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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...
PlanFreeCountryGermanyDeviceolder PCOperating SystemWindows XP My Question or IssueThe problem is that after a while it automatically jumps back to Browse no matter which menu item I clicked.Could it be that Spotify is automatically updated after a c...
Plan Free Country Germany Device older PC Operating System Windows XP My Question or Issue The problem is that after a while it automatically jumps back to Browse no matter which men...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountrySwedenDeviceWindows 10Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I'm clicking on this button song Lover is start to play, it was on the third place yesterday.
Plan Free/Premium Country Sweden Device Windows 10 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I'm clicking on this button song Lover is start to play, it was on the third ...
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I'm using Windows 8 on a premium plan. I've been using Spotify for 4 years with no issues, but the last few days the app has been horribly laggy and slow. It takes about a minute to 'load' the app, and it will often stop playing the song I choose, or...
I'm using Windows 8 on a premium plan. I've been using Spotify for 4 years with no issues, but the last few days the app has been horribly laggy and slow. It takes about a minute to 'load' the app, a...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceHP Laptop Operating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or IssueI am unable to search for songs when I am offline. I have several playlists downloaded for offline use, and they playback ok offline, however when I try and seach...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 8.1 My Question or Issue I am unable to search for songs when I am offline. I have several playlists dow...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceiPhone 8 and Windows PCOperating SystemiOS 12, Windows 10 My Question or IssueSo, my family and I have a little bit of a compitetion every december to see who streamed the most music and I find it very interesting. But s...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device iPhone 8 and Windows PC Operating System iOS 12, Windows 10 My Question or Issue So, my family and I have a little bit of a compitetion eve...
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Operating System: Windows 10 When I click on the left bottom album cover, it indicates the wrong song - not the song which is playing. Usually, eg. if I play the "third" song since I have started to play the playlist, which is of course not the third...
Operating System: Windows 10 When I click on the left bottom album cover, it indicates the wrong song - not the song which is playing. Usually, eg. if I play the "third" song since I ...
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Operating System: Windows 7 My Question or IssueHey! When updating to the latest version spotify stopped displaying the artists and just offers to switch to "browse artists". When clicking on "albums" my collection is still visible and on my android ...
Operating System: Windows 7 My Question or Issue Hey! When updating to the latest version spotify stopped displaying the artists and just offers to switch to "browse artists". When clicking...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently Spotify will not play songs in their entirety. They all stop early. The queue lists the length of each song, but when I play it, it cuts off early. Th...
Plan Free/Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Recently Spotify will not play songs in their entirety. They all stop early. The qu...
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FreeUnited StatesCustom Built PCWindows 10 I seem to be having issue with the Spotify Desktop App on my Windows 10 PC.For some reason, song aren't loading at all after clicking them to play. Maybe you'll be lucky to get one out of several to play, an...
Free United States Custom Built PC Windows 10 I seem to be having issue with the Spotify Desktop App on my Windows 10 PC. For some reason, song aren't loading at all after clicking them ...
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PlanPremiumCountryAustria DeviceAcer LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAll songs in my playlist got duplicated. Howa can i solve this? I don't wanna go through 1000 songs and deleting every second.(The Playlist is made out of songs...
Plan Premium Country Austria Device Acer Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue All songs in my playlist got duplicated. Howa can i solve this? I don...
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PlanPremiumCountryPoland IssueDaily mix playlist not expanding after switch to Android and back (after a few songs) Steps for reproduce bug1. Start Daily Mix playlist2. Switch to listen on Android (Spotify on PC still works)3. Listen songs to grayed ...
Plan Premium Country Poland Issue Daily mix playlist not expanding after switch to Android and back (after a few songs) Steps for reproduce bug 1. Start Daily Mix playlist 2. ...
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DeviceLenovo Thinkpad P50Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHey,I'm using spotify at work and it takes a lot of my RAM.Here on the screenshot you can see that it takes almost 1.5 Go of RAM !I'm keeping it open for long period of time so I ...
Device Lenovo Thinkpad P50 Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Hey, I'm using spotify at work and it takes a lot of my RAM. Here on the screenshot you can see that it tak...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceWindows DesktopOperating SystemWindwos 10Whenever i try to play a song the client on windows 10 for spotify crashes, i have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the client as well as getting the app from the window...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Windows Desktop Operating System Windwos 10 Whenever i try to play a song the client on windows 10 for spotify crashes, i have tried uninstalling and...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently, I found that spotify keeps adding songs from the playlists I follow to my own playlist, it seems to do it when I play the song from the followed playlist, then I gp ...
Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Recently, I found that spotify keeps adding songs from the playlists I follow to my own playlist, i...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceIphone XR and Windows computerOperating SystemiOS 10 and Windows 10 My Question or IssueI am a long time user of Spotify and I have grown to be pretty dependent on the Daily Mix feature. When I logged on today, al...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Iphone XR and Windows computer Operating System iOS 10 and Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am a long time user of Spotify and I have grown...
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PlanPremiumCountryPortugalDevicePC, Windows app store, SpotifyOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro 64bit My Question or Issuei cant figure if its cortana or spotify not properly playing my requests, but when i query a resume or pause it works just fine, al...
Plan Premium Country Portugal Device PC, Windows app store, Spotify Operating System Windows 10 Pro 64bit My Question or Issue i cant figure if its cortana or spotify not properly pl...
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Curious how i can fix this issue. where it just cycles through songs over and over won't play anything. NO it has nothing to do with my pc, no settings have changed nothing has changed so im hoping for an actual fix. both my pc and phone do the same ...
Curious how i can fix this issue. where it just cycles through songs over and over won't play anything. NO it has nothing to do with my pc, no settings have changed nothing has changed so im hoping f...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryMéxicoDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have a Playlist that can't rearrange, i can in others, but not in that in particular.
Plan Free/Premium Country México Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have a Playlist that can't rearrange, i can in others, but not in that in particular...
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I'd like to download a list of all of my favorited songs, albums, and artists. Any metadata I can get might be useful, since I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to do with the information yet, but my priorities are:1) It needs to be JUST stuff I've f...
I'd like to download a list of all of my favorited songs, albums, and artists. Any metadata I can get might be useful, since I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to do with the information yet, but my...
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PlanPremiumCountryPolandOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueCant remove one of the songs from "Liked songs" playlist.When I click the cross next to the song, nothing happens
Plan Premium Country Poland Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Cant remove one of the songs from "Liked songs" playlist. When I click the cross next to the song, nothing...
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