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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...
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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...
PlanPremium Family CountryGermany DevicePC Operating SystemWin10 1803 x64 My Question or IssueI listen to Spotify at work and occasionly add songs that I like to my library.They show up in every other browser but not in my Desktop App at home.If I wa...
Plan Premium Family Country Germany Device PC Operating System Win10 1803 x64 My Question or Issue I listen to Spotify at work and occasionly add songs that I...
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceTOSHIBAOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHello people i have a little but a big problem for mefor about 2 weeks i cant search all tracks of an artistit gives me 100 songs and keep loading and dont do nothingsince ...
Plan Premium Country Device TOSHIBA Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Hello people i have a little but a big problem for me for about 2 weeks i cant sea...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMicrosoft Surface GoOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI use spotify a lot in my windows device when i am home which is connected to speakers. The problem is when I lock the device spotify stops p...
Plan Free/Premium Country United States Device Microsoft Surface Go Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I use spotify a lot in my windows device when i am home w...
Casual Listener
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Just downloaded the latest app (don't know how to check for exact version number). App no longer shuffles songs. Clciking the shuffle icon turns it on and off ... but shuffling ...
Just downloaded the latest app (don't know how to check for exact version number). App no longer shuffles songs. Clciking the shuffle icon turns it on and off ... but shuffling ...
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PlanPremiumCountryEspañaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHola, Desde que me cambié a una cuenta premium, muchísimas canciones han dejado de escucharse hasta el punto de que aparecen si las busco, pero no las reproduce. Directamente se q...
Plan Premium Country España Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hola, Desde que me cambié a una cuenta premium, muchísimas canciones han dejado de escucharse hasta ...
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PlanPremiumCountryPolandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueDear All,I use Spotify for more than one week. I did not turn off the computer for the first few days and everything was okay. After I turned off the computer and turned o...
Plan Premium Country Poland Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Dear All, I use Spotify for more than one week. I did not turn off the computer for the first ...
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I've noticed that the New Releases tab no longer allows 'continuous scrolling'. I used to be able to see music from a few months back and was able to catch up in artists I liked or discover new music. Now it only shows me three weeks worth of new rel...
I've noticed that the New Releases tab no longer allows 'continuous scrolling'. I used to be able to see music from a few months back and was able to catch up in artists I liked or discover new music...
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceMacbook air 2016 Operating System(Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueSpotify keeps skipping songs on the desktop and web players(chrome and firefox). This is very frustrating and I am very close to canceling my subscription...
Plan Premium Country Device Macbook air 2016 Operating System (Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Spotify keeps skipping songs on the desktop and web players(chrome a...
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PlanPremiumCountryPolandDevicePc and Samsung J5 Operating SystemWindowsa 10, Andriod My Question or IssueHiMy songs dont sync berten pc and smartphone. I have to add them again on my pc. On phone everything is fine.
Plan Premium Country Poland Device Pc and Samsung J5 Operating System Windowsa 10, Andriod My Question or Issue Hi My songs dont sync berten pc and smartphone. I h...
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Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I start listening to music on the Spotify desktop app I listen to my playlist for awhile then it will randomly start skipping through my playlist and to start listening to music again ill have to cl...
Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I start listening to music on the Spotify desktop app I listen to my playlist for awhile then it will randomly start skipping th...
Casual Listener
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Hey guys,I just have reinstalled windows, upgraded my Ram ddr4 and installed spotify. When I open spotify and start playing a song, after about 10 seconds spotify is closed/crashes...and i treid to reinstall spotify, shut down my pc- none of this has...
Hey guys, I just have reinstalled windows, upgraded my Ram ddr4 and installed spotify. When I open spotify and start playing a song, after about 10 seconds spotify is closed/crashes...and i treid to...
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PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever I open spotify with my G430 headset plugged in, the songs just won't play. The songs just freezes and the album cover dissapears, and when I closed the app, unplugged ...
Plan Premium Country Indonesia Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Whenever I open spotify with my G430 headset plugged in, the songs just won't play. The songs just freez...
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I'm currently listening on the Windows 10 version of Spotify, I have a premium plan and I've been listening for a while. Yesterday I wanted to listen to my local files but found out that most of them were grayed out for some reason. Turns out that th...
I'm currently listening on the Windows 10 version of Spotify, I have a premium plan and I've been listening for a while. Yesterday I wanted to listen to my local files but found out that most of them...
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PlanPremium accountCountryThe netherlandsDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueWhen i want to log in on my spotify it says it gets blocked by a firewall. How can i turn this off?? I cant listen to spotify now. Already tried to del...
Plan Premium account Country The netherlands Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When i want to log in on my spotify it says it gets blocked by a firewall. How can...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceMobile & PCOperating SystemAndroid & Windows 10 My Question or IssueI'm trying to play music from the band "Pendulum" but whenever i press play i get a message popup saying:"Spotify We can't play this song until you allo...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Mobile & PC Operating System Android & Windows 10 My Question or Issue I'm trying to play music from the band "Pendulum" but whenever i pre...
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I have a Premium subscription, and am trying to play radio on the PC Desktop version. The problem is that for whatever reason, the radio option generates a playlist that contains approximately 50 songs... and then doesn't load any more. The interface...
I have a Premium subscription, and am trying to play radio on the PC Desktop version. The problem is that for whatever reason, the radio option generates a playlist that contains approximately 50 son...
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PlanFree CountryUS DeviceLenovo Yoga Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueDespite my friends being able to see my listening activity, I can't see theirs. I've uninstalled and reinstalled Spotify and logged in/out and turned the display for ...
Plan Free Country US Device Lenovo Yoga Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Despite my friends being able to see my listening activity, I can't s...
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PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueDaily Mix does not show up on PC along with the "Made For You" category
Plan Free Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Daily Mix does not show up on PC along with the "Made For You" category
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Just installed Spotify and with local files disabled it keeps showing me local files when I do a search. I've seen the post suggesting to delete local-files.bnk but it keeps recreating that file so my idea was to empty that file and put it in read-on...
Just installed Spotify and with local files disabled it keeps showing me local files when I do a search. I've seen the post suggesting to delete local-files.bnk but it keeps recreating ...
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PlanPremiumCountryaustraliaDevicedell laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy spotify on my lapto is completely brokenI can view my playlists but they all come up with a message saying the playlist is empty. i cannot play any song thr...
Plan Premium Country australia Device dell laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My spotify on my lapto is completely broken I can view my playlists but th...
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