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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...
PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSince a few days, my dislike/stop playing button has gone missing in my (up to date) Spotify app in Windows 10 from my daily mixes. For some reason, Spotify has stil...
Plan Premium Country Belgium Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Since a few days, my dislike/stop playing button has gone missing in my (up to date) Spot...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicelenovo lap topOperating Systemwin 10 when i select songs i tells me it cant play the selected track and i can download it to play or when i select a play list it simply cycles through all the songs one after the other withou...
Plan Premium Country US Device lenovo lap top Operating System win 10 when i select songs i tells me it cant play the selected track and i can download it to play or when i se...
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PlanPremiumCountryBulgaria Operating SystemWindows 10 latest release My Question or IssueFor a few days now every song that i listen to gets added to a specific playlist. Even if the song was already in it it overwrites it as a newly added.
Plan Premium Country Bulgaria Operating System Windows 10 latest release My Question or Issue For a few days now every song that i listen to gets added to a specific playlist. Ev...
Spotify Legend
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Sometimes a picture is worth 1,000 words which is why it would be a great idea to allow users to upload screen shots which clearly shows UI and other issues.
Sometimes a picture is worth 1,000 words which is why it would be a great idea to allow users to upload screen shots which clearly shows UI and other issues.
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PlanPremiumCountryNew ZealandDeviceDesktop WindowsOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueEvery time I close Spotify and reopen it, I get signed out and when I try to sign back in it gives me this error message but eventually signs me in after...
Plan Premium Country New Zealand Device Desktop Windows Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Every time I close Spotify and reopen it, I get signed out and when I try to ...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceLenovo laptopOperating SystemWindows 10there is simply no dislike button for the songs on the play lists !and this is irritating and awful !I'm a man of picky choices, and having to press the skip button endlessly is unb...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Lenovo laptop Operating System Windows 10 there is simply no dislike button for the songs on the play lists ! and this is irritating and awful ! I'm a m...
Casual Listener
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Can't change playlist coverCan't change playlist descriptionCan't sort music in any wayCan't select / move / delete multiple songsNo Local Files So, basically, the desktop app got replaced with the web version for no apparent reason. This is very sad...
Can't change playlist cover Can't change playlist description Can't sort music in any way Can't select / move / delete multiple songs No Local Files So, basically, the desktop app got re...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hello, I just got my Facebook profil hacked and can't seem to be able to retreive it (and my email address too), my spotify account was linked to it so I had to recreate ...
Plan Premium Country France Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello, I just got my Facebook profil hacked and can't seem to be able ...
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Here is an issue that is becoming problematic for artists.In order to avoid duplicates, similar releases may be merged (w/ the old release being the top version).The problem is that the system is now mistaking *new, different versions of songs* for d...
Here is an issue that is becoming problematic for artists. In order to avoid duplicates, similar releases may be merged (w/ the old release being the top version). The problem is that the system ...
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Plan PremiumCountryPortugal DeviceComputer/DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor some reason, when I try to listen to Spotify using the desktop app I can't hear a sound, either in my speakers or headphones. However, my sounds sett...
Plan Premium Country Portugal Device Computer/Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue For some reason, when I try to listen to Spotify using the desktop ...
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Spotify Daily Mix is not skipping "disliked" songs. They are greyed out but still played not skipped? What to do?PlanPremiumCountryPoland Device(iPhone XS,)Operating System(iOS 13.4.1) My Question or IssueSpotify Daily Mix is not skipping "disliked" ...
Spotify Daily Mix is not skipping "disliked" songs. They are greyed out but still played not skipped? What to do? Plan Premium Country Poland Device (iPhone XS,) Operating System (iOS...
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This is such a basic UI issue, I cannot believe a product as "mature" as Spotify has not addressed this. The volume control does not actuate on mouse down: it only applies when the tracker is dragged/scrubbed in either direction, or when the mouse is...
This is such a basic UI issue, I cannot believe a product as "mature" as Spotify has not addressed this. The volume control does not actuate on mouse down: it only applies when the tracker i...
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There isn't even an option for it. I'm using the Windows app, not the web browser, and based on what I've seen, there's supposed to be a pencil icon when you hover over the playlist cover or profile picture to change the pictures and nothing shows up...
There isn't even an option for it. I'm using the Windows app, not the web browser, and based on what I've seen, there's supposed to be a pencil icon when you hover over the playlist cover or profile ...
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Hello,My Spotify app has been extremely slow lately, songs won't play for seconds after I click them and music doesn't play/pause for long pauses after I click on the button, artists won' t load either, nothing at all. This started from nowhere, real...
Hello, My Spotify app has been extremely slow lately, songs won't play for seconds after I click them and music doesn't play/pause for long pauses after I click on the button, artists won' t lo...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueGuys come on, seriously? The 'Appears On' section is still missing. Are you guys simply getting rid of it all together? Or what? It's been almost a month at this point.
Plan Premium Country US Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Guys come on, seriously? The 'Appears On' section is still missing. Are you guys simply getting rid of it all together?...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThere used to be album artwork in the bottom left corner of the desktop Spotify app. When you clicked it, it would return you to the song location in the currently playing playlist. ...
Plan Premium Country USA Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue There used to be album artwork in the bottom left corner of the desktop Spotify app. When you clicked it, it w...
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PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaDeviceHP PavilionOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuewhen i'm scrolling on the home tab it feels laggy, but when i'm on another tab it's smooth like normal. I've tried enabling and disabling the hardware accelera...
Plan Premium Country Indonesia Device HP Pavilion Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue when i'm scrolling on the home tab it feels laggy, but when i'm on another tab it's...
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PlanPremium DeviceXiaomi Mi8, Windows 10 2004Operating SystemAndroid 10, Windows 10 x64 If your song doesn't play you can check you audio config in windows. As an example, I have a fiio K3 dac/amp and I use MusicBee for playing flacs over 16 bits and...
Plan Premium Device Xiaomi Mi8, Windows 10 2004 Operating System Android 10, Windows 10 x64 If your song doesn't play you can check you audio config in windows. As an example, I...
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This is very annoying and started happening to me since a few days after the latest update. When starting the desktop app it often stays on a black screen for a long time (longer than usual) and won't load anything for minutes, I often have to force ...
This is very annoying and started happening to me since a few days after the latest update. When starting the desktop app it often stays on a black screen for a long time (longer than usual) and won'...
Music Fan
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Plan Free/ Country France Operating System Windows 10 et chromecast My Question or Issue Usually, I launch music through the spotify windows desktop application, then I connect it to the audio chromecast of my stereo with the Android application. Thu...
Plan Free/ Country France Operating System Windows 10 et chromecast My Question or Issue Usually, I launch music through the spotify windows deskt...
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