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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...
PlanFree/PremiumCountryIsraelDevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 10)My Question or Issue"Made for you" category on PC (windows 10) showing only 2 mixes while on mobile it shows 5 mixes. Adding a screenshot for clarification
Plan Free/Premium Country Israel Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue "Made for you" category on PC (windows 10) showing only 2 mixes while on mobile it shows 5 mix...
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I have a playlist with over 7000 tracks. When I listened to a track and clicked on it in the lower left corner of the windows client the main window switched to the playlist and highlighted the played track before. If I now click on the playing track...
I have a playlist with over 7000 tracks. When I listened to a track and clicked on it in the lower left corner of the windows client the main window switched to the playlist and highlighted the playe...
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PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue We have a New server computer at work with 2 windows users and 1 spotify account. We have spotify open on both windows users, logged into the same spotify account. When we swit...
Plan Premium Country Australia Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue We have a New server computer at work with 2 windows users and 1 spotify account. We ha...
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Plan - PremiumUSALaptopWindows 7===========================================================Hey Spotify – you’ve done it again. Why do you keep changing program functionality, particularly of older versions? We went through this a year or so ago. I un...
Plan - Premium USA Laptop Windows 7 =========================================================== Hey Spotify – you’ve done it again. Why do you keep changing program functionality, particul...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePC Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSomething started happening recently. I have spotify for Windows on my work computer and also on my home computer. If I forget to close the Spotify app on one or the other i...
Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Something started happening recently. I have spotify for Windows on my work computer a...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueThe desktop app has slowly become totally and completely unusable. In the beginning, it was just songs that would skip past, then half of the made for you playlists would sh...
Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The desktop app has slowly become totally and completely unusable. In the beginning, it wa...
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PlanFreeCountryBulgariaDevice(Laptop HP)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueIn playlist, section Recomendet songs, after adding a song with mouse right click -> add to playlist -> to playlist X and after adding the song to the playlist X...
Plan Free Country Bulgaria Device (Laptop HP) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue In playlist, section Recomendet songs, after adding a song with mouse right click -&g...
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Windows 10, latest update At some point in the past, I was able to set a Local Folder and put files into it. Spotify would then recognize many (not all) of these files and play the local file as a result.For example, if I had a local file named "Led ...
Windows 10, latest update At some point in the past, I was able to set a Local Folder and put files into it. Spotify would then recognize many (not all) of these files and play the local fil...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktop PC, Pixel 3 Android phoneOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have reinstalled my Windows 10 OS as well as Spotify on my desktop PC. I've added my local files to the settings page and now see my local mus...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Desktop PC, Pixel 3 Android phone Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have reinstalled my Windows 10 OS as well as Spotify on my desktop...
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My friend activity list is coming up completely blank. It was working before I have the option to “find friends” but I already have friends, they’re just not coming up. I have already uninstalled and reinstalled the app, and restarted the computer. P...
My friend activity list is coming up completely blank. It was working before I have the option to “find friends” but I already have friends, they’re just not coming up. I have already uninstall...
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PlanPremiumCountryPolandDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Dell Inspiron 5570Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)Windows 10My Question or IssueHello, I have problem with my Spotify App on desktop. When I want ...
Plan Premium Country Poland Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Dell Inspiron 5570 Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Windows 10 My Questio...
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PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue A week ago I noticed that I couldn't open Spotify. I would click to launch the program and it would appear for a moment in task manager before disappearing again. To try and fi...
Plan Premium Country Australia Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue A week ago I noticed that I couldn't open Spotify. I would click to launch the program and it would appe...
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Recently, I have been experiencing problems opening Spotify program, with nothing happening when opening the app. The problem started simultaneously on 3 different computers and different OSs (Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04). After a few reinstalls, I m...
Recently, I have been experiencing problems opening Spotify program, with nothing happening when opening the app. The problem started simultaneously on 3 different computers and different OSs (Window...
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Windows 7 64-bit OS, but I have the same problem on my MacBook. I have the Friends Feed enabled, but the sidebar only appears when I have the Spotify player maximized on my monitor. I have a two-monitor setup, but I don't want to lose an entire monit...
Windows 7 64-bit OS, but I have the same problem on my MacBook. I have the Friends Feed enabled, but the sidebar only appears when I have the Spotify player maximized on my monitor. I have a...
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PlanPremiumCountryBolivia DevicePC desktopOperating SystemWindows 10 version 1903 My Question or IssueI have this problem with the Spotify app (installed from Microsoft Store): I can't play any playlist video in the app, I tried to reinstall the app,...
Plan Premium Country Bolivia Device PC desktop Operating System Windows 10 version 1903 My Question or Issue I have this problem with the Spotify app (installed from Micros...
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tras actualizar a la ultima version de Win 10, al intentar reproducir canciones me lanza el siguiente mensaje "Spotify no puede reproducir esto en este momento porque tiene contenido explicito"He probado otras soluciones que he visto por el foro, com...
tras actualizar a la ultima version de Win 10, al intentar reproducir canciones me lanza el siguiente mensaje "Spotify no puede reproducir esto en este momento porque tiene contenido explicito" He p...
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceany My Question or IssueI have been trying a couple of streaming services after I decided my 76000+ songs in my plex library still wasn't enough to serve the family. The rest of my family is very attracted to spotif...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device any My Question or Issue I have been trying a couple of streaming services after I decided my 76000+ songs in my plex library still wasn't enoug...
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Hey all,is there a function to unfix the Start/Browse/Radio part in the Desktop app? So that it scrolls with the playlists and doesn't stay fixed as top 3 in the left bar? PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 - Spotify App
Hey all, is there a function to unfix the Start/Browse/Radio part in the Desktop app? So that it scrolls with the playlists and doesn't stay fixed as top 3 in the left bar? Plan Premium &...
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so if this is your following problems this will probably fix the problem. 1. one day all the songs outside my playlist do not play ( no cover at and stuck on 0:00)2. can not add to playlist, songs in playlist disappearing.3. reinstall not working but...
so if this is your following problems this will probably fix the problem. 1. one day all the songs outside my playlist do not play ( no cover at and stuck on 0:00) 2. can not add to playlist,...
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