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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...
PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceAllOperating SystemAll My Question or IssueHow to create my own Radio station ?look like it is not possible ... why ? Thank youGregory
Plan Premium Country France Device All Operating System All My Question or Issue How to create my own Radio station ? look like it is not possible ... why ? Tha...
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When I play a radio from a song or artist on my windows, and I like the song (little heart) it goes to Liked Songs, but not Liked from Radio. I don't see a "like" button anywhere, only a heart, and the option to "save song" which also selects the hea...
When I play a radio from a song or artist on my windows, and I like the song (little heart) it goes to Liked Songs, but not Liked from Radio. I don't see a "like" button anywhere, only a heart, and t...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindowsMy Question or IssueWhenever an ad comes on, it doesn't play and I have to close out of Spotify and reopen it for it to play or for the music to come back.
Plan Free/Premium Country USA Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Whenever an ad comes on, it doesn't play and I have to close out of Spotify and reopen it for it to play or for the ...
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PlanPremiumCountry Netherlands DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I want to see all the playlists from the user The Sound of Spotify.In the list of Public Playlistst I only see the first 200 lists, but they have more than 3000 li...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I want to see all the playlists from the user The Sound of Spotify....
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PlanFreeCountryAustraliaDeviceLeveno Thinkpad x390Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI know on phone, you have limted amount of skips and only can either play your playlist on shuffle or in order, but on desktop, on your playlist there wa...
Plan Free Country Australia Device Leveno Thinkpad x390 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I know on phone, you have limted amount of skips and only can either play you...
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Hello, I was wondering if there is a way to see those different options for the "Family Mix" playlist in the desktop app? On my phone I can choose between "chill" and "upbeat" but I can't find it on my laptop for example.
Hello, I was wondering if there is a way to see those different options for the "Family Mix" playlist in the desktop app? On my phone I can choose between "chill" and "upbeat" but I can't find...
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Hi PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHiI cannot play any songs on Spotify, On the desktop app, i get the message "Spotify cannot play this right now". I have searched for a solution but have not found anything ...
Hi Plan Premium Country Australia Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi I cannot play any songs on Spotify, On the desktop app, i get the message "Spotify canno...
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSince the Last update spotify chsnged my settings and starts automatically everytime windows boots. That makes windows slower on start witch is not desired.
Plan Premium Country Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Since the Last update spotify chsnged my settings and starts automatically everytime windo...
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Ok so here's something that's been on my mind lately; Spotify is an amazing tool that has elevated the music industry into the future as well as evolved how we listen to music in general. But at the same time, it severely lacks basic almost 'common s...
Ok so here's something that's been on my mind lately; Spotify is an amazing tool that has elevated the music industry into the future as well as evolved how we listen to music in general. But at the ...
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How on earth is it that this software still doesn't support folder redirections, or the option to forcefully install locally without always attempting to store stuff in the Roaming folder?
How on earth is it that this software still doesn't support folder redirections, or the option to forcefully install locally without always attempting to store stuff in the Roaming folder?
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceCustom desktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro x64 My Question or IssueSince I received an update a few days ago, hitting the fullscreen player button displays a fullscreen black image. The cursor is visible, but nothing else...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Custom desktop Operating System Windows 10 Pro x64 My Question or Issue Since I received an update a few days ago, hitting the fullscreen player butto...
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PlanPremiumCountryMalaysiaDeviceAcer Aspire V15 NitroOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify app cannot play any song. It just gives an error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can ...
Plan Premium Country Malaysia Device Acer Aspire V15 Nitro Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My Spotify app cannot play any song. It just gives an error message "Spoti...
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PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI cannot see songs in any playlists on the windows app be it to be Today's top hits or RapCaviar, etc. However, I can see them when I am using a web player. I tried re-i...
Plan Premium Country India Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I cannot see songs in any playlists on the windows app be it to be Today's top hits or RapCaviar, et...
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For the past 3 days I haven't been able to open the spotify app on my computer. A message pops up saying "The Spotify application is not responding". 3 days ago, I was on Spotify and then it just stopped working, said no internet connection even thou...
For the past 3 days I haven't been able to open the spotify app on my computer. A message pops up saying "The Spotify application is not responding". 3 days ago, I was on Spotify and then it just sto...
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I copied a playlist, but I think that a previous version of the playlist was copied, and now I have lost many songs on that playlist. It has happened many times. I try to copy a certain playlist, but after looking at the copied playlist a moment late...
I copied a playlist, but I think that a previous version of the playlist was copied, and now I have lost many songs on that playlist. It has happened many times. I try to copy a certain playlist, but...
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Every time Spotify desktop client updates, the "Auto-start with Windows" gets toggled back on. This has been a problem with Spotify for years and is still not fixed. Why isn't it fixed? I keep disabling Spotify from startup with Windows, and it keeps...
Every time Spotify desktop client updates, the "Auto-start with Windows" gets toggled back on. This has been a problem with Spotify for years and is still not fixed. Why isn't it fixed? I keep disabl...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueUntil recently I could Select All of my Liked Songs and when I dragged it would show how many I currently have in that list (8000+). Now, although I still have that amount it o...
Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Until recently I could Select All of my Liked Songs and when I dragged it would show how many I curr...
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PlanFree and PremiumCountryPolandDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAlbum "The Answer" isn't displaying on artist pageArtist page: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6GWciujSDoDzAAEcDp48spAlbum: https://open.spotify.com/album...
Plan Free and Premium Country Poland Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Album "The Answer" isn't displaying on artist page Artist page: https://...
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PlanPremiumCountryAE DeviceHuawei 10 plusOperating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or Issuein googl maps when i press over spotify popup icon gives me this error ( To play music , you need to connect to spotify when it's safe to do so ) could someone hel...
Plan Premium Country AE Device Huawei 10 plus Operating System Android 9 My Question or Issue in googl maps when i press over spotify popup icon gives me this error ( To play...
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PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceWindows 10 Laptop and Android PhoneOperating SystemWindows 10Hi, I'm unable to add tracks to my playlist since 13/09/2019. When i do it on my desktop, and try and drag a track in, i get the stop/prohibition sign and when i ...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Windows 10 Laptop and Android Phone Operating System Windows 10 Hi, I'm unable to add tracks to my playlist since 13/09/2019. When i do it on m...
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