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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...
Why are the ads so loud? Can't Spotify do something to correct the obvious difference in volume between streaming music?Everyone reading this has likely noticed that you can have your volume (either on your desktop or the app) set very low and the BA...
Why are the ads so loud? Can't Spotify do something to correct the obvious difference in volume between streaming music? Everyone reading this has likely noticed that you can have your volume (eit...
Casual Listener
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PlanFreeCountryUSA Operating SystemW10 My Question or IssueHi. So recently I downloaded the spotify desktop version from the site and it was downloading until it said "Migrating Data", and after that it automatically downloaded the Windows store vers...
Plan Free Country USA Operating System W10 My Question or Issue Hi. So recently I downloaded the spotify desktop version from the site and it was downloading until...
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PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceWindows computer - laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueJust today, not had this issue before, I noticed that when I save an album, it doesn't also save the songs in the album. That is, the "+" mark does...
Plan Premium Country Denmark Device Windows computer - laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Just today, not had this issue before, I noticed that when I save an al...
Roadie
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Plan: FreeCountry: USADevice: Desktop via Chromium 77.0.3832.0 / Opera 63.0.3353.0 / IE 11.0.9600.19377Operating System: Windows 7 x64My Question or Issue:Early this morning, Spotify reset its sign-in cookie, and thereafter has given me nothing but t...
Plan: Free Country: USA Device: Desktop via Chromium 77.0.3832.0 / Opera 63.0.3353.0 / IE 11.0.9600.19377 Operating System: Windows 7 x64 My Question or Issue: Ea...
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I'm using Premium on a laptop and when I fired up the laptop today my alphabetical list of artists has disappeared and been replaced by a screen telling me my favourite artists will appear here or giving me the option to browse. The songs I have like...
I'm using Premium on a laptop and when I fired up the laptop today my alphabetical list of artists has disappeared and been replaced by a screen telling me my favourite artists will appear here or gi...
Casual Listener
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Is there a way to control only spotify volume when it is in the system tray? because from all i know it only changes MASTER volume.
Is there a way to control only spotify volume when it is in the system tray? because from all i know it only changes MASTER volume.
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Please, it's so annoying now. I just wanna save songs and albums and have them appear in the Songs section again. What was wrong with it before?
Please, it's so annoying now. I just wanna save songs and albums and have them appear in the Songs section again. What was wrong with it before?
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I often use the desktop version of Spotify offline so I don't get distracted while working. I've got premium and been able to listen to my saved music offline fine until toda...
Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I often use the desktop version of Spotify offline so I don't get distracted while working....
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceDesktop PC (Windows 10 64Bit) My Question or IssueFirst of all, fix the sync issues with the songs. Constantly, everyday i have to reinstall to get my newly saved songs to show up. Its getting so stupid. also why...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Desktop PC (Windows 10 64Bit) My Question or Issue First of all, fix the sync issues with the songs. Constantly, everyday i h...
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PlanPremiumCountryItalyDevicePcOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueI have linked cortana with spotify(downloaded from microsoft store) through the notebook option.The problem is that when i give the command she is not able to start the so...
Plan Premium Country Italy Device Pc Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have linked cortana with spotify(downloaded from microsoft store) through the no...
Casual Listener
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CountryFranceDeviceMSI HP62VR 7RF Leopard ProOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe title says it all. I can't play any music on spotify PC. It works perfectly on mobile but on pc the icon will just become gray with the title of the music...
Country France Device MSI HP62VR 7RF Leopard Pro Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The title says it all. I can't play any music on spotify PC. It works perfectly on mob...
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PlanPremium CountryLiving in Germany and using their data and Wifi but I got Spotify when I was in the United States DeviceLaptop Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I try to upload my playlist it will not show a list of the songs li...
Plan Premium Country Living in Germany and using their data and Wifi but I got Spotify when I was in the United States Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 ...
Composer
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as the subject, does it use data when I do that? because I can notice that my phone will become a remote for my pc if I do that? thanks !.PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaOperating System(Android 9, Windows 10)
as the subject, does it use data when I do that? because I can notice that my phone will become a remote for my pc if I do that? thanks !. Plan Premium Country Indonesia Operating System (Andro...
Gig Goer
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Hello! What does the number been, that stands on the right side when I click on an Artist an see his most popular song list (in the desktop app win 10). Is it how often the song is played or how much people downloaded it or what is it about? There is...
Hello! What does the number been, that stands on the right side when I click on an Artist an see his most popular song list (in the desktop app win 10). Is it how often the song is played or how much...
Roadie
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I tried posting this earlier, wouldnt let me. Got work phone, made seperate account and added to family, got booted of the family plan. What?
I tried posting this earlier, wouldnt let me. Got work phone, made seperate account and added to family, got booted of the family plan. What?
Casual Listener
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My question is: is it possible to store music on the sd card, damage it? I say this because I have lost an SD, the cell phone does not recognize me, the PC does, but it does not allow me to modify it, I can not format it, nor at a low level, and I ca...
My question is: is it possible to store music on the sd card, damage it? I say this because I have lost an SD, the cell phone does not recognize me, the PC does, but it does not allow me to modify it...
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In the Spotify Desktop app on Windows 10, I can no longer browse my library via artist. Instead I have to be following the artist, a thing I've never done ever and never will do, or just browse by album or something which is extremely inconvenient. S...
In the Spotify Desktop app on Windows 10, I can no longer browse my library via artist. Instead I have to be following the artist, a thing I've never done ever and never will do, or just browse by al...
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Windows 10 and Linux Mint 19.1. Spotify premium If I save music in Spotify and then play that music via Sonos, is there any saving of download data? In other words is the music downloaded to my local device again before playing? I notice my data use ...
Windows 10 and Linux Mint 19.1. Spotify premium If I save music in Spotify and then play that music via Sonos, is there any saving of download data? In other words is the music downloaded to my local...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSADevicePersonal ComputerOperating SystemWindows 8.2(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueSince I cannot get the folks at Spotify to answer my questions or address my issue, I'll put it out in the communi...
Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device Personal Computer Operating System Windows 8.2 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Since I cannot get the folks at...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceWindows PC Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueI'm usually offline on my PC. I went online to download a few new songs, noticed an update queued for the desktop client, updated it, and now almost every album in my ...
Plan Premium Country US Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue I'm usually offline on my PC. I went online to download a few new songs, noticed an up...
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