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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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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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strem vs. downloaded files

PlanPremiumCountryPortugalDeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHello. I use a lot the Windows Desktop version at my job. I downloaded a few playlists and listen to them in offline mode. But I have a question. If I turn to onlin...

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Plan Premium Country Portugal Device Computer Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Hello. I use a lot the Windows Desktop version at my job. I downloaded a few playlists a...

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Automatically signing out

Plan - Premium FamilyCountry - USWindowsI'm trying to sign in on my windows PC, but every time I do, it automatically logs me out. I'll sign it, it will load, then a few seconds later it automatically signs out. Anyone else have this issue and find a...

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Plan - Premium Family Country - US Windows I'm trying to sign in on my windows PC, but every time I do, it automatically logs me out. I'll sign it, it will load, then a few seconds later it automa...

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Does the quiet setting on the audio normalization reduce the dynamics of the track?

I want to achieve the highest quality audio and equal volume at the same time. It's hard to listen on a playlist that has soft volume on one music and very loud on another. I read many things about the normalization compressing the track. Does the qu...

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I want to achieve the highest quality audio and equal volume at the same time. It's hard to listen on a playlist that has soft volume on one music and very loud on another. I read many things about t...

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Superuser Contribution Desktop windows app: 1) filter explicit content, 2) switch off album artwork & videos

Spotify Premium. Windows desktop app. I have limited data, & I want to use Spotify in both family & professional environments. 1) Please enable an Explicit content filter - I play Spotify in our family home and I do NOT want my 8 & 9 year old daughte...

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  Spotify Premium. Windows desktop app.  I have limited data, & I want to use Spotify in both family & professional environments.    1)  Please enable an Explicit...

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Auto starting even when disabled

PlanFreeCountry United StatesDeviceHP laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue After checking and saving the setting to turn of auto start, the program still starts when I turn on my computer. The forums say to turn off an additional set...

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Plan Free Country  United States Device HP laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  After checking and saving the setting to turn of auto start, the program...

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songs skipping non stop

PlanPremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issuei have spotify on 2 devices android and computerthe android spotify works well how ever in the com...

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Plan 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 i have spoti...

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