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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 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...
PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceWindows Desktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI was listening to one of my favorite artists, I saw on the small album art in the lower left corner album art I haven't seen before. so I tried clicking on it...
Plan Premium Country US Device Windows Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I was listening to one of my favorite artists, I saw on the small album art in the ...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue The Desktop version of spotify is missing the ability to sort the songs in my playlist by anything (no option for alphabetical or by date added etc.), I can't ...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The Desktop version of spotify is missing the ability to sort the songs in my playl...
Composer
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PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevicePCOperating SystemWindowsMy Question or IssueConstructive criticism. Posted under problem/issue as I can't sort nor filter in my playlists anymore.I don't understand why we have lost so many features with this new upd...
Plan Premium Country Australia Device PC Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Constructive criticism. Posted under problem/issue as I can't sort nor filter in my playlists anymore. ...
Spotify
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PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue Everytime i try to log in with facebook i get this message " A firewall may blocking Spotify. Please update your firewall to allow Spotify. Additionaly you could try chang...
Plan Premium Country Brazil Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Everytime i try to log in with facebook i get this message " A firewall may blocking Spotify. P...
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PlanFreeCountryGermanyDeviceWIndows 10 and iPhone My Question or IssueMy Issue is everytime I play my favorits songs not in shuffle its playin like 5-6 songs then advertisments come and then the playlist starts at the begin everytime but when i play ...
Plan Free Country Germany Device WIndows 10 and iPhone My Question or Issue My Issue is everytime I play my favorits songs not in shuffle its playin like 5-6 songs then advertisments c...
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I generally always sort my playlist in reverse chronological order, with the newest added songs at the very top. It's nice considering I usually find myself more interested in hearing my newest songs. However, since it's a very large and old playlist...
I generally always sort my playlist in reverse chronological order, with the newest added songs at the very top. It's nice considering I usually find myself more interested in hearing my newest songs...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello.Since the latest Windows update, I am unable to edit any cover image or description of my own playlists.Is this a bug and have I been banned for some reason?Thank...
Plan Premium Country Spain Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello. Since the latest Windows update, I am unable to edit any cover image or description ...
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So I'm on spotify desktop and I'm trying to change the cover art to a playlist but it won't let me, I've watched about 20 videos and read about 10 articles, and nothing has worked. Any advice?
So I'm on spotify desktop and I'm trying to change the cover art to a playlist but it won't let me, I've watched about 20 videos and read about 10 articles, and nothing has worked. Any advice?
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PlanPremiumCountryHong Kong DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify doesn't show anything when I open it.
Plan Premium Country Hong Kong Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My Spotify doesn't show anything when I open it.
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PlanFreeCountryItalyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify seems to rely on the connection status provided by Windows to check for connectivity.When Windows shows a "No Internet access", Spotify will refuse to connect with err...
Plan Free Country Italy Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify seems to rely on the connection status provided by Windows to check for connectivity. When...
Casual Listener
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PlanFreeCountry UK Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Windows PCOperating System Windows10(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I have no sound when using the Audioquest Dragonfly Red DAC and Spotify. All...
Plan Free Country UK Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Windows PC Operating System Windows10 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Questi...
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Basically I am struggling to do many things I can normally do on Spotify. This is a second account I have, and on my main account I can do all these things with no issue. Also, when I log into the new account, it looks different to how Spotify looks ...
Basically I am struggling to do many things I can normally do on Spotify. This is a second account I have, and on my main account I can do all these things with no issue. Also, when I log into the ne...
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PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceCustom Built PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Win32 (not Windows Store version) My Question or IssueI am unable to remove a playlist that someone suggested me to play during a stream, it has been stuck on the "Recently p...
Plan Free Country United States Device Custom Built PC Operating System Windows 10 Win32 (not Windows Store version) My Question or Issue I am unable to remove a playlist tha...
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PlanPremiumCountryBrazilOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I hear music from spotify through discord the music does not start, and always starts in 1 minute and 54 seconds, what do I do?
Plan Premium Country Brazil Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I hear music from spotify through discord the music does not start, and always starts in 1 min...
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Why make the artists' page only top 5 songs? Why remove the top 10? Why not make it even longer? I don't want to sift through 1000 Mozart albums to find a popular song that isn't in the top 5. Taking usability away is just tiresome with these UX deci...
Why make the artists' page only top 5 songs? Why remove the top 10? Why not make it even longer? I don't want to sift through 1000 Mozart albums to find a popular song that isn't in...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindowsOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSearching within Liked Songs seems to have gone away, or I just can't find it with the new design. Makes it very hard to navigate through 1000s of saved songs.
Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Searching within Liked Songs seems to have gone away, or I just can't find it with the new de...
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI recently had to switch to a new account, and when I logged in to the desktop app on this new account, the UI changed. It now looks like the web player UI instead of the tra...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I recently had to switch to a new account, and when I logged in to the desktop app on this new account...
Newbie
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AccountCreated over facebookPlanPremium (Telekom Germany)CountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWin10 My Question or IssueI've had problems with Spotify for a few months now. Spotify thinks my PC is offline and shows me error code 4.Today I uninstalle...
Account Created over facebook Plan Premium (Telekom Germany) Country Germany Device PC Operating System Win10 My Question or Issue I've had problems with Spotify for a few months n...
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Plan Premium Country UK Device PC & Mobile Operating System Latest IOS & Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello there, I have uploaded some audiobooks from my local s...
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Plan Premium Country POLAND Device PC Operating System Win10 64bit My Question or Issue Spotify is skipping all of the songs. On the top bar there is blue message saying that The son...
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