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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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Solved!! Desktop: Jam now available

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...

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Desktop: New "Now Playing View" sidebar

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...

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New Your Library sidebar

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...

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Solved!! Spotify wont play any song

PlanFreeCountryGermanyOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIf i try to play any song in the Spotify app it wont work.I already tried a clean reinstall and anything else i could find.

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Plan Free Country Germany Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue If i try to play any song in the Spotify app it wont work. I already tried a clean reinstall and anything el...

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Superuser Contribution line breaks in playlist?

how can I use the enter key to have line breaks in the playlist's description on windows 10?

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how can I use the enter key to have line breaks in the playlist's description on windows 10?

Katerina

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Superuser Contribution Changelog / Release Notes

When version 1.1.46.916 of the Windows desktop app made a mess with local files, I rolled back to 1.1.42.622 and blocked updates, and I've been doing fine for about a month.Now I hear the lates version fixes the local files issue, but frankly I don't...

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When version 1.1.46.916 of the Windows desktop app made a mess with local files, I rolled back to 1.1.42.622 and blocked updates, and I've been doing fine for about a month. Now I hear the lates ver...

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Cannot read local files with Chinese filename

Cannot read local files with Chinese filename. Files in the same folder with English name are read properly. PlanPremiumCountryHong KongOperating SystemWindows 10

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Cannot read local files with Chinese filename. Files in the same folder with English name are read properly.   Plan Premium Country Hong Kong Operating System Windows 10

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Searching in liked songs not working

PlanPremiumCountryHungaryDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello.I used to search my liked songs with the filter above it. Now it is not working. I write an expression to the input field, and the mechanism could not find the song...

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Plan Premium Country Hungary Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello. I used to search my liked songs with the filter above it. Now it is not working. I wri...

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"Your 2020 Top" Playlist Not Working

PlanPremiumCountryLatviaDeviceAsus VivoBookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen playing the Spotify Wrapped 2020 playlist on the desktop app it only plays one song after switching to an entirely different playlist from my library. Repe...

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Plan Premium Country Latvia Device Asus VivoBook Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When playing the Spotify Wrapped 2020 playlist on the desktop app it only plays one ...

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constant installing of the desktop application (missing song titles)

this seems to be related to this subject somehow: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/constant-re-installing/idi-p/1632378 every ''x'' number of days (sometimes weeks), the DT app will pop up an ""installation"" dialog in the middle of th...

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this seems to be related to this subject somehow:     https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/constant-re-installing/idi-p/1632378   every ''x'' number of days (someti...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify desktop app keeps crashing

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...

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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...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution playing sorted "liked" playlist!

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...

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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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Solved!! will Spotify 2020 wrapped be available on Desktop in the future?

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!

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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 year...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution search by year and like

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...

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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)...

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Superuser Contribution choices to watch video in browser are in bottom right of screen or full screen mode only

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...

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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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Optimize Desktop Spotify App

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...

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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 m...

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Whole deceptive thread removed when I got angry about being deceived

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...

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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.  ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify move up trigger is not working while editing a playlist

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...

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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...

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Superuser Contribution Not all local files are showing up

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...

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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 c...

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Missing dislike button on PC version

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. ...

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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 ...

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[Desktop][Developer] Now Playing display / home display bug in version 1.1.47.684.g136419d9-a

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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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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Edits causes posts/comments to be rejected as spam

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...

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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...

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