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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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Superuser Contribution Spotify app shows up as "Chrome" in Volume Mixer

PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueAs title says, Spotfy shows up as "Chrome" in Volume Mixer. I have experienced this issue before when using the Spotify app from Microsoft Store, but switching to the standalone app do...

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Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue As title says, Spotfy shows up as "Chrome" in Volume Mixer. I have experienced this issue before when using the ...

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Superuser Contribution Re: Add whole playlists to “Liked Songs” at once

Found same issue from windows 11, solutions here did not work. no option to add playlist to liked songs, just other playlists

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Found same issue from windows 11, solutions here did not work. no option to add playlist to liked songs, just other playlists

tavenconnolly

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Superuser Contribution "Go to song radio" not working on desktop

Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: Dell laptop (but works on my iPhone)Operating System: Windows 10 and now Windows 11 My Question or Issue:When I click "Go to song radio" nothing happens. It used to work and still works on my phone but hasn't worked f...

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Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Dell laptop (but works on my iPhone) Operating System: Windows 10 and now Windows 11   My Question or Issue: When I click "Go to song radio" nothing...

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Superuser Contribution How to remove a song from local files

I've got a local file containing 60000+ songs. I want to delete a couple of them, but I don't see an option doing this. Can you help, or is it not possible?

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I've got a local file containing 60000+ songs. I want to delete a couple of them, but I don't see an option doing this. Can you help, or is it not possible?

Spophy

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Spotify will crash after minutes of use, songs playing slowly

PlanPremiumCountryU.SDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have an issue with spotify's stability, i will use the app for like 20-30 mins and then the app will start to slow down. Songs will take longer to start playing, pl...

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Plan Premium Country U.S Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have an issue with spotify's stability, i will use the app for like 20-30 mins and then ...

Jose_M

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Liked songs not being added to "Liked Songs" playlist on Windows Desktop

Hi! I’m having an issue on the Windows Desktop version of Spotify.When I like a song, it does not get added to my “Liked Songs” playlist.This problem happens only on the desktop app — on mobile, everything works normally.This has been happening for a...

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Hi! I’m having an issue on the Windows Desktop version of Spotify. When I like a song, it does not get added to my “Liked Songs” playlist. This problem happens only on the desktop app — on mobile, ...

Amay

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Superuser Contribution How do I browse English podcasts when my country is the Netherlands?

I live in the Netherlands. However, I prefer listening to English music and podcasts. When I try to find podcasts the explore page shows mostly Dutch podcasts. Is there a way to browse the English podcast?

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I live in the Netherlands. However, I prefer listening to English music and podcasts. When I try to find podcasts the explore page shows mostly Dutch podcasts. Is there a way to browse the English po...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify changes audio level when playing in the background of other apps

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDeviceDesktop (PC)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello, I hope I can explain my issue correctly: I have Spotify downloaded on my PC. The audio quality of Spotify changes, when the app is either minimized or in...

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Plan Premium Country Finland Device Desktop (PC) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello, I hope I can explain my issue correctly:   I have Spotify downloaded o...

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Superuser Contribution The default zoom on the Spotify app on Windows is too zoomed in?

Every time I open the Spotify app on Windows it looks super zoomed in and I have to manually zoom out. Is there any way to set up the default zoom upon app start? I can provide a screenshot if necessary.

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Every time I open the Spotify app on Windows it looks super zoomed in and I have to manually zoom out. Is there any way to set up the default zoom upon app start? I can provide a screenshot if necess...

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Superuser Contribution Shuffling Music Off The Web Browser Of Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryUnited Kingdom Device(Windows PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueSo for no reason at all, shuffling music from specific artists on Spotify off the web browser directly has now suddenly stopped including every song f...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom   Device (Windows PC) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue So for no reason at all, shuffling music from specific artists on S...

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Superuser Contribution Where to find total playlist length on desktop

PlanFree/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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Plan Free/Premium Country   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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Possible bug in concerts listing

Hello all,I’m not sure if this is the right place to report it, but I hope someone from the Spotify developer team can take a look.On https://open.spotify.com/concerts/, it seems the page only displays concerts based on my actual location. Although t...

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Hello all, I’m not sure if this is the right place to report it, but I hope someone from the Spotify developer team can take a look. On https://open.spotify.com/concerts/, it seems the page...

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Superuser Contribution My Spotify (Windows 11) stops working after one Song

I've performed several clean reinstalls and even tried downloading from different sources, but after restarting Spotify once after the download, it stops playing songs as soon as the first song ends.

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I've performed several clean reinstalls and even tried downloading from different sources, but after restarting Spotify once after the download, it stops playing songs as soon as the first song ends.

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Superuser Contribution Where is Listening history on desktop.?

I followed the steps on the website, and can see the queue of upcoming songs, but there is no option to click to see the songs I just heard.

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I followed the steps on the website, and can see the queue of upcoming songs, but there is no option to click to see the songs I just heard.

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Superuser Contribution Your Library cannot be expanded via mouse/keybinds beyond a certain point

Plan: Premium Country: US Device: Dell Desktop Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue: When I use Spotify on desktop, I like to keep my view split between the album/playlist on the right, and my library on the left. Now currently, the libr...

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Plan: Premium Country: US Device: Dell Desktop Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue:  When I use Spotify on desktop, I like to keep my view split between the alb...

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Windows App – Can’t play anything inside

PlanFreeCountryPortugalDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHi! I’m having a persistent issue with the Spotify Windows app.The app opens normally, but I can’t play anything inside channels, podcasts or playlists.The play but...

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  Plan Free Country Portugal Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Hi! I’m having a persistent issue with the Spotify Windows app. The app opens n...

Amay

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify is agonisingly slow on desktop (windows 11)

Windows 11I've never had issues with spotify until recently, not even on Windows 11.Recently I pulled all my liked songs into a playlist, and also added my local songs to the playlist. After a lot of troubleshooting to get my local songs to work, thi...

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Windows 11 I've never had issues with spotify until recently, not even on Windows 11. Recently I pulled all my liked songs into a playlist, and also added my local songs to the playlist. After a ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Liked Songs not showing up properly on desktop app

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My IssueSo basically a bunch of my liked songs that I recently put don't show up on desktop but they do on mobile, and half the time there's no set time frame of what doesn't show up, but most of...

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Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Issue So basically a bunch of my liked songs that I recently put don't show up on desktop but they do on mobile, and ...

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Superuser Contribution Turn OFF Album Art?

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIs there a way to turn off the album art tiles on the playlists that were just added? Because wow, I absolutely HATE THIS, it takes up too much space, I don't want to see ...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Is there a way to turn off the album art tiles on the playlists that were just added? Because w...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution External monitors disconnect when opening Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesOperating SystemWindows10 My Question or IssueWhenever Spotify is active my monitors will constantly disconnect and reconnect (and my bluetooth mouse). This happens with the web player, the desktop app, and on webpages ...

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Plan Premium Country United States Operating System Windows10   My Question or Issue Whenever Spotify is active my monitors will constantly disconnect and reconnect (and my bluetooth mou...

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