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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...
Plan: PremiumCountry: US Device: Windows 10 16gb/i9 DellOperating System: Windows 10 My Question or IssuePlaylists have a default sort, which may just be the order the user put the songs in at creation. When playing songs from the playlist, the album...
Plan: Premium Country: US Device: Windows 10 16gb/i9 Dell Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue Playlists have a default sort, which may just be the order the us...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceiPhone X, iPad ProOperating SystemWindows 10, WebPlayer My Question or IssueI have added artists using the search facility then selected Following. However when I go to the artist page it does not show as Following. When I go...
Plan Premium Country Device iPhone X, iPad Pro Operating System Windows 10, WebPlayer My Question or Issue I have added artists using the search facility then selected Followi...
Regular
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When I click on some artists names on the desktop app it doesn't take me to thier artist page - instead it takes me to a list of the songs on the album/s that I've downloaded from that artist on my android phone. A second click is required to get to ...
When I click on some artists names on the desktop app it doesn't take me to thier artist page - instead it takes me to a list of the songs on the album/s that I've downloaded from that artist on my a...
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eu ando tentando trocar a capa da minha playlist mas não ta dando, ta dizendo o seguinte: "está imagem é muito pequena, o minimo é 300x300" e estou tentando com imagens variaveis e com tamanhos maiores que o minimo, tento mudar outra playlist mas tam...
eu ando tentando trocar a capa da minha playlist mas não ta dando, ta dizendo o seguinte: "está imagem é muito pequena, o minimo é 300x300" e estou tentando com imagens variaveis e com...
Casual Listener
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Next up list cannot be cleared. I like to play an album and then have the music finish. I don't want spotify to keep playing from the next up list. Everytime my queue of music ends there is something in the 'next up' list to play - every single time,...
Next up list cannot be cleared. I like to play an album and then have the music finish. I don't want spotify to keep playing from the next up list. Everytime my queue of...
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PlanFreeCountryGermanyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSometimes when an ad is due, Spotify plays nothing, neither the ad nor the next song. It doesn't let me go back to the song but tells me the song will play after the ad...
Plan Free Country Germany Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Sometimes when an ad is due, Spotify plays nothing, neither the ad nor the next song. It doe...
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PlanFreeCountryDE Devicevarious Surface devicesOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHaving heard so much about Spotify, I yesterday created an account and downloaded the app. To say that I was shocked would be a huge understatement. This ap...
Plan Free Country DE Device various Surface devices Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Having heard so much about Spotify, I yesterday created an account and do...
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Data on "C" drive still grows even when I select offline storage to be on a completely separate drive. I thought that I could keep my "C" Drive clean and slim by selecting an alternate offline storage location and have all the listening related data ...
Data on "C" drive still grows even when I select offline storage to be on a completely separate drive. I thought that I could keep my "C" Drive clean and slim by selecting an alternate offli...
Regular
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PlanFreeCountryAmericaDevicekindle fireOperating Systemwindows My Question or IssueHow do i make it stop, When ever i turn my lap top on it is very slow because spotify aouto opens can you tell me how to stop it.
Plan Free Country America Device kindle fire Operating System windows My Question or Issue How do i make it stop, When ever i turn my lap top on it is very slow because spoti...
Community Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemWindows but I'm not sure which type (9,10 etc) My Question or IssueMy laptop restarted and when it came back one, Spotify wouldn't open. When I clicked on it...
Plan Premium Country UK Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Windows but I'm not sure which type (9,10 etc) My Question or Issue My laptop rest...
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PlanFreeCountryFranceDeviceAcer Aspire 5 A515-51-56VNOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueFor about a month, Spotify isn't working on my Windows 10 laptop.Playlists are all empty, songs dont play at all, like if there was any music on Spotif...
Plan Free Country France Device Acer Aspire 5 A515-51-56VN Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue For about a month, Spotify isn't working on my Windows 10 laptop. Playlists are a...
Regular
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceSamsung Galaxy Note 8Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just started using spotify premium and im a little bit confused at the fact that there isn't a shuffle button for my playlists, on desktop. Spo...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I just started using spotify premium and im a little bit confused at ...
Community Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePixel 3a/Desktop PCOperating SystemAndroid, Win 10 My Question or IssueSearching with Umlaute has wrong equivalncy with standard English letters (ö = o, ë = e, ä = a). See below screenshot, this makes searching for an artis...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Pixel 3a/Desktop PC Operating System Android, Win 10 My Question or Issue Searching with Umlaute has wrong equivalncy with standard English letters (ö...
Spotify Legend
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PlanfreeCountryPolandDevicePC Windows 10Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I listen to a song from my playlist it stops by itself and another song not from my playlist starts playing ,usually its some arabian or indian song, last tim...
Plan free Country Poland Device PC Windows 10 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I listen to a song from my playlist it stops by itself and another song not from m...
Community Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceLenovo YogaOperating SystemWindows 10, Spotify Deskop App Version 1.1.12.451.gdb77255f My Question or IssueHello everybody, I downloaded multiple Playlists for Offline-Usage and this is working well, but I'm not able t...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Lenovo Yoga Operating System Windows 10, Spotify Deskop App Version 1.1.12.451.gdb77255f My Question or Issue Hello everybody, I downloade...
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PremiumWindows 10,etc. My Question or IssueHi there, I've blurry letters within the Desktop-App on 32° display. I only have this problem in the original scaling. If I zoom the display up to 125% the letters are sharp as.... I never expierienced this ...
Premium Windows 10,etc. My Question or Issue Hi there, I've blurry letters within the Desktop-App on 32° display. I only have this problem in the original scaling. If I zoom the display up...
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I've tried all the stuff I've seen in previous threads like turning off normalize volume and all that stuff and it's still happening. It didn't start happening until I reinstalled spotify on my new computer. Which also seems to be what started this p...
I've tried all the stuff I've seen in previous threads like turning off normalize volume and all that stuff and it's still happening. It didn't start happening until I reinstalled spotify on my new c...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10Version1.1.12.451.gdb77255f (Windows Store version)My Question or IssueI can't play any of my local files. They are greyed out in my playlist and when i try to play a local file this error mes...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Version 1.1.12.451.gdb77255f (Windows Store version) My Question or Issue I can't play any of my local files. They are gre...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceEvery PC, doesn't matterOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy issue is that I pay $10 a month for this app and it completely sucks **bleep**. It is such a pain to use. The amount of times I have to clo...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Every PC, doesn't matter Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My issue is that I pay $10 a month for this app and it com...
Gig Goer
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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 everything works perfectly fine. But when I set it to my Aud...
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...
Casual Listener
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