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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Backup and restore downloads

PlanPremium DeviceWindows Laptop, Windows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Laptop, Windows 10 PC My Question or IssueI have a large playlist downloaded on my laptop and i wanted to move it to my pc without having to redownload it again since i am data ca...

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Plan Premium   Device Windows Laptop, Windows PC Operating System Windows 10 Laptop, Windows 10 PC   My Question or Issue I have a large playlist downloaded on my laptop and i want...

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Solved!! [Desktop][Connect] Be honest 2

How about to easy how to take out Spotify from Windows initialization process?I´ve tried and didn't find a way to do that...I do not want Spotify automatically starting !!!

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How about to easy how to take out Spotify from Windows initialization process? I´ve tried and didn't find a way to do that... I do not want Spotify automatically  starting !!!

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Spotify Application damaged

Everytime i try to open spotify on windows 10. I keep getting this message after it opens. Spotify application is damaged, download spotify at (Spotify website). this is the only thing that pops up after it trys to open, any solutions?

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Everytime i try to open spotify on windows 10. I keep getting this message after it opens. Spotify application is damaged, download spotify at (Spotify website). this is the only thing that pops up a...

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Superuser Contribution Cannot view all Local Files in A-Z sort.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop - AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX with 64.0 GBOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro for Workstations build 19042.685My Question or Issue__ This issue appears to be a bug in how many files the Local Files view can d...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop - AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX with 64.0 GB Operating System Windows 10 Pro for Workstations build 19042.685 My Question or Issue __ ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution What is going on with Spotify?

PlanPremiumCountryJapan/USADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhat is going on with this update?There are a multitude of issues, one of them being that when I add a duplicate track, Spotify no longer warns me of it. Another issue ...

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Plan Premium Country Japan/USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue What is going on with this update? There are a multitude of issues, one of them being tha...

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Superuser Contribution Shuffle Broken

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWin 10My Question or Issuewhen playing from my liked songs sorted by artist it will randomly shuffle the queue i.e. i start in "C" and after two songs it jumps to "P" and then there is no sense of alphabetization

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Plan Premium Operating System Win 10 My Question or Issue when playing from my liked songs sorted by artist it will randomly shuffle the queue i.e. i start in "C" and after two songs it jumps to...

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Superuser Contribution When I lower the Volume, it will slowly go up

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...

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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...

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Superuser Contribution Application Not Responding

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. ...

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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...

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Superuser Contribution Can't see some people in friends activity though i know they allowed it

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...

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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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Superuser Contribution Songs do not play

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...

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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...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution local storage

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.

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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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Superuser Contribution The Spotify application is not responding.

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 ...

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...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

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Playlist cover issues

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...

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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 change...

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Superuser Contribution "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." Help

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 ...

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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...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify on PC Buggy

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...

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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...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify permalocked in offline mode

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...

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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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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps automatically switching music to some playlist I've never listened to

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...

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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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Superuser Contribution I can't stop Spotify

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...

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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.     Plan Duo Country USA Device Desktop Operatin...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify will not autoplay

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 ...

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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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