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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...
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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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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever I put my local files my Spotify takes so long to load them in. Sometimes it just crashes. Yes, I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Spotify. I tried delet...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Whenever I put my local files my Spotify takes so long to load them in. Sometimes it just cra...
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Plan PremiumFree/PremiumCountryCanadaDevice Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've embedded some tracks using Spotify player on my blog. They show up fine, but even if I am logged in to Spotify, it will only play a 30 second sample, then...
Plan Premium Free/Premium Country Canada Device Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've embedded some tracks using Spotify player on my blog. They show u...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDell Inspiron 15 5000Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI got a new laptop recently and for a day everything was playing fine through my monitors. All of a sudden anytime I try to play spotify through my monitors...
Plan Premium Country US Device Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I got a new laptop recently and for a day everything was playing fine through my...
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PlanFreeCountryUSA DeviceDesktop appOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever the New Seasons Market ad pops up, it pauses and won't play. I have to close Spotify and re-open it for play music again.
Plan Free Country USA Device Desktop app Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Whenever the New Seasons Market ad pops up, it pauses and won't play. I have to clos...
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PlanPremiumCountryItalyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently Spotify started using my entire download bandwidth to stream songs.The best way i can describe it is, instead of loading the song while it plays like it used to, i...
Plan Premium Country Italy Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Recently Spotify started using my entire download bandwidth to stream songs. The best way i can...
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PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 Hello, i know this has been here several times but what about making Spotify 64bit version? I think most of the windows machines are running 64 so why not make two versions and let the users choose more stable ve...
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 Hello, i know this has been here several times but what about making Spotify 64bit version? I think most of the windows machines are running 64 so...
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PlanPremium (1.1.22.633.g1bab253a)CountryGermanyDevicePC, Core i5, 32 GB RAMOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssuePlayback is jerky when other programs are running. The system is underutilized and has more than enough capacity.I do not have s...
Plan Premium (1.1.22.633.g1bab253a) Country Germany Device PC, Core i5, 32 GB RAM Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Playback is jerky when other programs are running. T...
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Hello, Currently I am at a college. I keep trying to listen to music over the WiFi, but it keeps connecting to other devices that are not mine that are connected to the same WiFi. This is very annoying. No nobody else is logged into my account. Yes, ...
Hello, Currently I am at a college. I keep trying to listen to music over the WiFi, but it keeps connecting to other devices that are not mine that are connected to the same WiFi. This is very annoyi...
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So I'm using bluetooth headphones to listen to music while I'm on my windows 10 PC, but my spotify app is bugged out completely whenever I use my bluetooth headphones (which are connected via micro-usb). I can't skip songs, only the last listened son...
So I'm using bluetooth headphones to listen to music while I'm on my windows 10 PC, but my spotify app is bugged out completely whenever I use my bluetooth headphones (which are connected via micro-u...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWin10 My Question or IssueHi, it's a dumb question and I really feel even dumber not finding the answer. How can I listen to *all* songs from one artist from *all* of his albums etc.? No "best of" or m...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Win10 My Question or Issue Hi, it's a dumb question and I really feel even dumber not finding the answer. 😞 H...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 ProSo I recently got this issue on my PC. It works fine on my Mac and my iPhone, but when I play songs from my main playlist on PC, Spotify jumps to random Stevie Wonder songs (that I have ne...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro So I recently got this issue on my PC. It works fine on my Mac and my iPhone, but when I play songs from my main playli...
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PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceSurface Pro 3Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Sometimes playback will "freeze" when or after ads are played. Pressing the Play/Pause button a few times will sometimes resume playback but when that does...
Plan Free Country United States Device Surface Pro 3 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Sometimes playback will "freeze" when or after ads are played. Pressing th...
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On iphone it is possible to ban daily mix songs, but on PC the ban button is missing. There's no reason for that other than a bug. This is for a premium subscription on the newest version of iOS / the spotify app and Windows 10 / the spotify program ...
On iphone it is possible to ban daily mix songs, but on PC the ban button is missing. There's no reason for that other than a bug. This is for a premium subscription on the newest version of iOS / th...
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PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceAcer Aspire 7, 2018Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI tend to keep most of my playlist sorted by recently added. In past, I was able to move single tracks freely up and down this already date-oriented playl...
Plan Premium Country Poland Device Acer Aspire 7, 2018 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I tend to keep most of my playlist sorted by recently added. In past, I was ab...
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In previous versions, you were able to use the back and forward buttons on your mouse to go back and forth between pages, just like on an internet browser. Recent Spotify update broke this. If you have a mouse that can set customized key strokes for ...
In previous versions, you were able to use the back and forward buttons on your mouse to go back and forth between pages, just like on an internet browser. Recent Spotify update broke this. ...
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I've been using Spotify on my laptop through my Behringer Audio system (USB box with ASIO drivers) and external speakers for more than a year. Nothing has changed on my system. The device still works with music production software. But, Spotify no lo...
I've been using Spotify on my laptop through my Behringer Audio system (USB box with ASIO drivers) and external speakers for more than a year. Nothing has changed on my system. The device still works...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceLenovo T540pOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueI am in an area where I have very limited internet access right now, so I downloaded ~3000k songs. This worked fine until now, when Spotify all of a sudden...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Lenovo T540p Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue I am in an area where I have very limited internet access right now, so ...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryRussiaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueCan't see all lists at home page, they look clipped or broken. What should I do to see them all? Spoiler (Highlight to read)
Plan Free/Premium Country Russia Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Can't see all lists at home page, they look clipped or broken. What should I do to see them all? &nbs...
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PlanPremium - FamilyCountryBelgiumDeviceWindows HP Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe music on my Spotify app stops playing every couple of seconds. I tried different solutions already, changing the cache folder, trying to find anythi...
Plan Premium - Family Country Belgium Device Windows HP Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The music on my Spotify app stops playing every couple of seconds. I tr...
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