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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...
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...
Some songs, specifically by the artist Emmit Fenn stopped playing on my phone. I also check the online app and they also do not play there. They show as available but just stopped playing last week sometime. I have installed and reinstalled the app. ...
Some songs, specifically by the artist Emmit Fenn stopped playing on my phone. I also check the online app and they also do not play there. They show as available but just stopped playing last week s...
Roadie
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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 Issue
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
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueFrom the searches I've done, there doesn't seem to be a way to prevent evil garbage like Ben Shapiro from being recommended to me. Is there a way to disable pod...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue From the searches I've done, there doesn't seem to be a way to prevent evil garbage ...
Roadie
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I was wondering if it is possible, while listening to a track on SPOTIFY, to access the Artist & Song Title info of the track currently played as it is displayed at the bottom-left corner of the SPOTIFY window (horizontal scrolling) from another appl...
I was wondering if it is possible, while listening to a track on SPOTIFY, to access the Artist & Song Title info of the track currently played as it is displayed at the bottom-left corner of the ...
Roadie
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None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanPremiumDeviceASUS Q537FDOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo I'm trying to add new songs to my local files that I a...
None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Premium Device ASUS Q537FD Operating System Windows 10 My Qu...
Composer
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anyone else reported this issue? Apparently Bank of America is being used as the front. The address in the link is a little off-kilter though.
anyone else reported this issue? Apparently Bank of America is being used as the front. The address in the link is a little off-kilter though.
Spotify Legend
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guys, I assigned to Spotify bec. it seemed to be a good music streaming service. good content, good usability. goos music -> "smile"Then: U**bleep**edMEup - the standard behavior of any (each and any) file browser has been removed from your service. ...
guys, I assigned to Spotify bec. it seemed to be a good music streaming service. good content, good usability. goos music -> "smile" Then: U**bleep**edMEup - the standard behavior ...
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PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 1909Spotify version1.1.35.458.g891674f3My Question or IssueSpotify desktop app sometimes automatically opens https://www.spotify.com/ee/ on startup. How to prevent this from happening?
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 1909 Spotify version 1.1.35.458.g891674f3 My Question or Issue Spotify desktop app sometimes automatically opens https://www.spotify.com...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDevice & OSWindows 10 PCMy Question or IssueAs stated in the title, as of this morning, any time I play music, Spotify automatically skips the first 30 seconds of the next track and appears to try and crossfade both tracks (despit...
Plan Premium Country UK Device & OS Windows 10 PC My Question or Issue As stated in the title, as of this morning, any time I play music, Spotify automatically skips the first 30 seconds o...
Spotify Legend
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Is there a reason why Spotify overrides the default system timer resolution of 15.6ms and requests a 1ms timer? This seems pretty excessive for any reasonable use case and is going to be a battery hog. Running 'powercfg.exe /energy' yields this in th...
Is there a reason why Spotify overrides the default system timer resolution of 15.6ms and requests a 1ms timer? This seems pretty excessive for any reasonable use case and is going to be a battery ho...
Casual Listener
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I recently purchased a 30$ gift card for a friend in Bulgaria, I live in Canada. Everytime he tries to redeem it, it gives an error message. Did I just waste my money?PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Op...
I recently purchased a 30$ gift card for a friend in Bulgaria, I live in Canada. Everytime he tries to redeem it, it gives an error message. Did I just waste my money? Plan Free/Premium Countr...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremium ( Family )Operating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueMy desktop spotify stops working when i try to start listen playlist client stops on each song for half a second and then moves to the next one, going through whole playlist/album wi...
Plan Premium ( Family ) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My desktop spotify stops working when i try to start listen playlist client stops on each song for half a second and then...
Spotify Legend
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Since a few days i lost a few features which i would like to have back.PlanPremiumCountryAustriaDeviceLenovo LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueMy Desktop Version got updated all of a sudden and now i got a completely different look....
Since a few days i lost a few features which i would like to have back. Plan Premium Country Austria Device Lenovo Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My Desktop Version...
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PlanPremiumCountry Australia DeviceHuawei Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueLocal Files horribly stuttering; didnt happen before recent updates.
Plan Premium Country Australia Device Huawei Operating System Android Oreo My Question or Issue Local Files horribly stuttering; didnt happen before recent ...
Composer
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PlanFreeCountryGermanyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWin 10 My Question or IssueDeutsch:Wenn ich Spotify anhöre, habe ich das Problem, dass irgendwann während der Werbung die App einen rauschenden Bildschirm zeigt. Nach der Werbung hört man dann nichts...
Plan Free Country Germany Device Desktop Operating System Win 10 My Question or Issue Deutsch: Wenn ich Spotify anhöre, habe ich das Problem, dass irgendwann während der Werbung die...
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Plan premiumCountry UK DeviceLINUX 14USOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue So i was looking through the settings for the app but i cant find anywhere "offline mode." Its simple to enable on the Android app but i cant find it anywhere on h...
Plan premium Country UK Device LINUX 14US Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue So i was looking through the settings for the app but i cant find any...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDevice infoWindows 10 1803, GTX 980 430.86, FX4100Version (current)1.1.10.540.gfcf0430fI uninstalled and reinstalled both desktop and app several times My Question or Issue A few days ago, Spotify decided to start locking my CPU a...
Plan Premium Country US Device info Windows 10 1803, GTX 980 430.86, FX4100 Version (current) 1.1.10.540.gfcf0430f I uninstalled and reinstalled both desktop and app several times My...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice(OnePlus 6T, Samsung Tab S5e, Win10 PC)Operating System(Android 10, Android 9, Windows 10) My Question or IssueIn Spotify's Discover Weekly playlist I'm able to mark a song or an artist as "Don't like". This way Spotify...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device (OnePlus 6T, Samsung Tab S5e, Win10 PC) Operating System (Android 10, Android 9, Windows 10) My Question or Issue In Spotify's Discover Weekly pla...
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PlanFreeCountry DeviceDesktop PC, Windows standalone app (not Windows App Store)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi! If I add a song to the queue during a commercial when I already have songs queued, it deletes the queue and only keeps...
Plan Free Country Device Desktop PC, Windows standalone app (not Windows App Store) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi! If I add a song to the queue d...
Regular
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows 10 desktop PC (i5-4460, 8gb ddr3 ram, GTX 1070ti, Samsung SSD)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Ever since I first downloaded Spotify months ago it has been opening on startup when I turn my computer o...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows 10 desktop PC (i5-4460, 8gb ddr3 ram, GTX 1070ti, Samsung SSD) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Ever since I first dow...
Visitor
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