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PlanPremiumCountryPolandOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just noticed that a new "smart shuffle mode" putting unwanted "smart recommendations" in my queue was added to my desktop app. How to turn it off permanently or at least make th...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"I have tried all t...
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There no X or way to close or stop a video on Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c
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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...
So for some reason, the volume slider and song seek slider (I never know what to call them) won't work. Whenever I try to drag the dot to the volume slider or the song seek slider, it won't work. Everything else works perfectly fine, but it's those t...
So for some reason, the volume slider and song seek slider (I never know what to call them) won't work. Whenever I try to drag the dot to the volume slider or the song seek slider, it won't work. Eve...
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I’m a premium user and while the app for Spotify has been working flawlessly, the desktop app doesn’t. I’m running windows 7 and as you can tell by the subject, any song I play on the desktop app is added to a specific playlist I have. This leads to ...
I’m a premium user and while the app for Spotify has been working flawlessly, the desktop app doesn’t. I’m running windows 7 and as you can tell by the subject, any song I play on the desktop app is ...
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PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi.The spotify website shows the podcasts that I have scheduled but the desktop application does not do so having them scheduled from the application. Spotify desktop i...
Plan Premium Country Argentina Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi. The spotify website shows the podcasts that I have scheduled but the desktop applicatio...
Music Fan
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PlanPremiumCountry Finland DevicePCOperating SystemWin 10 My Question or IssueIssue #1So after the latest spotify patch 1.1.8.439.g8502297d the overlay that pops up when you switch songs etc. comes on automatically even if it's turned off everytime s...
Plan Premium Country Finland Device PC Operating System Win 10 My Question or Issue Issue #1 So after the latest spotify patch 1.1.8.439.g8502297d the ove...
Newbie
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PlanFreeCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueA week or so ago, I decided to listen to the whole album of "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds." Ever since then, while I can search for other music and go into my ow...
Plan Free Country USA Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue A week or so ago, I decided to listen to the whole album of "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds." Ever...
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PlanPremiumCountryPhilippinesDeviceAcer Aspire E 14Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've been dealing with this for weeks now. I've tried clean reinstall, I've tried the Program version, the App version. I've tried disabling hardware ac...
Plan Premium Country Philippines Device Acer Aspire E 14 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've been dealing with this for weeks now. I've tried clean reinstall, I've ...
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PlanPremiumCountryphilippinesDevicepcOperating Systemwindows My Question or Issuemy laptop is connected to a bluetooth speaker. but when i play spotify the sound is not coming out from the bluetooth speaker but from the laptops' speaker. any idea wha...
Plan Premium Country philippines Device pc Operating System windows My Question or Issue my laptop is connected to a bluetooth speaker. but when i play spotify the sound is not comin...
Composer
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PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceDell laptop 2017 Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor the last 2 weeks, when listening to Spotify on a laptop with external speakers, music is skipping every 5-10 seconds. It's not skipping ahead or to anothe...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell laptop 2017 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue For the last 2 weeks, when listening to Spotify on a laptop with ext...
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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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PlanFreeCountryNetherlandsDevicewindows 10 dekstopOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or Issuea lot of songs are unplayable and therefor greyed out. how do i fix this? it started about a moth ago, often daily mix playlists are completely filled wi...
Plan Free Country Netherlands Device windows 10 dekstop Operating System windows 10 My Question or Issue a lot of songs are unplayable and therefor greyed out. how do i fix t...
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Hi, Comment to an already answered question.https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Spotify-on-my-desktop-lags-when-it-is-the-active-window-Why/m-p/4617416 PlanPremiumCountryTaiwanDeviceAcer Aspire GX-781 Desktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10...
Hi, Comment to an already answered question. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Spotify-on-my-desktop-lags-when-it-is-the-active-window-Why/m-p/4617416 Plan Premium ...
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PlanPremiumCountryThe netherlandsDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSince the last update spotify is sooo slow and it just keeps lagging! For example if i search for a song it stays black and if i click on a song it's stuck a...
Plan Premium Country The netherlands Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Since the last update spotify is sooo slow and it just keeps lagging! For example...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueToday I'm listening to some suggested playlists and when I click to go to the next song there's a 1-2 second delay where the song I want to skip keeps playing before starting ...
Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Today I'm listening to some suggested playlists and when I click to go to the next song the...
Spotify Star
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PlanFree/PremiumCountrySwitzerlandDeviceSamsung Galaxy S9+, ComputerOperating System(Android Oreo, Windows 10) My Question or IssueSomehow the changing of the cover for my playlists does not work. When I change the cover in my Desktop Application it ...
Plan Free/Premium Country Switzerland Device Samsung Galaxy S9+, Computer Operating System (Android Oreo, Windows 10) My Question or Issue Somehow the changing of the cover for ...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountry DevicePC LaptopOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or IssueI am trying to delete the local files on my Spotify, I have tried everything. Ive tried going to "%appdata%\Spotify\Users\" and deleting "local-files.bnk". I have tried ...
Plan Premium Country Device PC Laptop Operating System windows 10 My Question or Issue I am trying to delete the local files on my Spotify, I have tried everything. Iv...
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PlanPremiumCountryTROperating System(windows) My Question or Issuei cant connect spotfy actually i cant listen music firstly i closed firewallthen reinstalled appwhat should i do i cant connect there is screenshot in there look at and pls solve my pr...
Plan Premium Country TR Operating System (windows) My Question or Issue i cant connect spotfy actually i cant listen music firstly i closed firewall then reinstalled app what ...
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The Windows desktop player used to have "Songs" under "Library" but this option has disappeared. Do I really need to go through every single album in my library and click "Like"? If so, that's insanely user-hostile. PlanFreeOperating SystemWindows 10...
The Windows desktop player used to have "Songs" under "Library" but this option has disappeared. Do I really need to go through every single album in my library and click "Like"? If so, that's insane...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceHP PavilionOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueThat error keeps coming up. I have tried every solution listed so far. I have reinstalled, I have checked the hosts file, I have refreshed the drivers on the computer,...
Plan Premium Country US Device HP Pavilion Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue That error keeps coming up. I have tried every solution listed so far. I have reins...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountry Sweden DeviceLenovo Carbon X1 (2019) , Win 10, Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueJust got my new Lenovo laptop Carbon X1. Updated all dirvers + Windows update, installed Chrome, installed Spootify. When playing music w...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Lenovo Carbon X1 (2019) , Win 10, Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Just got my new Lenovo laptop Carbon X1. Upd...
Casual Listener
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My Question or Issue Randomly some users playlists will be shown not complete. Usually the playlist will only load one of the artists, and only one or two songs from the artist. This won't happen to all of the playlists of a single user, generally on...
My Question or Issue Randomly some users playlists will be shown not complete. Usually the playlist will only load one of the artists, and only one or two songs from the artist. This won't h...
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