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Discuss Spotify for Windows
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...
PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDell XPS desktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI've discovered an interesting bug/quirk when dealing with playlists inside playlist folders. Let's say you have a playlist folder. Inside that folder you have ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell XPS desktop Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I've discovered an interesting bug/quirk when dealing with playlists inside playlist...
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Whenever the Desktop Windows app is pinned to the taskbar, opening creates another instance of it instead of opening as the pinned application.
Whenever the Desktop Windows app is pinned to the taskbar, opening creates another instance of it instead of opening as the pinned application.
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I have performed multiple clean reinstalls of the spotify app, both the windows version and the og version, disabled hardware acceleration, etc. and the spotify app is still incredibly slow. my computer is good and this is the only program that runs ...
I have performed multiple clean reinstalls of the spotify app, both the windows version and the og version, disabled hardware acceleration, etc. and the spotify app is still incredibly slow. my compu...
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Well.. there was a new updated I think yesterday, where it shows "Start a Jam" next to your friends listening activity and now the Jam actually doesn't work. I tried and my friend tried to start one, but the other person doesn't hear the music... Not...
Well.. there was a new updated I think yesterday, where it shows "Start a Jam" next to your friends listening activity and now the Jam actually doesn't work. I tried and my friend tried to start one,...
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I have recently discovered that it is no longer showing my friend's activity in the sidebar. When I went to my Settings menu there were only two options (Language and Display) and nothing else. I remember before there were loads of options for all ki...
I have recently discovered that it is no longer showing my friend's activity in the sidebar. When I went to my Settings menu there were only two options (Language and Display) and nothing else. I rem...
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PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue My spotify wont play music in my headset.When i press play on spotify it will only play the sound on my tv screen which is not what i want.I have expereminted and ive fou...
Plan Premium Country Norway Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My spotify wont play music in my headset. When i press play on spotify it will only pl...
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PlanPremiumCountryPHDeviceHP DesktopOperating SystemWindows 11My Question or IssueI can't play any song on Spotify. I tried install and reinstalling, downloading from the Microsoft Store, clearing cache, disabling Hardware acceleration, all shows the...
Plan Premium Country PH Device HP Desktop Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I can't play any song on Spotify. I tried install and reinstalling, downloading from the Microsoft ...
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PlanpremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueIm not sure if theres a fix for this
Plan premium Country USA Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Im not sure if theres a fix for this
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can you guys pliz delete all my playlist
can you guys pliz delete all my playlist
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Some Keyboard Shortcuts don't work on Spotify Web Player Example: Raise volume (Alt + Up Arrow)Lower volume (Alt + Down Arrow)Seek forward (Shift + Right Arrow)Seek backward (Shift + Lefr Arrow) Please Fix it
Some Keyboard Shortcuts don't work on Spotify Web Player Example: Raise volume (Alt + Up Arrow) Lower volume (Alt + Down Arrow) Seek forward (Shift + Right Arrow) Seek backward (Shift + Lefr A...
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PlanPremiumCountryNigeriaDeviceLenovo ThinkpadOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueI have been trying to have a jam with my friends, but the problem is that when I invite them, we don't have synced queues, what we're playing is different, ...
Plan Premium Country Nigeria Device Lenovo Thinkpad Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have been trying to have a jam with my friends, but the problem i...
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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
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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PlanPremium (Solo)CountryUSADeviceDesktop (Ryzen 5 5600G w/ NVIDIA RTX 3060) / Motorola Edge+ (2022)Operating SystemWindows 11 / Android My Question or IssueAs the subject infers, I can't join Jams via desktop. When I click a link to join a jam, it o...
Plan Premium (Solo) Country USA Device Desktop (Ryzen 5 5600G w/ NVIDIA RTX 3060) / Motorola Edge+ (2022) Operating System Windows 11 / Android My Question or Issue As the subject in...
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Hello how can I restore the old look of spotify, I recently had to reinstall spotify from scratch and I have this weird bar at the top. Is there any way to restore the tiles on the left side of the window? It looked more aesthetically pleasing and wa...
Hello how can I restore the old look of spotify, I recently had to reinstall spotify from scratch and I have this weird bar at the top. Is there any way to restore the tiles on the left side of the w...
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I haven't signed up with Facebook or anything but I have signed up with my student email and I'm trying to change it to my personal email. I tried to change it yet it won't let me.
I haven't signed up with Facebook or anything but I have signed up with my student email and I'm trying to change it to my personal email. I tried to change it yet it won't let me.
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I just updated the desktop app and have been greeted with the old style UI - where the Search and Home buttons are back to the left panel. Also, the Notifications button is missing. I'm getting really fed up with what appears to be constant changes t...
I just updated the desktop app and have been greeted with the old style UI - where the Search and Home buttons are back to the left panel. Also, the Notifications button is missing. I'm gett...
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Operating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueSpotify app closes after like 4 seconds of me doing somethingI've done a clean installation and i've restarted my computer??
Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify app closes after like 4 seconds of me doing something I've done a clean installation and i've restarted my computer??
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PlanPremiumCountry USA DeviceLenovo laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueHello, I'm on on Windows Desktop app, and when I click on link for my podcasts "New Episodes" there is just a blank screen that comes up. This has been an is...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Lenovo laptop Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue Hello, I'm on on Windows Desktop app, and when I click on link for ...
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Trying to sort my "liked songs" by artist/song so I can identify duplicates and possibly remove them. If they are the same song by a different artist, I may want to keep them both.
Trying to sort my "liked songs" by artist/song so I can identify duplicates and possibly remove them. If they are the same song by a different artist, I may want to keep them both.
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PlanFreeCountryNew ZealandDeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have just started using Spotify, and am using the Chrome browser version (I have not downloaded an app). I'm listening to a single specific podcast. Whenever I ...
Plan Free Country New Zealand Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have just started using Spotify, and am using the Chrome browser version (I have not...
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