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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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Superuser Contribution Desktop/Web Browser not playing any music

PlanPremiumCountryUSOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI am unable to play any music through my laptop, either through the web player, or the downloaded desktop app. Daily Mixes on the desktop app give the error message "Spotify can't play...

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Plan Premium Country US Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am unable to play any music through my laptop, either through the web player, or the downloaded desktop app.   ...

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Playlist Scrolling Lag

I am running a Dell XPS 13 9370 an dhave found that when scrolling my larger playlists the CPU usage increases largely and lags.I did a quick look for others with this issue and the closest thing i have found to a cause for this is the 4k screen caus...

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  I am running a Dell XPS 13 9370 an dhave found that when scrolling my larger playlists the CPU usage increases largely and  lags. I did a quick look for others with this issue and the c...

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Saved mobile songs not syncing with Desktop

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevice(Samsung Galaxy S9, Windows 10 Desktop)Operating System(Windows 10, Samsung OS) My Question or IssueSo I use the "Songs" tab for my playlists, and usually it works perfectly fine, but recently some songs I save to it don...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device (Samsung Galaxy S9, Windows 10 Desktop) Operating System (Windows 10, Samsung OS)   My Question or Issue So I use the "Songs" tab for my playlists, a...

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When i choose a song, the tittle and artist doesn't show up and there is no audio.

Plan: FreeCountry: Mexico DeviceAcer LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10So, it all started on friday, i started spotify and choosed a song and noticed that the name of the song and the artist wasn't showing up and there was no audio even tho the playing...

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Plan: Free Country: Mexico  Device Acer Laptop Operating System Windows 10 So, it all started on friday, i started spotify and choosed a song and noticed that the name of the song and...

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Spotify Desktop Client Automatically Transliterates Cyrillic

PlanFreeCountry USADevice(Acer Desktop)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue My spotify desktop client had no issues a few weeks ago and still kept a few Russian artist's names in Cyrillic but after some sort of update a bunch of more art...

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Plan Free Country  USA Device (Acer Desktop) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue  My spotify desktop client had no issues a few weeks ago and still kept a fe...

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Spotify Connect with Windows 10 does not see devices

Music plays fine on its own, however my question is related to Windows 10 and Spotify Connect specifically. While using Windows 10, I cannot see ANY of my Spotify devices inside my network unless music is already playing on one of my devices. I have ...

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  Music plays fine on its own, however my question is related to Windows 10 and Spotify Connect specifically. While using Windows 10, I cannot see ANY of my Spotify devices inside my network un...

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Superuser Contribution Las listas de reproducción están vacias o incompletas

Las listas de reproduccion en la aplicacion de la pc estan vacias. Previamente por varios dias estuvieron incompletas con respecto a las listas correctas que podia ver en el smarphone y en el reproductor web, pero reintale la aplicacion de escritorio...

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Las listas de reproduccion en la aplicacion de la pc estan vacias. Previamente por varios dias estuvieron incompletas con respecto a las listas correctas que podia ver en el smarphone y en el reprodu...

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Browing a song list while playing a song boots me back to the home screen

PlanPremiumCountry USDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I've had Spotify on my pc for years and haven't had a problem but I restarted my pc earlier and, ever since, if I'm looking at an artist's page or a playlist and I start pla...

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  Plan Premium Country  US Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I've had Spotify on my pc for years and haven't had a problem but I restarted m...

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So, if I was living in Madagascar, then my Home page was going to be filled with Saoela & Jaojo?

PremiumCountry ?!!?!!?!!!!!!!!!!!! Windows 10 My Question or Issue What kind of prejudice idea is to promote music and artists according to Spotify account owner's name and geographical presence? So if I was living Madagascar, my Home page would be f...

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Premium Country ?!!?!!?!!!!!!!!!!!!   Windows 10   My Question or Issue  What kind of prejudice idea is to promote music and artists according to Spotify account owner's nam...

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Web and apps are broken on windows 10

Spotify recently started being broken PlanFreeCountryNetherlands Devicedesktop (2015 build) and aspire 5741Operating SystemWindows 10 pro (desktop) and home (laptop) My Question or IssueIn the spotify app when I click on play it doesn't play, but you...

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Spotify recently started being broken   Plan Free Country Netherlands    Device desktop (2015 build) and aspire 5741 Operating System Windows 10 pro (desktop) and home (lapto...

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Solved!! No songs in any playlists (including public playlists)

PlanpremiumCountry UKDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue I am unable to play any songs in any playlist as they are simply not there. I've reinstalled, logged in and out countless times. I cannot play any songs in public pla...

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Plan premium Country  UK Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  I am unable to play any songs in any playlist as they are simply not there. I've...

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Not all files show up in Local Files

So I've been looking for a solution to this problem for a while now. I am a Premium Spotify member, but using Spotify for years. The problem I'm having is occurring on my desktop. I mainly use playlists with a mix of songs on Spotify and songs with l...

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So I've been looking for a solution to this problem for a while now. I am a Premium Spotify member, but using Spotify for years. The problem I'm having is occurring on my desktop. I mainly use playli...

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Solved!! Several problems with Spotify

PlanFreeCountry ItalyOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi there. My spotify does not work as it should. Initially it worked fine but I could not play only the tracks of new album, so I tried to reinstall it and after that it did not work...

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Plan Free Country  Italy Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi there. My spotify does not work as it should. Initially it worked fine but I could not play only the t...

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Spotify isnt finding Songs

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue Good afternoon,I got a very unusual problem with my Spotify and I could use some help.The problem is that all Songs arent found by Spotify. Here is a little example:If I...

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Plan Premium Country  Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue  Good afternoon, I got a very unusual problem with my Spotify and I could use some help. ...

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spotify is completely broken

PlanFreeCountry Czech republic Operating SystemWindows 7 Ultimate 64 bit My Question or Issue I cannot play anything, still not fixed after multiple reinstalls and resets.

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  Plan Free Country  Czech republic  Operating System Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit   My Question or Issue  I cannot play anything, still not fixed after multiple reinst...

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After new installation: cant hear songs, no songs in playlist!!! please help

PlanFree/PremiumCountry GermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWin 7 My Question or Issue I cant hear any song, my playlists are empty on my 2. PC. After 5 reinstallations the same problem. I hope anyone can help me.

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Plan Free/Premium Country  Germany Device PC Operating System Win 7   My Question or Issue  I cant hear any song, my playlists are empty on my 2. PC. After 5 reinstallations ...

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Playlist Leer nach neu installation.

Ich kann keinen Song hören und meine Playlists sind auch alle leer. Ich habe schon alle mir mögliche ausprobiert. Auf anderen Geräten läuft alles.PlanFree/PremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue

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Ich kann keinen Song hören und meine Playlists sind auch alle leer. Ich habe schon alle mir mögliche ausprobiert. Auf anderen Geräten läuft alles. Plan Free/Premium Country Germany Device PC ...

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Spotify freezes my PC

PlanFreeCountryLithuaniaDeviceIntel(R) Celeron(R) CPU G1620 @ 2.70GHz, 2700 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 ProMy Question or IssueWith both the Spotify program or app on, my PC often completely freezes my P...

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  Plan Free Country Lithuania Device Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU G1620 @ 2.70GHz, 2700 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s) Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue ...

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New musics and albums doesn't

Hello, my new music playing phone account. The same account does not play on the computer. The screen remains like this;PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDevice(Windows 10)

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Hello, my new music playing phone account. The same account does not play on the computer. The screen remains like this; Plan Premium Country Turkey Device (Windows 10)  

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All saved songs are gone

PlanFreeCountry USADeviceDesktop ComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I was having an issue with followed friends' music history not showing up in the side-bar, so I was doing trouble-shooting things like uninstall/reinstall, and u...

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Plan Free Country  USA Device Desktop Computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I was having an issue with followed friends' music history not showing up i...

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