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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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Superuser Contribution After 10 months, Spotify Desktop for Windows 10 Pro still now working

Plan: PremiumCountry: United states DeviceRyzen x86 PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueI know a lot of fixes have happened in the last 10 months for the desktop application, however it is still not working for me. It at least starts...

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Plan: Premium Country: United states   Device Ryzen x86 PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue I know a lot of fixes have happened in the last 10 months for the ...

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Cosmetic defect: like and don't like

PlanPremiumCountryRussia Operating SystemWindows 10 LTSC, Hardware Acceleration turned off Icon mismatch is so annoying, please fix it.

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Plan Premium Country Russia   Operating System Windows 10 LTSC, Hardware Acceleration turned off   Icon mismatch is so annoying, please fix it.

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Superuser Contribution Listen to podcasts offline in Windows 10 app

Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to listen to podcasts offline on the Windows 10 (PC) desktop app? Thanks in advance!

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Hi,  I was wondering if there was a way to listen to podcasts offline on the  Windows 10 (PC) desktop app?  Thanks in advance!

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When starting spotify a message appears that says "installing spotify"

PlanFree/PremiumCountrySpainDeviceLenovoOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When starting spotify a message appears that says "installing spotify"

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  Plan Free/Premium Country Spain Device Lenovo Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   When starting spotify a message appears that says "installing spotify"

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Spotify is offline when VirtualBox network adapter is online

Win 10I noticed that the Spotify App complains about not having an internet uplink, that happened several times during the last weeks. After quite a lot of debugging (firewall rules, reinstallation ...) I think I finally found the reason why: I have ...

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Win 10 I noticed that the Spotify App complains about not having an internet uplink, that happened several times during the last weeks. After quite a lot of debugging (firewall rules, reinstallation...

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I found a glitch

I made a playlist with 310 songs and for some reason it says its only 4 hours and 59 minutes long. I think this may be a glitch. Is it possible to fix this?

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I made a playlist with 310 songs and for some reason it says its only 4 hours and 59 minutes long. I think this may be a glitch. Is it possible to fix this?   

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Superuser Contribution Why does Spotify play random songs when a playlist finishes?

My Question or IssueAt the end of a playlist Spotify will start playing songs that I believe are chosen because they're supposed to be similar to what I was previously listening to. The problem for me is that they usually aren't that similar to some ...

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My Question or Issue At the end of a playlist Spotify will start playing songs that I believe are chosen because they're supposed to be similar to what I was previously listening to.  The probl...

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Superuser Contribution reconnect issue

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issueafter losing internet connection, spotify displays an information about going offline and that the application will try to connect automatically when an internet conn...

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Plan Premium Country Poland Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue after losing internet connection, spotify displays an information about going offline and ...

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Superuser Contribution Recently Played is bugged

I'm using Spotify desktop app on Windows 10 Pro v2004 . Even though other sections work perfectly, I can only see the first half of the "Recently Played" section on my screen.

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I'm using Spotify desktop app on Windows 10 Pro v2004 . Even though other sections work perfectly, I can only see the first half of the "Recently Played" section on my screen.

Ver

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Superuser Contribution Incorrect resolution with multiple monitors

Operating SystemWindows 101.1.43.700.g20acee0f (Microsoft Store version) My IssueWhen the desktop app is maximized on one screen one line of pixels stays on both sides of the monitors next to the main monitor. I'm able to close the application from t...

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Operating System Windows 10 1.1.43.700.g20acee0f (Microsoft Store version)   My Issue When the desktop app is maximized on one screen one line of pixels stays on both sides of the monitors ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Connect to a device (almost) never works

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAfter searching this forum I'm seeing lots of users with the same issue but I haven't found an answer yet. When I run the Spotify application on my Windows 10 laptop it (almost) never finds my Sonos spea...

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Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue After searching this forum I'm seeing lots of users with the same issue but I haven't found an answer yet.   When I run the Spotify ...

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Superuser Contribution Can I message other users from just having their account?

Hey, so I recently gained some new followers and I assume that they found a playlist of mine. I checked their account and liked their music taste and was curious: is there any way that I can message another user from their account? Maybe some kind of...

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Hey, so I recently gained some new followers and I assume that they found a playlist of mine. I checked their account and liked their music taste and was curious: is there any way that I can message ...

Ivan

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect

PlanPremiumCountryPortugalDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 8.1Hello, i can't use spotify connect in the desktop app. If i am listening on my android phone or android TV, these devices won't appear on desktop app for some reason.They appear if i u...

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Plan Premium Country Portugal Device Desktop Operating System Windows 8.1 Hello, i can't use spotify connect in the desktop app. If i am listening on my android phone or android TV, these dev...

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Superuser Contribution Hide song from playlist radio gets proposed again over and over

PlanPremiumCountryMaltaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I hide a song from my playlist radio, the row gets removed and the music skips to the next song. However, the same song from the same album, gets proposed again a...

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Plan Premium Country Malta Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I hide a song from my playlist radio, the row gets removed and the music skips to the ...

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[Desktop][Playlists] Length of Playlist

I can see how much time my playlist takes to listen too but it's not the right number, because is, hasn't changed whenever I add songs. How do I make it the correct number?

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I can see how much time my playlist takes to listen too but it's not the right number, because is, hasn't changed whenever I add songs. How do I make it the correct number?

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Superuser Contribution Spotify can only play songs that are on a playlist or that are saved

PlanPremiumCountryU.S.Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently my desktop Spotify app has been unable to play songs that aren't on a playlist or that aren't saved. If I restart or reinstall Spotify it works normally for a few hours, bu...

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Plan Premium Country U.S. Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Recently my desktop Spotify app has been unable to play songs that aren't on a playlist or that aren't saved....

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Thanks for enabling DPI Awareness Per-Monitor (v2)

Thanks to the change, now when I move the Spotify Window to my secondary 4k 250% zoom monitor I can see the app text sharper than ever. Thanks.

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Thanks to the change, now when I move the Spotify Window to my secondary 4k 250% zoom monitor I can see the app text sharper than ever.   Thanks.

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[Developer] Faster Start!

Spotify takes a long time to load. Similar to a big game. Other "office" applications starts faster. Also it continous to start on som computers although I have unchecked the box "start Spotify on system start". Very anoying.Please look into this and...

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Spotify takes a long time to load. Similar to a big game. Other "office" applications starts faster. Also it continous to start on som computers although I have unchecked the box "start Spotify on sy...

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Superuser Contribution The deployment operation failed because the specified application needs to be registered first.

DeviceDell LatitudeOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueNormally when I start my laptop, Spotify starts automatically, however this morning the following error appears:C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\SpotifyAB.SpotifyMusic_1.144.538.0_x86_...

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Device Dell Latitude Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue Normally when I start my laptop, Spotify starts automatically, however this morning the following error appears:...

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