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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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Spotify won´t play music

Ok so the problem that I have is that on my Desktop (Win 8.1, latest updates etc) Spotify won´t play any music over certain outputs.If I set my audio output (for the whole pc) to my headset everything works perfectly fine. But when I set it to my Aud...

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Ok so the problem that I have is that on my Desktop (Win 8.1, latest updates etc) Spotify won´t play any music over certain outputs. If I set my audio output (for the whole pc) to my headset everyth...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Volume Slider Jumping Around

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePc Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhile moving the volume slider it like jumps around and is pretty buggy, here a video of the issue

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device Pc Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue While moving the volume slider it like jumps around and is pretty buggy, here a video of ...

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Is someone else using my account??

PlanFreeOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueJust now recently, I logged into my spotify account and noticed that there was an unusual amout of playlists that "I had saved", but problem is, I was never the one that saved them. Skeptical, I ...

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Plan Free Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Just now recently, I logged into my spotify account and noticed that there was an unusual amout of playlists that "I had saved"...

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Cannot choose Google Home device from Spotify Desktop Device List

PlanPremiumDeviceDesktop PC, Google Home SpeakerOperating SystemWindows 10 (Desktop version), Google Home OS My Question or IssueHello all, I'm trying to connect directly to my Google Home speaker from the desktop version of Spotify. When I click on ...

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Plan Premium Device Desktop PC, Google Home Speaker Operating System Windows 10 (Desktop version), Google Home OS   My Question or Issue Hello all,   I'm trying to connect directl...

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New "Stations" App Only On Mobile?

Why does only mobile have a Stations app? We all know the current radio feature in Spotify app is hot garbage. Stations has the thumbs up and thumbs down rating system users have been begging for the devs to re-implement in the core Spotify app; whic...

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Why does only mobile have a Stations app? We all know the current radio feature in Spotify app is hot garbage. Stations has the thumbs up and thumbs down rating system users have been begging fo...

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Certain spots in specific songs don't play

PlanFreeDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 When I play certain songs, there are specific spots in those songs where the music completely cuts out then cuts back in. There's just silence for a couple seconds and then it continues from the end of ...

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Plan Free Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   When I play certain songs, there are specific spots in those songs where the music completely cuts out then cuts back in. There's ju...

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Crossfading when it's not activated

When I'm listening on any of the Spotify Apps (Win10 & Andriod), the tracks crossfade (I hate), going into the settings, I don't have crossfading turned on, yet is still happens. I have turned it on and moved the slider to 0 for the overlap, but that...

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When I'm listening on any of the Spotify Apps (Win10 & Andriod), the tracks crossfade (I hate), going into the settings, I don't have crossfading turned on, yet is still happens. I have turned it...

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Commercials during podcasts despite premium account

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceHonor View 10Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHey guys, don´t know if anyone has experienced this over the last days, but despite the fact that I have a premium account (and pay to play content add-free) ther...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Honor View 10 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Hey guys, don´t know if anyone has experienced this over the last days, but despite th...

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https://open.spotify.com/track/7G3lxTsMfSx4yarMkfgnTC?si=r9_voc9OTx6f-CM2WvgjdwPlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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https://open.spotify.com/track/7G3lxTsMfSx4yarMkfgnTC?si=r9_voc9OTx6f-CM2Wvgjdw Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (i...

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Shuffle just doesn't work.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceGalaxy 10 Plus, WindowsOperating SystemAndroid 9.0, Windows 10 Pro My Question or IssueThe algorithm that Spotify employs to "shuffle" songs is a complete and utter joke. My library onspotify contains over 2,500 songs and y...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Galaxy 10 Plus, Windows Operating System Android 9.0, Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue The algorithm that Spotify employs to "shuffle" songs is a c...

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Superuser Contribution [Bug] Clicking on album left lower corner does not sets view on correct position

My Question or IssueWhen clicking on the left lower side on the song you are currently playing, the view of the playlist does not go to the correct position:As you can see, the song currently playing is "Das Grosse Flimmern" by "Extrawelt". However I...

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My Question or Issue When clicking on the left lower side on the song you are currently playing, the view of the playlist does not go to the correct position: As you can see, the song currently...

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Spotify skipping all songs

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I click play on any playlist, the songs just load the title and then skip to the next one over and over again.When I click on an individual song, the error "Spotify can'...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I click play on any playlist, the songs just load the title and then skip to the next one ove...

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Can I like a song without saving it?

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceWindows LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueBefore the update a couple of months ago, I liked songs that would show up on my Daily Mixes and Discover Weekly so that the algorithms would know the kind of musi...

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Plan Premium Country US Device Windows Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Before the update a couple of months ago, I liked songs that would show up on my Daily ...

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Pause changes song

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Whenever I press pause, the song changes to Leevi & The Leavings Luonnollinen Valinta. No matter what I was listening to. I tried to restart Spotify & I tried to restart the computer...

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Plan Premium Country Finland Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   Whenever I press pause, the song changes to Leevi & The Leavings Luonnollinen Valinta. No matter what I ...

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Superuser Contribution Podcast sorting on Windows desktop app

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 8Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe issue is with the sorting options in the Spotify desktop app for Windows 10. There is no option to sort by recently added episodes, like there you can do on the mob...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 8 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The issue is with the sorting options in the Spotify desktop app for Windows 10. There is no...

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Side window not strech

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceToshiba z930Operating SystemWindows 10 last update My Question or Issuehttp://prntscr.com/ot40aiHi, after updating Spotify for Windows, my ability to stretch the side window has become limited, which is why I don’t see m...

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Plan Premium Country Poland Device Toshiba z930 Operating System Windows 10 last update   My Question or Issue http://prntscr.com/ot40ai Hi, after updating Spotify for Windows, my abi...

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Not able to post a playlist link

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm trying to share a playlist in the playlist exchange. I paste a playlist link in the indicated section. A preview of the playlist appears. I add tags as necessary. ...

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Plan Premium Country US Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm trying to share a playlist in the playlist exchange. I paste a playlist link in the ind...

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[TROUBLESHOOTING] Spotify app doesn't work

Hi, I'm using free Spotify with Windows 10 and my app doesn't work anymore (but used to work for the past few years)I didn't change any settings in the app or on my computer.I tried everything : change connection, restart computer, clean unistall ......

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Hi, I'm using free Spotify with Windows 10 and my app doesn't work anymore (but used to work for the past few years) I didn't change any settings in the app or on my computer. I tried everything : ...

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Spotify syncs last played songs between offline devices

PlanPremiumCountryHungaryDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 and Windows 10My Question or IssueAfter the recent update, Spotify automatically started to sync played songs and playlists between devices. Previously I was able to listen to a playlist at h...

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Plan Premium Country Hungary Device PC Operating System Windows 7 and Windows 10 My Question or Issue After the recent update, Spotify automatically started to sync played songs and playlist...

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