up" function while editing a playlist as shown in the file attached. This makes it hard for me to edit a playlist, I don't know if the o...
Plan Free Device Asus i5, 940mx Operating System Windows 10 Home x64 My Issue Spotify song/track wont trigger the "move up" function while editing a playlist as shown in the file attac...
Roadie
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Hello.In the past few days, I have been experiencing an issue regarding the local files feature of desktop spotify.While some of the .mp3 files are showing up, a lot of them aren't. Even when I change the folders, the same files show up on spotify, b...
Hello. In the past few days, I have been experiencing an issue regarding the local files feature of desktop spotify. While some of the .mp3 files are showing up, a lot of them aren't. Even when I c...
Spotify Legend
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HelloMy spotify PC version seems to be broken. Web Play as well as desktop app.In my discover weekly / release radar I can't dislike any tracks. The button is missing. And all the disliked songs from the app I can still see and have to listen on PC. ...
Hello My spotify PC version seems to be broken. Web Play as well as desktop app. In my discover weekly / release radar I can't dislike any tracks. The button is missing. And all the disliked songs ...
Casual Listener
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This is on Windows 10. I just re-downloaded and then updated the app to the newest version. Home screen shows some messed up markup and Now Playing shows a blank black screen.
This is on Windows 10. I just re-downloaded and then updated the app to the newest version. Home screen shows some messed up markup and Now Playing shows a blank black screen.
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windows 10 desktop versionspotify doesnt play 128k bits local files
windows 10 desktop version spotify doesnt play 128k bits local files
Spotify Legend
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This has happened to me time and time again. I post or comment and then I see a typo. I edit the text. Then I see another typo. I edit again. And now my post or comment has disappeared. It took quite a few times before I happened to notice the, laugh...
This has happened to me time and time again. I post or comment and then I see a typo. I edit the text. Then I see another typo. I edit again. And now my post or comment has disappeared. It took quite...
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The windows troubleshooting topic here: [Troubleshooting] Windows - The Spotify Communitylinks to this article for instructions on reinstalling the windows app: Reinstall Spotify - SpotifyElsewhere moderators keep posting links here instead: How can ...
The windows troubleshooting topic here: [Troubleshooting] Windows - The Spotify Community links to this article for instructions on reinstalling the windows app: Reinstall Spotify - Spotif...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen my Spotify App is open and it's the active window I can't switch to another window (neither with Alt+Tab nor with clicking on something else in the task bar...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When my Spotify App is open and it's the active window I can't switch to anoth...
Casual Listener
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Here's how you know that you have a well functioning support & feedback forum: The customer usually arrives frustrated and annoyed. The customer usually leaves feeling better, usually with their problem solved or with assurances that their problem wi...
Here's how you know that you have a well functioning support & feedback forum: The customer usually arrives frustrated and annoyed. The customer usually leaves feeling better, usually with their ...
Music Fan
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[ I'm from France and im using the spotify premium desktop app on my laptop with windows 10 ] I noticed an annoying bug with liked albums. I searched for it on the forum, and i already tried uninstall and install again. My issue : When i start spotif...
[ I'm from France and im using the spotify premium desktop app on my laptop with windows 10 ] I noticed an annoying bug with liked albums. I searched for it on the forum, and i already tried...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryPhilippinesDeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI cannot see the songs in the playlists that I have created in the spotify pc application. The page says "the playlist is currently empty". You also could not ...
Plan Premium Country Philippines Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I cannot see the songs in the playlists that I have created in the spotify pc appli...
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I don’t want to take the chance of losing them. If I remove the files from my computer, will they remain in my liked songs on Spotify? The folder I use for local files is so full now. I need to free up space on my computer.PlanPremium CountryU.S.Devi...
I don’t want to take the chance of losing them. If I remove the files from my computer, will they remain in my liked songs on Spotify? The folder I use for local files is so full now. I need to...
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Some weeks ago I started having problems opening pictures in Windows 10. The picture program would either not start, or it would just go black. I tried to Google it, but could not find any solutions to it. One day I realised that there were multiple ...
Some weeks ago I started having problems opening pictures in Windows 10. The picture program would either not start, or it would just go black. I tried to Google it, but could not find any solutions ...
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