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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!! Desktop: Jam now available

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...

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Desktop: New "Now Playing View" sidebar

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...

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New Your Library sidebar

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...

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Daily mix disappeared

FreeUSA Dell XPS 15Windows 10 My daily mix disappeared on my desktop app and I also can't find it on my web player. I had I think 6 daily mixes before so it is not an issue of not having it, it just disappeared for some reason. I was listening to it ...

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  Free USA   Dell XPS 15 Windows 10   My daily mix disappeared on my desktop app and I also can't find it on my web player. I had I think 6 daily mixes before so it is not an is...

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Poor Sound Quality on Windows PC

Plan Premium Country New Zealand Device (HP Laptop) Operating System (Windows 10) IssueWhen listening to music on my laptop, the sound quality is terrible on the Spotify app when listeing through headphones. It sounds perfectly fine with the same hea...

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Plan Premium Country New Zealand Device (HP Laptop) Operating System (Windows 10)   Issue When listening to music on my laptop, the sound quality is terribl...

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Spotify keeps crashing my computer.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have tried to uninstall and reinstall Spotify through both the direct EXE and the Windows store about 15 times, every time I have used programs like Revo ...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have tried to uninstall and reinstall Spotify through both the direct EXE and ...

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Volume slider is visually broken on Windows 10 for me

PlanPremium DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue:When I start Spotify on Windows the volume slider always appears visually to be at full volume. In reality the volume is somewhere else when I start playing music. After the ...

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Plan Premium   Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue: When I start Spotify on Windows the volume slider always appears visually to be at full volume....

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Master volume varies wildly when starting/ending calls with Jabber

Plan: FreeCountry: USAOperating System: Windows 10 Hi, all! I am having a constant issue with the master volume on my computer changing when starting and ending calls while Spotify is running. When answering a call, the master volume drops to 0, not ...

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Plan: Free Country: USA Operating System: Windows 10   Hi, all! I am having a constant issue with the master volume on my computer changing when starting and ending calls while Spotify is ru...

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I Want Music in English and Spanish in my Daily Mixes

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI listen to music in both English and Spanish but all my Daily Mixes are English only. How ca...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I liste...

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Superuser Contribution Hey Spotify developers : Great July update ! Keep up the good work !

I've been loving the July Windows update so far, keep up the good work, you have all my support ! Sincerely A spotify user.

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I've been loving the July Windows update so far, keep up the good work, you have all my support !   Sincerely   A spotify user.

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Non trova nessun brano

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueNon mi trova più nessun bravo, ho provato a cancellare le righe con spotify sul file hots ma non ha funzionato! Ho già provato a reinstallare più volta

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Plan Premium Country Italy Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Non mi trova più nessun bravo, ho provato a cancellare le righe con spotify sul file hots ma non...

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Downloads

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI am using a windows 7 laptop to access my music when I am not on my phone. When I download m...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I am us...

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Image is not small enough for spotify playlist.

Every time I try to insert a photo onto my playlist, it says it is too small 300x300? And when I find a smaller one it still doesnt even work. I've tried a clean reinstall, and clear the appdata and restarting my laptop. It still doesn't work. someon...

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Every time I try to insert a photo onto my playlist, it says it is too small 300x300? And when I find a smaller one it still doesnt even work. I've tried a clean reinstall, and clear the appdata and ...

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Random album art disappearance (for music in local files)

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOn a random album I have in my local files, the album art spontaneously decided to not show up. It shows either a blank box or the album art of whatever I was listening to previously. Thing is...

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Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue On a random album I have in my local files, the album art spontaneously decided to not show up. It shows either a blank box ...

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Solved!! I can't create topic in playlist exchange forum

Hello.This is problem just with Spotify community. I couldn't post My playlist. I don't know, if I was reported, but My playlist URI was correct. I have also use some tags, but there are not any good tags for My playlistts for selection, so I have se...

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Hello. This is problem just with Spotify community. I couldn't post My playlist. I don't know, if I was reported, but My playlist URI was correct. I have also use some tags, but there are not any go...

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No songs in Liked songs tab

PlanPremiumCountrySlovakia DeviceLenovo Legion Y520Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs the name says, I don't have any songs in my Liked songs tab, when I double click it some of them play but otherwise I can't see them. Everything is o...

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  Plan Premium Country Slovakia   Device Lenovo Legion Y520 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue As the name says, I don't have any songs in my Liked songs ta...

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Error when i upload my spotfy url on the playlist exchange? Need help

PlanPremiumCountryHolland Deviceiphone XOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I was trying to upload my playlist onto the playlist exchange but when I copy the playlist URI the error I get is like:'provide a val...

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Plan Premium Country Holland   Device iphone X Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue   I was trying to upload my playlist ont...

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Advertisement Timer

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceHP Pavillion B&OOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI'm unsure if it's just me but. When listening to music and an advertisement plays, usually the time to wait until you can skip the ad is 5 seconds.My...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Australia Device HP Pavillion B&O Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I'm unsure if it's just me but. When listening to music and an advertisement ...

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Cannot use Spotify for Artists

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceWindows 10 LaptopOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue( 2019-08-09 ) I have been getting this error (Something went wrong) for three days now and it is not clearing, does sa...

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  Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Windows 10 Laptop Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue ( 2019-08-09 ) I have been...

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Spotify Windows 10 App

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I've tried to uninstall the Windows 10 Store Version from my computer and install the installer from the Spotify website but after restarting my computer Spotify just "upgardes" me back to the store ver...

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Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   I've tried to uninstall the Windows 10 Store Version from my computer and install the installer from the Spotify website but after ...

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Songs are cut short

When I play songs in either my Windows desktop app or Android app the song will be cut short. For example a song that is 3:38 long as per the play que will be 2:54 when played. I have tried turning crossfade on and off and setting the time to 0s and ...

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When I play songs in either my Windows desktop app or Android app the song will be cut short. For example a song that is 3:38 long as per the play que will be 2:54 when played. I have tried turning c...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify skipping through 5+ songs before stopping skipping

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceWindows 10 working with Google HomeOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi,I read up online that this is a pretty common issue and it is pathetic that Spotify has done nothing to fix this issue. Every so...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Windows 10 working with Google Home Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi, I read up online that this is a pretty common issu...

Alex

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