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Discuss Spotify for Windows
Plan Premium Device PC / Android My Question or Issue This happened a few days ago. Normally when i clicked an Artist > Discography > Show All > And play a song, the next song was from the next album of the artist. Now, the next song is a random one ...
Newbie
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Premium member, France, Windows 10 64 bits updated, Focusrite Audio solo usb external soundcard updated, Desktop app updated I talk with the customer service, we try to solve my problem and they told me that it should be an issue that I have to talk ...
Music Fan
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15 replies
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktop PC IntelOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueFollowed clean re-install instructions after getting black screen at startup. Installed the latest June 15 version from the Windows Store. Ran once without p...
Visitor
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40 replies
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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 are...
PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceCustom built desktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo I use the Windows version of Spotify that can be downloaded from the Spotify website, not the Windows Store app. Lately, I've been experiencing...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Custom built desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue So I use the Windows version of Spotify that can be downloaded from th...
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I rearranged my folders/playlists on the desktop app and everything shows correctly. However when I use the app on my iOS the playlists are all in the wrong folders. I've tried to sync my devices but nothing works.
I rearranged my folders/playlists on the desktop app and everything shows correctly. However when I use the app on my iOS the playlists are all in the wrong folders. I've tried to sync my devices but...
Community Legend
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6 replies
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My Spotify user name was used to be "marti", but someday it automatically changed to "abkgz8iwshjrdky2zp2vhf7vh", and it has no sense.I'd like to know if I can have my original name again, thanks.
My Spotify user name was used to be "marti", but someday it automatically changed to "abkgz8iwshjrdky2zp2vhf7vh", and it has no sense. I'd like to know if I can have my original name again, thanks. ...
Composer
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Plan Premium (Just upgraded to Family not 4 hours ago)Country: USA DeviceGoogle Pixel 3a, PC, Google Pixel 1Operating SystemAndroid 9, Windows 7 My Question or IssueHowdy!This has been going on the last week or so, not for very long. I'll be listenin...
Plan Premium (Just upgraded to Family not 4 hours ago) Country: USA Device Google Pixel 3a, PC, Google Pixel 1 Operating System Android 9, Windows 7 My Question or I...
Casual Listener
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2 replies
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PlanPremiumCountryMXDevice(Android & app for Windows 10)Operating System( Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI'm not talking about the series of numbers that spotify automatically gives you.I'm refering to my name on the spotify screen, not my user...
Plan Premium Country MX Device (Android & app for Windows 10) Operating System ( Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I'm not talking about the series of numbers th...
Composer
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Hey, guys, I can´t play any music if I start a song the progress bar isn't moving and isn't even showing the name or cover pic. whe I try to turn up the volume in the mixer I cant see Spotify and when I like, want to see a playlist (like any new play...
Hey, guys, I can´t play any music if I start a song the progress bar isn't moving and isn't even showing the name or cover pic. whe I try to turn up the volume in the mixer I cant see Spotify and whe...
Community Legend
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1 replies
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PlanFamily Plan when issue started, but now downgraded to single planCountryUSADevice(Samsung Galaxy 9, and Desktop Version)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueRecently I did a back up of music on my phone, and ever since then Spotify ha...
Plan Family Plan when issue started, but now downgraded to single plan Country USA Device (Samsung Galaxy 9, and Desktop Version) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue R...
Casual Listener
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When I'm playing a song from my list, about every 60 sec or so, there's a pause in the music and a beep (like a phone is on hold) and then the music continues until the next beep. So far it is doing it with every song from multiple artists. This has ...
When I'm playing a song from my list, about every 60 sec or so, there's a pause in the music and a beep (like a phone is on hold) and then the music continues until the next beep. So far it is ...
Regular
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1 replies
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PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI can't connect to any device on my Desktop PC. I don't have wifi on it but I have Ethernet. I don't want to get Wifi on my PC (works way better on Ethernet) is th...
Plan Premium Country France Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I can't connect to any device on my Desktop PC. I don't have wifi on it but I have Ethe...
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I use a Windows desktop news app to be awared of the market news.I also listen to music continuously via Spotify on the same machine.When the other specific Windows app needs to speak I need Spotify to fade out.How can I achieve this?Thanks. PremiumT...
I use a Windows desktop news app to be awared of the market news. I also listen to music continuously via Spotify on the same machine. When the other specific Windows app needs to speak I need Spot...
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DeviceLenovo Thinkpad P50Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHey,I'm using spotify at work and it takes a lot of my RAM.Here on the screenshot you can see that it takes almost 1.5 Go of RAM !I'm keeping it open for long period of time so I ...
Device Lenovo Thinkpad P50 Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Hey, I'm using spotify at work and it takes a lot of my RAM. Here on the screenshot you can see that it tak...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSongs I've added since like 15 days ago aren't going onto my liked playlist on my PC and when I play them on my phone they don't play on my PC. I can't refresh my playlist...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Songs I've added since like 15 days ago aren't going onto my liked playlist on my PC and when I...
Community Legend
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Tonight I attempted to play spotify and it just started skipping through playlists without starting any of the songs. I occationally get the error message "Spotify can't play this right now, if you have the song on your computer you can import it."I ...
Tonight I attempted to play spotify and it just started skipping through playlists without starting any of the songs. I occationally get the error message "Spotify can't play this right now, i...
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Recently something odd has been happening with all of my playlists. Even though I keep them all on shuffle, if I have 2 or more of an artist's songs in the playlist, they always play back-to-back songs from that atist before moving on to the next son...
Recently something odd has been happening with all of my playlists. Even though I keep them all on shuffle, if I have 2 or more of an artist's songs in the playlist, they always play back-to-back son...
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Hello! I just installed Spotify for the first time. One of the reasons I'm interested in it is the support for Local Files. But I tried to add a large number of .mp3 (23K) and within after a few minutes it had eaten all available memory and the app w...
Hello! I just installed Spotify for the first time. One of the reasons I'm interested in it is the support for Local Files. But I tried to add a large number of .mp3 (23K) a...
Not applicable
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When i close my laptop and Spotify is running on the foreground, the music keep playing, it juts lock the PC without sleeping. If i play a video on Chrome or use the Netflix app and close the lid, the laptop goes on stand by correctly.Windows 10 - As...
When i close my laptop and Spotify is running on the foreground, the music keep playing, it juts lock the PC without sleeping. If i play a video on Chrome or use the Netflix app and close the lid, th...
Visitor
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PlanPremiumCountryItalyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I order my liked songs and I play one of them, the next song is wrong, because the app is playing the next song like there is no order.I tried reinstalling the app, an...
Plan Premium Country Italy Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I order my liked songs and I play one of them, the next song is wrong, because the ...
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PlanFreeCountryNew ZealandOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueQuite a few songs are either wrongly marked or not marked. for reference, I've had to modify host file in hosts/etc/drivers/system32/windows or something to even use Spotify. I'...
Plan Free Country New Zealand Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Quite a few songs are either wrongly marked or not marked. for reference, I've had to modify host...
Regular
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PlanFreeCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueI need to remove an entire album from a playlist and it contains about 30+ tracks. I tried using the Control and Shift keys to do this but it does not work. Is there another...
Plan Free Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue I need to remove an entire album from a playlist and it contains about 30+ tracks. I tried using ...
Roadie
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Hello All, New Spotify user here and I've searched for an answer to this problem but can't find it. When I play a playlist, one song plays from the playlist then it plays songs outside the playlist, specifically modern pop songs. I'll try to explain ...
Hello All, New Spotify user here and I've searched for an answer to this problem but can't find it. When I play a playlist, one song plays from the playlist then it play...
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