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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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[Desktop][Playlists] When a song is added to the playlist, indicate it was successfully added

When a song is added to a playlist (for instance, I just dragged a song into a playlist), display some indication the song was added to the play list so I can trust it succeeded and not have to check the playlist myself. Thanks!

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When a song is added to a playlist (for instance, I just dragged a song into a playlist), display some indication the song was added to the play list so I can trust it succeeded and not have to check...

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Superuser Contribution Autoplay just replaying songs

PlanPremiumCountryU.S. DeviceWindows DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor some reason, when I finish my playlist, it just replays songs on the playlist. It will always do this when I finish the playlist. 8 or so songs from playli...

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Plan Premium Country U.S.   Device Windows Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue For some reason, when I finish my playlist, it just replays songs on the pla...

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Superuser Contribution Problems with saving albums as playlists on my Desktop (iOS user)

On the desktop version of Spotify for iOS. If you create a new playlist from an album by dragging it to playlists it comes out at "album title" - "artist name" rather than the right way around ("artist name" - "album title"). It's been like this for ...

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On the desktop version of Spotify for iOS. If you create a new playlist from an album by dragging it to playlists it comes out at "album title" - "artist name" rather than the right way around ("arti...

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Superuser Contribution Friend feed frozen

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceWindows SurfaceProOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuemy friends tab seems to be frozen - I can see they're listening but it's just not coming up - pls pls fix this I love this feature

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Windows SurfacePro Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue my friends tab seems to be frozen - I can see they're listening but it's just not c...

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Superuser Contribution Both the web player and the desktop app do not work

PlanFreeCountryITOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueEverytime I try to login in the Spotify web player on my main PC an error pops up with the message "Something went wrong. Try reloading the page." Reloading the page gives me the same err...

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Plan Free Country IT Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Everytime I try to login in the Spotify web player on my main PC an error pops up with the message "Something went wr...

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Superuser Contribution Add space between tracks?

The album i'm listening to has no space between the tracks. Is there a way to add it (No, not to be able to copy it, just to be able to breathe between tracks.) PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(...

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The album i'm listening to has no space between the tracks.  Is there a way to add it (No, not to be able to copy it, just to be able to breathe between tracks.)   Premium Country &nbsp...

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Superuser Contribution Screen flicker when scrolling down in a Podcast show

PlanPremiumCountrySouth AfricaDeviceLenovo ThinkPad T431sOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro 20H2 My Question or IssueMy screen flickers when I scroll down to the end of a Podcast show. I think this is a bug. It's happening on both the EXE version of Spot...

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Plan Premium Country South Africa Device Lenovo ThinkPad T431s Operating System Windows 10 Pro 20H2   My Question or Issue My screen flickers when I scroll down to the end of a Podcast...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify closing itself for almost the past 4 months

Plan(Family Premium)Country(Germany) Device(PC, OnePlus 2, OnePlus 5t)Operating System(Windows 10, Android 6, Android 10) My IssueMy spotify keeps crashing in online mode for the past 4 months almost. What happens is, if spotify starts in online mode...

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Plan (Family Premium) Country (Germany)  Device (PC, OnePlus 2, OnePlus 5t) Operating System (Windows 10, Android 6, Android 10)   My Issue My spotify keeps crashing in online mod...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify sometimes doesn't play a certain album

Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device IdeaPad S340 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Every now and then when I try to play an album, nothing will play and the album icon in the left hand corner disappears, as shown here: [snip - C...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device IdeaPad S340 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Every now and then when I try to play an album, nothing will play a...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Searching in liked songs not working

PlanPremiumCountryHungaryDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello.I used to search my liked songs with the filter above it. Now it is not working. I write an expression to the input field, and the mechanism could not find the song...

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Plan Premium Country Hungary Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello. I used to search my liked songs with the filter above it. Now it is not working. I wri...

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Superuser Contribution Windows Spotify

Hello i'm a premium user from italy and previusly i didn't had premium but still tried to listen to music on my pc, my prblem is that when i click on a song it doesn't start playing anything the bar down doesn't show anything, before i had a problem ...

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Hello i'm a premium user from italy and previusly i didn't had premium but still tried to listen to music on my pc, my prblem is that when i click on a song it doesn't start playing anything the bar ...

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Superuser Contribution The new update has made many things much harder

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceWindows 10 PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe new update to the layout has caused more harm than good.Firstly, the search button is no longer at the top and now is a completely different section, wh...

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Plan Free Country United States Device Windows 10 PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The new update to the layout has caused more harm than good. Firstly, the sear...

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Superuser Contribution problems with my playlist and other music.

Plan: Family Premium Country: The Netherlands Device:The Problem is with my PC, but when i use the app on my phone it works correctly. Operating System:Windows 10 My Question or Issue:I can't play any music from all sorts of playlists, podcasts etc, ...

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Plan: Family Premium   Country: The Netherlands   Device: The Problem is with my PC, but when i use the app on my phone it works correctly.   Operating System: Windows 10 &nbs...

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Desktop users want information density, not a tablet experience

See subject. Post whether you agree or disagree with the maxim that desktop users prefer information density, quick navigation, and sorting options to graphic-rich and sprawled touch-centric design.

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See subject.    Post whether you agree or disagree with the maxim that desktop users prefer information density, quick navigation, and sorting options to graphic-rich and sprawled touch-c...

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Superuser Contribution Sorting songs in my playlists with drag and drop

I’m using new version of desktop app and I have noticed that sorting songs manually (by drag&drop) isn’t very smooth now. When I’m near end of my playlist with many songs and I want to move a song to top the screen isn’t scrolling automatically. I ne...

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I’m using new version of desktop app and I have noticed that sorting songs manually (by drag&drop) isn’t very smooth now. When I’m near end of my playlist with many songs and I want to move a son...

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Superuser Contribution user name in collaborative playlist

My Question or Issuei want to start a collaborative playlist with my cousins but also want the playlist to mention who added the song (when the playlist is public). i know a collaborative playlist can't be made public but i saw someones playlist wher...

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My Question or Issue i want to start a collaborative playlist with my cousins but also want the playlist to mention who added the song (when the playlist is public). i know a collaborative playlist ...

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Superuser Contribution ESET firewall vs Spotify

(soory for my english Im not native) Hi I had some problems with spotify few days ago (like 2-5 ago dont remember anymore). So I did clean reinstall and now its even worse. When I turn it on its says im offline (error code: 4). But its acting really ...

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(soory for my english Im not native) Hi I had some problems with spotify few days ago (like 2-5 ago dont remember anymore). So I did clean reinstall and now its even worse. When I turn it on its says...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify believes there is no internet when there is

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify won't play any music (everything is greyed out), because it believes that there is no internet connection. Nothing else on my PC believes there is no internet connection. It's like...

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Plan Premium   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My Spotify won't play any music (everything is greyed out), because it believes that there is no internet connection...

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