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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...
Operating SystemWindows 10, Desktop client My Question or IssueMy artists list has been blank for 6 months. I have loads of albums and thousands of songs saved... it used to list all the artists I have saved, but then one day it was empty, never to r...
Operating System Windows 10, Desktop client My Question or Issue My artists list has been blank for 6 months. I have loads of albums and thousands of songs saved... it used to list all the...
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PlanPremiumDeviceDesktop PC, ChromebookOperating SystemWindows 10, Chrome OS, Ubuntu My Question or IssueEvery song that plays stops at 9 seconds, for a few seconds, then resumes playing. This is very annoying, and I cant find a fix. I have looked at...
Plan Premium Device Desktop PC, Chromebook Operating System Windows 10, Chrome OS, Ubuntu My Question or Issue Every song that plays stops at 9 seconds, for a few seconds, then resumes...
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PlanPremiumDevice(Huawei P Smart and HP Pavillion Laptop)Operating System(Android 9, Windows 10) My Question or IssueHi,I have been using Spotify consistently on both my phone and desktop for a while now with no issue, but today I tried to play a son...
Plan Premium Device (Huawei P Smart and HP Pavillion Laptop) Operating System (Android 9, Windows 10) My Question or Issue Hi, I have been using Spotify consistently on both my phone ...
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PlanPremium CountryUSA DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueUntil this week I have been able to use all my media keys. However, the Play/Pause button has stopped working. Stop, Next & Previouse are fine however. I do not have C...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Until this week I have been able to use all my media keys. However, the Play/...
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PlanPremiumCountryPortugalDeviceAll devicesOperating SystemVarious My Question or IssueHi! My listening activity won't show up on my friends' "Friend Activity"! Doesn't work on any of my devices. What should I do??
Plan Premium Country Portugal Device All devices Operating System Various My Question or Issue Hi! My listening activity won't show up on my friends' "Friend Activity"! Doesn't work ...
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PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDevice Operating SystemWindows My Question or IssueI have added songs to play queue and exit Spotify application. Then when I start Spotify again and application update is installed. When Spotify starts after update procedure...
Plan Premium Country Finland Device Operating System Windows My Question or Issue I have added songs to play queue and exit Spotify application. Then when I start Spotify agai...
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PlanFreeCountry DeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuei got an adblocker for spotify but there is still the gray box there, does anyone know a way to get rid of this without using premium?
Plan Free Country Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue i got an adblocker for spotify but there is still the gray box there, does anyone know...
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Someone made the little mistake of not accounting for directory paths with spaces when making the registry value for running at startup. I put a space in my computer's account name (format of firstname[space]lastname), so since installing Spotify, in...
Someone made the little mistake of not accounting for directory paths with spaces when making the registry value for running at startup. I put a space in my computer's account name (format of firstna...
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Is there any way of going back to the previous sorting method of spotify where it did not include the starting 'the' of the artist name? I have noticed that my artist list is different as all the artists that have a name starting with 'the' are group...
Is there any way of going back to the previous sorting method of spotify where it did not include the starting 'the' of the artist name? I have noticed that my artist list is different as all the art...
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Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo the song was playing fine for months and today I changed the album picture in Windows Media Player by clicking 'Paste Album Image'. Now I can't hear the song on Spotify even though it's 'playing'. All...
Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue So the song was playing fine for months and today I changed the album picture in Windows Media Player by clicking 'Paste Album Image'. ...
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My Question or IssueI'm using a fresh Windows 10 (1903) install. The Spotify App won't start after signing in. Quick spinning icon then nothing.Each attempt creates two Event log messages.Message 1:Failure to instantiate storage folder C:\Users\\AppD...
My Question or Issue I'm using a fresh Windows 10 (1903) install. The Spotify App won't start after signing in. Quick spinning icon then nothing. Each attempt creates two Event log messages. Messa...
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My Question or IssueFresh Windows 10 (1903) install. The Spotify App won't start after signing in. Quick spinning icon then nothing.Each attempt creates two Event log messages.Message 1:Failure to instantiate storage folder C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Pa...
My Question or Issue Fresh Windows 10 (1903) install. The Spotify App won't start after signing in. Quick spinning icon then nothing. Each attempt creates two Event log messages. Message 1: Failu...
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1) Switch to rather big playlist (sometime fails on Discover Weekly by Spotify)2) Start shuffle playback (fails on sequence playback as well)3) Double-click on song title (line) brings you to original EP/LP album for that song4) Double-click on art-a...
1) Switch to rather big playlist (sometime fails on Discover Weekly by Spotify) 2) Start shuffle playback (fails on sequence playback as well) 3) Double-click on song title (line) brings you t...
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PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaDevicePC Lenovo c340Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I tried to install spotify from the windows store. While installing, i have to "system restore" my windows (i use windows 10) because of something.I didn't...
Plan Premium Country Indonesia Device PC Lenovo c340 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I tried to install spotify from the windows store. While installing, i h...
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Volume resets every time Spotify launches with Windows 10. Spotify simply doesn't remember the volume I set, and it blasts my ears every time I start to listening ot music every day. I have crossfade set to 12s, and launch minimized with windows.
Volume resets every time Spotify launches with Windows 10. Spotify simply doesn't remember the volume I set, and it blasts my ears every time I start to listening ot music every day. I have cr...
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Hello.I would like to post multiple playlists in one topic, but I must also post to edit field with URI of playlist. I think on Playlist exchange.Please, how to post multiple playlists in one posts? What I can do?I did It, but there is also playlist,...
Hello. I would like to post multiple playlists in one topic, but I must also post to edit field with URI of playlist. I think on Playlist exchange. Please, how to post multiple playlists in one pos...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10, 1903My Question or IssueTurning "Autoplay" under settings does nothing. On=Autoplays, Off=Autoplays. Tried to reboort, reinstall. Feature or Bug?
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10, 1903 My Question or Issue Turning "Autoplay" under settings does nothing. On=Autoplays, Off=Autoplays....
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PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 64-bit My Question or IssueHi, From the last update or two, the behaviour of SHIFT+left/right arrow has changed. It used to skip 5/6 seconds backwards or forwards, but now it is 15 seconds...
Plan Premium Country Australia Device PC Operating System Windows 10 64-bit My Question or Issue Hi, From the last update or two, the behaviour of SHIFT+left...
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PlanPremium w/ familyOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello there,since yesterday (September 2nd 2019) I cannot access the web player on my work PC.I'm using Windows 10 with Chrome Version 76.0.3809.132 (Official Build) (64-bit).When I ...
Plan Premium w/ family Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello there, since yesterday (September 2nd 2019) I cannot access the web player on my work PC. I'm using ...
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PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I logged in to Spotify on Internet Explorer it automatically redirects me to Popfiltr and I am unable to log into my normal Spotify. Is there any way for me to log out of ...
Plan Premium Country Australia Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I logged in to Spotify on Internet Explorer it automatically redirects me to Popfiltr and I...
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