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Windows Troubleshooting Guide

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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Solved!! Desktop: Jam now available

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...

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Desktop: New "Now Playing View" sidebar

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...

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Jenjam

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New Your Library sidebar

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...

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MattSuda

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Fehlercode 4 trotz bestehender Internetverbindung -Ursache IPv6??

PlanPremiumCountryDeutschlandDeviceDektopOperating SystemWin 10 Prof My Question or IssueGuten Tag,seit einiger Zeit versuche ich, den von der Desktop-App verursachten Fehlercode 4 zu beheben, So gut wie alle erreichbaren (hier und im Internet) Tipps...

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Plan Premium Country Deutschland Device Dektop Operating System Win 10 Prof   My Question or Issue Guten Tag, seit einiger Zeit versuche ich, den von der Desktop-App verursachten Fehl...

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Superuser Contribution can't see anything to do with socials on my spotify

Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device PC Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue One day my Spotify stopped showing my friends activity, the monthly listeners, the followers I have and I can't follow other accounts. I have tried...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device PC Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue One day my Spotify stopped showing my friends activity, the monthly listeners,...

Katerina

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Superuser Contribution disabling keyboard shortcuts?

PlanPremiumCountryusDevicepcOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or Issueeverytime i hit control or shift, it skips the song im currently on to shuffle the playlist. is there a way to disable the keyboard shortvuts on desktop

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  Plan Premium Country us Device pc Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue everytime i hit control or shift, it skips the song im currently on to shuffle the playlist...

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Spotify Strip Getting Cut

PlanPremiumCountryIndia DeviceHP Envy 13tOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe strips on my Home menu when I switch on Spotify appears to cut the Album/Playlist art randomly and I cannot even scroll left or right. I have attached a pictu...

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Plan Premium Country India   Device HP Envy 13t Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The strips on my Home menu when I switch on Spotify appears to cut the Album/Pl...

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Unknown Webplayer randomly starts playing

I have only ever used the spotify application. Never once have I touched a webplayer and lately I've had someone listening to terrible music on my spotify. Sometimes they will even interrupt my session. I haven't given my account details to anyone. I...

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I have only ever used the spotify application. Never once have I touched a webplayer and lately I've had someone listening to terrible music on my spotify. Sometimes they will even interrupt my sessi...

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Spotify windows app need help deleting recently played album/playlist

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAustralia Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI'm trying to delete an album/playlist from in recently played from my home page but it doesn't work. I tried deleting it using the left hand...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Australia   Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I'm trying to delete an album/playlist from in recently p...

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Se reproduce música en el web player sin yo haberla puesto

Se reproduce música que yo no pongo. PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceHuawei P10Operating SystemWindows 8 My Question or IssueSe reproducen canciones en web player que yo no he puesto. Lo veo en el movil cuando yo no estoy reproduciendo nada en ningún di...

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Se reproduce música que yo no pongo.  Plan Premium Country Spain Device Huawei P10 Operating System Windows 8   My Question or Issue Se reproducen canciones en web player que yo ...

OneByBoo

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Desktop App crashes

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceLevono LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever I try to upload an image to my playlist cover, the app closes. I'm am clicking on "replace image." This is my own personal playlist too.

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  Plan Premium Country US Device Levono Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Whenever I try to upload an image to my playlist cover, the app closes. I'm am c...

TinyTony

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Can't delete local files that are in "liked songs" playlist.

So i saw that there are multiple posts on this already, but i've tried all resolutions and can't find a fix for it. To my Problem: in my "liked songs" there it shows local files some from 2018 some from 2019 that were once added to spotify but as of ...

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So i saw that there are multiple posts on this already, but i've tried all resolutions and can't find a fix for it.  To my Problem: in my "liked songs" there it shows local files some from 20...

dinomight

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Playing the wrong playlist that

Through out the day, my Spotify account has been acting strange. Ever time I click a playlist it always takes a while to load the song. This is not on my part because my internet is perfectly fine. When ever I click shuffle my playlist, it always pla...

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     Through out the day, my Spotify account has been acting strange. Ever time I click a playlist it always takes a while to load the song. This is not on my part because my internet ...

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Swapping to different output device causes spotify to skip songs

PlanFamily Plan CountryUnited States DeviceCustom PC Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue:Yesterday i received the Razer Nommo chromas for my birthdayi was ecstatic, only to my surprise that i couldnt use spotify with them unlessi wanted a...

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Plan Family Plan   Country United States   Device Custom PC   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue: Yesterday i received the Razer Nommo chromas for my ...

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Superuser Contribution Web Player won't play a specific podcast

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor weeks I've been trying to listen to Last Podcast On The Left on the web player. All the other podcasts I listen to work just fine, but LPOTL will just buff...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue For weeks I've been trying to listen to Last Podcast On The Left on the web player....

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Humming is...not fun anymore

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceWindows (App and Web), AndroidOperating SystemAndroid Oreo, Windows 10, Ubuntu 20.04 My Question or IssueHi everyone, I wonder if someone can help me. I don't why but I'm the only one in my friends group that the lyrics ...

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  Plan Premium Country Canada Device Windows (App and Web), Android Operating System Android Oreo, Windows 10, Ubuntu 20.04   My Question or Issue Hi everyone,   I wo...

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Spotify Desktop app won't play when music is connected to bluetooth devices

PlanFree/PremiumCountryGermanyDeviceLenovo Yoga Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen my airpods pro are connected to my Lenovo Yoga 310 running on windows 10 the music on my spotify desktop app will play but without playing the song, m...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Germany Device Lenovo Yoga  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When my airpods pro are connected to my Lenovo Yoga 310 running on windows...

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Superuser Contribution Local Files

PlanPremiumOperating System(Windows 10) I am trying to put a specific folder in my local files, but there are already 185 songs on my local file without anything ticked in preferences besides local files itself. I deleted all the files that were clog...

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Plan Premium Operating System (Windows 10)   I am trying to put a specific folder in my local files, but there are already 185 songs on my local file without anything ticked in preferences ...

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[Desktop][Connect] Error code while logging in to my desktop app (error code 5)

Hi community!After turning on my PC today I found out that my app on Windows 10 was in "Offline mode" but my internet was okay and everything else ran smoothly. So I've decided to try to re-log into my account. I've logged out but when I've tried to ...

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Hi community! After turning on my PC today I found out that my app on Windows 10 was in "Offline mode" but my internet was okay and everything else ran smoothly. So I've decided to try to re-log int...

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Windows 10 app won't update the recently played artists at all.

Windows 10 app (version 1.1.31.703.g256add22) hasn't updated the front-page where it's supposed to show recently listened at all lately (gone actually for many months, I think this started late last year).First of all, whenever I used my iPhone or iP...

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Windows 10 app (version 1.1.31.703.g256add22) hasn't updated the front-page where it's supposed to show recently listened at all lately (gone actually for many months, I think this started late last ...

Samppa3

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Spotify wont go online when resuming from sleep with protonvpn

PlanPremiumCountryDenmark DeviceRyzen 3600 desktop with Intel AX200 wifiOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI use protonvpn which when waken from sleep will reconnect, while reconnecting there is no connection to the internet. After it has...

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Plan Premium Country Denmark   Device Ryzen 3600 desktop with Intel AX200 wifi Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I use protonvpn which when waken from sleep will...

appistrash

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Songs skip to queued songs

PlanPremiumCountryunited kingdom Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueWhen I play a song that is in a playlist or an album it will always stop half way through the first song and skip to my queued songs. When there’s nothing in my queue i...

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Plan Premium Country united kingdom    Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue When I play a song that is in a playlist or an album it will always stop half way t...

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Solved!! Unable to use desktop Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 ProMy Question or IssueI am unable to play any songs via the desktop application for Spotify. Selecting some songs result in them instantly being skipped for the next song in the queue repeatedl...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue I am unable to play any songs via the desktop application for Spotify. Selecting some songs result in ...

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