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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...
My issue has been happening for a while but for some reason I will have it sometimes and then other times I won't, it's really weird. I have the Spotify app downloaded on my laptop, I'm not using it on Chrome or Safari. So I will be working on a coll...
My issue has been happening for a while but for some reason I will have it sometimes and then other times I won't, it's really weird. I have the Spotify app downloaded on my laptop, I'm not using it ...
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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 IssueI currently have all my "local Files" saved on an Android tablet which spotify doesn't recogn...
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 I curre...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDell Vostro laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHaving a maddening issue where I'll be playing music on the Windows desktop version of the app, and the slider will suddenly jump to a level of around 10-15% w...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Dell Vostro laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Having a maddening issue where I'll be playing music on the Windows desktop version...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryMéxico DeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueEn spotify de pc mas especifico en windows 7 en la sección de canciones que te gustan no me aparece nada de mis canciones que tengo solo me aparece (Aquí aparecer...
Plan Free/Premium Country México Device Laptop Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue En spotify de pc mas especifico en windows 7 en la sección de canciones que te ...
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Plan PremiumCountry Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue:when making a classical search, the last update displays only 20 album results, limiting us to what is most popular, preventing us to make a thorough explorati...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue: when making a classical search, the last update displays only 2...
Casual Listener
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Where did the dislike button go? It is missing from the Android App and from Windows desktop. All playlists are completely messed up and playing music I dislike. BRING IT BACK.or I'll be cancelling my premium membership.
Where did the dislike button go? It is missing from the Android App and from Windows desktop. All playlists are completely messed up and playing music I dislike. BRING IT BACK. or I'll be cancelling...
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Spotify Free tier fails to play ads and then resume music on Windows 10 app. It doesn't happen every time, but the ad wont play so music wont continue, and then you have to close out the app and reopen it to get it to play then resume music. PlanFree...
Spotify Free tier fails to play ads and then resume music on Windows 10 app. It doesn't happen every time, but the ad wont play so music wont continue, and then you have to close out the app and reop...
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I've been using Spotify premium for years and I like listening to podcasts as well as music, but while there is a way to download music for offline listening, I've not found a way to download podcasts so I can listen to them offline. It should be the...
I've been using Spotify premium for years and I like listening to podcasts as well as music, but while there is a way to download music for offline listening, I've not found a way to download podcast...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 and mac My Question or IssueThis was working a few weeks ago, but it seems like all my friends who don't have a Facebook account are no longer showing up in my Friend Feed. Those who are sy...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 and mac My Question or Issue This was working a few weeks ago, but it seems like all my friends who don't ...
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever getting a message/notification from discord(messages where you are tagged in/direct messages) my spotify music pauses for like 1 or 2 seconds untill the notification...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Whenever getting a message/notification from discord(messages where you are tagged in/direct messages)...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIn the last days I can't listen either through the desktop app or through the web player ANY songs in the catalog. When I click the play button I get this message: "Sp...
Plan Premium Country Italy Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue In the last days I can't listen either through the desktop app or through the web play...
Community Legend
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceAndroidOperating SystemWin10 My Question or IssueBecause my phone randomly connects with spotify, the sound gets boosted to max on my pc randomly. Does anyone know how to fix this?
Plan Free/Premium Country Device Android Operating System Win10 My Question or Issue Because my phone randomly connects with spotify, the sound gets boosted to max on my pc ra...
Community Legend
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PlanPremiumCountrySaudi ArabiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My IssueMinimize/maximize and close bar is not in the correct order in Spotify Arabic Ver. I'm hoping it will get fixed in future update.
Plan Premium Country Saudi Arabia Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Issue Minimize/maximize and close bar is not in the correct order in Spotify Arabic Ver. ...
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PlanPremium DeviceAcer Notebook Operating SystemWindows 8 My Question or IssueI was able to change my profile picture before, but now I cannot. I am clicking on the change button and then I choose the picture I want. It appears in the profile picture...
Plan Premium Device Acer Notebook Operating System Windows 8 My Question or Issue I was able to change my profile picture before, but now I cannot. I am clicking on the...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI get no sound from the desktop app, sometimes when I have recently started the app I get a millisecond of sound when I play a song, but then it goes silent. It then ...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I get no sound from the desktop app, sometimes when I have recently started the app I get ...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryColombiaDeviceWindows/Huawei P20 liteOperating System(Windows/Android) Hola, tengo una playlist con muchas canciones y algunas me arrojan ese mensaje cuando intento reproducirlas "No es posible reproducir esto hasta que permite la r...
Plan Premium Country Colombia Device Windows/Huawei P20 lite Operating System (Windows/Android) Hola, tengo una playlist con muchas canciones y algunas me arrojan ese mensaje cuando i...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My IssueSometime about a month ago the dislike button disappeared from my Release Radar & Discover Weekly.I am confused on how this glaring bug has made it through QA; may as well...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Issue Sometime about a month ago the dislike button disappeared from my Release Radar & Discover ...
Regular
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I hopped on to spotify and all the music in my playlists were gone. I tried using the recover playlist option but nothing appeared. Please someone help.
I hopped on to spotify and all the music in my playlists were gone. I tried using the recover playlist option but nothing appeared. Please someone help.
Roadie
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PlanFamily PremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe album art for "I Need to Smoke" by Young Gil is showing up in my desktop application home screen for some reason. This art features a clearly naked woman, str...
Plan Family Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The album art for "I Need to Smoke" by Young Gil is showing up in my desktop applicati...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindowsApplication Version1.1.19.480.g7d17e3ce My Question or IssueWhile listening to, for example, my Liked Songs playlist, which is a long-ish playlist, when I click the "Now Playing" album art in the bott...
Plan Premium Country Device PC Operating System Windows Application Version 1.1.19.480.g7d17e3ce My Question or Issue While listening to, for example, my Liked Songs playlis...
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