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Solved!! Disable the Mini-Player on the Web-Version

Hi GuysI switched on my Windows 10 from the Desktop-Version to the Browser-Version. It works, but now I get/see every time a Mini-Player in the left upper corner for about 5 seconds when I press Pause/Play or e.g. if I change the volume. How can I de...

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Solved!! Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"I have tried all t...

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Solved!! Disable Video on desktop app

There no X or way to close or stop a video on Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c

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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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Sound gets boosted to max suddenly

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceAndroidOperating SystemWin10 My Question or IssueBecause my phone randomly connects with spotify, the sound gets boosted to max on my pc randomly. Does anyone know how to fix this?

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Android Operating System Win10   My Question or Issue Because my phone randomly connects with spotify, the sound gets boosted to max on my pc ra...

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Message "Spotify can't play this right now" for ALL the songs in the catalog.

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIn the last days I can't listen either through the desktop app or through the web player ANY songs in the catalog. When I click the play button I get this message: "Sp...

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Plan Premium Country Italy Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue In the last days I can't listen either through the desktop app or through the web play...

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Spotify crashing my computer

PlanFreeDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10Version1.1.17.543.geb9254e9 (Microsoft Store)My Question or IssueSpotify crashes my computer, when spotify has been idle in the background for a longer time or when I try to close it, CPU/RAM usage of the app...

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Plan Free Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Version 1.1.17.543.geb9254e9 (Microsoft Store) My Question or Issue Spotify crashes my computer, when spotify has been idle in the background ...

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Spotify freezes my PC

PlanFreeCountryLithuaniaDeviceIntel(R) Celeron(R) CPU G1620 @ 2.70GHz, 2700 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 ProMy Question or IssueWith both the Spotify program or app on, my PC often completely freezes my P...

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Spotify keeps crashing my computer.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have tried to uninstall and reinstall Spotify through both the direct EXE and the Windows store about 15 times, every time I have used programs like Revo ...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have tried to uninstall and reinstall Spotify through both the direct EXE and ...

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Minimize/maximize and close Bar

PlanPremiumCountrySaudi ArabiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My IssueMinimize/maximize and close bar is not in the correct order in Spotify Arabic Ver. I'm hoping it will get fixed in future update.

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Plan Premium Country Saudi Arabia Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Issue Minimize/maximize and close bar is not in the correct order in Spotify Arabic Ver.    ...

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Netflix app and Spotify desktop not working together

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows 10 Laptop (Dell)My Question or IssueWhen opening the netflix app downloaded from the windows store spotify stops working. Specifically the songs stop playing and quickly cycle to the next song. To fix the problem I ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows 10 Laptop (Dell) My Question or Issue When opening the netflix app downloaded from the windows store spotify stops working. Specifically the songs stop ...

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no es posible reproducir esto hasta que permite la reproduccion de esta cancion en la aplicacion de

PlanPremiumCountryColombiaDeviceWindows/Huawei P20 liteOperating System(Windows/Android) Hola, tengo una playlist con muchas canciones y algunas me arrojan ese mensaje cuando intento reproducirlas "No es posible reproducir esto hasta que permite la r...

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Plan Premium Country Colombia Device Windows/Huawei P20 lite Operating System (Windows/Android)   Hola, tengo una playlist con muchas canciones y algunas me arrojan ese mensaje cuando i...

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Volume randomly dropping to mute while playing

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceDell Latitude 5480Operating SystemWindows 7 Pro My Question or IssueWhile listening to music, the volume will drop from my set level to completely muted/off randomly

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Plan Premium Country United States   Device Dell Latitude 5480 Operating System Windows 7 Pro   My Question or Issue While listening to music, the volume will drop from my set le...

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friend activity does not show all of my friends

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have a problem with my friend activity feed, as stated above. First of all, I have already checked every setting on my end and on my friends end. All of our social sett...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have a problem with my friend activity feed, as stated above. First of all, I have already c...

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Is it too much to ask to not have sexually graphic art displayed?

PlanFamily PremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe album art for "I Need to Smoke" by Young Gil is showing up in my desktop application home screen for some reason. This art features a clearly naked woman, str...

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Plan Family Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The album art for "I Need to Smoke" by Young Gil is showing up in my desktop applicati...

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My music in my playlists are gone

I hopped on to spotify and all the music in my playlists were gone. I tried using the recover playlist option but nothing appeared. Please someone help.

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I hopped on to spotify and all the music in my playlists were gone. I tried using the recover playlist option but nothing appeared. Please someone help.  

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Veränderung der Lautstärke WÄHREND dem Lied

Hi, ich habe folgendes Problem: Auf meinen Amazon Echo Geräten und auf allen Desktops auf denen ich Spotify bisher genutzt habe verändert sich die Lautstärke immer wieder VON SELBST und zwar MITTEN IM LIED. D.h. der Lautstärkeregler im Spotify Fenste...

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Hi, ich habe folgendes Problem: Auf meinen Amazon Echo Geräten und auf allen Desktops auf denen ich Spotify bisher genutzt habe verändert sich die Lautstärke immer wieder VON SELBST und zwar MITTEN I...

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Songs Grayed Out

Plan: PremiumCountry: AustraliaDevice: Dell computerOperating System: Windows 10My Question or Issue: every now and then, there'd be a recommend album on my home page (today its Untold Tales, by Brian Auger And The Trinity), but when I go to play it ...

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Plan:  Premium Country:  Australia Device:  Dell computer Operating System:  Windows 10 My Question or Issue:  every now and then, there'd be a recommend album ...

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Spotify exists as an unkillable zombie process on my computer

I have a windows 10 computer and I recently tried to update my spotify, but I'm pretty sure the program simply crashed as it was taking a really long time. I decided to restart spotify, however, the same glitch happened again. I decided to force clos...

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I have a windows 10 computer and I recently tried to update my spotify, but I'm pretty sure the program simply crashed as it was taking a really long time. I decided to restart spotify, however, the ...

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Can’t play tracks in order even when shuffle off. Ridiculous!!!

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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Problems on web page, and on deskop version.

Hello.PlanPremiumCountry-DeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor a long time, I experience a few problems. Let's start with Windows desktop Spotify. Playing anything on a desktop app is impossible. All playlists are empty, when...

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Hello. Plan Premium Country - Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue For a long time, I experience a few problems. Let's start with Windows desktop Spotify. ...

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impossible to control volume on a second device

Plan: PremiumCountry: canada Device(iPhone 6, and PC My Question or IssueWhy I'm not able to control the sound with the Pc wile the Iphone is playing on a speaker

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Plan: Premium Country: canada   Device (iPhone 6, and PC   My Question or Issue Why I'm not able to control the sound with the Pc wile the Iphone is playing on a speaker

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Desktop app having weird problems

PlanFreeCountry RomaniaDeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently, the Spotify desktop app started acting strangely. The first thing that I noticed was that it will not show "Listening to..." on discord when I used the desk...

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Plan Free Country  Romania Device Computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Recently, the Spotify desktop app started acting strangely. The first thing that I no...

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Superuser Contribution Request - Universally Block an Artist or Song

We need a way to universally block an artist or song. The "don't like" option that is limited to only the Discover Weekly playlist is not sufficient. It needs to include Daily Mixes (and ideally everything else) as well.

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We need a way to universally block an artist or song.  The "don't like" option that is limited to only the Discover Weekly playlist is not sufficient.  It needs to include Daily Mixes (and ...

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