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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...
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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...
PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone X, PC (Windows)Operating SystemiOS 12 (up-to-date), Windows 10 (up-to-date) My Question or IssueAs I play songs from other playlists such as Discover Weekly, the next song immediately reverts to another heavily-used ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone X, PC (Windows) Operating System iOS 12 (up-to-date), Windows 10 (up-to-date) My Question or Issue As I play songs from other playlists such as...
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PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI don't have any daily mixes anymore. I already only had 2 or 1, then it dropped to 1. I thought it was normal but now I have NONE. I listen to a wide range of music. Also missing on my phone...
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I don't have any daily mixes anymore. I already only had 2 or 1, then it dropped to 1. I thought it was normal but n...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceHP PavilionOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've been having an issue of late where I want to change the cover images for my playlists, however when I am prompted to do so the images I downloaded on ...
Plan Premium Country United States Device HP Pavilion Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've been having an issue of late where I want to change the cover images for m...
Casual Listener
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PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueSpotify goes to play an ad but the ad just stops. It isn't a connection issue or me just pausing it. It actually says the ad is playing but it never actually does....
Plan Free Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify goes to play an ad but the ad just stops. It isn't a connection issue or me just pausi...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHey there, I just switched over from standalone Spotify to Spotify for Windows 10. I'm trying to change the offline song storage to the location where I had downloaded all my...
Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hey there, I just switched over from standalone Spotify to Spotify for Windows 10. I'm trying to c...
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Allright, I have been holding this back for a while now, but now I'm really wondering what you are doing. First you removed the ability to delete a playlist radio. Then you removed playlist radio or custom radio channels from radio tab. Now playlist ...
Allright, I have been holding this back for a while now, but now I'm really wondering what you are doing. First you removed the ability to delete a playlist radio. Then you removed playlist ...
Newbie
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PlanFreeCountryRomania Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently switched from premium to free and noticed that some of the songs that I liked don't appear as liked on the artists page, and for some, not even the album appears on the ar...
Plan Free Country Romania Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Recently switched from premium to free and noticed that some of the songs that I liked don't appear a...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueYou now get a love heart next to tracks to indicate that a track is liked, however this doesnt seem to be consistent. As you can see from the screen shot. the track Grace, ive...
Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue You now get a love heart next to tracks to indicate that a track is liked, however this doesnt seem...
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I have several playlists but for one I cannot change the old image I uploaded once. If I pick a new image, it loads and shows the new image. When I then click away from that playlist and back, then the old image is shown again. Restarted the client, ...
I have several playlists but for one I cannot change the old image I uploaded once. If I pick a new image, it loads and shows the new image. When I then click away from that playlist and back, then t...
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PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10, latest version My Question or IssueI've tried everything. YouTube and stuff works perfectly.Reinstalling SpotifyClearing Spotify cacheUpdating JavaRestarting my computerUpdate drivers (...
Plan Premium Country Norway Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10, latest version My Question or Issue I've tried everything. YouTube and stuff works perfectly. Reinstalling S...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUS Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueSo my liked songs playlist has my entire library on my computer 10,000+ songs i guess my (s...
Plan Free/Premium Country US Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue ...
Roadie
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I have Premium and a Macbook Pro with the latest OS. Number one, my Spotify app on this computer never works. When I open it, nothing loads. It's impossible to use. I've tried all the fixes on this site, and it doesn't work. So then I try to use it o...
I have Premium and a Macbook Pro with the latest OS. Number one, my Spotify app on this computer never works. When I open it, nothing loads. It's impossible to use. I've tried...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have many different audio outputs set up on my pc. When I choose to use any output other than my headphones, Spotify closes when I press play. If I set my output to headphones it p...
Plan Premium Country USA Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have many different audio outputs set up on my pc. When I choose to use any output other than my headphones,...
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I can't play music or see friend activity. the only music i can play is what is currently saved on my pc. On top of that I can't see artist i've followed, all my playlists are empty, and saved songs and albums are gone. It started when i downloaded a...
I can't play music or see friend activity. the only music i can play is what is currently saved on my pc. On top of that I can't see artist i've followed, all my playlists are empty, and saved songs ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy desktop app will only play a song for about 6-8 seconds and then just freeze for no reason and no matter if I skip the whole song or skip 10 seconds the song just will ...
Plan Premium Country US Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My desktop app will only play a song for about 6-8 seconds and then just freeze for no reason a...
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Can Spotify give me suggestions for other artists based upon artists in my local files? In other words can Spotify see the music I already have and make playlist or suggestions based upon that?
Can Spotify give me suggestions for other artists based upon artists in my local files? In other words can Spotify see the music I already have and make playlist or suggestions based upon that? &nbs...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 2016 Server My Question or IssueEvery time I download spotify and then open it all i get is a black screen!i've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, and restarting my computer. it also has ...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 2016 Server My Question or Issue Every time I download spotify and then open it all i get is a black scree...
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I have a lot of local files and instead of trying to add those local files to Spotify playlist I'd like to start new playlists based upon those artists and songs but I don't want to have to search for every track or artist to create playlists. If I a...
I have a lot of local files and instead of trying to add those local files to Spotify playlist I'd like to start new playlists based upon those artists and songs but I don't want to have to search fo...
Roadie
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Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI want to get myself the Windows Application instead of the Microsoft Store Spotify.Whenever I uninstall the Microsoft Store Spotify and try to install the Windows Application it just get replaced with t...
Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I want to get myself the Windows Application instead of the Microsoft Store Spotify. Whenever I uninstall the Microsoft Store Spotify and ...
Composer
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I am bewlidered! When I had first tried Spotify premium 4-5 months ago, it had automatically copied all my playlists from iTunes. If my memory didn't fail me, the only thing I did after that was formatting my PC. However, I installed the same Windows...
I am bewlidered! When I had first tried Spotify premium 4-5 months ago, it had automatically copied all my playlists from iTunes. If my memory didn't fail me, the only thing I did after that was form...
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