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Windows Troubleshooting Guide

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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Solved!! Desktop: Jam now available

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...

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Desktop: New "Now Playing View" sidebar

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...

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New Your Library sidebar

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...

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Custom Album Art For Local Files Shows Up Black

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuewhen i add custom album art it just shows up black. It shows up in every other program I open it with except for spotify. I added the images with the mp3tag app

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Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue when i add custom album art it just shows up black. It shows up in every other program I open it with except for spotify. I ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Oops, something went wrong

PlanFreeCountrySlovakiaOperating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueProbably one hour ago when I turn on Spotify on Mozzilla I saw Oops, something went wrong error. Reload. I tried to find solution but I don't know if servers are only down or som...

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Plan Free Country Slovakia Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Probably one hour ago when I turn on Spotify on Mozzilla I saw Oops, something went wrong error. Reload. ...

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Superuser Contribution Tracks wont load

PlanPremiumCountryFinland Operating SystemWindows 7 I'm trying to create some playlists but I keep encoutering the same problem/issue again and again. First I write name of the artist in the search bar and when the results come in I select all the tr...

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Plan Premium Country Finland   Operating System Windows 7     I'm trying to create some playlists but I keep encoutering the same problem/issue again and again.   First...

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Songs disappearing

Hi everyone,so all of my songs disappeared on the desktop version of spotify. Whether I go check my saved songs, artists or albums, it always shows up the "your ... will appear here. Go to your browse page etc." message. When I enter browse, spotify ...

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Hi everyone, so all of my songs disappeared on the desktop version of spotify. Whether I go check my saved songs, artists or albums, it always shows up the "your ... will appear here. Go to your bro...

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Smirnoff advert broken

My Question or IssueThe advert for "Smirnoff Equalising Music" that's in the current rotation is broken, and sits there, not playing, until it times out after however long (5-10 minutes?). (This seems to happen fairly regularly, althoug the specifc a...

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My Question or Issue The advert for "Smirnoff Equalising Music" that's in the current rotation is broken, and sits there, not playing, until it times out after however long (5-10 minutes?).   ...

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[Troubleshooting] Windows won't sync new music from phone

Hello guys. For the past couple of months, I've been having some issues where at least once a week, I have to un-install and re-install Spotify on my Windows 10 Desktop. New music that I save to my library via my iPhone X won't get synced at least on...

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Hello guys. For the past couple of months, I've been having some issues where at least once a week, I have to un-install and re-install Spotify on my Windows 10 Desktop. New music that I save to my l...

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Unable to Play Any Track on Spotify Desktop Player

Plan: FreeCountry: India Device: PCOperating System: Windows 7 (64 bit) My Question or Issue Hello Dev Team and all users, I have just created a brand new Spotify account, installed Spotify for Desktop and tried playing songs but I am unable to play ...

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Plan: Free Country: India   Device: PC Operating System: Windows 7 (64 bit)   My Question or Issue   Hello Dev Team and all users,   I have just created a bran...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't stop Spotify from auto downloading OneDrive

PlanFreeCountryPortugalDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI can't stop Spotify from auto downloading my entire OneDrive. Not just the songs. And letting it do so, will overfill my SSD of just 120 GB, I literally can't use the app ...

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Plan Free Country Portugal Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I can't stop Spotify from auto downloading my entire OneDrive. Not just the songs. And letting i...

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Superuser Contribution Local Files gone from the sidebar

Premium Spotify v1.1.1.348.g9064793a, Windows 10. title. Why? before anyone asks, 'songs' doesn't list all of my files (it lists ~30 out of the 3000 I have oh I'm sorry, it actually doesn't list any local files, only the songs that I actually use fro...

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Premium Spotify v1.1.1.348.g9064793a, Windows 10.   title. Why?   before anyone asks, 'songs' doesn't list all of my files (it lists ~30 out of the 3000 I have oh I'm sorry, it actually...

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Solved!! The musik from all playlists (also from RapCarviar, etc.) is gone.

All playlists are empty. Not only my but also big playlists from Spotify like RapCaviar. It tells me to look for some recently released songs (albums have songs, but I can´t play them for some reason). I tried reinstaling the app mulitiple times (Onl...

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All playlists are empty. Not only my but also big playlists from Spotify like RapCaviar. It tells me to look for some recently released songs (albums have songs, but I can´t play them for some reason...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Browsing by saved album with new filtering

So i used to browse my Albums section to find specific album containing all my liked songs for this album. Now, if i understand correctly, album section will only contain explicitly saved albums and this album entry will point to an ENTIRE album, inc...

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So i used to browse my Albums section to find specific album containing all my liked songs for this album. Now, if i understand correctly, album section will only contain explicitly saved albums and ...

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Superuser Contribution Volume level bug

PlanFreeCountryLithuaniaDevicemsi gl62m 7rex laptopOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or IssueThe volume level is bugged. EIther maximum sound or mute only.

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Plan Free Country Lithuania Device msi gl62m 7rex laptop Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue The volume level is bugged. EIther maximum sound or mute only.

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Solved!! This playlist is currently empty

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify keeps saying: "This playlist is currently empty" to all playlists, Spotify's and mine. I am not able to play any song.I tried reinstalling 3 times. Installed Quickti...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify keeps saying: "This playlist is currently empty" to all playlists, Spotify's and min...

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If you follow an artist on Spotify does Spotify play their music for you when you listen ?

If you follow a music artist on Spotify does Spotify play their music for you to listen to like in extra songs list or anything, or how does following an artist help them land their songs on your spotify listening routine without having to wait for n...

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If you follow a music artist on Spotify does Spotify play their music for you to listen to like in extra songs list or anything, or how does following an artist help them land their songs on your spo...

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Solved!! Spotify doesn't play music

Hello.For some time I have been having problems playing music in a desktop application. The problem was that the different songs did not play when they should. I have relogin again but this did not solve the problem. I've reinstalled the app, but it ...

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Hello. For some time I have been having problems playing music in a desktop application. The problem was that the different songs did not play when they should. I have relogin again but this did not...

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Superuser Contribution Local Data PC to Phone

PlanPremiumCountryGERDeviceSamsung Galaxy s7///Pc win10My Question or IssueI have a question, i have some songs on my desktop and they are in the local data, i put them into a Playlist and i cant hear them on my Phone! im in the same WIFI and i let s...

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Plan Premium Country GER Device Samsung Galaxy s7///Pc win10 My Question or Issue I have a question, i have some songs on my desktop and they are in the local data, i put them into a Playlist ...

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Songs not load!

PlanoPremiumPaísBrasilSistema operacionalWindows 10Minha pergunta ou problema: Every time I start my spotify, the songs do not load and neither playlists, they are empty, but in another device they are full, and when some music appears, it does not p...

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Plano Premium País Brasil Sistema operacional Windows 10 Minha pergunta ou problema:  Every time I start my spotify, the songs do not load and neither playlists, they are empty, but in an...

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Spotify Connect Laptop -> Google Home / Chromecast

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceLenovo G710Operating SystemWindows 10 Hey there,I'm wondering about Spotify Connect on my Laptop. In my home I have several Google Home devices and one Chromecast. When I'm hearing music on my laptop and hit "available ...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Lenovo G710 Operating System Windows 10   Hey there, I'm wondering about Spotify Connect on my Laptop. In my home I have several Google Home devices...

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Superuser Contribution SPOTIFY BLACK SCREEN WINDOWS 7 ??

I TRIED ALL THE SOLUTIONS I FOUND ON THE COMMUNITY BUT IT DOSEN T WORKIDK WHY CAN U HELP ME GUYS??

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I TRIED ALL THE SOLUTIONS I FOUND ON THE COMMUNITY BUT IT DOSEN T WORK IDK WHY CAN U HELP ME GUYS??

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Spotify permanently stops playing

Since a few days, Spotify permanently stops playing when the next song should start when listening to one of the Mixtapes. Additionally I have to say that I am not very impressed by Spotify - so many bugs. The worse is that Spotify permanently fails ...

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Since a few days, Spotify permanently stops playing when the next song should start when listening to one of the Mixtapes.    Additionally I have to say that I am not very impressed by Sp...

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