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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...
PlanSpotify Premium (Family)CountryUninted KingdomDeviceHP Desktop, HP Laptop, Samsung Galaxy S8Operating SystemWindows 10 Home (PC's), Android 9 (S8) My Question or IssueI believe this is a fairly common issue amongst Spotify users, and I have looke...
Plan Spotify Premium (Family) Country Uninted Kingdom Device HP Desktop, HP Laptop, Samsung Galaxy S8 Operating System Windows 10 Home (PC's), Android 9 (S8) My Question or Issue I b...
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I'm premium since 2011, this never happened to me. The PC app is not launching as it always did when I start my pc. I cannot uninstall and I tried to reinstall a lot of times. I deleted all the spotify folders I can find on my pc but it's still not w...
I'm premium since 2011, this never happened to me. The PC app is not launching as it always did when I start my pc. I cannot uninstall and I tried to reinstall a lot of times. I deleted all the spoti...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDell Latitude E7450Operating SystemWindows 8.1 Enterprise My Question or IssueAs others have posted, my volume slider (and song location slider) do not work. I have properly uninstalled/reinstalled twice, and I have toggled...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell Latitude E7450 Operating System Windows 8.1 Enterprise My Question or Issue As others have posted, my volume slider (and song location slider) do...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountrySouth AfricaDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHow can i disable gapless playback? The option is not available in Spotify's settings.
Plan Premium Country South Africa Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue How can i disable gapless playback? The option is not available in Spotify's ...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueLike the Title says "Spotify stops playing music after a few seconds (PC)" I've got the problem that Spotify stops playing music after a few seconds, and sometimes it wou...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Like the Title says "Spotify stops playing music after a few seconds (PC)" I've got th...
Newbie
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Hallo,kann mir zufällig jemand erklären, wie man nach allen Alben mit BWV (Bach Werke Verzeichnis) Nummern suchen kann? Die Suche bringt leider alle möglichen, aber keine korrekten Ergebnisse. BeispielSuche: BWV 10 oder Bach 10Ergebnis: BWV 100...BWV...
Hallo, kann mir zufällig jemand erklären, wie man nach allen Alben mit BWV (Bach Werke Verzeichnis) Nummern suchen kann? Die Suche bringt leider alle möglichen, aber keine korrekten Ergebnisse. &nb...
Composer
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Dopo pochi secondi la canzone si blocca e compare un avviso che recita: non è possibile riprodurre il brano correttamente. Ho già provato a reistallare il programma diverse volte. Succede su tutti i brani anche quelli delle mie playlist che ho sempre...
Dopo pochi secondi la canzone si blocca e compare un avviso che recita: non è possibile riprodurre il brano correttamente. Ho già provato a reistallare il programma diverse volte. Succede su...
Visitor
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Hi, I recently added an album to my Spotify. I know how to do it Preferences>add a local source>local file etc...It was a success, I created a playlist for the album and it was set on my PC then I tried to do the same for my phone so I can also liste...
Hi, I recently added an album to my Spotify. I know how to do it Preferences>add a local source>local file etc... It was a success, I created a playlist for the album and it was set on my PC t...
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PlanPremiumCountrySpain DeviceLenovo YOGA 710-14ISKOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueEvery time I try to play a song on Spotify, it stops after 3-5 seconds and the message "Can't play the current song" appears. I've tried deleting the pr...
Plan Premium Country Spain Device Lenovo YOGA 710-14ISK Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Every time I try to play a song on Spotify, it stops after 3-5 second...
Roadie
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PlanFreeCountryUnited KingdomDeviceRazer Blade StealthOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have been using spotify for many years now, but recently, whenever I try to play a song from a playlist it will play 6 seconds then stop. This does...
Plan Free Country United Kingdom Device Razer Blade Stealth Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have been using spotify for many years now, but recently, whene...
Regular
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So at first a bunch of songs I added from mobile were missing on Desktop, and it wouldn't play many of them. So I reinstalled and that seemed to work, but only 5 seconds of each song plays before it stops. I Googled this and already deleted all files...
So at first a bunch of songs I added from mobile were missing on Desktop, and it wouldn't play many of them. So I reinstalled and that seemed to work, but only 5 seconds of each song plays before it ...
Casual Listener
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Plan:PremiumCountry:United StatesDevice:PCOperating System:Windows 10My Question or Issue:I press the next track button on my keyboard which is the F8 button, but it instead does the function of the previous track button. The previous track button pe...
Plan: Premium Country: United States Device: PC Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue: I press the next track button on my keyboard which is the F8 button, but it instead...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 7, PCOperating Systemlatest iOS, Windows 10 My Question or IssueHi everyone - I migrated from Groove to Spotify and it worked great. 500+ albums and 10 playlists matched and showed up in Spotify across all platforms....
Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 7, PC Operating System latest iOS, Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi everyone - I migrated from Groove to Spotify and it worked great. &...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceHP PavillionOperating SystemWindows 10Spotify Build1.1.5.153.gf614956dMy Question or IssueFollowing the most recent update, the media keys on my keyboard no longer work globally. They worked fine a week or so ago but all of ...
Plan Premium Country UK Device HP Pavillion Operating System Windows 10 Spotify Build 1.1.5.153.gf614956d My Question or Issue Following the most recent update, the media keys on my keyboa...
Casual Listener
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I just got a problem with the filter in my playlists after the latest update, when I now search up an artist I have on spotify, it does find the songs on that artist, but when I play one song and expect it to change to another song by the same artist...
I just got a problem with the filter in my playlists after the latest update, when I now search up an artist I have on spotify, it does find the songs on that artist, but when I play one so...
Spotify Legend
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Windows 10BelgiumPremium subscription Hi, for a week or so, I can't connect to Spotify anymore. First, it showed Error 4. I read some advice to check my firewalls and reinstall Spotify, but then I had error 7. I then tried it again and now it says er...
Windows 10 Belgium Premium subscription Hi, for a week or so, I can't connect to Spotify anymore. First, it showed Error 4. I read some advice to check my firewalls and reinstall Spotify, ...
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PlanPremiumCountryItalyDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello everybody, I've noticed that since one month I can't find anymore on the desktop the songs I saved in my smartphone's...
Plan Premium Country Italy Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello everybody, I've noticed that since one mo...
Newbie
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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 it shuffles my entire playlist. Is there a way to ...
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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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...
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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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...
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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