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Plan Premium/ Country USA Device Computer and Android Operating System Windows 10 and Android 10 My Question or Issue Hi, I recently found around 15gb of old music on my computer, so...
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PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI cannot sort my songs alphabetically or search for songs in the playlist. Maybe I just don't know how to use the new destop app. Can somebody help me? It's really anno...
Plan Premium Country Australia Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I cannot sort my songs alphabetically or search for songs in the playlist. Maybe I j...
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PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceLenovo Thinkpad T470s, LG G7 ThinQOperating SystemWindows 10 with Firefox 76.0.1 (64-bit), Android 9 My Question or IssueI am unable to find an album using the aplication for Windows, web or Android. The album is:Play Th...
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I have premium Spotify subscription, but I'm unable to find the "Show Local Files" option under the Settings menu. It's fine yesterday, but now the option is missing along with some option on the left hand bar. Was there any update I'm not aware of?
I have premium Spotify subscription, but I'm unable to find the "Show Local Files" option under the Settings menu. It's fine yesterday, but now the option is missing along with some option on the lef...
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PlanPremiumCountryukOperating SystemWindows 10 My IssueI made a new account today and it seems to be opted in to experimental or test features, as it has the web layout rather than the usual desktop layout. Is there anyway I can get the usual desktop...
Plan Premium Country uk Operating System Windows 10 My Issue I made a new account today and it seems to be opted in to experimental or test features, as it has the web layout rather th...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKOperating SystemWindows 10 My IssueAs of today there has been an update that has removed the ability to select multiple songs at once.I've tried ctrl + a, left-mouse clicking a song and shift clicking to select a region, and ctrl ...
Plan Premium Country UK Operating System Windows 10 My Issue As of today there has been an update that has removed the ability to select multiple songs at once. I've tried ctrl + a, l...
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Premium Windows 10 Canada Since a few weks ago, my desktop spotify looks like the web client. I wouldnt mind this because it is visually appealing, but i cannot upload local files, change playlist covers and edit playlists like i normally would. Is t...
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hi to everyone somehow all know that some spotify songs covers are totally inappropriateand it good to unseen thatin pc version spotify, once luckly i press two button and cover of song get hidden but unfortunetly,today the cover of the songs showed ...
hi to everyone somehow all know that some spotify songs covers are totally inappropriate and it good to unseen that in pc version spotify, once luckly i press two button and cov...
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PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceAsus x550vxOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueMy Desktop Version got updated all of a sudden and now i got a completely different look. I don't have the friend activity bar on the right side, i can't change my...
Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Asus x550vx Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My Desktop Version got updated all of a sudden and now i got a completely different look. I do...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify will only use my laptops speakers and not my earbuds or speaker even when I set it spifically to use my earbuds or speaker. I have gone and disabled my laptop speaker...
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Plan Premium Country TH Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue From today's silent update, my Desktop app has ran into various issues, however, the original desktop U...
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Plan Premium Country UK Windows 10 desktop My Question or Issue Went onto spotify app on desktop yesterday and have noticed couple issues. Firstly a playlist i share with my friends was...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceWindows PC and Android PhoneOperating SystemWindows 10 and Android 10 My Question or IssueI have recently created a playlist of songs which I was able to play on my Android phone and web player but when trying to...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Windows PC and Android Phone Operating System Windows 10 and Android 10 My Question or Issue I have recently created a playlist of songs wh...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceAndroid Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIs there a way to set a specific song to be played at every X minute? When working from home it would have been great to have a "get up and move"-reminder. I underst...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Android Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Is there a way to set a specific song to be played at every X minute? When working f...
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PlanFreeOperating System(Android Oreo, Windows 10) My Question or IssueI have it sorted alphabetically by artists but it's now sorting the songs alphabetically too. This also happens on mobile.
Plan Free Operating System (Android Oreo, Windows 10) My Question or Issue I have it sorted alphabetically by artists but it's now sorting the songs alphabetically too. This also ha...
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