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Discuss Spotify for Windows
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...
PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceHP Elite Dragonfly G2 Notebook PCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueIn 'What's new', Podcasts and shows are showing as played or minutes listened to even though I have not started listening to.
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device HP Elite Dragonfly G2 Notebook PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue In 'What's new', Podcasts and shows are showing as playe...
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I open settings the only two things I see are languages and display. I want the equalizer. I've spent 30 minutes searching for it
I open settings the only two things I see are languages and display. I want the equalizer. I've spent 30 minutes searching for it
Moderator
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Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: Acer Nitro 5OS: Win 11The issue is as follows: Every time I use Spotify specifically on this Windows 11 laptop, I receive massive input delay and song transition lag. Let me elaborate further. When using playback cont...
Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Acer Nitro 5 OS: Win 11 The issue is as follows: Every time I use Spotify specifically on this Windows 11 laptop, I receive massive input delay and song tra...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktop/BrowserOperating SystemWin10 My Question or IssueHello,I'm new to Spotify and have the following problem: Whenever I want to play a song, I see an error stating that this song cannot be played at the moment. The...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop/Browser Operating System Win10 My Question or Issue Hello, I'm new to Spotify and have the following problem: Whenever I want to ...
Moderator
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PlanPremiumCountryKenyaDeviceHP Elitebook 830 G5Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI can't connect to my Android phone or Firestick from my PC. I have tried reinstalling it over and over for the past week, but it still doesn't connect. I ...
Plan Premium Country Kenya Device HP Elitebook 830 G5 Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I can't connect to my Android phone or Firestick from my PC. I have tried reins...
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PlanFreeCountryFranceDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi,When I open the lyrics while music plays, the lyrics cursor is not set with the lyrics window. The lyrics cursor continue to goes down, until going outside the box...
Plan Free Country France Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, When I open the lyrics while music plays, the lyrics cursor is not set with the lyric...
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Hello. I have verified this with several users in different cities and it seems like your desktop up is bugged and is not showing the nearest concert but rather the next one in chronological order.https://open.spotify.com/artist/77s5NAGQbxu8oLstaqSwH...
Hello. I have verified this with several users in different cities and it seems like your desktop up is bugged and is not showing the nearest concert but rather the next one in chronological orde...
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PlanFreeCountrypolandDeviceacer travelmate p2Operating Systemwin 10 pro My Question or Issue99% of the songs im listening to lost their lyrics, i look them up on musixmatch, and the lyrics are avaible.
Plan Free Country poland Device acer travelmate p2 Operating System win 10 pro My Question or Issue 99% of the songs im listening to lost their lyrics, i look them up on musixmatch, ...
Spotify Star
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PlanFreeCountryEgyptDeviceLenovo laptop idepad 3 Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI wanted to reinstall spotify because I had an issue with the lyrics and other things, I wanted to use the spotify installer since microsoft store doesn't...
Plan Free Country Egypt Device Lenovo laptop idepad 3 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I wanted to reinstall spotify because I had an issue with the lyr...
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PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceWindows 11 DesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 When playing a song on a playlist/album/authors top 10 with repeat one enabled, the song WILL repeat itself, up until an advertisement plays, at which it will go to the ne...
Plan Free Country United States Device Windows 11 Desktop Operating System Windows 11 When playing a song on a playlist/album/authors top 10 with repeat one enabled, the song WILL rep...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe Spotify desktop app is closing immediately after login on Windows 10. This occurs when opening the application after installation and login with the window sho...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The Spotify desktop app is closing immediately after login on Windows 10. This occurs w...
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PlanPremium StudentCountryIndiaDeviceLenovo Yoga 7i proOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueThe Microsoft app UI is showing some bugs when minimized and opened, the icons (What's new, Browse, Friend activity) get cramped one and overlay eac...
Plan Premium Student Country India Device Lenovo Yoga 7i pro Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue The Microsoft app UI is showing some bugs when minimized and opened, the...
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PlanPremiumCountryUS DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWithin the past couple weeks, my "Friends Activity" has gone completely blank. I've attached a picture. I can assure you they are listening to something and should be showing...
Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Within the past couple weeks, my "Friends Activity" has gone completely blank. I've attache...
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I accidentally had clicked on Spotify, instead of PowerPoint, and had selected CTRL + A and DELETE to delete the contents of the slide, and instead removed ALL of the songs out of my Liked Songs.It won't let me undo, and it doesn't fall in the 'Recov...
I accidentally had clicked on Spotify, instead of PowerPoint, and had selected CTRL + A and DELETE to delete the contents of the slide, and instead removed ALL of the songs out of my Liked Songs. ...
Community Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceLenovo Legion LaptopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueAfter experiencing extreme lagging, I decided to try to have fewer local files. I made a new folder SPOTIFY in my musicv library where I put the files th...
Plan Premium Country Norway Device Lenovo Legion Laptop Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue After experiencing extreme lagging, I decided to try to have fewer local file...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited States of AmericaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI created a 1600x1600 png to use as album art for my local files, but the quality of the image compresses horribly. What's up with that? I'll attach...
Plan Premium Country United States of America Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I created a 1600x1600 png to use as album art for my local files, but th...
Casual Listener
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I recently got a new Windows 11 PC and have been unable to properly use the desktop app. Upon clean reinstalling it, it works somewhat (local files don't work though) and I'm able to use it. Though if I close the app, then I'm greeted with a black wi...
I recently got a new Windows 11 PC and have been unable to properly use the desktop app. Upon clean reinstalling it, it works somewhat (local files don't work though) and I'm able to use it. Though i...
Regular
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or Issue I upgraded my PC to Windows11 yesterday, ever since the widget on the task bar that shows what is currently playing seems to `move` , in the sense of getting shor...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I upgraded my PC to Windows11 yesterday, ever since the widget ...
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Hi, Since I have stopped the desktop app from updating earlier this year (mainly due to every update making the app worse or messing up things by accident, which would then not be fixed until the next update), and I don't have access to another compu...
Hi, Since I have stopped the desktop app from updating earlier this year (mainly due to every update making the app worse or messing up things by accident, which would then not be fixed unti...
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Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: Dell laptop (but works on my iPhone)Operating System: Windows 10 and now Windows 11 My Question or Issue:When I click "Go to song radio" nothing happens. It used to work and still works on my phone but hasn't worked f...
Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Dell laptop (but works on my iPhone) Operating System: Windows 10 and now Windows 11 My Question or Issue: When I click "Go to song radio" nothing...
Regular
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