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Discuss Spotify for Windows
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...
Hello, so basicly what's happening to me is,If i don't do a fresh reinstall to spotify everytime i start the pc, any song that hasn't yet been loaded, for example, songs that aren't in my favorite songs, have "never" heard, etc, won't load. I have to...
Hello, so basicly what's happening to me is, If i don't do a fresh reinstall to spotify everytime i start the pc, any song that hasn't yet been loaded, for example, songs that aren't in my favo...
Casual Listener
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry FranceDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 I've recently encountered the problem that I can't play at all songs on the deskop app or the web player, it shows me a blank cover when I try to play a song. I still can play the songs...
Plan Free/Premium Country France Device PC Operating System Windows 10 I've recently encountered the problem that I can't play at all songs on the deskop app or the web player, it...
Casual Listener
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Desde la semana pasada presento el inconveniente que pongo un artista y solo puedo escuchar algunas de sus canciones, las demas se pone en color **bleep** la caratula de el album, por otro lado trate de buscar al mismo artista en otro pc y si lograba...
Desde la semana pasada presento el inconveniente que pongo un artista y solo puedo escuchar algunas de sus canciones, las demas se pone en color **bleep** la caratula de el album, por otro lado trate...
Newbie
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Hi! I have created a collaborative playlist, but followers of that list report that they are unable to rearrange the playlist (reorder songs). They can add and remove songs, but not, as I said, rearrange the songs. Is this is limitation of collaborat...
Hi! I have created a collaborative playlist, but followers of that list report that they are unable to rearrange the playlist (reorder songs). They can add and remove songs, but not,...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryGermany Operating SysWindows 10 Hello Spotify community, since few weeks i have to download Spotify everyday couse i noticed that after a while I downloaded it (one or two days) the Album Song's or the Artist's pages doesn't even st...
Plan Premium Country Germany Operating Sys Windows 10 Hello Spotify community, since few weeks i have to download Spotify everyday couse i noticed that after a while I do...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryEnglandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue For some odd reason, Spotify refuses to play songs that are not installed onto my computer, the progress bar doesn't even move. I uninstalled Spotify from my device then...
Plan Premium Country England Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue For some odd reason, Spotify refuses to play songs that are not installed onto my comput...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountry MYOperating SystemWindows 8.1spotify version: 1.0.99.250.g936eab8d My Question or IssueThe issues with songs not playing and/empty Discover Weekly aside, the last update's download icon seems really messy!I have a lot of downloaded...
Plan Premium Country MY Operating System Windows 8.1 spotify version: 1.0.99.250.g936eab8d My Question or Issue The issues with songs not playing and/empty Discover Weekly ...
Roadie
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PlanSpotify premiumCountry FinlandDeviceCustom built PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue My spotify won't play certain songs. I have internet connection working properly and I've tried disabling firewall and proxy. Songs that won't play...
Plan Spotify premium Country Finland Device Custom built PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My spotify won't play certain songs. I have internet con...
Spotify Star
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DevicePcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI want to be able to change the volume of Spotify while I’m using a different program without having to either change the volume of the whole computer or go to Spotify to change the volume. If th...
Device Pc Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I want to be able to change the volume of Spotify while I’m using a different program without having to either change t...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceiPhone XSOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI can not play some songs on my PC but works fine on my Phone (my friend have the same problem) Example On PC:I see the new Album an artist posted and I press play ...
Plan Premium Country Norway Device iPhone XS Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I can not play some songs on my PC but works fine on my Phone (my friend have the same p...
Regular
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PlanPremiumCountryAustria DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI have a very annoying issue - I play a playlist ("Atmospheric Sci-fi Soundtracks") and all of a sudden, in the middle of a song, a rondom playlists starts playing (in my...
Plan Premium Country Austria Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have a very annoying issue - I play a playlist ("Atmospheric Sci-fi Soundtracks") and all of a...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomOperating SystemWindows 10/ Android 8.0.0My Question or IssueFor the past week or so, my music has been stuttering, this happens once every 10 minutes or so but can be more frequent, depending on the song (I have found...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Operating System Windows 10/ Android 8.0.0 My Question or Issue For the past week or so, my music has been stuttering, this happens once every 10 minutes or...
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PlanFreeCountryUnited Kingdom DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I try to play a song that I haven't listened to before, it comes up with a blank song cover, no song title and author and the progress bar doesnt move. Been ha...
Plan Free Country United Kingdom Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I try to play a song that I haven't listened to before, it comes up wit...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceDell laptopOperating SystemWindows 10Version 1809OS Build 17763.292All updates installed up to 09/02/2019 My Question or Issue I went to use Spotify on my laptop yesterday to find that it no longer works. Having checked a f...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Dell laptop Operating System Windows 10 Version 1809 OS Build 17763.292 All updates installed up to 09/02/2019 My Question or Issue I we...
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PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10Edit: this also happens the Linux version. My Question or Issue Steps to reproduce:1. Open Spotify2. Play a song and/or change the volume in app3. Shutdown/restart the computer (or close it from task manager) whil...
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 Edit: this also happens the Linux version. My Question or Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Open Spotify 2. Play a song and/or change the vol...
Newbie
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Free/PremiumCountry Devicewindows 10 desktop (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI don't know why but it seems like ALL my playlists are showing as public, in settings they are set to not 'automatically show', and i have creat...
Free/Premium Country Device windows 10 desktop (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I don't know why but it seems like ALL my playlist...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue The Spotify desktop app keeps opening on startup, despite me specifically setting the option to NOT open on startup. I've already tried uninstalling, rebooti...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The Spotify desktop app keeps opening on startup, despite me specifical...
Gig Goer
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PlanUnlimitedCountryUSADeviceDesktop computer, 64-bitOperating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or IssueI cannot drag songs into or within a playlist; I can only add songs by clicking on the three dots or right-clicking and choosing "add to playlist". A...
Plan Unlimited Country USA Device Desktop computer, 64-bit Operating System Windows 8.1 My Question or Issue I cannot drag songs into or within a playlist; I can only add songs by cl...
Regular
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PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueHey All!My spotify seems to be really broken-- not sure how, though. Whenever I search for a song via the search bar at the top, none of the results play when clicked on. I get the symbol over ...
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hey All! My spotify seems to be really broken-- not sure how, though. Whenever I search for a song via the search bar at the t...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountry US DeviceInspiron Windows LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue So before you give me the generic have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling advice, yes I have uninstalled and reinstalled. I did it multiple times ...
Plan Premium Country US Device Inspiron Windows Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue So before you give me the generic have you tried uninstall...
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