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Solved!! Disable the Mini-Player on the Web-Version

Hi GuysI switched on my Windows 10 from the Desktop-Version to the Browser-Version. It works, but now I get/see every time a Mini-Player in the left upper corner for about 5 seconds when I press Pause/Play or e.g. if I change the volume. How can I de...

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Solved!! Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"I have tried all t...

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Solved!! Disable Video on desktop app

There no X or way to close or stop a video on Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c

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Windows Troubleshooting Guide

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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Adding songs to my playlist

Hey! How do I add songs to my playlist, without having to leave my playlist page to go to each artist or band page? On android version of Spotify, I just go to my playlist and it say's add songs, or is this not available on desktop version?

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Hey!   How do I add songs to my playlist, without having to leave my playlist page to go to each artist or band page? On android version of Spotify, I just go to my playlist and it say's...

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Superuser Contribution Pantalla de inicio

¿Qué ha sucedido con la pantalla de inicio? Ahora solo se puede ir a las opciones "explorar" y "radio", la opción de "inicio" donde aparecían las reproducciones recientes y las sugerencias de spotify ya no está disponible.

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   ¿Qué ha sucedido con la pantalla de inicio? Ahora solo se puede ir a las opciones "explorar" y "radio", la opción de "inicio" donde aparecían las reproducciones recientes y las sugerenc...

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Solved!! Unable to remove "greyed out" song from Liked Songs

PlanFreeCountryUSDeviceSurface ProOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueThere are number of songs that are greyed out in my "Like Songs" list. I'm unable to un-like or remove the songs from the list. They also don't play. The Web Player, IOS,...

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Plan Free Country US Device Surface Pro Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue There are number of songs that are greyed out in my "Like Songs" list.  I'm unable to un-like or...

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Auto-downloading on Windows - slowing down computer

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUSADeviceLenovo laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I open the Spotify app on my PC, I get a message on the left-hand pane that says "Downloading song X of X". My computer runs extremely slow while it's ...

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Plan Premium Family Country USA Device Lenovo laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I open the Spotify app on my PC, I get a message on the left-hand pane that...

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No sound with Jabra Link 360

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceLenovo ThinkpadOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI use Jabra wireless headset with Jabra Link USB. I hear audio from internet, iTunes, phone calls, etc. Not Spotify. Do I have a setting issue?

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  Plan Premium Country US Device Lenovo Thinkpad Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I use Jabra wireless headset with Jabra Link USB. I hear audio from internet, ...

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Default Offline Storage Directory

Seen a lot of this question, but no actual answer.Get this; I downloaded some music, then changed default directory without memorizing the default address, so I cannot find the old downloads to remove them.All I need to know is the DEFAULT address fo...

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Seen a lot of this question, but no actual answer. Get this; I downloaded some music, then changed default directory without memorizing the default address, so I cannot find the old downloads to rem...

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HELP! I can't download Spotify from the Spotify Installer,

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueYesterday my Spotify worked fine but now suddenly this morning, I couldn't open it so I tried removing but it's still there so I tried to reinstall from the installer but ...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Yesterday my Spotify worked fine but now suddenly this morning, I couldn't open it so I tried r...

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Superuser Contribution Songs pause constantly

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(All Devices)Operating System(All OS's have been tested) My Question or IssueSongs pause after 10 seconds on Windows, less on Android and iOS. I've tried everything available on this community and Google. It looks like a ye...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device (All Devices) Operating System (All OS's have been tested)   My Question or Issue Songs pause after 10 seconds on Windows, less on Android and iOS.&nbsp...

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Superuser Contribution Error 117 then 17

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo I have been getting the error 117 and I was searching online and nothing worked so I tried to reinstall and then I keep getting error 17 during the instillation process,...

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Plan Free Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue So I have been getting the error 117 and I was searching online and nothing worked so I tried to...

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Superuser Contribution Firewall may be blocking spotify

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePcOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueWhenever I try to log in it says error 30 fire wall may be blocking spotify blah blah Im sure you guys know what it is cause its been posted a million times before. But for me i...

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device Pc Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Whenever I try to log in it says error 30 fire wall may be blocking spotify blah blah Im sure...

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Preview Songs on Spotify Desktop for Windows?

I'm using Spotify Desktop for Windows (the Win32 program, not the Windows Store App) and I've been wondering if it's possible to preview a song like you can in the Android App. There you can play a about 10 second long preview of a song. Can you do t...

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I'm using Spotify Desktop for Windows (the Win32 program, not the Windows Store App) and I've been wondering if it's possible to preview a song like you can in the Android App. There you can play a a...

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Spotify doesnt allow me to log in

I have a Spotify premium for students, Usually when i log in on my laptop (Windows) it lets me access it. Now, whenever i were to press log in, the app crashes and doesnt let me sign in at all. When i used a different account to sign in, it was able ...

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I have a Spotify premium for students, Usually when i log in on my laptop (Windows) it lets me access it. Now, whenever i were to press log in, the app crashes and doesnt let me sign in at all. When ...

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Superuser Contribution When changing device to windows, spotify client starts shuffling song

PlanPremium Operating System(Windows) My Question or IssueIt started a few days ago. I am listening to music on an android device listening to my "Liked Songs", it is not shuffled.Than change it to windows with spotify client, after I changed to spot...

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Plan Premium   Operating System (Windows)   My Question or Issue It started a few days ago. I am listening to music on an android device listening to my "Liked Songs", it is not shuf...

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Superuser Contribution I Can't Play Downloaded Songs

PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaDeviceAcer Swift 3 SF314-54G LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI downloaded my playlist and it was just fine. But then I added some new songs to the playlist, Spotify automatically download those songs, b...

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Plan Premium Country Indonesia Device Acer Swift 3 SF314-54G Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I downloaded my playlist and it was just fine. But then I added s...

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Spotify preventing Windows from sleep (Legacy Kernel

My Windows machine recently stopped going into sleep mode properly. I've encountered this from time time for various reasons. This time I've been able to narrow it down to Spotify. To see what is preventing sleep mode, I run the command "powercfg -re...

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My Windows machine recently stopped going into sleep mode properly. I've encountered this from time time for various reasons. This time I've been able to narrow it down to Spotify.    To ...

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Solved!! Error 17

PlanPremiumCountryIsraelDeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 home My Question or IssueWhen I am trying to open Spotify, It just shows me error 17.How can I fix it?Tried to reinstall, reboot PC, download old versions.

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Plan Premium Country Israel Device Computer Operating System Windows 10 home   My Question or Issue When I am trying to open Spotify, It just shows me error 17. How can I fix it? Tri...

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Mini Song icon

PlanFreeDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI had accidentally clicked the down arrow on one of the songs' icons, now the playlist/songs image doesn't pop up, any way to solve this issue?This was beforeAnd this is after

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Plan Free Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I had accidentally clicked the down arrow on one of the songs' icons, now the playlist/songs image doesn't pop up, ...

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Superuser Contribution Podcasts not play.

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssuePodcasts not play. Played before. I tried reinstalling the app. A message said can't reinstall unless uninstall first. Uninstalled using Spotify uninstall follo...

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Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue Podcasts not play. Played before. I tried reinstalling the app. A message said can't...

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Superuser Contribution Please add option to sort all playlists by date added to save changing every playlist I use

Please add option to sort all playlists by date added by default to save changing every playlist I use on PC and mobile app.

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  Please add option to sort all playlists by date added by default to save changing every playlist I use on PC and mobile app.

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