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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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Searched terms in playlist wont shuffle

Spotify wont shuffle only the searched terms (album, artist, songs) in my playlist. I used to be able to search for an album or artist (ex. Drake) and shuffle only the Drake songs in my playlist, now it shuffles my entire playlist. Is there a way to ...

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Spotify wont shuffle only the searched terms (album, artist, songs) in my playlist. I used to be able to search for an album or artist (ex. Drake) and shuffle only the Drake songs in my playlist, now...

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Spotify Browser wont load any songs and the spotify app wont load any new songs. [Video]

PlanFreeCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMade a video explaining the issue as a whole because im tired of retyping my problem and not getting responses even when I post on multiple accounts. anyways here is the video I...

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  Plan Free Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Made a video explaining the issue as a whole because im tired of retyping my problem and not ...

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Chromecast using windows native app

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueChromecast should be able to be used from the native app. Its not a fix to run both the web player and the windows player and work around various tricks to make it work. There a...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Chromecast should be able to be used from the native app. Its not a fix to run both the web player and the win...

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Solved!! Deskop app not working

Hi all,Firstly few information: DevicePC Operating SystemWindows 10 x64 - today installed with all updates Firewall - disabled for testsSpotify App - Newest (reinstalled from Windows Web Store)Sound card - AIM SC8000 - drivers (tested few versions)We...

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Hi all, Firstly few information:   Device PC   Operating System Windows 10 x64 - today installed with all updates   Firewall - disabled for tests Spotify App - Newest (reinst...

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No se puede reproducir la canción actual / Can not play the current song

PlanFreeCountryChileDevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueCada vez que quiero reproducir una canción me sale "no se puede reproducir la canción actual", ya deshabilite la aceleración de hardware y reinstale Spotify pero nada me a...

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Plan Free Country Chile Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Cada vez que quiero reproducir una canción me sale "no se puede reproducir la canción actual", ...

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"Can't play this right now" when i'm in full screen games

PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo, the subject says it all. When i'm playing a song or playlist and then open a game, it stops the music.A message appears that says "Spotify can't play this right now...

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Plan Premium Country Argentina Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue So, the subject says it all. When i'm playing a song or playlist and then open a game, it st...

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Daily Mix not working as before nor the same

My Question or Issue It's all about Daily Mix feature. It's not working in the same manner across platforms. Tested on Windows app, Android app and web player. The one I use the most often is the desktop app. In there the feature would allow you an s...

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My Question or Issue   It's all about Daily Mix feature. It's not working in the same manner across platforms. Tested on Windows app, Android app and web player.   The one I use th...

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Solved!! Songs won't play

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play any song it'll either play for a few seconds then stop, or just not play at all. It'll come up with an "error" that says something like "it is not possi...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I try to play any song it'll either play for a few seconds then stop, or just not play at ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify jumps 20-50 seconds into the next song

Hello, I have an issue with Spotify when playing a playlist, one sing is finished and Spotify then starts playing the next one, but starts somewhere between the 0:20 to 1:30 time (approx.). I have tried reinstalling Spotify on my laptop, but the prob...

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Hello,   I have an issue with Spotify when playing a playlist, one sing is finished and Spotify then starts playing the next one, but starts somewhere between the 0:20 to 1:30 time (approx.). ...

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"no es posible reproducir la canción actual" windows 10 4/5/19

Hola, necesito ayuda.Mi spotify premium me deja reproducir 8 segundos de canción y después ya no puedes escuchar más y me da este mensaje de error: no es posible reproducir la canción actual.He hecho todo. Lo he desinstalado y vuelto a instalar 5 vec...

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Hola, necesito ayuda. Mi spotify premium me deja reproducir 8 segundos de canción y después ya no puedes escuchar más y me da  este mensaje de error: no es posible reproducir la canción ac...

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Spotify Connect not working on desktop but on all other devices.

So, I have had spotify premium for a couple of months, so I could set it up with my Amazon Echo Plus speaker. I've been able to play songs on my Echo Plus, my Samsung Galaxy S6 and my Desktop (Win10) without any issues. However, recently I've been ha...

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So, I have had spotify premium for a couple of months, so I could set it up with my Amazon Echo Plus speaker. I've been able to play songs on my Echo Plus, my Samsung Galaxy S6 and my Desktop (Win10)...

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Some songs wont play at all, Its been like this for over a month.

PlanFreeCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo for the last month or so some songs will not play at all. Any song ive listened to in the past few years will load fine but the majority of the new songs just wont load. When...

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Plan Free Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue So for the last month or so some songs will not play at all. Any song ive listened to in the past few...

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Songs adding them selfs to a certain playlist

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUSA Device(Pixel XL, Webplayer, Destop)Operating System(Android Oreo and Windows 10) My Question or IssueSo for the past 3-4 months music I listen to from anywhere on spotify keeps adding its self to my Twitch playlist. This ...

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Plan Premium Family Country USA   Device (Pixel XL, Webplayer, Destop) Operating System (Android Oreo and Windows 10)   My Question or Issue So for the past 3-4 months music...

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The block is gone on spotify daily mixes.

PlanPremiumCountryLithuania DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueCan't block songs/artists I don't like in my playlists. Overall quality (or daily mix improvement) has gone worse, the song/artist genres are random and don't fit in w...

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Plan Premium Country Lithuania   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Can't block songs/artists I don't like in my playlists. Overall quality (or daily mi...

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Superuser Contribution Windows 10, Spotify can't play this right now.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file..... etc. seen 200 posts on this already and I have tried everything there is on the face of planet except the one thing that may fix it. ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file..... etc. seen 200 posts on this already and I have tried everyt...

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Solved!! Absolute 0 : subscribers are all gone

PlanFreeCountryFranceDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 x1803 My Question or IssueI'm Duhemsounds a video games covers artist, I just noticed the Spotify app shows 0 subscribers on my profile and it looks to be a random bug, I've found other people w...

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Plan Free Country France Device PC Operating System Windows 10 x1803   My Question or Issue I'm Duhemsounds a video games covers artist, I just noticed the Spotify app shows 0 subscr...

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My songs on PC won't sync with mobile.

As the subjuct said... my songs on PC won't sync with mobile. When I add any song on mobile, it won't appear on PC. However, if I add song on PC, it appears on my mobile. I tried uninstall and reinstall the PC version. Also, this isn't happen with pl...

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As the subjuct said... my songs on PC won't sync with mobile. When I add any song on mobile, it won't appear on PC. However, if I add song on PC, it appears on my mobile. I tried uninstall and reinst...

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Click the Heart Lose the Track

Hi everyone, so when driving i hear a song say on my made for you playlist, click the heart as its all i can do, i would like to listen to this music again someday maybe six months in the future. It says saved to your library and on i carry. The prob...

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Hi everyone, so when driving i hear a song say on my made for you playlist, click the heart as its all i can do, i would like to listen to this music again someday maybe six months in the future. It ...

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Annoying Album cover

PlanFreeCountryAustraliaDeviceAcer Aspire E 15 LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRight, I'm extremely fustrated with spotify's crappy user interface and the tedious as **bleep** task it took to get here. I connected my facebook acc...

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Plan Free Country Australia Device Acer Aspire E 15 Laptop Operating System Windows  10   My Question or Issue Right, I'm extremely fustrated with spotify's crappy user interface ...

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