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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...
PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceHP Spectre x360Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI'm using the Spotify Desktop application on my HP Spectre laptop, and I'm not able to resize the window to be smaller than a certain size. I tend to ...
Plan Premium Country United States Device HP Spectre x360 Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I'm using the Spotify Desktop application on my HP Spectre laptop, ...
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PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceOtherOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI have a premium plan. I'd like to download music in mp3 format to use it on my running device. Is it possible? How can I do it?
Plan Premium Country Italy Device Other Operating System Android My Question or Issue I have a premium plan. I'd like to download music in mp3 format to use it on my running device. ...
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None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanfreeeCountry DeviceOperating SystemWindows 11My Question or IssueHello, I detected the problem with adding/moving playlist to a ...
None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan freee Country Device Operating System Windows 11 My Question...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMotorola z4Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI can play mixes easily through the app on my android and it won't shuffle the list unless I ask it to. But on my computer, when I play spotify through its web playe...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Motorola z4 Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I can play mixes easily through the app on my android and it won't shuffle the list unles...
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I too am getting the same 429, too many request errors from the past two days1. tried after clearing all the cache2. Tried restarting the app3. tried after removing the extension4. tried in incognito5. tried in other browsers also
I too am getting the same 429, too many request errors from the past two days 1. tried after clearing all the cache 2. Tried restarting the app 3. tried after removing the extension 4. tried in i...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueRecently when playing from the desktop app the volume will abruptly go up or down. Sometimes it will happen every few minutes and then stay stable for a long while, but in th...
Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Recently when playing from the desktop app the volume will abruptly go up or down. Sometimes...
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Le défilement automatique de l'écran de paroles est désactivé donc on ne voit que les premières paroles puis l'écran ne défile pas tout seul donc c'est dommage il faut que je le fasse défiler moi-même, ce qui n'est pas pratique du tout.
Le défilement automatique de l'écran de paroles est désactivé donc on ne voit que les premières paroles puis l'écran ne défile pas tout seul donc c'est dommage il faut que je le fasse défiler moi-mêm...
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Plan - PremiumCountry - CanadaDevice - laptopOperating System - Windows 10 My Question or IssueThe songs I download from Spotify to my folder on my Windows laptop have filetype "file". They are not "wav", "mp3" or "flac". e.g. 02ea62cae96aa6586e8c025...
Plan - Premium Country - Canada Device - laptop Operating System - Windows 10 My Question or Issue The songs I download from Spotify to my folder on my Window...
Spotify Star
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Plan: PremiumCountry: UKDevice / OS: PC, Win 11My Question or Issue: I have a large playlist (~2000 tracks); my preferred way to expand it is listening with SmartShuffle and then adding the tracks I like to the list. However, almost every time I add ...
Plan: Premium Country: UK Device / OS: PC, Win 11 My Question or Issue: I have a large playlist (~2000 tracks); my preferred way to expand it is listening with SmartShuffle and then adding th...
Music Fan
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryIndonesiaDevice(Personal computer and hp laptop)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueIt's seems like I'm the only one that have this problem right now? but the thing is my spotify keeps on stopping randomly, pausing...
Plan Free/Premium Country Indonesia Device (Personal computer and hp laptop) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue It's seems like I'm the only one that have this proble...
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the button is not showing up at all
the button is not showing up at all
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I lost an option to sort by date added in my shared playlist. There are options: Title, Artist, Album or podcast, Added by, Duration, Custom order. Date added doesn't appear even if I expand the window, reset app, relog, etc.
I lost an option to sort by date added in my shared playlist. There are options: Title, Artist, Album or podcast, Added by, Duration, Custom order. Date added doesn't appear even if I expand the ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceHP Spectre x360Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI use th.circlejourney.net to edit HTML code in live view, and recently when typing in the code source box, every keystroke attempts to open Spotify. I...
Plan Premium Country United States Device HP Spectre x360 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I use th.circlejourney.net to edit HTML code in live view, and rece...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceAMD DesktopOperating System Windows 11 My Question or IssueWith Spotify open but not used for say 5-10mins the search bar fails (can type but no action) and central 'playing' window goes blank. Re-start needed.
Plan Premium Country UK Device AMD Desktop Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue With Spotify open but not used for say 5-10mins the search bar fails (can type but...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePC, AndroidOperating SystemWindows 10, Android 14 My Question or IssueThis is weird, when I log in with my Premium account I am unable to play any song reliably. The song will consistently skip and never get past the 00:...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC, Android Operating System Windows 10, Android 14 My Question or Issue This is weird, when I log in with my Premium account I am unable to play a...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI accidentally hit my mouse side button when it was over the bar you can use to adjust the sidebar, it selected it and started changing size as if I were holding down the...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I accidentally hit my mouse side button when it was over the bar you can use to adjust the sid...
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PlanPremiumCountrySouth AfricaDeviceMacbook Air M2, DesktopOperating SystemWindows 11, MacOS Sonoma 14.3 My Question or IssueIf the songs are ordered by length in the playlist, And shuffle is off. And you have multiple songs under the same duration. ...
Plan Premium Country South Africa Device Macbook Air M2, Desktop Operating System Windows 11, MacOS Sonoma 14.3 My Question or Issue If the songs are ordered by length in the...
Gig Goer
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I'm on a new PC and I'm getting subtle crackling audio every 3-4 seconds when I use Spotify on my PC. It happens whether I use the Windows App, or the website version. It ONLY happens with Spotify, not when playing audio through sites like YouTube or...
I'm on a new PC and I'm getting subtle crackling audio every 3-4 seconds when I use Spotify on my PC. It happens whether I use the Windows App, or the website version. It ONLY happens with Spotify, n...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevice(Desktop)Operating System(Windows 10)My Question or IssueWhen gaming my spotify app will randomly pause and then unpause a bit after or I have to alt tab and manually click the play button. However instead of pausing som...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device (Desktop) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue When gaming my spotify app will randomly pause and then unpause a bit after or I have to alt t...
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PlanFreeCountryUkraineDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue so basically, i have done clean install of spotify, step by step using FAQ, and each time i try to install it, it says that spotify is installed.also i've seen trying to ope...
Plan Free Country Ukraine Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue so basically, i have done clean install of spotify, step by step using FAQ, and each time i...
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