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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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I can only see my local files on my playlists

PlanPremiumCountry FranceDeviceAsus PCOperating SystemWindows 10 (the app wasn't installed from the Microsoft Store) My Question or Issue Hello !Since yesterday the PC application only shows my local files and not the entire playlist while I am conne...

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Plan Premium Country  France Device Asus PC Operating System Windows 10 (the app wasn't installed from the Microsoft Store)   My Question or Issue  Hello ! Since yesterday t...

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Favorite songs deleted after reinstall, not playing anything at all

Plan: FreeDevice: PCOperating System: Windows 7 My Question or Issue Hi Short and naive description Today my Spotify stopped playing not-favourite songs [those without heart clicked] and adding any new items to favourites wasn't working as well. Now ...

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Plan: Free Device: PC Operating System: Windows 7   My Question or Issue    Hi      Short and naive description   Today my Spotify stop...

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steam x spotify

hello there,yes i kno there is an article on steam intergating with spotifyif you dont know what im talking about here it is:https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Partnership-Steam-Integration/idi-p/991917now my question is that do we already h...

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hello there,yes i kno there is an article on steam intergating with spotify if you dont know what im talking about here it is:https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Partnership-Steam-Integratio...

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Historic Queue playing every time I use my PC

PlanPremiumCountryUK DevicePS4, Acer Swift 3 (AMD), Sony Xperia XZ2Operating SystemPS4 / W10 / Android 9 My Question or Issue So a few months ago, I queued Novo Amor's album at work after a record, on my Acer Swift 3. I didn't complete the album, and...

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Plan Premium Country UK  Device PS4, Acer Swift 3 (AMD), Sony Xperia XZ2 Operating System PS4 / W10 / Android 9   My Question or Issue  So a few months ago, I queued Novo Amo...

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Ruined Song/Album Organisation

Why did Spotify find it necessary to remove individually saved / ticked songs from being listed in the user library in the album section of all platforms except web?I used to browse my saved/ticked selection of music via albums as I find it's the mos...

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Why did Spotify find it necessary to remove individually saved / ticked songs from being listed in the user library in the album section of all platforms except web? I used to browse my ...

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Force Spotify to display original artist names

Spotify started translating Russian artist names into English. Is there a way to force it to display original names in Cyrillic, or (at least) to send the original artist names to Last.fm?

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Spotify started translating Russian artist names into English. Is there a way to force it to display original names in Cyrillic, or (at least) to send the original artist names to Last.fm?  

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Spotify wont plau any music/playlists at all on my pc

I have been having a issue with my spotify skipping some songs and now it wont play any music, my playlists are blank as well. I downloaded the spotify app to my pc from the website. I did everything from doing a fresh install, downloading the one fe...

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  I have been having a issue with my spotify skipping some songs and now it wont play any music, my playlists are blank as well. I downloaded the spotify app to my pc from the website. I did ev...

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Solved!! No songs are loading/playing on my spotify app

PlanFreeOperating SystemWindows 10 I cant load ANYTHING. It gives me a "go to browse" option if I look into my songs, no songs even appear whenever I open a playlist, and whenever I try to play a song from my daily mixes, it will not load. I have tri...

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  Plan Free Operating System Windows 10   I cant load ANYTHING. It gives me a "go to browse" option if I look into my songs, no songs even appear whenever I open a playlist, and whene...

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Solved!! Not playing songs, Going from bad to worse

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceBrand new Windows 10 PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOriginally my windows spotify app was randomly not playing certain songs, after doing some google fu i tried a few troubleshooting suggestions. I did ...

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  Plan Premium Country Canada Device Brand new Windows 10 PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Originally my windows spotify app was randomly not playing certain...

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Superuser Contribution "Endless Mix" and radio stations run out of songs.

PlanPremiumCountryUSA Operating SystemAndroid, Windows 10. My Question or Issue When playing an "Endless Mix" or Radio Station, Spotify runs out of songs. Please fix this.

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Plan Premium Country USA     Operating System Android, Windows 10.   My Question or Issue  When playing an "Endless Mix" or Radio Station, Spotify runs out of songs. Ple...

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Solved!! Music no work :/ HELP ME PLEASE

Hello, sorry if my English is bad, I'm French For a while I do not play music anymore, my playlist is delete all alone, but I can only read local files ! When I go on a playlist of Spotify , it tells me that it is empty ! Help me I'm in Windows 10* T...

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Hello, sorry if my English is bad, I'm French 🙂 For a while I do not play music anymore, my playlist is delete all alone, but I can only read local files ! When I go on a playlist of Spotify , it te...

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All of the songs in my playlists are gone, including Spotify created playlists.

I recently upgraded to Premium from a free account through a family plan; however, after upgrading and updating on my Windows 10 system, all of the songs in my playlists have ceased to exist. The playlists themselves are still there, but all of the m...

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I recently upgraded to Premium from a free account through a family plan; however, after upgrading and updating on my Windows 10 system, all of the songs in my playlists have ceased to exist. The pla...

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Solved!! all favorites gone

PlanPremiumCountry uSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue so i was having some other issues with polaying songs from artist pages/song i dont have saved and after reinstalling to try and fix that issue, ALL my favorite artists/song...

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  Plan Premium Country  uSA Device PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  so i was having some other issues with polaying songs from artist pages/song i ...

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Solved!! Saved songs and playlists empty on the desktop app

I am having an issue with the desktop app where my saved songs and playlists are not showing, however on the web browser version they are still there. I have already tried reinstalling the app with no success. Any help will be appreciated.PlanFree/Pr...

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I am having an issue with the desktop app where my saved songs and playlists are not showing, however on the web browser version they are still there. I have already tried reinstalling the app with n...

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Spotify Windows App won't display Sonos devices (Sonos App does, Spotify Mac does)

Hi there, We currently have 3 Sonos devices set up. On my Windows 10 (Microsoft Surface Book 2015) laptop through the Spotify app, the devices do not show up in the "Connect to a Device" menu. On the same Windows 10 computer through the Sonos app, I'...

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Hi there,   We currently have 3 Sonos devices set up.   On my Windows 10 (Microsoft Surface Book 2015) laptop through the Spotify app, the devices do not show up in the "Connect to...

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windows 10 mode s: spotify with edge does not work

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DevicelaptoopOperating System Windows 10 IMPORTANT: IN MODE S My Question or Issue Not able to get spotify to work in edge (edge is the only browser available in windows 10 mode s) I would prefer to use spotify in edge instead...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device laptoop Operating System  Windows 10 IMPORTANT: IN MODE S   My Question or Issue  Not able to get spotify to work in edge (edge is the...

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All my songs are gone

PlanFreeCountry MexicoDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue So i wanted to re install it because i was having problems with trying to listen to some songs, after i did that i wanted to check if it really worked and i couldn't listen...

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  Plan Free Country  Mexico Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  So i wanted to re install it because i was having problems with trying to list...

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All my albums and playlists are GONE

PlanPremium (Part of a Family plan)Country HungaryDevice Operating SystemWIN10 My Question or Issue I had some issues with the client, (Beast in Blacks songs weren't playinh) so I reinstalled it. After I logged in, all my playlists and albums were em...

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  Plan Premium (Part of a Family plan) Country  Hungary Device   Operating System WIN10   My Question or Issue  I had some issues with the client, (Beast in Blacks...

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Black Screen on Spotify Web Player Web Player

DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueJust finished building my desktop today and Spotify Web Player does not load (loads a black screen) in both Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome. Tried the Spotify App on Windows 10 and it works...

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Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Just finished building my desktop today and Spotify Web Player does not load (loads a black screen) in both Microsoft Edge...

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