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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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ERROR 4 - SOLUCIONADO - SOLVED

English explanation in the video link belowDejo acá la solución que para mi fue definitiva después de meses de buscar y probar diferentes soluciones en todos lados.Quien la pruebe y le resulte por favor si esta en sus posibilidades pasarla al ingles ...

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English explanation in the video link below Dejo acá la solución que para mi fue definitiva después de meses de buscar y probar diferentes soluciones en todos lados. Quien la pruebe y le resulte po...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Música não toca no aplicativo desktop

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue Olá!O aplicativo do spotify não está funcionando corretamente. Ele visualmente carrega tudo mas quando seleciono uma música para reproduzir não toca e não aparece apa...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Desktop Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue   Olá! O aplicativo do spotify não está funcionando corretamente. Ele visualmente ca...

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Superuser Contribution Podcasts not marked finished; podcast length incorrect

PlanPremiumCountry USOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've been listening to a bunch of podcasts lately and frequently some episodes will not mark as listened even if I get to the very end. Sometimes I can replay it and skip to the end ...

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  Plan Premium Country  US Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I've been listening to a bunch of podcasts lately and frequently some episodes will not mark as l...

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Every time I try to embed song, I gets HTML error

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSince past few days I am constantly trying to embed the song on my website, but every time I get the unusual error saying HTML is changed, now what does that mean? Is this the problem with my website? I ...

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    Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Since past few days I am constantly trying to embed the song on my website, but every time I get the unusual error saying H...

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Superuser Contribution I Cant open the Spotify App Double Click and no response

PlanPremiumCountryHong KongDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI Cant open the Spotify App Double Click and no response

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Plan Premium Country Hong Kong Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I Cant open the Spotify App Double Click and no response

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Adding a source?

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have quite a bit of music that I've ripped from CDs and vinyl over the years. I did most of that a long time ago, when the software, including all of Microsoft's, organized it by "Drive:\Whatever\Artis...

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Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have quite a bit of music that I've ripped from CDs and vinyl over the years.  I did most of that a long time ago, when the software...

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Very poor audio w/ desktop application.

Why is the audio quality so bad with the dekstop application? Everything else on my desktop sounds fine, but Spotify sounds horrible. I have High Quality Streaming checked and I've cleared the cache folder and restarted, no help.

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Why is the audio quality so bad with the dekstop application?    Everything else on my desktop sounds fine, but Spotify sounds horrible.   I have High Quality Streaming ...

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Cant remove recently played from the HOME page.

this one random album that ive never listened to is stuck on my page and its driving me up the wall as i cant find a single way to remove it. is there anything i can do because i like everything to be organised and have its own place, this really bug...

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this one random album that ive never listened to is stuck on my page and its driving me up the wall as i cant find a single way to remove it. is there anything i can do because i like everything to b...

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sort ascending

I am using win desktop. I am trying to sort in the songs list {not a playlist} for some time now when I click on the up or down arrow next to title, artist or ion of a clock it fails to work. Why has this sort ascending/descending been blocked? What ...

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I am using win desktop. I am trying to sort in the songs list {not a playlist} for some time now when I click on the up or down arrow next to title, artist  or ion of a clock it fails to work. W...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution What has happened to the ability to copy the playlist url in Spotify Premium?

What has happened to the ability to copy the playlist url in Spotify Premium? It was such a good function. Why has it been removed?

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What has happened to the ability to copy the playlist url in Spotify Premium? It was such a good function. Why has it been removed?

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Superuser Contribution Spotify open and kind of stop work but does'nt close

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My spotify simple open, load everything but never plays, it's like he simple turn off, he don't show up in devices and nothing, i can click anything i want, nothing happens and my friends time...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device PC Operating System Windows 7   My spotify simple open, load everything but never plays, it's like he simple turn off, he don't show up in devices and...

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Customization? Like SKINS? How can Spotify not have this??

Plan - PremiumUsing Windows 10 on Lenovo LaptopBeen a Subscriber forever! My question is:Why can't we CUSTOMIZE Spotify like with different SKINS or PLAYERS? Especially those who have been paying premium for years? There has to be people readily avai...

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Plan - Premium Using Windows 10 on Lenovo Laptop Been a Subscriber forever!   My question is: Why can't we CUSTOMIZE Spotify like with different SKINS or PLAYERS?  Especially those wh...

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Scrobble to last.fm via Proxy VPN not working on windows10 pc client

Scrobbling to last.fm via Proxy/VPN is not working on my windows10 machine.If I switch off the proxy and establish a direct network connection (not via VPN) it does work, it even scrobbles the cached songs.Back to VPN/Proxy no scrobbles. As playback ...

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Scrobbling to last.fm via Proxy/VPN is not working on my windows10 machine. If I switch off the proxy and establish a direct network connection (not via VPN) it does work, it even scrobbles the cach...

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Clicking album art goes to a random song on playlist

On Desktop client, when you clicked album art in the bottom left corner, it used to jump to that song entry in the current playlist. Now it just jumps to a random song in the Playlist and not the one playing. Can you guys fix this? Some of my playlis...

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On Desktop client, when you clicked album art in the bottom left corner, it used to jump to that song entry in the current playlist. Now it just jumps to a random song in the Playlist and not the one...

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My phone dont show up on my Spotify at my computer

PlanPremium DeviceiPhone 8 Operating System(Windows 10, iOS13.3.1) My Question or IssueMy phone does not come up on my computer and not opposite. I am conected at the same network as well and it shows up in the web version? Anyone knows the reason wh...

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Plan Premium   Device iPhone 8   Operating System (Windows 10, iOS13.3.1)   My Question or Issue My phone does not come up on my computer and not opposite. I am conected at t...

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It might just be me, slightly slower audio.

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 64 bit My Question or IssueI rebooted my PC and upon opening Spotify, I swear for the life of me the music just seems like it was ever so slightly slower, I wouldn't notice it normally if...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 64 bit   My Question or Issue I rebooted my PC and upon opening Spotify, I swear for the life of me the music just...

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Superuser Contribution Desktop app doesn't updated recently played artists

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDell Latitude 7490Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen playing music on the Windows 10 app, my recently played artists/songs doesn't update. When I play music through the online player (open.spotify...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Dell Latitude 7490 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When playing music on the Windows 10 app, my recently played artists/son...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Unable to uninstall/install

Spotify tried updating itself on startup and gave the error code 18, so I uninstalled it to reinstall again.After uninstalling I used the install again but it gave me the same error, now my computer says Spotify is still an app on my computer despite...

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Spotify tried updating itself on startup and gave the error code 18, so I uninstalled it to reinstall again. After uninstalling I used the install again but it gave me the same error, now my compute...

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Cannot change profile picture

Plan - PremiumCountry - NetherlandsDevice - Windows 10 pc If I change my picture in the desktop app it shows it changed on the page but does not update at the top, see attachments as example. If I go in incognito mode in chrome and open my spotify I ...

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Plan - Premium Country - Netherlands Device - Windows 10 pc   If I change my picture in the desktop app it shows it changed on the page but does not update at the top, see attachme...

OneByBoo

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