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PlanPremiumCountryPolandOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just noticed that a new "smart shuffle mode" putting unwanted "smart recommendations" in my queue was added to my desktop app. How to turn it off permanently or at least make th...
Newbie
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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...
Moderator
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There no X or way to close or stop a video on Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c
Newbie
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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...
PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Hi guys,My Win 10 Desktop client starts playing the same album which is new apparently and has a super low play c...
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Hi guys, My Win 10 Desktop c...
Community Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs title states, second monitor goes black when a video plays. I've turned off hardware acceleration and overlay within Spotify. Doesn't matter if the app is running on the m...
Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue As title states, second monitor goes black when a video plays. I've turned off hardware accelerati...
Spotify Legend
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PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceDell Latitude 3180 LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueThe Spotify desktop app is not playing songs in order. It starts with a random song in the album, and randomly mixes up songs.
Plan Free Country United States Device Dell Latitude 3180 Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The Spotify desktop app is not playing songs in order. It starts with a rand...
Moderator
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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...
Community Legend
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PlanFreeCountryU.S.ADevicehp laptop late 2015Operating Systemwindows 10 My Question or IssueMy issue is that whenever I open spotify everything gets really laggy, the best way i can describe it is i loose frames and refreshrate by at least half. No o...
Plan Free Country U.S.A Device hp laptop late 2015 Operating System windows 10 My Question or Issue My issue is that whenever I open spotify everything gets really laggy, the best wa...
Regular
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PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify is giving the error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." whenever I try to play any son...
Plan Premium Country Australia Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify is giving the error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have ...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryAustria/GermanyDevice2 Desktop DevicesOperating SystemWindows 10 ProMy Question or IssueToday i decided to get pretty angry:Since 1y or so my spotify on win10 Desktop Client startet to lag/stutter/clutter/clitch sometimes. I thought...
Plan Premium Country Austria/Germany Device 2 Desktop Devices Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue Today i decided to get pretty angry: Since 1y or so my spotify on win1...
Spotify Legend
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It used to randomly stop on my spotify app on my phone too but it hasn't recently or not that ive been aware of, but my computer hasn't allowed me to play music and it always stops playing after 3 seconds, but it only shows the blue banner saying the...
It used to randomly stop on my spotify app on my phone too but it hasn't recently or not that ive been aware of, but my computer hasn't allowed me to play music and it always stops playing after 3 se...
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PlanPremium (now free, since I cancelled my premium account over Spotify pushing politics)CountrySouth Africa DevicePC, Windows Desktop ClientOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueUsually, users may report offens...
Plan Premium (now free, since I cancelled my premium account over Spotify pushing politics) Country South Africa Device PC, Windows Desktop Client Operating System (iOS 10, Android&nbs...
Casual Listener
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Frequent, sporadic, random pausing. Unable to prevent. PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify desktop player routinely pauses for seemingly no reason. It may run for minutes up to hours, but a...
Frequent, sporadic, random pausing. Unable to prevent. Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My Spotify desktop playe...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceChromebookOperating SystemChrome OS My Question or IssueEvery time I launch the app on Chromebook, it seems fine for about 2-3 minutes. Then it stops for a few seconds, and continues. Once it stops the first time, it contin...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Chromebook Operating System Chrome OS My Question or Issue Every time I launch the app on Chromebook, it seems fine for about 2-3 minutes. Then it sto...
Moderator
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device Operating SystemWin10 My Question or Issueis there a limit for my local files which only shows 20000 songs?
Plan Free/Premium Country Device Operating System Win10 My Question or Issue is there a limit for my local files which only shows 20000 songs?
Spotify Legend
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I would be great to select an artist and then be able to listen to and shuffle, all songs by that artist.
I would be great to select an artist and then be able to listen to and shuffle, all songs by that artist.
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PlanPremiumCountry/DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently I noticed whenever I try to forward photos in an artist about section, it goes back a photo. When I press the right-arrow (to go to the next photo), it goes back ...
Plan Premium Country / Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Recently I noticed whenever I try to forward photos in an artist about section, it goes back a ...
Moderator
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My Spotify problem started when I upgraded my home PC from Windows-7 to Windows-10 and finding nothing but frustration with trying to uninstall and reinstall Spotify which apparently has been corrupted and will only show the playlists I constructed o...
My Spotify problem started when I upgraded my home PC from Windows-7 to Windows-10 and finding nothing but frustration with trying to uninstall and reinstall Spotify which apparently has been corrupt...
Music Fan
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Think that the picture says it all, i want the tab icon back. I have tried to reinstall it and it still wont get fixedI run on update 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc which i think should be the latest update
Think that the picture says it all, i want the tab icon back. I have tried to reinstall it and it still wont get fixed I run on update 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc which i think should be the latest ...
Regular
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My laptop is very full with all the music I have in my local files and I want to put it on a usb drive so I get more space is that possible?
My laptop is very full with all the music I have in my local files and I want to put it on a usb drive so I get more space is that possible?
Moderator
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Plan & CountryPremium, Germany Device/Operating SystemDebian Laptop, Samsung Android Phone My Question or IssueOn my way to work I was listening to music on Spotify and liking new songs. About 3 or 4 hours later I opened up my desktop client. I notic...
Plan & Country Premium, Germany Device/Operating System Debian Laptop, Samsung Android Phone My Question or Issue On my way to work I was listening to music on Spotify an...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDeviceDesktop appOperating SystemWin 10 My Question or IssueWhen I add a song into playlist that already has that song, the add duplicate pop up warning doesn't come up. The song is exactly same than the song (same album) tha...
Plan Premium Country Finland Device Desktop app Operating System Win 10 My Question or Issue When I add a song into playlist that already has that song, the add duplicate pop...
Music Fan
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Anytime i download spotify on my laptop the app wont work, on first try the app black screens before failing and closing itself. Then on subsequent attempts to open the app is just says 'spotify is not responding'.I already had various issues with th...
Anytime i download spotify on my laptop the app wont work, on first try the app black screens before failing and closing itself. Then on subsequent attempts to open the app is just says 'spotify is n...
Spotify Legend
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