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Discuss Spotify for Windows
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...
So, I'm currently sitting on a few playlists, one of them at 3.2k, and I've noticed over the last months (progressively adding new music on and on), it's become unbearably slow and sluggish to navigate on the Windows Desktop app. Once the music plays...
So, I'm currently sitting on a few playlists, one of them at 3.2k, and I've noticed over the last months (progressively adding new music on and on), it's become unbearably slow and sluggish to naviga...
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 IssueHi folks - My question is that when I share a playlist via email with a friend, she does see ...
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 Hi folk...
Regular
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PlanFreeCountryRussian federationDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue"don't like" button has disappeared in playlist "Discover Weekly". I already reinstalled the App. What can i do to return this?
Plan Free Country Russian federation Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue "don't like" button has disappeared in playlist "Discover Weekly". I already r...
Regular
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When i click play, after 10 seconds it just pauses and it keeps doing that
When i click play, after 10 seconds it just pauses and it keeps doing that
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows10 My Question or IssueWhen I open the 'about' tab on an artist's page, and then on 'images' I am not able to click through the images and instead only have a view of the one I clicked on. S...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows10 My Question or Issue When I open the 'about' tab on an artist's page, and then on 'images' I am not able to clic...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10Spotify Version1.1.46.916.g416cacf1 I have a problem about local files in Spotify, I was able formerly to sync all local files there, but now, I noticed some songs imported from my lapt...
Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Spotify Version 1.1.46.916.g416cacf1 I have a problem about local files in Spotify, I was able formerly to s...
Moderator
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Hi, I would like to disable this " ALT + ] " shortcut in spotify on a windows to use a simple "]" without next the music. And furthermore it would be realy good to custom our own shortcut on spotify ! If it's not possible I'll going on Deezer to try ...
Hi, I would like to disable this " ALT + ] " shortcut in spotify on a windows to use a simple "]" without next the music. And furthermore it would be realy good to custom our...
Spotify Legend
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Give us an option to choose which order we want instead of letting users be forced to be accustomed to recently added at the end and then changing default sort behavior. Also if i proceed to manually sort of date, the sort state is not kept in betwee...
Give us an option to choose which order we want instead of letting users be forced to be accustomed to recently added at the end and then changing default sort behavior. Also if i p...
Spotify Legend
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Recently my desktop spotify got a fresh new look! I love it, accept I cannot for the life of me find where to sort the podcasts from old eps to new eps (rather than having new ones at the top of the feed because I have some backlog listening I'm doin...
Recently my desktop spotify got a fresh new look! I love it, accept I cannot for the life of me find where to sort the podcasts from old eps to new eps (rather than having new ones at the top of the ...
Spotify Legend
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I currently have a issue, Spotify thinks I'm offline while I'm online.Indeed windows reports that my Internet connection doesn't work.But this is wanted, it is correct that windows says I got "no Internet" while I indeed got internet.I need to trick ...
I currently have a issue, Spotify thinks I'm offline while I'm online. Indeed windows reports that my Internet connection doesn't work. But this is wanted, it is correct that windows says I got "no...
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So a day, i started my Spotify and wanted to play music. First of all it says that all my playlists are empty and after that also the search bar was broken. Or if it did worked and i clicked on a song the song will not be played.I reinstalled spotify...
So a day, i started my Spotify and wanted to play music. First of all it says that all my playlists are empty and after that also the search bar was broken. Or if it did worked and i clicked on a son...
Spotify Legend
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On the new version 1.1.46.916.g416cacf1-a I do not see artist information anymore. Please bring it back. It helps, particularly when interested in new music.
On the new version 1.1.46.916.g416cacf1-a I do not see artist information anymore. Please bring it back. It helps, particularly when interested in new music.
Moderator
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyOperating SystemWindows / MacMy Question or IssueHi there!I'm using Spotify Desktop for a music research project where we have to play music at very specific positions. E.g. Track 15, minute 1, second 23. With the Spotify API...
Plan Premium Country Germany Operating System Windows / Mac My Question or Issue Hi there! I'm using Spotify Desktop for a music research project where we have to play music at very specific ...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesOperating SystemWindows 10 (Non-Microsoft Store version)My Question or IssueWhen I open the app local files in a playlist are all greyed out. I have the correct location set under settings for local files. I go to the l...
Plan Premium Country United States Operating System Windows 10 (Non-Microsoft Store version) My Question or Issue When I open the app local files in a playlist are all greyed out. I have the c...
Spotify Legend
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pls help
pls help
Spotify Legend
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i have hard to focusing on the names of the songs, there is no problem in the playlist section next to it. windows 10 app. huawei matebook ips panel.
i have hard to focusing on the names of the songs, there is no problem in the playlist section next to it. windows 10 app. huawei matebook ips panel.
Spotify Legend
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I'm using a Windows 10 Desktop and for this past week I haven't been able to play most of my local files on Spotify (Only lets me play 25/72). I've gone through many different posts, trying out different solutions and none of them work (I've tried de...
I'm using a Windows 10 Desktop and for this past week I haven't been able to play most of my local files on Spotify (Only lets me play 25/72). I've gone through many different posts, trying out diffe...
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PlanPremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemWidnows 10 My Question or IssueI can't find the stats that show listeners' cities and countries
Plan Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Widnows 10 My Question or Issue I can't find the stats that show listeners' ci...
Spotify Legend
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I've been having a strange issue where certain MP3 files are refusing to be detected by Spotify. Even while still in a folder with other files that are currently being detected, they are considered missing whenever Spotify is re-opened. It's almost l...
I've been having a strange issue where certain MP3 files are refusing to be detected by Spotify. Even while still in a folder with other files that are currently being detected, they are considered m...
Music Fan
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When I click pause inside of Spotify it only lasts for twenty seconds, then it un-pauses. Every. Time. It won't stop playing music. PlanDuoCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 (Version 10.0.18363 Build 18363) Spotify Version 1.1.46.916.g...
When I click pause inside of Spotify it only lasts for twenty seconds, then it un-pauses. Every. Time. It won't stop playing music. Plan Duo Country USA Device Desktop Operatin...
Casual Listener
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