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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...
PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyOperating SystemWindows 7My Question or IssueI'm using Spotify for 3 years but it started to acting weird. When I try to listen to songs they won't start. They turn into blank when start them. Also I can't use online features ...
Plan Premium Country Turkey Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue I'm using Spotify for 3 years but it started to acting weird. When I try to listen to songs they won't start...
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Edit: I didn't mean to post this in the Windows discussion area, newbie mistake. My bad. Plan: Premium FamilyCountry: US Device: iMac Late 2013Operating System: Mojave 10.14.3 Was there a change in how the Daily Mixes are built? Yesterday I had the u...
Edit: I didn't mean to post this in the Windows discussion area, newbie mistake. My bad. Plan: Premium Family Country: US Device: iMac Late 2013 Operating System: Mojave 10.1...
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PlanPremium CountryItaly Operating System Android Oreo My Question or Issue When I try to play certain artist i get this error "we can't play this until you allow this track in the spotify phone app" both on PC and Android... What can i do?
Plan Premium Country Italy Operating System Android Oreo My Question or Issue When I try to play certain artist i get this error "we can't play...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremuimCountry USA DeviceDeskTop Version - Windows 10 ProOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueBesides herring are not hearing the music, how can I check to see what Wi-Fi network I'm connected to.
Plan Premuim Country USA Device DeskTop Version - Windows 10 Pro Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue Besides herring are not hearing the music, how ca...
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PlanPremiumCountryDominican Republic DeviceDesktop (PC)Operating SystemWindows 10 Pro - 1809 My Question or Issue:No matter what, spotify crashes after opening. I mean, it just closes. If I open it and click on another window spotify keeps open, but ...
Plan Premium Country Dominican Republic Device Desktop (PC) Operating System Windows 10 Pro - 1809 My Question or Issue: No matter what, spotify crashes after opening. I m...
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PlanFreeCountryFrance DeviceWindows10Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueSince this morning when I start playing music, it stops on an ad (Dacia) that it can play. If I try to start another music it says it wil...
Plan Free Country France Device Windows10 Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Since this morning when I start playing music, it...
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I have a premium account for 2 or 3 years now and I'm using it on my phone and Windows 10 pc (same one from the beginning). Since last month I guess I repeatedly download my offline music to my pc but Spotify keeps resetting all of them. This is the ...
I have a premium account for 2 or 3 years now and I'm using it on my phone and Windows 10 pc (same one from the beginning). Since last month I guess I repeatedly download my offline music to my pc bu...
Composer
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PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceHp probookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify does not work on my laptop as my playlists that I have mad and put songs in say they have no songs, I cant play any music and there is no friend activit...
Plan Premium Country Australia Device Hp probook Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify does not work on my laptop as my playlists that I have mad and put songs in ...
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I know this question has been asked a couple times and I've tried everything suggested. I have a couple songs in a folder for Local Files on my desktop, I've added 2 songs recently to the folder and no matter what I do I cant get the new songs to sho...
I know this question has been asked a couple times and I've tried everything suggested. I have a couple songs in a folder for Local Files on my desktop, I've added 2 songs recently to the folder and ...
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Hi, again! So this has been a recurring problem over the years that I have used Spotify (non premium) on my Windows laptop. My friend activity will work for awhile but then will start only showing half the people, or less, that I'm following. It isn'...
Hi, again! So this has been a recurring problem over the years that I have used Spotify (non premium) on my Windows laptop. My friend activity will work for awhile but then will start only showing ha...
Music Fan
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue My Spotify app crashes immediately when trying to login. No error messages or anything. Never had issues before. I have tried a clean install both from the direct downl...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My Spotify app crashes immediately when trying to login. No error messages or a...
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Hi, i recently made a music from myself, and i would like to share it on spotify. But i don't know how to do that, i never used spotify before that. I don't know if i'm allowed to do that.I found on internet something, it said , click on "add source"...
Hi, i recently made a music from myself, and i would like to share it on spotify. But i don't know how to do that, i never used spotify before that. I don't know if i'm allowed to do that. I ...
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PlanFreeDeviceChromebook For some reason, none of the songs that I have saved to my library will load. I've tryed everything i can think of to fix it, but it's not working. I've tried restarting my computer, redownloading the app, but it won't work.
Plan Free Device Chromebook For some reason, none of the songs that I have saved to my library will load. I've tryed everything i can think of to fix it, but it's not working. I'v...
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PlanPremiumCountrySpainDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro x64 My Question or IssueWell, it's been like months I'm having this issue. No matter from where I install Spotify (wheter Windows Store or Spotify.com). Everytime I open Spotify: 1st: "Fri...
Plan Premium Country Spain Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro x64 My Question or Issue Well, it's been like months I'm having this issue. No matter from where I install Spotif...
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceDesktop, Sony Xperia XA1, Open SpotifyOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am unable to play the songs from a specific artist (in this case After the Burial). Whenever I try to play songs by them on my l...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Desktop, Sony Xperia XA1, Open Spotify Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am unable to play the songs from a specific artist (...
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Hello, I've upgraded my Spotify account to Family to be able to listen to music on sevrals computers at home. However, when I start a playlist, my second computer reads the same music and when I change on this second computer, the first gets its musi...
Hello, I've upgraded my Spotify account to Family to be able to listen to music on sevrals computers at home. However, when I start a playlist, my second computer reads the same mus...
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Hello, my name is scott. I just recently got Spotify as requested by said friend in another state so he could show people my beats. Only issue is, my beats(mp3) are greyed out for him.I made my own playlist- after countless hours of trying to even fi...
Hello, my name is scott. I just recently got Spotify as requested by said friend in another state so he could show people my beats. Only issue is, my beats(mp3) are greyed out for him. I made my o...
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My desktop app is not really updated even though it updates automatically. all my followed podcast only have lastest episodes from Jan 2019, new released tracks do not play even though they are not greyed out, and I only get 4 tracks from discover we...
My desktop app is not really updated even though it updates automatically. all my followed podcast only have lastest episodes from Jan 2019, new released tracks do not play even though they are not g...
Music Fan
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I uploaded my first playlist cover on the desktop app, and it appears with the new cover in my library, both on my desktop and iOS device apps. However, when the playlist is displayed in a search result, it shows the old 4-panel cover. When I click o...
I uploaded my first playlist cover on the desktop app, and it appears with the new cover in my library, both on my desktop and iOS device apps. However, when the playlist is displayed in a s...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceGalaxy Note8Operating SystemAndroid (P) & Windows 10 My Question or IssueToday I installed the desktop client on my laptop and everything seemed fine at first. However, when I go to my library, and the albums section,not all...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Galaxy Note8 Operating System Android (P) & Windows 10 My Question or Issue Today I installed the desktop client on my laptop and everythin...
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