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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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What happened to Radio Stations?

Every artist's 'radio' (in the Windows 10 App) is now a simple playlist that a couple of people subscribed to - so it's not even personalised anymore...and no: I don't want to use/switch on-off the 'Autoplay'-option every time I like to keep the musi...

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Every artist's 'radio' (in the Windows 10 App) is now a simple playlist that a couple of people subscribed to - so it's not even personalised anymore...and no: I don't want to use/switch on-off the '...

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Blank Local files locations on Windows 10

I'm on the latest version of Spotify on Windows 10 and I've been having problems with the local files option. In Spotify settings under Local Files, the location that all of my music is in has no name. I know what the file is, but I don't know why th...

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I'm on the latest version of Spotify on Windows 10 and I've been having problems with the local files option. In Spotify settings under Local Files, the location that all of my music is in has no nam...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Recommended songs at the bottom of a playlist

Everytime I try to use the recommended songs at the bottom of playlists to try to find new songs, it just shows songs that are already on my playlist. I want to find new songs to listen to, not listen to the songs I already have on there.

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Everytime I try to use the recommended songs at the bottom of playlists to try to find new songs, it just shows songs that are already on my playlist. I want to find new songs to listen to, not liste...

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Solved!! Download an albume

hi guys, I wonder that can we download an albume on windows desktop to listen offline? I can download just playlists. Thanks for help

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hi guys, I wonder that can we download an albume on windows desktop to listen offline? I can download just playlists. Thanks  for help

MattSuda

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Edits to playlists not registering properly since update

Operating SystemWindows 10 Ever since the recent update on the Desktop App there's been this constant bug where changes made to playlists across different platforms will not register properly on the Desktop App. For example I will re-order a bunch of...

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Operating System Windows 10   Ever since the recent update on the Desktop App there's been this constant bug where changes made to playlists across different platforms will not register prope...

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Superuser Contribution Permanent fix to "the spotify application is not responding"?

I've been having the same problem outlined in this post. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/the-Spotify-application-is-not-responding/td-p/1051125#:~:text=Re%3A%20the%20Spotify%20application%20is%20not%20responding,-Mark%20as%20New&text...

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I've been having the same problem outlined in this post.    https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/the-Spotify-application-is-not-responding/td-p/1051125#:~:text=Re%3A%20the%20S...

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Superuser Contribution Keyboard search

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceAll PC's, laptops & Macs.Operating SystemWindows Vista/7/8/10. MacOS My Question or IssueSo, the reason I use spotify instead of Soundcloud or Youtube or any other application like that is the accessibility, functionalit...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device All PC's, laptops & Macs. Operating System Windows Vista/7/8/10. MacOS   My Question or Issue So, the reason I use spotify instead of Soundcloud ...

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Superuser Contribution Yes! Today's update returned old client! (v1.1.57.443)

As of yesterday, both my computers received a new Spotify update to v1.1.57.443 - and the old client is BACK! I'm haven't seen Spotify officially acknowledging this anywhere. Is the change for good? Or is maybe just a delay till the new client has re...

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As of yesterday, both my computers received a new Spotify update to v1.1.57.443 - and the old client is BACK!   I'm haven't seen Spotify officially acknowledging this anywhere. Is the change f...

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Superuser Contribution Information about muscians missing

Hi There used to be an 'about' where you can find information about the musician/band. Am I missing something or was that removed?thanksclem

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Hi   There used to be an 'about' where you can find information about the musician/band.  Am I missing something or was that removed? thanks clem

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution My Homepage/Recently played has been bugged for a long time now.

PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHi, I've been having this issue for a very long time now. Since my account was compromised like 2-3 months ago, my home page won't refresh. My 'Recently played' section ...

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Plan Premium Country Argentina Device PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Hi, I've been having this issue for a very long time now. Since my account was compromised li...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Missing favourite songs in desktop and android app

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIn the spotify web player I've 500+ songs marked as favourite. But when I open my favourite library in the desktop or android app there are just about 30 songs in the lis...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue In the spotify web player I've 500+ songs marked as favourite. But when I open my favourite li...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution Spotify UI Reverted

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueToday I upgraded to the premium family plan. Everything works fine but it made the Spotify desktop app revert to the old UI. I tried restarting, re-signing in, uni...

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Plan Premium Family Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Today I upgraded to the premium family plan. Everything works fine but it made the Spotify des...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Playlists/local/Amazon Echo

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceIphone X Operating SystemiOS 10, Windows 10, My Question or IssueHello, is it possible to play playlists of local files located on my desktop with Amazon Alexa/Echo? It seems that it's not possible? If I want to play an...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Iphone X  Operating System iOS 10,  Windows 10,   My Question or Issue Hello, is it possible to play playlists of local files located on m...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Scroll bar is very broken on a podcast

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWin 10 64 bit My Question or IssueScroll bar on the "Hello Internet" podcast is broken, If you scroll down to the bottom of the page it jumps up and down and bugs out. Gif of the bug. I have replicated...

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  Plan Premium Country US Device Desktop Operating System Win 10 64 bit   My Question or Issue Scroll bar on the "Hello Internet" podcast is broken, If you scroll down to the bot...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution cant receive new design update

i deinstalled and reinstalled spotify for several times but i still dont have the new update. what am i doing wrong?

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i deinstalled and reinstalled spotify for several times but i still dont have the new update. what am i doing wrong?

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[Desktop][Playlists] Custom Order and Date added removal of order ticker (ascending/descending)

Hey I just noticed on playlists there's no way to change the descending/ascending order in which songs appear in a playlist (specifically my starred playlist). Can we get the date added (oldest to newest) and date added (newest to oldest) feature bac...

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Hey I just noticed on playlists there's no way to change the descending/ascending order in which songs appear in a playlist (specifically my starred playlist). Can we get the date added (oldest to ne...

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[Desktop][Playlists] Move your playlist

Ok, it doesn't seem like much, but all I want is for me to organize my playlists. As in, move the order of my playlists. I want my most listened playlist to be the front of the page and for all my other rarely listened to playlist to be in the back. ...

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Ok, it doesn't seem like much, but all I want is for me to organize my playlists. As in, move the order of my playlists. I want my most listened playlist to be the front of the page and for all my ot...

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Superuser Contribution Hard to locate Downloaded podcasts

PlanPremiumCountryTanzaniaDevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI downloaded random episodes from Joe Rogan and Conan O'Brien, and my problem now is to locate those episodes. So my problem is to locate those episodes easier rathe...

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Plan Premium Country Tanzania Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue I downloaded random episodes from Joe Rogan and Conan O'Brien, and my problem now is to l...

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Superuser Contribution Windows 10: black screen

I upgraded to Windows 10 recently. When I now use Spotify, I get a black screen after a couple of minutes so that Windows isn't usable anymore. Just the taskbar, the start menu and shortcuts like Ctrl + Alt + Del are working. The black screen does no...

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I upgraded to Windows 10 recently. When I now use Spotify, I get a black screen after a couple of minutes so that Windows isn't usable anymore. Just the taskbar, the start menu and shortcuts like Ctr...

Jeremy

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