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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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View of Album

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows My Question or Issue I would like to know how to change the View when im on the Spotify Site of a Band, to see the Album with the list of Songs under the Name of the Album instead of the curren...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue   I would like to know how to change the View when im on the Spotify Site of a Band, to see...

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Foreign language ads driving me nuts!!

PlanFreeCountryAustraliaDeviceDell laptopOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueFor about two or more months now I've been getting indonesian ads on my spotify account and it's driving me nuts. I've unintsalled and reintalled the app. Used d...

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Plan Free Country Australia Device Dell laptop Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue For about two or more months now I've been getting indonesian ads on my spotify ...

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Searching the playlist does not work any more

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceWindows 10 PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have a playlist with 1151 songs which lass for 71 hours (3 days). I used to be able to search it by typing an artist name or a song name, but this feature is ...

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Plan Premium Country Norway Device Windows 10 PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have a playlist with 1151 songs which lass for 71 hours (3 days).   I used ...

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[Windows] All songs on the Windows Player are gone

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueFor about a month now, my Spotify Player on PC does not work at all. ALL songs have vanished, even ones from Spotify themselves, and I have looked through every topic rega...

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Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue For about a month now, my Spotify Player on PC does not work at all. ALL songs have vanished, e...

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Can NOT play local files

Using windows 10, I have several programs that run on my system that will play my mp3 files with out any issue. HOWEVER, Spotify has issues constantly with local files. It will not add them to "the queue", and will not play at all when I click to pla...

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Using windows 10, I have several programs that run on my system that will play my mp3 files with out any issue.  HOWEVER, Spotify has issues constantly with local files.   It will not add...

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Can't play anything

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueEvery song that i click on will not play and all of my saved songs except for one are gone on the desktop application. Every one of my playlists are empty as well. ...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Every song that i click on will not play and all of my saved songs except for one are go...

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I CANT CLOSE SOUND BAR

PlanFamily PremiumCountryTurkeyDevice(Windows 10)Operating System(Win 10) My Question or IssueI cant close the sound bar when I take down spotify.How can I close this bar?

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Plan Family Premium Country Turkey Device (Windows 10) Operating System (Win 10)   My Question or Issue I cant close the sound bar when I take down spotify. How can I close this bar?&...

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I CANT CLOSE SOUND BAR

PlanFamily PremiumCountryTurkeyDevice(Windows 10)Operating System(Win 10) My Question or IssueI cant close the sound bar when I take down spotify.How can I close this bar?

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Plan Family Premium Country Turkey Device (Windows 10) Operating System (Win 10)   My Question or Issue I cant close the sound bar when I take down spotify. How can I close this bar?&...

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Some Podcasts won't play on desktop, only phone

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePC LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have the most up-to-date version of Spotify on my work computer, which is a Dell laptop hooked up to monitors through a docking station. Spotify on this laptop plays m...

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Plan Premium Country   Device PC Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have the most up-to-date version of Spotify on my work computer, which is a Dell lapto...

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Superuser Contribution Favourite Artists Have Disappeared - Windows 10 Desktop Computer

I have Spotify on my Windows 10 desktop computer (via the App) and when I opened it today all my Favourite Artists had disappeared. I have spent many hours making sure I had all the best/my favourite tracks in Artists (and my Playlists). When I check...

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I have Spotify on my Windows 10 desktop computer (via the App) and when I opened it today all my Favourite Artists had disappeared. I have spent many hours making sure I had all the best/my favourite...

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Friend Activity on Spotify App

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice(Google Pixel 3, MacBook Pro 2018, Windows 10 HP ProDesk)Operating System(Android 9 Pie, MacOS Mojave, Windows 10 Enterprise) My Question or IssueHello! I've noticed that my Friend Activity hasn't updated in some ...

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Spotify has not worked on PC for almost a month

I've been using Spotify on PC for a long time now and recently it just stopped playing anything. Every song in my playlist that isn't a local file is now gone and when I play the recommended songs they won't play either. I've reinstalled, logged out ...

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I've been using Spotify on PC for a long time now and recently it just stopped playing anything. Every song in my playlist that isn't a local file is now gone and when I play the recommended songs th...

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Cortana and spotify

PlanPremiumCountryItalia(Italy)DevicepcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuemy language on pc is italian.When i say"hey cortana play x(song)" it opens the web page, instead of playng the song.i have installed spotify by microsoft store and ...

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  Plan Premium Country Italia(Italy) Device pc Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue my language on pc is italian. When i say"hey cortana play x(song)" it opens the...

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Connected apps (Lastfm, Discord) no longer working

This hasn't been working for weeks and it's been driving me insane. Discord randomly stopped showing what I'm listening to and Lastfm randomly stopped scrobbling. There's a tempoary solution to deleting Spotify again then redownloading but it stops w...

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This hasn't been working for weeks and it's been driving me insane. Discord randomly stopped showing what I'm listening to and Lastfm randomly stopped scrobbling. There's a tempoary solution to delet...

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Windows - CTRL+C & CTRL+V pauses playback

Hi. When I use shortcuts on my keyboard for copy (CTRL+C) and paste (CTRL+V) in other applications than Spotify, the desktop overlay (image) opens and playback is paused. Example image. Ofc the issue is not present when I decide to write this post......

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Hi.   When I use shortcuts on my keyboard for copy (CTRL+C) and paste (CTRL+V) in other applications than Spotify, the desktop overlay (image) opens and playback is paused.   Exampl...

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Windows - Music Randomly pausing when Android device is connected

Hi. When I play music on my Windows laptop, it can sometimes randomly pause playback. But only when my Android device is online. Force stopping Spotify on my Android device helps. But when the Spotify notification comes back to life, so does the prob...

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Hi.   When I play music on my Windows laptop, it can sometimes randomly pause playback. But only when my Android device is online.   Force stopping Spotify on my Android device helps. B...

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Solved!! Spotify User Interface Lag - Desktop - Win 10 64 - Software Problem

Lately I am having a constant problem with lag involving the spotify desktop client and its not getting any better.When I reinstall spotify its amazingly fast and works without a hitch, everything I do on the interface is instantaneous, going through...

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Lately I am having a constant problem with lag involving the spotify desktop client and its not getting any better. When I reinstall spotify its amazingly fast and works without a hitch, everyth...

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Music stops playing after 30 seconds

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Desktop App Won't Load on Win 10

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceHP LaptopOperating System Win 10I recently bought a new HP laptop with win10 and installed Spotify on it. Everything was working fine but now the app doesn't load at all. I had an older version (which I run on my main desktop...

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Plan Premium Country   Device HP Laptop Operating System Win 10 I recently bought a new HP laptop with win10 and installed Spotify on it. Everything was working fine but now the app doe...

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albums and artists are empty

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueAlbums and Artists are empty, Songs, Local files, and podcasts are ok. windows 10 Pro, Premiu...

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