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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...
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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...
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...
PlanPremiumCountryIndia DeviceLenovo LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify desktop app was not connecting to my facebook friends to show friends activity. It showed an error " Sorry, we couldn't load friends to follow." Howe...
Plan Premium Country India Device Lenovo Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My Spotify desktop app was not connecting to my facebook friends to show frie...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryAustraliaDevice(Lenovo)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueMy Spotify friend feed doesn't come up with most of the people I follow only 2 of the like 20 people show up on the friend feed show up.Please help
Plan Free/Premium Country Australia Device (Lenovo) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue My Spotify friend feed doesn't come up with most of the people I follow...
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My issue is when im playing games on PC i try to pause my music using the buttons on my keyboard when i change songs/pause i get a black screen for a few seconds sure its not unbearable but if theres a way to stop this some help would be appreciated ...
My issue is when im playing games on PC i try to pause my music using the buttons on my keyboard when i change songs/pause i get a black screen for a few seconds sure its not unbearable but if theres...
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Can you tell me when Spotify will be released for Windows on ARM and where on your Roadmap it is? Windows on ARM PCs have been out a few years now and whilst the 32-Bit Windows App works, due to software emulation not optimally Apple announced on the...
Can you tell me when Spotify will be released for Windows on ARM and where on your Roadmap it is? Windows on ARM PCs have been out a few years now and whilst the 32-Bit Windows App works, du...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI was listening to a podcast on my Android phone while I was out (I wore a mask don't worry), and I came back and opened Spotify on my PC. It had synced the time the...
Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I was listening to a podcast on my Android phone while I was out (I wore a mask don't worry)...
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PlanStudent PremiumCountryIndonesiaDeviceHP Envy x360 "13 ConvertibleOperating SystemWindows 10 64bit My Question or IssueI am sure one of Spotify programmer messed up the code and makes all song pictures at home screen really big like this:Let me kn...
Plan Student Premium Country Indonesia Device HP Envy x360 "13 Convertible Operating System Windows 10 64bit My Question or Issue I am sure one of Spotify programmer messed up the co...
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PlanPremiumDeviceEssential Phone / Windows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen trying to play music on my speaker through spotify connect on my PC. I cannot find any devices. But when i open spotify on my phone and click devices, i ...
Plan Premium Device Essential Phone / Windows PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When trying to play music on my speaker through spotify connect on my PC. I cannot fin...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI keep getting the message in the title appear on my spotify, it happens when i try and play any song from any playlist, it skips through the whole thing and then disp...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I keep getting the message in the title appear on my spotify, it happens when i try and pla...
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PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify refuses to play anything when i use my PC, whether it is the app or the web player, it will keep skipping through a playlist showing a blue error message saying...
Plan Premium Country Australia Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify refuses to play anything when i use my PC, whether it is the app or the web player, ...
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So when I'm using Spotify on my windows 10 desktop and I'm on the Spotify homepage, where the albums are shown in recently played and you're favourite albums etc. I can click on the album picture and album name, but can't click on the artist name und...
So when I'm using Spotify on my windows 10 desktop and I'm on the Spotify homepage, where the albums are shown in recently played and you're favourite albums etc. I can click on the album picture and...
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PlanPremium CountryNew ZealandDeviceHP Spector Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueConnect is not working, windows 10 behaves as if it is logged into a different account. This started happening after the recent update. I would prefer Conne...
Plan Premium Country New Zealand Device HP Spector Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Connect is not working, windows 10 behaves as if it is logged into a d...
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-Premium plan, United States, Spotify on Windows 10 w/latest updates(07/06/2020) *Weirdest* issue that I mistook for a generic "spotify thinks it's offline" problem. The spotify windows10 app detects and can play on all of my various Alexa & MusicCas...
-Premium plan, United States, Spotify on Windows 10 w/latest updates(07/06/2020) *Weirdest* issue that I mistook for a generic "spotify thinks it's offline" problem. The spotify ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)Windows 10My Question or IssueWhen I shuffle a playlist it creates a lot of duplicates in the que, how can...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Windows 10 My Question or Issue ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10, latest update I presume My Question or IssueAs subject - I've noticed this happen a lot recently and its incredibly frustrating It happens on 2 different occasions:First, if i hit play on m...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10, latest update I presume My Question or Issue As subject - I've noticed this happen a lot recently and its incredib...
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Hi, Experiencing high usage of the CPU (much more than ordinary). Normal values ranging between 1-4%. My plan is premium, platform windows-10. This occured sometime late last week.
Hi, Experiencing high usage of the CPU (much more than ordinary). Normal values ranging between 1-4%. My plan is premium, platform windows-10. This occured sometime late last wee...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify crashes immediately as soon as a song should be played without any error message.I can launch the program. I can open and edit playlists etc. without issue. I'm a...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify crashes immediately as soon as a song should be played without any error message. I c...
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PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceWindows 10 Desktop, Latest Update, checked 7/5/2020. Spotify Desktop/ or Windows 10 App, same issue. Both uninstalled, and reinstalled and attempted today. My Question or IssueI cannot connect to the internet; error code: 4. A...
Plan Free Country USA Device Windows 10 Desktop, Latest Update, checked 7/5/2020. Spotify Desktop/ or Windows 10 App, same issue. Both uninstalled, and reinstalled and attempted today.&nb...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryARGENTINA Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify skipping all songs. I have an Asus Xonar DX and I tried disabling DSP mode in the card's panel. That works, but this reproduces all music in stereo and not in 5.1...
Plan Free/Premium Country ARGENTINA Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify skipping all songs. I have an Asus Xonar DX and I tried disabling DSP mode in the c...
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Plan: FreeCountry: AustraliaDevice: PCVersion: Windows 10 I'm currently looking at spotify as a podcast platform as I'm listening to a few. The first one I selected following and it appears in my library podcasts fine. The second one same producer ho...
Plan: Free Country: Australia Device: PC Version: Windows 10 I'm currently looking at spotify as a podcast platform as I'm listening to a few. The first one I selected following and it ...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryukDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)windows vlaptopOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHow do I change the display format for my Recently Played music icons? it's d...
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