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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
Visitor
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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...
PlanPremiumCountry BrazilDeviceDesktop appOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I'm having trouble viewing the full date podcast episodes. The date appears incomplete, and I can only see the day and the month, the year appears incomplete, e...
Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Desktop app Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I'm having trouble viewing the full date podcast episodes. The date appear...
Moderator
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I'm on Windows 10. Normally, my media keys on my keyboard (e.g. play, pause, skip) control spotify just fine. But while I have Chrome open, these media keys do nothing to control spotify. When I press them, nothing happens. I've researched this issue...
I'm on Windows 10. Normally, my media keys on my keyboard (e.g. play, pause, skip) control spotify just fine. But while I have Chrome open, these media keys do nothing to control spotify....
Casual Listener
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I can listen to podcasts via spotify if they are played through my Alexa. I cannot listen to the audio if I play it through my varied audio output devices connected to my computer. This isn't a problem for music, only podcasts. I am thinking it has s...
I can listen to podcasts via spotify if they are played through my Alexa. I cannot listen to the audio if I play it through my varied audio output devices connected to my computer. This isn't a probl...
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Plan: Premium Country: Canada Device: ThinkPad x390 Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue:So I was using tagscanner to put album art on my local files, and when I loaded the files into spotify there was a problem: files with the same arti...
Plan: Premium Country: Canada Device: ThinkPad x390 Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue: So I was using tagscanner to put album ...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueI use the Spotify desktop app. When I copy an album link to the Windows clipboard, it used to have the format "spotify:album:(...)", so that using this link l...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue I use the Spotify desktop app. When I copy an album link to the Windows clipboard,...
Gig Goer
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I've had this issue for a little while now, it's not my control panel sound settings, all are set to no exclusive control, and no dimming of any kind. never found a spotify setting for this. communications is set to do nothing every time a person tal...
I've had this issue for a little while now, it's not my control panel sound settings, all are set to no exclusive control, and no dimming of any kind. never found a spotify setting for this. communic...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceHP PavilionOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello,I have a new computer. Spotify will not recognize any of my local files on the desktop version, which are only about a dozen at this point.Here's what I've tr...
Plan Premium Country USA Device HP Pavilion Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello, I have a new computer. Spotify will not recognize any of my local files o...
Spotify Legend
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I have managed to put song titles and artists to an Excel chart. However, it did not include the song times. Is there a way to get export the times? USAFamily PlanDesktop Windows 7
I have managed to put song titles and artists to an Excel chart. However, it did not include the song times. Is there a way to get export the times? USA Family Plan Desktop Windows ...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryScotland DeviceDell laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue
Plan Premium Country Scotland Device Dell laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue
Spotify Legend
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I tried uninstalling and reinstalling spotify and it still randomly paused. I also tried using the web browser and it randomly paused there as well. I also disconnected all places that I've logged into so the only places that I'm currently logged int...
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling spotify and it still randomly paused. I also tried using the web browser and it randomly paused there as well. I also disconnected all places that I've logged in...
Spotify Legend
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Not sure if this is the correct forum, so I apologize if it isn't. I remember in years past being able to compare the current year's stats with previous years' stats (i.e. how many minutes you listened this year compared to other years). I am unable ...
Not sure if this is the correct forum, so I apologize if it isn't. I remember in years past being able to compare the current year's stats with previous years' stats (i.e. how many minutes you listen...
Spotify Legend
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So I don't really know how to ask a question or write on here, but my queue keeps getting deleted lately, on my laptop and on my phone. It is annoying. Anyone know what I can do to solve this problem?
So I don't really know how to ask a question or write on here, but my queue keeps getting deleted lately, on my laptop and on my phone. It is annoying. Anyone know what I can do to solve this problem?
Spotify Legend
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Whenever I try to open up the web app it tells me there's a serve errorI have already cleared my cache and tried every browser on my computer and an incognito window with no successI cannot download or use the app currently because of some issues on ...
Whenever I try to open up the web app it tells me there's a serve error I have already cleared my cache and tried every browser on my computer and an incognito window with no success I cannot down...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueThe album 'Angel of Babylon' by Avantasia doesn't seem to be divided up correctly, with multiple tracks featuring snippets of the next track in the album seconds before they en...
Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The album 'Angel of Babylon' by Avantasia doesn't seem to be divided up correctly, with multiple tracks fea...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceLenovo IdeaPad 10th GenOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just got a new laptop - I'm looking to keep things clean this go around as my music was a mess on my last device. I'm trying to add one new album on L...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Lenovo IdeaPad 10th Gen Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I just got a new laptop - I'm looking to keep things clean th...
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As you can see from the below image, when I scroll down to the beginning of my liked songs, there are three songs that do not have a timestamp for when they were added and were not there previously. Does anyone know why this is and how it happened?Pl...
As you can see from the below image, when I scroll down to the beginning of my liked songs, there are three songs that do not have a timestamp for when they were added and were not there previously. ...
Spotify Legend
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PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 2004 My Question or IssueThe lyrics from Musixmatch are no longer there, it shows "Humming is fun" message. It used to work before but it no longer works now, please help.
Plan Free Country India Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 2004 My Question or Issue The lyrics from Musixmatch are no longer there, it shows "Humming is fun" message. It used...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePC desktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueEvery time my bluetooth speaker shuts off automatically it plays spotify and it runs forever in the background. Not a big problem, but very annoying and it ruins t...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Every time my bluetooth speaker shuts off automatically it plays spotify and it runs fo...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 running spotify thru UWP My Question or IssueMy music keeps pausing every 2-4 seconds. Tried reinstalling logging out, no other devices do this.
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 running spotify thru UWP My Question or Issue My music keeps pausing every 2-4 seconds. Tried reinstalling logging...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I downloaded an mp3 file and moves that to the folder where all my local files are stored. I then deleted the original in my downloads folder. But when I do that, sp...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I downloaded an mp3 file and moves that to the folder where all my local f...
Roadie
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