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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...
Plan PremiumCountryUKDeviceSurface book 2Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOn both the windows store app and installing seperately my recently played is not changing and hasnt changed for a while, I have reinstalled both versions without...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Surface book 2 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue On both the windows store app and installing seperately my recently played is not...
Casual Listener
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Does anyone else experience releases in the realease radar playlist that are very unrelevant? I keep seeing releases from artists that I don't even like or listen and music that doesn't match with the music that I actually listen. I am disliking arti...
Does anyone else experience releases in the realease radar playlist that are very unrelevant? I keep seeing releases from artists that I don't even like or listen and music that doesn't match with th...
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I've never had a problem with this before but now I can't change my icon. I'm not really liking my icon and I'd like to change it however when I hover over my icon nothing comes up, I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling but nothing has worked yet ...
I've never had a problem with this before but now I can't change my icon. I'm not really liking my icon and I'd like to change it however when I hover over my icon nothing comes up, I've tried uninst...
Composer
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceWindows 10 LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueBandCamp downloads will not sync to phone
Plan Premium Country US Device Windows 10 Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue BandCamp downloads will not sync to phone
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryNew ZealandDevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueUnder the main Browse page there is a tab for New Releases.Up until a few weeks ago the new release albums etc were updated.This has now stopped updating.Tri...
Plan Free/Premium Country New Zealand Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue Under the main Browse page there is a tab for New Releases. Up until a few weeks...
Music Fan
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Hey, my Spotify does not allow me to play some songs. If it was the problem with only one song it would be alright but it's the whole album except for like 2 or 3 songs. Others work properly.
Hey, my Spotify does not allow me to play some songs. If it was the problem with only one song it would be alright but it's the whole album except for like 2 or 3 songs. Others work properly.
Community Legend
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PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've been using the windows 10 touchpad gestures (for play/pause and skip and go back). Somewhat recently I noticed that these gestures stopped working for the spotify wi...
Plan Free Country USA Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've been using the windows 10 touchpad gestures (for play/pause and skip and go back)...
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Today when I got home I noticed 2 songs were grayed out from local files. Both of them being from albums, not singles. All the other songs in the album weren't grayed out. They are also both from diffrent albums. So they appeared grayed out but when ...
Today when I got home I noticed 2 songs were grayed out from local files. Both of them being from albums, not singles. All the other songs in the album weren't grayed out. They are also both from dif...
Composer
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueEvery song skips like a scratched cd or vinyl. Brand new pc and install of spotify player. How can I fix this?
Plan Premium Country USA Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue Every song skips like a scratched cd or vinyl. Brand new pc and install of spotify playe...
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Premium familyUSAHP PCWin 101.1.16.522.g55a4b852 (Microsoft Store version) In the past three days the sound quality has gotten odd. Most of the mix is okay except the lead. Lead being either the vocals or an instrumental lead. It sounds like a very b...
Premium family USA HP PC Win 10 1.1.16.522.g55a4b852 (Microsoft Store version) In the past three days the sound quality has gotten odd. Most of the mix is okay except the lead. Lead bein...
Gig Goer
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyOperating SystemWindows 10Spotify Version1.1.16.522.g55a4b852My Question or IssueHi,a month ago (2019-09-03) spotify implemented a new feature mentioned in these ideas here & here.Selecting an artist you are following takes y...
Plan Premium Country Germany Operating System Windows 10 Spotify Version 1.1.16.522.g55a4b852 My Question or Issue Hi, a month ago (2019-09-03) spotify implemented a new feature mentioned i...
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PlanPremiumCountryRomaniaDevicePC DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI was listening to music in the default Liked Songs playlist and my songs were sorted in ascending order by title. So the natural flow would be that if I listen t...
Plan Premium Country Romania Device PC Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I was listening to music in the default Liked Songs playlist and my songs were sorted ...
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Plan- PremiumCountry- United States DeviceDell XPS 15 9560Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am attempting to copy all of the songs from my "Liked Songs" into a public playlist so that I can share my songs with friends and family. Howev...
Plan - Premium Country - United States Device Dell XPS 15 9560 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am attempting to copy all of the songs from my "Liked Songs"...
Moderator
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I am using the Spotify desktop app and I am unable to upload a picture for my profile. Spotify says there is a "change" button that appears on my avatar when I click on my account on the top right, however that button does not appear on mine. It just...
I am using the Spotify desktop app and I am unable to upload a picture for my profile. Spotify says there is a "change" button that appears on my avatar when I click on my account on the top right, h...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceCustom Built Desktop (Intel I7 processor)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI downloaded some songs I bought from an artist on Bandcamp because they (the songs) were not on Spotify. I downloaded them as mp3's an...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Custom Built Desktop (Intel I7 processor) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I downloaded some songs I bought from an artist on Bandcamp...
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PlanPremiumCountryUK My Question or IssueI am trying to post a playlist onto the playlist exchange and I had succesfully inserted the spotify URI into the place where I need to, yet spotify doesn't acknowledge it. Any help?I have attached a screensho...
Plan Premium Country UK My Question or Issue I am trying to post a playlist onto the playlist exchange and I had succesfully inserted the spotify URI into the place where I need to, yet ...
Spotify Star
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There is no option given to change my profle picture when I bring my mouse over to my prolfe picture and right clicking also doesnt do anything either, I've uninstalled and reinstalled Spotfity multipule times yet there is serouly no "change" button ...
There is no option given to change my profle picture when I bring my mouse over to my prolfe picture and right clicking also doesnt do anything either, I've uninstalled and reinstalled Spotfity multi...
Community Legend
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Hi, In my liked songs playlist I have a song which has become unavailable, so whenever I start to play my liked songs playlist, it will come up with an error that "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can impor...
Hi, In my liked songs playlist I have a song which has become unavailable, so whenever I start to play my liked songs playlist, it will come up with an error that "Spotify can't play this ri...
Community Legend
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited StatesPlatformPCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy pc routinely wakes itself from sleep when I put it to sleep with Spotify opened, and I used the last wake command to check and found a Spotify wake timer ...
Plan Free/Premium Country United States Platform PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My pc routinely wakes itself from sleep when I put it to sleep with Spotify opene...
Casual Listener
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Was this feature removed?I love TOOL's new album, but the interludes are pretty lackluster, in my opinion. If this was, say, a year ago, I would be able to just unsave them, why remove a perfectly functional asset?
Was this feature removed? I love TOOL's new album, but the interludes are pretty lackluster, in my opinion. If this was, say, a year ago, I would be able to just unsave them, why remove a perfectly ...
Spotify Legend
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