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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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Faulty volume control

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceLaptop Clevo NH870HK1Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe volume slider for the windows version doesnt work according to expectationsExpectation:Slider is at max, have max volumeReality:Volume is lower...

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  Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Laptop Clevo NH870HK1 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The volume slider for the windows version doesnt work according...

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Spotify opens automatically despite selection.

PlanPremiumCountryUkDeviceOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue I have selected the option for Spotify to NOT open at Windows startup (located in Advanced settings, start-up and windows behaviour.)Yet despite this option being selected Spoti...

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  Plan Premium Country Uk Device Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue   I have selected the option for Spotify to NOT open at Windows startup (located in Advanced sett...

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Spotify won't start

Hello! I can't start my spotify, when I run the program it just says "app won't start" . I tried to reinstall the program but for some reason I need to start the app before I delete it. Please help!Sachin Khanna

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Hello!   I can't start my spotify, when I run the program it just says "app won't start" . I tried to reinstall the program but for some reason I need to start the app before I delete it. &nb...

OneByBoo

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How do I move recently played to the top of my home page?

Whenever I try to go to my recently played, it's all the way at the bottom at my home page. Instead im clusterd by "spotify generated playlist" which are annoying. Anyway to move recently played to the top so I don't have to keep searching for the sa...

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Whenever I try to go to my recently played, it's all the way at the bottom at my home page. Instead im clusterd by "spotify generated playlist" which are annoying. Anyway to move recently played to t...

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Specific Song not showing in local files

I'm on premium and I have been since I created this account. I had this issue previously on my Windows 7 PC, and it seems to still be an issue on my Windows 10 PC. No matter what I do, I cannot get a certain mp3 file to show up in Local Files. It's t...

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I'm on premium and I have been since I created this account. I had this issue previously on my Windows 7 PC, and it seems to still be an issue on my Windows 10 PC.    No matter what I do,...

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Solved!! Like button on an album won't save all songs to liked songs playlist

PlanPremiumCountryPanamaDeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHad to select all the songs on an album, right click and select "save to your liked songs", because clicking "save to your library" directly from the album wouldn't...

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Plan Premium Country Panama Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Had to select all the songs on an album, right click and select "save to your liked song...

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Can't play any songs on spotify pc

PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDevicePcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI used spotify on pc before get premium and I had the same problem,I can't play any song,I click on the play button but nothing starts playing,the song bar in the botto...

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  Plan Premium Country Argentina Device Pc Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I used spotify on pc before get premium and I had the same problem,I can't play an...

Eth0n

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Browsing followed artist showing non-liked songs

PlanPremiumCountryNew ZealandDeviceSamsung Galaxy 9, Microsoft Surface Book 2Operating SystemAndriod Pie, Windows 10 My Question or IssueWhen browsing artists that you follow that you also have liked songs from, some artists show a list of songs, inc...

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Plan Premium Country New Zealand Device Samsung Galaxy 9,  Microsoft Surface Book 2 Operating System Andriod Pie, Windows 10   My Question or Issue When browsing artists that you ...

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[Desktop][Your Library] BUG: Every song that plays is automatically liked

When i play the next song on spotify desktop 1.1.10.540.gfcf0430f it automatically gets added to my liked songs. See this screencap: https://cl.ly/2aaf6a04364c

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When i play the next song on spotify desktop 1.1.10.540.gfcf0430f it automatically gets added to my liked songs. See this screencap: https://cl.ly/2aaf6a04364c

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Album covers doesn't show up.

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello.About a week ago i've discovered that, when i play the song the album cover (in the left corner just above the artist and title) doesn't show up. I've tried to searc...

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  Plan Premium Country Poland Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello. About a week ago i've discovered that, when i play the song the album cover (in...

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Superuser Contribution Problème lors du démarrage de Spotify

Abonnement :Gratuit Pays :France Appareil :Ordinateur portable Asus Système opérateur :Windows 10 Mon Problème :Mon application Spotify étant très lente à démarer (entre 5 et 20 minutes), j'ai décider de la désinstaller puis la réinstaller mais cette...

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  Abonnement : Gratuit   Pays : France   Appareil : Ordinateur portable Asus   Système opérateur : Windows 10                 &nbsp...

Alex

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Liked song appears as unliked in daily mix playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceLenovo Legion Y520 15IKBNOperating SystemWindows 10 HomeMy Question or Issue The song 'Gutted' by Burial I liked a while ago, and is saved to my library. I was listening to a Daily Mix and the song appeared in my Daily Mix, ...

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  Plan Premium Country UK Device Lenovo Legion Y520 15IKBN Operating System Windows 10 Home My Question or Issue   The song 'Gutted' by Burial I liked a while ago, and is saved t...

josercampillo

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Made For You Content Not Updating

PlanFreeCountryAustraliaDeviceHuaweiOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI have came back after a few years of using other services and I've found that my discover weekly is not updating and is still stuck on the playlist from 2 years ago. I a...

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Plan Free Country Australia Device Huawei Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I have came back after a few years of using other services and I've found that my discover wee...

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Solved!! Can't Login to Spotify on Windows 10

Spotify came preinstalled on a used computer I purchased in July and I wanted to use it as my main storage for downloaded music. However Error 117 keeps appearing when I try to login, even though I've allowed Spotify through my firewall, I've disable...

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Spotify came preinstalled on a used computer I purchased in July and I wanted to use it as my main storage for downloaded music. However Error 117 keeps appearing when I try to login, even though I'v...

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Solved!! Too small resizing of album cover (since 2019-08-06)

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueSince yesterdays update, it is no longer possible to resize the album cover in the lover left corner. The album cover used to be twice as big before the update. I really ...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Laptop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Since yesterdays update, it is no longer possible to resize the album cover in the l...

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Local Files Greying Out

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePC, Laptop, SmartphoneOperating SystemWindows 8 For some reason after I made playlists with local files and download them on my PC, everything works. But after I downloaded the playlists on my Laptop which operates on Wi...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC, Laptop, Smartphone Operating System Windows 8    For some reason after I made playlists with local files and download them on my PC, everythi...

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Fix Navigating to Current Song

When a song is playing, you can click on the album art to immediately navigate to the song and playlist where you're listening to it from.I've noticed that this often takes me to a different song in the same playlist, and highlighting it instead.Atta...

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When a song is playing, you can click on the album art to immediately navigate to the song and playlist where you're listening to it from. I've noticed that this often takes me to a different song i...

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Mark Podcast Played

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAllow the ability to mark a podcast episode played from the desktop like you have on mobile devices.

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Allow the ability to mark a podcast episode played from the desktop like you have on mobile ...

cmhhelrich

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Podcasts Updated List

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceAllOperating SystemAll My Question or IssueIt would be great to have the option to organise your podcasts in one giant list with them sorted as "most recently updated" so you have the most recently released podcast fr...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device All Operating System All   My Question or Issue It would be great to have the option to organise your podcasts in one giant list with them sorted ...

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Pressing the side button of the mouse to go back will scroll you to the bottom of the album page

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueGo to any artist with a lot of releases (Moby is a really good example). Go to their about page and scroll to the bottom of it (has to be the very bottom). Then press the sidebutton on your mouse to go b...

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Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Go to any artist with a lot of releases (Moby is a really good example). Go to their about page and scroll to the bottom of it (has to be t...

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