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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...
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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...
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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...
PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I lower the volume (to about like 5-10%) it will slowly go back up to full volume (Without the volume slider in the Spotify app moving). I've been dealing with it for a while and its gett...
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I lower the volume (to about like 5-10%) it will slowly go back up to full volume (Without the volume slider in the Spo...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceLenovo Lap TopOperating SystemWindows My Question or Issue Every time that I close my laptop and it goes into sleep mode, when I open up my laptop Spotify will not play any music or allow me to navigate to any other page. ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Lenovo Lap Top Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Every time that I close my laptop and it goes into sleep mode, when I op...
Moderator
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PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyOperating SystemWindows 10 I had no problem with spotify on my laptop until a month ago. But then, first it started giving random error boxes only saying "can't start spotify" when i tried to open it. It didn't bother me since...
Plan Premium Country Turkey Operating System Windows 10 I had no problem with spotify on my laptop until a month ago. But then, first it started giving random error boxes only saying&nb...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceCustom PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever I try to play a song/playlist/album it seems to skip through a few songs without playing anything and then stops and gives me an error message sayin...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Custom PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Whenever I try to play a song/playlist/album it seems to skip through a few songs...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo after the UI changed for desktop app, where are the local storage settings? they are gone.i want to know where are my downloaded songs. and i want to change the destination.
Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue So after the UI changed for desktop app, where are the local storage settings? they are gone. i want to know wh...
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PlanFreeCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhy Device, Operating System is required for this board desktop_windows?On startup there is a pop-up ...
...evice, Operating System is required for this board desktop_windows? On startup there is a pop-up "The Spotify application is not responding" when spotify is in startup
Spotify Legend
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Hey guy’s, I’m having problems trying to update playlist covers just now. The images I’m using are all j-pegs and nowhere near the 4mb size limit. Keeps saying failed to save playlist changes. Please try again. Can you help with this? Thanks, Jonatha...
Hey guy’s, I’m having problems trying to update playlist covers just now. The images I’m using are all j-pegs and nowhere near the 4mb size limit. Keeps saying failed to save playlist change...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceWindows DesktopOperating SystemWindows My Question or Issueokay so when I press play on any of my songs, they will not play and will automatically skip. now I have looked into this issue for awhile and this only started ...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Windows Desktop Operating System Windows My Question or Issue okay so when I press play on any of my songs, they will not play and will automatical...
Spotify Legend
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PlanFree/Premium CountryUnited KingdomDeviceWindows 10 DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueSpotify from either the windows store and direct download from Spotify is buggy, when playing there’s a delay before the music starts, at...
Plan Free/Premium Country United Kingdom Device Windows 10 Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue Spotify from either the windows store and direct downloa...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremium(Family)CountryUSADeviceCustom built PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify never goes back online, despite having the "Offline mode" box unticked in the top left, and reinstalling the app several times. I nuked the appda...
Plan Premium(Family) Country USA Device Custom built PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify never goes back online, despite having the "Offline mode" box unticke...
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PlanPremium (valid to 08.01.2020)CountryPolandDevice(PC, Huawei P30 Pro)Operating System(Windows 10, Android 11) Hello, From today I have a strange problem with Spotify on all devices (Desktop app, Web app, Mobile app). If I play music from my playli...
Plan Premium (valid to 08.01.2020) Country Poland Device (PC, Huawei P30 Pro) Operating System (Windows 10, Android 11) Hello, From today I have a strange problem with Spotif...
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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...
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PlanFreeCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello,I am trying to listen to a new album, and it will not autoplay at all. A friend of mine, trying to listen to the same album ...
Plan Free Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello, I am trying to listen to a new album, and...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file..... etc. seen 200 posts on this already and I have tried everything there is on the face of planet except the one thing that may fix it. ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file..... etc. seen 200 posts on this already and I have tried everyt...
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Ok, so I downloaded spotify to reinstall it, as it stopped working. First I got a windows error, that terminated the program. Then I couldn't uninstall it, as I got another windows error.Then I tried to download it and reinstall it, but I got error 5...
Ok, so I downloaded spotify to reinstall it, as it stopped working. First I got a windows error, that terminated the program. Then I couldn't uninstall it, as I got another windows error. T...
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Hi, names of Russian songs are shown with illegal characters. How I can resolve it?Названия песен отображаются в Spotify неправильным шрифтом и не читаются. Что делать? PlanFreeCountryRussiaDeviceDesktop PC Operating SystemWindows 10 x64 My Question ...
Hi, names of Russian songs are shown with illegal characters. How I can resolve it? Названия песен отображаются в Spotify неправильным шрифтом и не читаются. Что делать? Plan Free Country...
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PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceDell G5 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify is crashing unexpectedly with no error messages or popups when I changed the cache to a custom location. My default location is at C:\Users\Lucas\AppData...
Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Dell G5 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My Spotify is crashing unexpectedly with no error messages or popups w...
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PlanStudent PremiumCountryUSADeviceLenovo Yoga C640Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy App keeps force closing itself, and I don't know how to make it stop. I have a US Student Premium account, and have had my Spotify Account since like...
Plan Student Premium Country USA Device Lenovo Yoga C640 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My App keeps force closing itself, and I don't know how to make it stop.&nbs...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10Version1.1.48.625.g1c87c7f7 My Question or IssueWhenever you go into the Artist's About page and enlarge one picture (by clicking on it), the previous and next buttons don't seem to change t...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Version 1.1.48.625.g1c87c7f7 My Question or Issue Whenever you go into the Artist's About page and enlarge one p...
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DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 ProI've been experiencing a weird bug with the window controls on the upper right corner (close, expand, minimize), where it'll randomly expand that section and starts to cover other parts of the application entirel...
Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro I've been experiencing a weird bug with the window controls on the upper right corner (close, expand, minimize), where it'll randomly expand that sec...
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