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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...
PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueIve been a premium member for about 6 years ive lost accounts and other stuff... but let me ask why is my spotify crashing every time it opens since the new ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue Ive been a premium member for about 6 years ive lost accounts and other stuff... ...
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PlanfreeCountryFranceDevicePCOperating SystemWin 7Bonjour, je lance ce thread car depuis quelque jours j'ai un drole de probleme avec spotify sur mon ordinateur. Spotify refuse carrément de se lancer, quand je clique dessus, dans le gestionnaire des ...
Plan free Country France Device PC Operating System Win 7 Bonjour, je lance ce thread car depuis quelque jours j'ai un drole de probleme avec spotify sur mon ordinateur. Spotify refuse carrém...
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Am I mistaken or did Spotify just make every artist name beginning with THE alphabetized by the word THE, instead of the first letter after "the"? If so, what's the logic there? Or is it only me who cares about such things?
Am I mistaken or did Spotify just make every artist name beginning with THE alphabetized by the word THE, instead of the first letter after "the"? If so, what's the logic there? Or is it only me who ...
Roadie
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I'm a premium user, and each time I try to play a song on my desktop, the song will play for 6 or 7 seconds before it pauses and I recieve a "cant play this song right now" message in the app. I try to play on the web player from the same computer bu...
I'm a premium user, and each time I try to play a song on my desktop, the song will play for 6 or 7 seconds before it pauses and I recieve a "cant play this song right now" message in the app. I try ...
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On my PC, Spotify will no longer download songs. It's been working fine for months on this PC, but now it's stuck on track 1, and never gets further - Downloading 1 of XX (see snapshot below). This happens independently of which playlist I try to dow...
On my PC, Spotify will no longer download songs. It's been working fine for months on this PC, but now it's stuck on track 1, and never gets further - Downloading 1 of XX (see snapshot below). T...
Roadie
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PlanFreeCountryHungaryDeviceROG GL753VEOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI can open the desktop program, but it looks like it's offline while i have fine internet connection. www.spotify.com is working but www.open.spotify.com says "the ...
Plan Free Country Hungary Device ROG GL753VE Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I can open the desktop program, but it looks like it's offline while i have fine in...
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FreeUnited StatesWindows 10 When I played local files on my Spotify, others could always see what I was listening to on discord. But today it stopped working. Others can no longer see what I'm listening to on discord. They made an update that allowed...
Free United States Windows 10 When I played local files on my Spotify, others could always see what I was listening to on discord. But today it stopped working. Others can no longer see what...
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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...
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 ...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDevice-Operating SystemWindows My Question or IssueHello! I am going to start a new account and I want to save all my precious playlists, including the added dates of each song in the playlists. Does anyone of you know a ...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device - Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Hello! I am going to start a new account and I want to save all my precious playlists, includi...
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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...
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Hi, I can add local files via my Windows desktop app and create playlists and play then via my android phone. However, this only works while the PC is turned on. Is there a way to specify a source that is a network drive, but is not mapped to a drive...
Hi, I can add local files via my Windows desktop app and create playlists and play then via my android phone. However, this only works while the PC is turned on. Is there a way to specify a ...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceThinkPadOperating SystemWindows 7 Pro My Question or IssueWhen I click 'Play' on podcasts, they show up in the 'Now Playing' section, but never start playing. Only an issue on my laptop.
Plan Premium Country USA Device ThinkPad Operating System Windows 7 Pro My Question or Issue When I click 'Play' on podcasts, they show up in the 'Now Playing' section, but never sta...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited States Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI want to revert the way saving songs and albums works to an older version is there a way to do so. The new library method is not very intuitive.
Plan Premium Country United States Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I want to revert the way saving songs and albums works to an older version is there a way to d...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicePCOperating SystemWin 7 My Question or IssueSo, 3 weeks ago, spotify started to "pause" after playing a few songs, like, completely stops playing anything.Then the issue affected all the songs I downloaded, it would play...
Plan Premium Country France Device PC Operating System Win 7 My Question or Issue So, 3 weeks ago, spotify started to "pause" after playing a few songs, like, completely stops playin...
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PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDevicePCOperating SystemWin 10 My Question or IssueSo if you, like me have a large playlist you used to be able to search for songs by just typing into the playlist without the search function or ctrl+f and it would take you ...
Plan Premium Country Finland Device PC Operating System Win 10 My Question or Issue So if you, like me have a large playlist you used to be able to search for songs by just t...
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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...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueI am getting so fed up with this issue and I have tried every solution I could find and it actually made it WORSE. Recently my desktop was not able to play most songs outsi...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows My Question or Issue I am getting so fed up with this issue and I have tried every solution I could find and ...
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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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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSurface Pro Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhy are artists in playlists that begin with 'The' now sort under T? When I sort a playlist by artist, 'The Black Keys' used to be in Bs. Now they are listed as T. ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Surface Pro Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Why are artists in playlists that begin with 'The' now sort under T? When I sort a ...
Gig Goer
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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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