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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 "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...
I had an update available today. After it was done, I've notice that the cover art for the currently played track is no longer shown at all, neither the small preview or the enhance button:Not a huge problem, but slightly annoying.Did I land in an A/...
I had an update available today. After it was done, I've notice that the cover art for the currently played track is no longer shown at all, neither the small preview or the enhance button: Not ...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountry Device(iPhone 7 Plus, Windows 10) My Question or Issue My recently played (under the home tab) is not updating on any of my devices. I have logged out on all devices and it is still not updating. It shows playlists that I played mo...
Plan Premium Country Device (iPhone 7 Plus, Windows 10) My Question or Issue My recently played (under the home tab) is not updating on any of my devices...
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PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am able to play Spotify via the webplayer without any issues however the Spotify app I have downloaded (and uninstalled/reinstalled multiple times) wont play any songs, it will constantly s...
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am able to play Spotify via the webplayer without any issues however the Spotify app I have downloaded (and uninst...
Composer
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PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDeviceLenovo laptop + iPhone 6S+Operating SystemWindows 10, iOS 13.4 My Question or IssueI was listening to a podcast track last night and the volume was normal. Today I resumed playing the track and the volume was really low...
Plan Premium Country Finland Device Lenovo laptop + iPhone 6S+ Operating System Windows 10, iOS 13.4 My Question or Issue I was listening to a podcast track last night and the volume...
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PlanPremium DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 and Ubuntu, 64 bits My Question or IssueVolume goes up and down, no matter the normalization or hardware acceleration settings.This problem is really old it is really time to fix this annoying thing!
Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 10 and Ubuntu, 64 bits My Question or Issue Volume goes up and down, no matter the normalization or hardware acceleration sett...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindowsMy Question or IssueI'd like to select the option to stop a certain song from being played on my account, but I don't see the option in the drop down menu. I swear, I used to have this option and I ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows My Question or Issue I'd like to select the option to stop a certain song from being played on my account, but I don't see the opt...
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The friend's activity feed appears to show you what your friends are currently listening to, however it actually shows their previous song. This diminishes the meaning of the feature if it shows me listening to a song I have skipped for the duration ...
The friend's activity feed appears to show you what your friends are currently listening to, however it actually shows their previous song. This diminishes the meaning of the feature if it shows me l...
Regular
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PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueWhen I try to play music on Spotify for desktop, spotify doesn't play and instead tells me "Spotify can't play this right now, if you have the file on your computer yo...
Plan Premium Country Norway Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue When I try to play music on Spotify for desktop, spotify doesn't play and instead tells me ...
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PlanFreeCountryUSDeviceSurface ProOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I know that changes have been made to Spotify Free in the last year, but I've been having a hard time finding out exactly what changed and why. I am in the middle of a ...
Plan Free Country US Device Surface Pro Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I know that changes have been made to Spotify Free in the last year, but I've been ha...
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I'm using free Spotify on a Windows laptop. And i live in Turkey. So recently i found a song that won't play. "Yüksek Dağlara Doğru" by "Koliva" in the playlist with the same name as the song. It's the first song of the playlist. It's name is written...
I'm using free Spotify on a Windows laptop. And i live in Turkey. So recently i found a song that won't play. "Yüksek Dağlara Doğru" by "Koliva" in the playlist with the same name as the son...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDeviceOmen Gaming LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI have crossfade enabled and Automix off. There is only a crossfade on my songs whenever I queue them. When they're just playing normally in a playlist, it...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Omen Gaming Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have crossfade enabled and Automix off. There is only a crossfade on my...
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Whenever my PC display turns off, Spotify switch the audio output to the headset and once I wake my PC (By moving mouse to turn display back on) Spotify crash itself. It started happening after I reinstalled windows but then I don't think windows is ...
Whenever my PC display turns off, Spotify switch the audio output to the headset and once I wake my PC (By moving mouse to turn display back on) Spotify crash itself. It started happening after I rei...
Roadie
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Spotify will constantly skip song when i set my audio output device to my wireless corsair headphones. This has happened after a driver update, i didn't know if i should delete the driver, how would it reinstall etc. Spotify works fine when set to my...
Spotify will constantly skip song when i set my audio output device to my wireless corsair headphones. This has happened after a driver update, i didn't know if i should delete the driver, how would ...
Spotify Legend
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PlanFree/PremiumCountrycanadaDevicecomputerOperating System Windows 10 My Question or Issueplaying spotify on the google home and then control it from the computer. it shows same song that was playing when i opened it and plays a different song. i re...
Plan Free/Premium Country canada Device computer Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue playing spotify on the google home and then control it from the computer. it s...
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PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDevice PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen my volume is quite low, it seems like spotify doesn't recognize the sound at all. It just stops playing the sound, for example in some low volume parts of s...
Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When my volume is quite low, it seems like spotify doesn't recognize the...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFirst the album art was blank on desktop when playing a track, and would only show when you minimized it. Now the little arrow is gone and the album art won't show at all....
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue First the album art was blank on desktop when playing a track, and would only show when you min...
Music Fan
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So out of NOWHERE some random song started playing on my spotify. I stopped it. It continued playing. Suddenly I see that a new device is logged in named "PS4-239". So I changed password and after that I made "log off all" so all devices would log ou...
So out of NOWHERE some random song started playing on my spotify. I stopped it. It continued playing. Suddenly I see that a new device is logged in named "PS4-239". So I changed password and after th...
Spotify Legend
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueUsually I have no problems like this but I'm trying to move songs around my playlist but now ...
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Usually...
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever I am listening to an album and close the app, if I open it again, Spotify has cleared the queue of the remaining album songs. It still remembers where it...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Whenever I am listening to an album and close the app, if I open it again, Spotify has...
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