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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...
PlanPremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor some reason, spotify is automatically adding songs to one of my playlists. If I listen to my playlist "Retrowave", spotify will "re-add" the song and put it to the top of the lis...
Plan Premium Country USA Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue For some reason, spotify is automatically adding songs to one of my playlists. If I listen to my playlist "Ret...
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PlanFreeCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueBack in December or January I noticed that lyrics made a return to Spotify by clicking a little microphone in the bottom right hand corner of the app, but for the last m...
Plan Free Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Back in December or January I noticed that lyrics made a return to Spotify by clicking a litt...
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PlanFreeCountryUSADevice(iPhone XR, Windows 10My Question or IssueAs the title says, I can’t connect my phone to my computer anymore. I used to use my computer to play music through speakers, and would relax in my bed and use my phone as a remote. I ...
Plan Free Country USA Device (iPhone XR, Windows 10 My Question or Issue As the title says, I can’t connect my phone to my computer anymore. I used to use my computer to play music thr...
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PlanFreeCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueNew User. Worked okay 1st time but now, 2nd time I tried to use Spotify, it just scrolls through a playlist without playing. Haven't got a clue why or what to do as this is ...
Plan Free Country UK Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue New User. Worked okay 1st time but now, 2nd time I tried to use Spotify, it just scrolls thr...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHello everyone, I wanted to change the cover of my single, my distributor confirms that it ha...
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Hello e...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issuei have just recently got spotify premium and have tried to change the playlist cover art but...
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue i ha...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry US Device Windows 10 computer(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System Windows 10(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI have the "local files" option turned offEvery time I star...
Plan Free/Premium Country US Device Windows 10 computer (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Windows 10 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc....
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My music has been lagging recently, I have a good internet connection and I have hardware acceleration disabled. I tried restarting my pc, but it still lags. Also tried turning proxies off. Even tried web player, same issue. Nothing works so far. Any...
My music has been lagging recently, I have a good internet connection and I have hardware acceleration disabled. I tried restarting my pc, but it still lags. Also tried turning proxies off. Even trie...
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Bonjour. Je rencontre depuis hier mon premier problème avec spotify et il m'est impossible de le corriger tout seul. Je suis actuellement sur un compte spotify free. Le problème s'est déclenché lorsque j'ai réinstallé spotify sur mon pc windows 10 su...
Bonjour. Je rencontre depuis hier mon premier problème avec spotify et il m'est impossible de le corriger tout seul. Je suis actuellement sur un compte spotify free. Le problème s'est déclenché lorsq...
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I deinstalled and reinstalled spotify, but the issue is still occuring on windows. I never had any problems before on windows and i didn't changed anything. It works on my android smartphone.
I deinstalled and reinstalled spotify, but the issue is still occuring on windows. I never had any problems before on windows and i didn't changed anything. It works on my android smartphone.
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PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 HomeMy Question or IssueI can't any option in the settings to import local files. I have a very weird version of Spotify... Help me please. Screenshots attached.
Plan Premium Country Poland Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 Home My Question or Issue I can't any option in the settings to import local files. I have a very weird version of S...
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PlanPremiumCountryBoliviaDeviceLaptop LenovoOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueMy laptop is configured to turn off the display automatically when not in use (like all the pcs I've ever had). The music continues to play when my screen turns o...
Plan Premium Country Bolivia Device Laptop Lenovo Operating System Windows My Question or Issue My laptop is configured to turn off the display automatically when not in use (like al...
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PlanPremiumCountrythe NetherlandsDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueAfter booting my PC and Spotify automatically opened, it started doing a bit weird. Whenever I play a song or podcast, it keeps skipping towards the next track on ...
Plan Premium Country the Netherlands Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue After booting my PC and Spotify automatically opened, it started doing a bit weird. Whenever I...
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PlanPremiumCountryChile DeviceSamsung Galaxy S7 EdgeOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueSpotify instalado en el escritorio de mi computador no "sincroniza" con Spotify en mi app y no puedo conectarlo a ningún otro dispositivo en mi hog...
Plan Premium Country Chile Device Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue Spotify instalado en el escritorio de mi computador no "sincroni...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe desktop app doesn't work anymore for me. Whenever I try to play a song, it just says "Spotify can't play this right now". It works fine to use the webplayer, and they ...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The desktop app doesn't work anymore for me. Whenever I try to play a song, it just says "Spoti...
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hi,ich hab nun schon länger diese Fehlermedlung. Am Handy klappt Spotify bestens, am PC hingegen garnicht. Habe auch schon gelesen, dass das Problem schon öfter aufgetreten ist, jedoch hat mir das bis jetzt nichts gebracht. Habe Spotify schon mehrmal...
hi, ich hab nun schon länger diese Fehlermedlung. Am Handy klappt Spotify bestens, am PC hingegen garnicht. Habe auch schon gelesen, dass das Problem schon öfter aufgetreten ist, jedoch hat mir das ...
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've got some songs in a radio or playlist that it won't allow me to hide, as in I click the button and nothing happens.
Plan Premium Country Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've got some songs in a radio or playlist that it won't allow me to hide, as in I click t...
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PlanPremiumCountrygerDeviceHonor 8XOperating Systemwin10 My Question or IssueI imported my songs from my phone in spotify now i see a big number 500+ of songs in my favorite songs and i can't remove them properlyI can't see these imported songs on my...
Plan Premium Country ger Device Honor 8X Operating System win10 My Question or Issue I imported my songs from my phone in spotify now i see a big number 500+ of songs in my f...
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Nenhuma das informações abaixo é necessária. No entanto, quanto mais você fornecer, mais fácil será a tentativa de ajudar.PlanoPrêmioPaísBrasilSistema operacionalWindows 10 Minha pergunta ou problemaO Spotify não consegue tocar isso no momento. Se vo...
Nenhuma das informações abaixo é necessária. No entanto, quanto mais você fornecer, mais fácil será a tentativa de ajudar. Plano Prêmio País Brasil Sistema operacional Windows 10 Minha...
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I wonder if someone knows the answer to this very simple but also very frustrating new quirk that Spotify seem to have introduced. Only artists that I follow now show up under the "Artists" tab. Whereas last week it was showing all the artists that I...
I wonder if someone knows the answer to this very simple but also very frustrating new quirk that Spotify seem to have introduced. Only artists that I follow now show up under the "Artists" ...
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