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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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MattSuda

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Superuser Contribution Is it possible to dislike songs?

PlanPremium Device(Poco F1, Desktop)Operating System(Android 10, Windows 10) My Question or IssueProblem with Desktop (Win10) and Android app.How to dislike a song?For example, a recommendation based on my playlist is playing for me now, there is onl...

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Plan Premium   Device (Poco F1, Desktop) Operating System (Android 10, Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Problem with Desktop (Win10) and Android app. How to dislike a song? For...

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Superuser Contribution [Artist page] track won`t play

PlanPremiumCountryRussian FederationDeviceHASEE Z7M-CT5NAOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro 1903 My Question or IssueSometimes tracks from the artist's page won't playSteps to reproduce the issue:First I did listen some trackMove to artist page from the ...

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Plan Premium Country Russian Federation Device HASEE  Z7M-CT5NA Operating System Windows 10 Pro 1903   My Question or Issue Sometimes tracks from the artist's page won't play...

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Waiting for connection stuck.

PlanPremiumCountryRussiaDevicePC, wired connection.Operating SystemWindows 10 2004 last build. My Question or IssueYesterday I started to download tracks. After ~900 tracks my PC got full gray screen and creepy repeating sound, it's stucked (simillar...

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Plan Premium Country Russia Device PC, wired connection. Operating System Windows 10 2004 last build.   My Question or Issue Yesterday I started to download tracks. After ~900 tracks m...

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Superuser Contribution I cannot hide or unhide songs. (The icon doesn't even appear)

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI cannot hide or unhide any songs. The icon doesn't even appear. I accidentally hid a song I liked and I cannot find out to unhide it. I went into display options and checked ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I cannot hide or unhide any songs. The icon doesn't even appear. I accidentally hid a song I l...

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Mostrar año completo / Show complete year

PlanPremiumCountryChileDeviceNotebook LenovoOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueMostrar el año completo en la versión de windows 10 / Show full year in windows 10Adjunto captura de pantalla / Attachment screenshot

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    Plan Premium Country Chile Device Notebook Lenovo Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Mostrar el año completo en la versión de windows 10 / Show full year i...

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I can`t find dislike button on PC

PlanPremiumCountryRussiaDevicePC and Iphone 8Windows My Question or IssueI cant find dislike button on my windows pc. I asked 5 my friends and non of them cant find it neither. It can be easily find on my phone but not on windows PC. Please help, tha...

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Plan Premium Country Russia Device PC and Iphone 8 Windows   My Question or Issue I cant find dislike button on my windows pc. I asked 5 my friends and non of them cant find it neither....

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Solved!! Liked songs is broken

PlanPremiumDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueLiked songs tab is not working and I can't see my liked songs. Actually whole ''your library'' section doesn't work; when I clicked any tabs (recently played, liked songs, albums,...

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Plan Premium Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Liked songs tab is not working and I can't see my liked songs. Actually whole ''your library'' section does...

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The desktop app is not working

PlanPremiumCountryBrasilOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueWhen i open the app, i click on the songs and they don't play. Nothing seems to work and it has been like this for a while now. Does anyone have the same problem and perhaps know h...

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Plan Premium Country Brasil Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue When i open the app, i click on the songs and they don't play. Nothing seems to work and it has been like th...

dkosinski

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recently played

So i have had this awful artist which i listened to once, about two months ago be in my recently played every single **bleep**ing day. It does not update, nor can i remove it. Man what is this? Remove his ass from my spotify account, i do not want to...

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So i have had this awful artist which i listened to once, about two months ago be in my recently played every single **bleep**ing day. It does not update, nor can i remove it. Man what is this? Remov...

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control, shift not selecting all songs

Premium user here on windows 10. I have 3,700 songs and I want to put them into one folder but when I control shift and click it doesn't select all my songs. It will select certain amounts in small chunks and miss a few or even hundreds in between. I...

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Premium user here on windows 10. I have 3,700 songs and I want to put them into one folder but when I control shift and click it doesn't select all my songs. It will select certain amounts in small c...

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Solved!! My library got erased

I got all of my library deleted in desktop windows version(my favorites, albums, artists). Playlists are fine. I have tried reinstalling app, logging out/in. It's all fine in the android version I have on my phone.PlanPremium TrialCountryRussia(It wa...

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I got all of my library deleted in desktop windows version(my favorites, albums, artists). Playlists are fine. I have tried reinstalling app, logging out/in. It's all fine in the android version I ha...

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Solved!! "Every playlist on "Your Library" is empty

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceWindows, iPhone 6sPlus Operating SystemWindows 10, iOS11 My Question or Issue All my playlist listed on "Your Library" section are empty on PC (Windows 10). On my iphone its all ok. But, one thing I could do and now I can...

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Plan Premium Country Spain Device Windows, iPhone 6sPlus   Operating System Windows 10, iOS11   My Question or Issue   All my playlist listed on "Your Library" section are ...

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Cant install spotify as admin

PlanFree/PremiumCountrySlovakiaDevice(DELL Precision 17-7750)Operating System( Windows 10 My Question or IssueOn my PC at work only admin account can install apps but spotify.exe reacts as "Please install Spotify using a normal account instead of an ...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Slovakia Device (DELL Precision 17-7750) Operating System ( Windows 10   My Question or Issue On my PC at work only admin account can install apps but sp...

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Liked Songs Disappeared

PlanPremiumCountryUkraineDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10,etc. My Question or IssueToday my liked songs suddenly disappeared. The app ver - 1.1.37.690.g8f3b16fcI tried to uninstall and then clear install. No luck P.S. It works fine on my android ph...

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Plan Premium Country Ukraine Device PC Operating System Windows 10,etc.   My Question or Issue Today my liked songs suddenly disappeared. The app ver - 1.1.37.690.g8f3b16fc I tri...

Billy-J

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liked songs not appearing

PlanPremiumCountryBrasilDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issueliked songs not appearing on pc and not playing even when i control Spotify via mobile device

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  Plan Premium Country Brasil Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue liked songs not appearing on pc and not playing even when i control Spotify via mobile ...

PandoraQuinn

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Low start

Plan: PremiumCountry: Honduras DeviceDell Inspiron 15Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe problem is when i tried to start Spotify app in my computer with windows 10, the problem start past week and i don´t what are the problem. My comp...

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Plan: Premium Country: Honduras   Device Dell Inspiron 15 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The problem is when i tried to start Spotify app in my computer wi...

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Search shows a massive amount of irrelevant results and there is no order of relevance

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe search is really broken. Here is an example:I want to listen to a song called Frida (by BEHM but let's pretend I don't remember) So I put Frida (or "Frida" doesn't see...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The search is really broken. Here is an example: I want to listen to a song called Frida (by B...

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Appears On section out of order

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDeviceMSI GS60Operating SystemWindows 10 The Appears On section is no longer ordered by release date, it's now just random. Please change it back. Non-chronological lists being forced is the worst things to come to software i...

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Plan Premium Country Belgium Device MSI GS60 Operating System Windows 10   The Appears On section is no longer ordered by release date, it's now just random. Please change it back. Non-...

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Spotify not saving recently played/liked songs/albums

PlanPremiumCountryUkraine DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI start using Spotify 1d ago, since its available in Russian/Ukraine countriesEverything is oke with web version and IOS, but i have issues with PC version WINDOWS 10Dun...

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  Plan Premium Country Ukraine   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I start using Spotify 1d ago, since its available in Russian/Ukraine coun...

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Solved!! Can't minimize "See what your friends are playing"

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDell LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIn the Windows app I can't minimise the "See what your friends are playing" (Find Friends) panel on the right hand side. I have no interest in the social capabilities...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Dell Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue In the Windows app I can't minimise the "See what your friends are playing" (Find Friends)...

Emilia_8

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