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[Troubleshooting] Windows

Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide to help get things working again. What to try first Perform a soft reset (generally rebooting the device will suffice). If that doesn’t help, try a clean reinstall. Be sure to l...

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FAQ: Spotify for Windows 10 app

Hey folks, we've outlined some of the common questions you might have about the Windows 10 app now available. Please post in this board if you have any other questions. Q: Why can’t I see Spotify in the Windows 10 store? A: Spotify for Windows store ...

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Cant remove one of the song from "Liked songs" playlist

PlanPremiumCountryPolandOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueCant remove one of the songs from "Liked songs" playlist.When I click the cross next to the song, nothing happens

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Cant remove one of the songs from "Liked songs" playlist. When I click the cross next to the song, nothing...
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Artists not shown in Desktop version

Operating System: Windows 7 My Question or IssueHey! When updating to the latest version spotify stopped displaying the artists and just offers to switch to "browse artists". When clicking on "albums" my collection is still visible and on my android ...

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  • Operating System: Windows 7   My Question or Issue Hey! When updating to the latest version spotify stopped displaying the artists and just offers to switch to "browse artists". When clicking...
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Will not play entire song

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently Spotify will not play songs in their entirety. They all stop early. The queue lists the length of each song, but when I play it, it cuts off early. Th...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Recently Spotify will not play songs in their entirety. They all stop early. The qu...
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Windows 10 Desktop App, Songs Not Loading

FreeUnited StatesCustom Built PCWindows 10 I seem to be having issue with the Spotify Desktop App on my Windows 10 PC.For some reason, song aren't loading at all after clicking them to play. Maybe you'll be lucky to get one out of several to play, an...

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  • Free United States Custom Built PC Windows 10   I seem to be having issue with the Spotify Desktop App on my Windows 10 PC. For some reason, song aren't loading at all after clicking them ...
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All songs in Playlist got duplicated

PlanPremiumCountryAustria DeviceAcer LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAll songs in my playlist got duplicated. Howa can i solve this? I don't wanna go through 1000 songs and deleting every second.(The Playlist is made out of songs...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Austria   Device Acer Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue All songs in my playlist got duplicated. Howa can i solve this? I don...
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Daily mix not expanding after switch to Android and back (after a few songs)

PlanPremiumCountryPoland IssueDaily mix playlist not expanding after switch to Android and back (after a few songs) Steps for reproduce bug1. Start Daily Mix playlist2. Switch to listen on Android (Spotify on PC still works)3. Listen songs to grayed ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland   Issue Daily mix playlist not expanding after switch to Android and back (after a few songs)   Steps for reproduce bug 1. Start Daily Mix playlist 2. ...
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Spotify Will crash when trying to play a song

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceWindows DesktopOperating SystemWindwos 10Whenever i try to play a song the client on windows 10 for spotify crashes, i have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the client as well as getting the app from the window...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Windows Desktop Operating System Windwos 10 Whenever i try to play a song the client on windows 10 for spotify crashes, i have tried uninstalling and...
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How do i fix the "spotify can't play this right now"

Curious how i can fix this issue. where it just cycles through songs over and over won't play anything. NO it has nothing to do with my pc, no settings have changed nothing has changed so im hoping for an actual fix. both my pc and phone do the same ...

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  • Curious how i can fix this issue. where it just cycles through songs over and over won't play anything. NO it has nothing to do with my pc, no settings have changed nothing has changed so im hoping f...
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Spotify added songs from my followed playlists to my own playlist.

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently, I found that spotify keeps adding songs from the playlists I follow to my own playlist, it seems to do it when I play the song from the followed playlist, then I gp ...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Recently, I found that spotify keeps adding songs from the playlists I follow to my own playlist, i...
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Your Daily Mix app isn't working

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceIphone XR and Windows computerOperating SystemiOS 10 and Windows 10 My Question or IssueI am a long time user of Spotify and I have grown to be pretty dependent on the Daily Mix feature. When I logged on today, al...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Iphone XR and Windows computer Operating System iOS 10 and Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am a long time user of Spotify and I have grown...
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Can't add songs to playlists in either the app or the web player unless they're from the recommended

Hello, I'm a blind user who has been enjoying Spotify for over two years. However, I've been unable to really do anything with Playlists in all this time. The other day, I decided to see if using the web player would make the process easier, as I had...

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  • Hello,   I'm a blind user who has been enjoying Spotify for over two years. However, I've been unable to really do anything with Playlists in all this time. The other day, I decided to see if ...
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Can't Rearrange Tracks inside a Playlist

PlanFree/PremiumCountryMéxicoDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have a Playlist that can't rearrange, i can in others, but not in that in particular.

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country México Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have a Playlist that can't rearrange, i can in others, but not in that in particular...
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Download list of my hearted songs

I'd like to download a list of all of my favorited songs, albums, and artists. Any metadata I can get might be useful, since I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to do with the information yet, but my priorities are:1) It needs to be JUST stuff I've f...

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  • I'd like to download a list of all of my favorited songs, albums, and artists. Any metadata I can get might be useful, since I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to do with the information yet, but my...
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Where to find total playlist length on desktop

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

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  • 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  
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Certain songs do not play

Good Afternoon all, It's interesting how I cannot play most of the songs on Spotify, while connected to a certain Hotspost, which is hosted by a Laptop, instead of a router. This only happens, when I am connected to that network. Let's say I use choo...

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  • Good Afternoon all,   It's interesting how I cannot play most of the songs on Spotify, while connected to a certain Hotspost, which is hosted by a Laptop, instead of a router.   This on...
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Superuser Contribution No music avaliable to play

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have this issue that my spotify on my pc will not detect any music at all. I have reinstalled and uninstalled numerous times but my 500 liked songs do not show up on deskto...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have this issue that my spotify on my pc will not detect any music at all. I have reinst...
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Solved!! Song won't play for a few seconds

For the past week my spotify songs didn't start playing for a few seconds, it will still play the song, but it will wait a few seconds before actually playing it, would I have to reinstall spotify for windows or what? Thanks in advanced

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  • For the past week my spotify songs didn't start playing for a few seconds, it will still play the song, but it will wait a few seconds before actually playing it, would I have to reinstall spotify fo...
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again spotify slowly!

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe program has been very slow. The opening time of the program, the time to start playing the songs, the time to increase the volume and decrease the time slowed down sig...

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  • Plan Premium Country Turkey Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The program has been very slow. The opening time of the program, the time to start playing the...
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Windows Desktop app loads very slowly

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 8 My Question or IssueEvery time I open the Spotify Premium desktop app, the Spotify window opens with the top and left bars, but no content, just a black empty space where music options should be....

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 8   My Question or Issue Every time I open the Spotify Premium desktop app, the Spotify window opens with the top and left b...
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Install update loop, error code: 24

PlanFreeCountryUKDevicePC (Asus Z97-P, Intel Core i5-4670K)Operating SystemWindows 10 x64 My Question or IssueEach time I get a Spotify update I get stuck in an installer error loop which means I can't open Spotify at all unless I uninstall and reins...

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  • Plan Free Country UK Device PC (Asus Z97-P, Intel Core i5-4670K) Operating System Windows 10 x64   My Question or Issue Each time I get a Spotify update I get stuck in an installe...
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