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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...
Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide to help get things working again. What to try first Perform a soft reset (generally rebooting the device will suffice). If that doesn’t help, try a clean reinstall. Be sure to l...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have always had a problem using the radio feature. It says "Error Failed to load", so i uninstalled Spotify and tried a fresh install from the website. Now nothing wi...
Plan Premium Country US Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have always had a problem using the radio feature. It says "Error Failed to load", so i un...
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I have recently reinstalled spotify on my laptop and I found that all my playlists were showing empty while their names were all right. Spotify on my phone shows everything same as before.
I have recently reinstalled spotify on my laptop and I found that all my playlists were showing empty while their names were all right. Spotify on my phone shows everything same as before.
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryAlgeriaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI saw older posts which say they fixed my issue with some update.Note that i have the latest version of spotify.
Plan Free/Premium Country Algeria Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I saw older posts which say they fixed my issue with some update.Note that i have the latest ...
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I have attempted to post this but was marked as spam. Here is the issue in full detail: https://justpaste.it/2g0r9 Ultimately, the issue is: Synced local files are working fine on my Desktop AND Phone in some cases, but in other cases they are ONLY w...
I have attempted to post this but was marked as spam. Here is the issue in full detail: https://justpaste.it/2g0r9 Ultimately, the issue is: Synced local files are working ...
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PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceDell i7 LaptopOperating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or Issue My Spotify randomly stops playing music. The progress bar continues as if it is playing but there is no sound. If I attempt to change tracks it starts giving m...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell i7 Laptop Operating System Windows 8.1 My Question or Issue My Spotify randomly stops playing music. The progress bar continues as if...
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Hello. I've been trying to turn Spotify on, and all I got was a black screen with few buttons on top but nothing more, I've got no downloads in the background, and no running apps. I've got Spotify premium. been waiting for 10 minutes, still nothing.
Hello. I've been trying to turn Spotify on, and all I got was a black screen with few buttons on top but nothing more, I've got no downloads in the background, and no running apps. I've got Spotify p...
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PlanPremiumCountry PolandDeviceDell Latitute 7440Operating System Windows 7 Ent SP1 64-bit My Question or IssueI have been using Spotify for years, but recently it started to misbehave. Each time something is changed in audio devices e.g. I connect a...
Plan Premium Country Poland Device Dell Latitute 7440 Operating System Windows 7 Ent SP1 64-bit My Question or Issue I have been using Spotify for years, but r...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSA.DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Home Edition My Question or IssueSpotify for my desktop seems to have "forgotten" my local files. I re-uploaded them/re-synced them, and all was fine. But, now, I cannot play one artists a...
Plan Premium Country USA. Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Home Edition My Question or Issue Spotify for my desktop seems to have "forgotten" my local files. I re-uploaded ...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceWorkstationOperating SystemW7 My Question or IssueTerribly basses ovewhelming with Plantronics Brackbeat Pro 2 listening to Spotify web with cord (no BT).Any resolution ?
Plan Free/Premium Country Device Workstation Operating System W7 My Question or Issue Terribly basses ovewhelming with Plantronics Brackbeat Pro 2 listening to Spotify web wit...
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Hello everyone, a few days ago I realised having issues with my spotify web player and program on my Windows 10 pc.As you can see I am clicked on the play button of the playlist but there is no music playing and no title of the song is showed. First ...
Hello everyone, a few days ago I realised having issues with my spotify web player and program on my Windows 10 pc. As you can see I am clicked on the play button of the playlist but there is no mus...
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Has the Thumbs Up and Down icons and associated capability been removed from Spotify? I no longer have them for followed Radio playlists on both the Spotify Desktop program and the iOS app. Edit: It appears if I create a new Radio playlist and am not...
Has the Thumbs Up and Down icons and associated capability been removed from Spotify? I no longer have them for followed Radio playlists on both the Spotify Desktop program and the iOS app. ...
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Not all of my Local Files are syncing / locking to the corresponding Spotify file. I fully understand the process required to add local files, and I've successfully added 1000+ local MP3s to Spotify synced / locked them to the corresponding Spotify f...
Not all of my Local Files are syncing / locking to the corresponding Spotify file. I fully understand the process required to add local files, and I've successfully added 1000+ local MP3s to...
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VersionLatest Windows Desktop App Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIf I open the Desktop Spotify App, and go to my Settings. Then scroll to the botom and choose Advanced Settings, there is an Option under the Startup and Windows Behavio...
Version Latest Windows Desktop App Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue If I open the Desktop Spotify App, and go to my Settings. Then scroll to the botom and choose ...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanada My Question or IssueHello! I have an artist in my library that i want to delete. I unfollowed him but it's stay in my artist list. I don't have any song of him in my playlists nor my song library. I tried followed/unfollowed,...
Plan Premium Country Canada My Question or Issue Hello! I have an artist in my library that i want to delete. I unfollowed him but it's stay in my artist list. I don't have any s...
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PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDeviceDell / Surface BookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI don't know if I've ever been able to use the "see what your friends are playing" or "find friends" feature on Spotify. I click find friends and ...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Dell / Surface Book Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I don't know if I've ever been able to use the "see what your fri...
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Hi 'Go to Playlist radio' not showing up. Did it get remove overnight? Premium, Desktop PC with Windows 10
Hi 'Go to Playlist radio' not showing up. Did it get remove overnight? Premium, Desktop PC with Windows 10
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Bonjour,J'ai un problème sur mon PC sous window 10, Spotify bug et ne lance pas de musique. j'ai aussi toutes les playliste de spotify qui sont "vide". Quand j'essaye de lancer une chanson, il ne veux pas. Je n'ai pas l'image de l'album, ni le minuta...
Bonjour, J'ai un problème sur mon PC sous window 10, Spotify bug et ne lance pas de musique. j'ai aussi toutes les playliste de spotify qui sont "vide". Quand j'essaye de lancer une chanson, il ne v...
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PlanFreeCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemW10 My Question or IssueBrowse - Concerts does not load, giving the "error requesting data" error, every time. I have tried fresh install and reboot. Is it just that my library is too big to draw data from?
Plan Free Country UK Device PC Operating System W10 My Question or Issue Browse - Concerts does not load, giving the "error requesting data" error, every time. I have tried fresh ins...
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Question for both Desktop and Android versions. So with new changes to Album/Liked song filtering my "Albums" section shrinked to about 20 entries that i saved a long time ago.Those saved albums now contain ALL songs from this album, including those ...
Question for both Desktop and Android versions. So with new changes to Album/Liked song filtering my "Albums" section shrinked to about 20 entries that i saved a long time ago. Those saved ...
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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...
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