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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...
Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide to help get things working again. What to try first Perform a soft reset (generally rebooting the device will suffice). If that doesn’t help, try a clean reinstall. Be sure to l...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently I've done a clean uninstall of Spotify because it was taking up a large amount of space on my drive and then reinstalled it. Since then, I've been getting lo...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Recently I've done a clean uninstall of Spotify because it was taking up a large amount of...
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PlanFreeCountryBrazilDevicePOSITIVO MASTER D10Operating SystemWindows 7 Professional My Question or IssueWhen I open the Spotify Desktop application, it works normally and I can browse through playlists and menus, but once I try to play a song, the s...
Plan Free Country Brazil Device POSITIVO MASTER D10 Operating System Windows 7 Professional My Question or Issue When I open the Spotify Desktop application, it works normally and I ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDell DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI was having problems with speakers disappearing from Spotify, so following the advice I read here, I decided to uninstall the Spotify app from my compute...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Dell Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I was having problems with speakers disappearing from Spotify, so following th...
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PlanPremiumCountryU.K.DeviceDell Latitude 5580Operating SystemWindows 10 Enterprise v1909 (OS Build 18363.592) My Question or IssueSpotify won't open on my laptop regardless of whether it is the app version via Microsoft Store or the downloadable Win...
Plan Premium Country U.K. Device Dell Latitude 5580 Operating System Windows 10 Enterprise v1909 (OS Build 18363.592) My Question or Issue Spotify won't open on my laptop regardless ...
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Since a few weeks Windows 10 app crashes upon launch; I uninstall it, restart the pc, reinstall it and it works for a few days. Then it starts crashing again, I repeat the procedure, it works and then it crashes again and so on. Is there a fix for it...
Since a few weeks Windows 10 app crashes upon launch; I uninstall it, restart the pc, reinstall it and it works for a few days. Then it starts crashing again, I repeat the procedure, it works and the...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi all. I've noticed recently that some (but not all) of my local files are missing from my playlists. They're not available in the list of local files either, despit...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi all. I've noticed recently that some (but not all) of my local files are missing from m...
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So I'm trying to share my oldies playlist to the community, but every time I try to share my playlist it says "Correct highlighted issues and try again." The only issue is the playlist URlI've tried:spotify:playlist:6gKFDsWOJEzCssnXt7rhpw"spotify:pla...
So I'm trying to share my oldies playlist to the community, but every time I try to share my playlist it says "Correct highlighted issues and try again." The only issue is the playlist URl ...
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Hello I want to post my playlist in the "Playlist Exchange" but I alway get the message:"You must include a Spotify Playlist URI/link to create a post in the Playlist Exchange" The links I tried:spotify:playlist:17Am1okFR5AKecaNtrNibf&https://open.sp...
Hello 🙂 I want to post my playlist in the "Playlist Exchange" but I alway get the message: "You must include a Spotify Playlist URI/link to create a post in the Playlist Exchange" The l...
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PlanPremiumCountryTaiwanOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe text "Liked Songs" has been displayed with a extra "11" for like more than 6 months, please fix this issue ASAP!!!
Plan Premium Country Taiwan Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The text "Liked Songs" has been displayed with a extra "11" for like more than 6 months, please fix this is...
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Spotify skips songs and doesn't play em . I tried clean reinstalling , it doesn't work , i tried restating the windows audio endpoint service , even tried rebooting the system and updating the windows and drivers (also reinstalled the audio drivers)....
Spotify skips songs and doesn't play em . I tried clean reinstalling , it doesn't work , i tried restating the windows audio endpoint service , even tried rebooting the system and updati...
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friend's activity doesn't show up even after i've zoom out till the maxPlanPremiumCountry: Malaysia DeviceAcer Aspire OneOperating SystemWindows 7 ultimate My Question or IssueHow can I solve this issue? My friend's activity won't show up even after ...
friend's activity doesn't show up even after i've zoom out till the max Plan Premium Country: Malaysia Device Acer Aspire One Operating System Windows 7 ultimate My Question o...
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The desktop app doesn't support the media mouseover buttons like windows media player has. The windows API for adding taskbar mouseover controls is trivially simple. I would really apprecate the ability to mouse over the taskbar icon and see the albu...
The desktop app doesn't support the media mouseover buttons like windows media player has. The windows API for adding taskbar mouseover controls is trivially simple. I would really apprecate the...
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I am trying to listen on another device on my network, (Both Windows PC's Original PC Win7, other device Win10)I Select the Win10 device to listen on and all good......... EXCEPT the music plays on the original Win7 PC as well.Also if i close Spotify...
I am trying to listen on another device on my network, (Both Windows PC's Original PC Win7, other device Win10) I Select the Win10 device to listen on and all good......... EXCEPT the music plays on...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOur SysAdmin at work blocked the windows store. Since then Spotify shows Error 4 (no Internet Connection), wich of course is present and working.Any suggestions?Tank...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Our SysAdmin at work blocked the windows store. Since then Spotify shows Error 4 (no Inte...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceAMD Ryzen 7 2700, 16GB Ram, Installed to an SSDOperating SystemWindows 10 Version 1909 OS Build 18363.535 My Question or IssueWhen using the desktop app from the windows store or downloaded from the website the app will ...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device AMD Ryzen 7 2700, 16GB Ram, Installed to an SSD Operating System Windows 10 Version 1909 OS Build 18363.535 My Question or Issue When using the des...
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Desktop; sort ascending/descending does not work when I try to sort a list of songs, this is not about a playlist or lbrary sort. Hello again I uploaded a screenshot showing the arrow next to the song title as requested, which as you can see is not s...
Desktop; sort ascending/descending does not work when I try to sort a list of songs, this is not about a playlist or lbrary sort. Hello again I uploaded a screenshot showing the arrow next t...
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Plan Premium FamilyFree/PremiumCountry Denmark Device Desktop OC(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System Windows 7(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhenever I start Spotify it creates a folder call...
Plan Premium Family Free/Premium Country Denmark Device Desktop OC (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Windows 7 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,...
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About 2 months ago the Sporify Connect worked so well, it was amazing, and then it got back to the it's previous form.For example: I have an Iphone 8 Plus, let's say I opened the Sporify in the afternoon, I used it, listened to some music, and then I...
About 2 months ago the Sporify Connect worked so well, it was amazing, and then it got back to the it's previous form. For example: I have an Iphone 8 Plus, let's say I opened the Sporify in the aft...
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Dears,I work for Dell Technologies, we all use Cisco Anyconnect for VPN connection to the corporate network, and when the VPN is established, Spotify app loses the connection on the laptop (error 4), so my subscription is pretty much useless. I think...
Dears, I work for Dell Technologies, we all use Cisco Anyconnect for VPN connection to the corporate network, and when the VPN is established, Spotify app loses the connection on the laptop (error 4...
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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 IssueHello, another question about the Private sessions and Friend Activity. Sorry, if it was aske...
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