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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...
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...
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...
PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe desktop app keeps on crashing, doesn't matter whether I have hardware acceleration On/Off it happens regardless. Some days It doesn't happen at all; some days It happe...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The desktop app keeps on crashing, doesn't matter whether I have hardware acceleration ...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountry canada Device(pc)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issueimportant monitor flickering caused by spotify application on windows. it took me a long time to figure out and precisely find what's wrong dû to the nature of the pro...
Plan Premium Country canada Device (pc) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue important monitor flickering caused by spotify application on windows. it took me a ...
Visitor
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PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever I use Ctrl+A, shift + left click, or the "select all" button under "edit," it doesn't select any songs. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app. Is this a premium-...
Plan Free Country United States Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Whenever I use Ctrl+A, shift + left click, or the "select all" button under "edit," it doesn't select a...
Music Fan
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My Question or IssueHow can I check how many streams a song has as of June 2020? It used to be where you go on the artists profile and it would show most popular songs and its streams but now.. its a little different. So can someone help?
My Question or Issue How can I check how many streams a song has as of June 2020? It used to be where you go on the artists profile and it would show most popular son...
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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 Issue
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
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PlanPremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThis was reported originally at https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Can-t-stop-Spotify-from-auto-downloading-OneDrive/td-p/4700047, but it seems because a customer provi...
Plan Premium Country USA Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue This was reported originally at https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Can-t-stop-Spotify-from-...
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PlanFreeCountryEngland / GBOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueSo basically I just re-installed spotify after having an issue before. I managed to log into my account and i have got another issue, when i play my songs i can't hear them and ...
Plan Free Country England / GB Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue So basically I just re-installed spotify after having an issue before. I managed to log into my account and i ha...
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Spotify should implement the ability for both party members in the share function to be able to select, pause and play songs - not just the host who created the invite.
Spotify should implement the ability for both party members in the share function to be able to select, pause and play songs - not just the host who created the invite.
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceWindows PCOperating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueOk so this is a weird one; as of yesterday, my PC refuses to play spotify Local Files. Some are greyed out while others are not and when you try play a file it wont ...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Windows PC Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue Ok so this is a weird one; as of yesterday, my PC refuses to play spotify Local Files. So...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceiPhone 10Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently I have been experiencing the issue where older songs within my playlist are having their dates becoming bumped up as if I had just added them.
Plan Premium Country Canada Device iPhone 10 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Recently I have been experiencing the issue where older songs within my playlist...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceLenovo P51Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am opening yet another "no sound" issue because none of the other topics provided any solution. This happens at random but very frequently, and when Spotify beco...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Lenovo P51 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am opening yet another "no sound" issue because none of the other topics provided any...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows 10 Desktop, Android Samsung Galaxy s9+ My Question or IssueSuddenly on all devices I get the error "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it". nothing has changed, m...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows 10 Desktop, Android Samsung Galaxy s9+ My Question or Issue Suddenly on all devices I get the error "Spotify can't play this right now. ...
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PlanPremiumCountryPortugalDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo , when i log in i see a new design on the app that i will include a pricture so you guys can see , and the design remove's a lot of features for example , the da...
Plan Premium Country Portugal Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue So , when i log in i see a new design on the app that i will include a pricture so you g...
Roadie
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Hi,I'm having trouble with my Spotify app on Windows 10, on both my work and home PCs, since January 2020.I've been on to Spotify Help via Twitter and we've gone through all the reset, reinstall, run as administrator options but still no luck.The app...
Hi, I'm having trouble with my Spotify app on Windows 10, on both my work and home PCs, since January 2020. I've been on to Spotify Help via Twitter and we've gone through all the reset, reinstall,...
Casual Listener
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When I search for Tan Dun (a chinese composer who is present on Spotify) and add to the search string a title of one of his pieces (prayer and blessing) I get only one result: a podcast by Mahmoud Ali Al banna. That is weird!! PlanFree/PremiumCountry...
When I search for Tan Dun (a chinese composer who is present on Spotify) and add to the search string a title of one of his pieces (prayer and blessing) I get only one result: a podcast by Mahmoud Al...
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I have been trying to upload a profile picture and/or a playlist picture on my Spotify. I have the latest version of windows and I downloaded Spotify from both Spotify.com and the windows app store. I'm honestly out of things to do, please help. Belo...
I have been trying to upload a profile picture and/or a playlist picture on my Spotify. I have the latest version of windows and I downloaded Spotify from both Spotify.com and the windows app store. ...
Composer
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I have Spotify Premium in the UK. I use it on my phone (Android) and my Desktop App (Windows 10). The desktop app does not have the 'dislike' function for when the 'made for you' daily playlist selects a song that you don't like, and do not want to h...
I have Spotify Premium in the UK. I use it on my phone (Android) and my Desktop App (Windows 10). The desktop app does not have the 'dislike' function for when the 'made for you' daily playlist selec...
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PlanPremiumCountryGreeceDeviceCustom PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am trying to get spotify to be a bit more loud but the volume does not go as high as i would like it to go
Plan Premium Country Greece Device Custom PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am trying to get spotify to be a bit more loud but the volume does not go as h...
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I moved Spotify to my HDD to create space. When I tried starting it up, the app wouldn't load. I then uninstalled completely and reinstalled, still not opening. I tried moving the app to C:\Program Files (x86) , still no luck.
I moved Spotify to my HDD to create space. When I tried starting it up, the app wouldn't load. I then uninstalled completely and reinstalled, still not opening. I tried moving the app to C:\Prog...
Casual Listener
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Hola, tengo un problema cuando trato de manipular el spotify pc con mi celular se corta la música y no reproduce nada de lo que uno le pide. Alguna solución para esto
Hola, tengo un problema cuando trato de manipular el spotify pc con mi celular se corta la música y no reproduce nada de lo que uno le pide. Alguna solución para esto
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