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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...
Hi I'm on windows 10 and sometimes Spotify will refuse to launch and instead show an error message (see below). Sometimes this goes away on it's own but it keeps coming back. I've seen only one post on here and it says the solution was to update my P...
Hi I'm on windows 10 and sometimes Spotify will refuse to launch and instead show an error message (see below). Sometimes this goes away on it's own but it keeps coming back. I've seen only one post ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueBefore the most recent update, regardless of how your playlist is sorted (by artist, title etc.) you could click on the playist, not the search bar mind you, but the playlist ...
Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Before the most recent update, regardless of how your playlist is sorted (by artist, title etc.) yo...
Spotify Legend
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Premiumgermany Devicehonor 10, pcOperating SystemAndroid version 9/ Emui 9.0.0, Windows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever i save songs to my library on my mobile it won't sync the songs to my pc's library. So if i want a song saved on both librarys i g...
Premium germany Device honor 10, pc Operating System Android version 9/ Emui 9.0.0, Windows 10 My Question or Issue Whenever i save songs to my library on my mo...
Newbie
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Whenever I'm playing a song on Spotify, and the song ends and switches to another, the Discord status that says "Listening to Spotify" will not update to the current song, and will display the previous song that had already ended, unless I'm tabbed o...
Whenever I'm playing a song on Spotify, and the song ends and switches to another, the Discord status that says "Listening to Spotify" will not update to the current song, and will display the previo...
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PlanPremiumCountryPolandDevice(Blackberry Passport and Windows 10)Operating System(BlackBerry Os 10) My Question or IssueOk, so I have very strange issue with playing music from Spotify. Right now I can play songs from my phone and as well from the P...
Plan Premium Country Poland Device (Blackberry Passport and Windows 10) Operating System (BlackBerry Os 10) My Question or Issue Ok, so I have very strange issue with playing music f...
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PlanPremiumAll Music DevicePCOperating System Windows 10 Pro x64 1809JBL Hard wired stereo speakers fed with shielded Monster cablesVideo GeForce GT 710 to ViewSonic VA2465 Via shielded HDMIAudio: Old Realtek VA2465 High Definition AudioPrimary stora...
Plan Premium All Music Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro x64 1809 JBL Hard wired stereo speakers fed with shielded Monster cables Video GeForce GT 710 to ViewSonic VA2...
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I use Spotify on my iMac, iPhone, and PC, but whenever I log into my account on my PC, nothing will load. It used to just be a select few songs, but now I can't play anything. I only have this problem with the desktop app on my PC, the web player and...
I use Spotify on my iMac, iPhone, and PC, but whenever I log into my account on my PC, nothing will load. It used to just be a select few songs, but now I can't play anything. I only have this proble...
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PlanFreeCountrySwitzerlandDeviceHomemade DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 OEMMy Question or IssueSpotify won't install. It spits out error code 18 and straight after that error code 3. So I googled what that is and apparently 18 occurs when spotify ...
Plan Free Country Switzerland Device Homemade Desktop Operating System Windows 10 OEM My Question or Issue Spotify won't install. It spits out error code 18 and straight after that error cod...
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PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceWindows 10 ProOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueI would like to know if it is possible to show the name of the music that goes on our screen when we play? Without going through software
Plan Premium Country France Device Windows 10 Pro Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue I would like to know if it is possible to show the name of the music that goes ...
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PlanPremiumPaisChileDispositivoComputadorSistema OperativoWindows 10 My Question or IssueTengo un problema que en mi aplicacion de celular tengo mi playlist y me aparecen todas mis canciones, en el sitio web tambien tengo mi playlist con todas mis ca...
Plan Premium Pais Chile Dispositivo Computador Sistema Operativo Windows 10 My Question or Issue Tengo un problema que en mi aplicacion de celular tengo mi playlist y me aparecen t...
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Background - Windows 10 1903, External USB DAC/Soundcard, Spotify Premium, app set to default to max quality. The Spotify desktop app has recently started throwing "spotify can't play this right now" errors at me. I've tried all of the usual suggesti...
Background - Windows 10 1903, External USB DAC/Soundcard, Spotify Premium, app set to default to max quality. The Spotify desktop app has recently started throwing "spotify can't play t...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceWindows Computer, Samsung Galaxy S8Operating SystemWindows 10, Android My IssueI have a Collaborate Playlist with two friends, but someone else followed the playlist without receiving a link. Furthermore you cant see th...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Windows Computer, Samsung Galaxy S8 Operating System Windows 10, Android My Issue I have a Collaborate Playlist with two friends, but someone else...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I am attempting to view "all songs" but when I scroll down they won't load. The wheel keeps turning but the songs won't load up. This used to work and I used it from...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am attempting to view "all songs" but when I scroll down they won't load...
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I've been dealing with this problem, when I accidently installed a virus, but I got it removed. I even tried reinstalling and it still doesn't works, even after days go by i'm still stuck at it, I'm also been waiting for hours for that to be done.I a...
I've been dealing with this problem, when I accidently installed a virus, but I got it removed. I even tried reinstalling and it still doesn't works, even after days go by i'm still stuck at it, I'm ...
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I can't see the spotify window, I can only see it at taskbar, and no Icons at the notification area, I tried reinstalling and it didn't work, It's been a few days, I can't solve the problem, please help.
I can't see the spotify window, I can only see it at taskbar, and no Icons at the notification area, I tried reinstalling and it didn't work, It's been a few days, I can't solve the problem, please h...
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Is there a way to recover a specific version of a playlist? I accidentaly deleted all the songs on a playlist but not the playlist itself. I've been working on this playlist for the nearly two years I've had Spotify, so I'm really hoping there's a so...
Is there a way to recover a specific version of a playlist? I accidentaly deleted all the songs on a playlist but not the playlist itself. I've been working on this playlist for the nearly two years ...
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i recently reinstalled spotify to try and fix the issue i was having with discord integration (which i still can't figure out) and the album ui was different. i mean sure i dont really care about it beacuse i can still use it but it still annoys me t...
i recently reinstalled spotify to try and fix the issue i was having with discord integration (which i still can't figure out) and the album ui was different. i mean sure i dont really care about it ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi, so I've been looking at many solutions and answer regarding my issue.. None have worked. So for awhile, my songs on spotify (Only on PC) would play, then after 4 seconds j...
Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, so I've been looking at many solutions and answer regarding my issue.. None have worked. So for...
Casual Listener
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What is wrong with the search function? I search for my favorite artists and nothing comes up.
What is wrong with the search function? I search for my favorite artists and nothing comes up.
Roadie
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Is there a way to stop the music in Spotify so that the "Now Playing" banner at the bottom dissapears? In iTunes, you can do this with the shortcut "CTRL-Period" (or "CMD-Period" if you're on Mac). Is there a similar function on Spotify?
Is there a way to stop the music in Spotify so that the "Now Playing" banner at the bottom dissapears? In iTunes, you can do this with the shortcut "CTRL-Period" (or "CMD-Period" if you're on Mac). I...
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