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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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Request for an list of blocked songs

PlanPremiumDeviceAcer AspireOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I would like to be able to view a list of songs that have been blocked (by giving it "thumbs down" while listening to it on a radio/discover weekly/daily mix/release radio pl...

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Plan Premium Device Acer Aspire Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I would like to be able to view a list of songs that have been blocked (by giving it "thumbs down...

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Songs make crashing/Clipping sound after newest update

PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceDell precision M4800Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueSince the latest update, every now and then when listening to any song a loud clipping noise occurs and the song timer skips forward about 5 seconds at any r...

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Plan Premium Country  UK Device Dell precision M4800 Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Since the latest update, every now and then when listening to any song a lou...

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No way to personalize radio stations (premium, windows)

PlanPremiumCountryUSA Device(Windows 10 PC, Google Nexus 6P mobile phone)Operating System(Windows 10, Android 8.1.0) My Question or Issue Hello, on the Spotify Premium app for Windows 10 while listening to song radio (incidentally, it has become very...

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  Plan Premium Country USA  Device (Windows 10 PC, Google Nexus 6P mobile phone) Operating System (Windows 10, Android 8.1.0)   My Question or Issue   Hello, on t...

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Superuser Contribution Random Music Playing

So, I've got Spotify Premium; my account is linked to my iPhone and my Windows 10 Desktop, and my login uses my facebook information exclusively. I haven't really been able to find answers or questions relating to this particular issue, so I apologiz...

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So, I've got Spotify Premium; my account is linked to my iPhone and my Windows 10 Desktop, and my login uses my facebook information exclusively. I haven't really been able to find answers ...

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Local downloaded songs dont play

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceDesktop, Stylus 3 Operating SystemWindows, Android Nougat My Issue While using Spotify on my pc, some of the songs I had downloaded approximately one week ago cannot be played in any playlist, however, they do play in the ...

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  Plan Premium Country  USA Device Desktop, Stylus 3  Operating System Windows, Android Nougat   My Issue  While using Spotify on my pc, some of the song...

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Solved!! Unable to play certain songs from artist's page

I'm unable to play any songs/albums from an artist that is unfavorited. If the song/album is favorited, it'll play perfectly. I've reinstalled twice but it didn't work either time. There's no error message, just an empty box. See attached image.

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I'm unable to play any songs/albums from an artist that is unfavorited. If the song/album is favorited, it'll play perfectly. I've reinstalled twice but it didn't work either time. There's no error m...

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Solved!! Whenever I try to select a song, it says "Spotify can't play this right now"

PlanFreeCountryUSA DeviceHP PavilionOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue So the other day, Spotify stopped working for me. I couldn't listen to any of my music, and when it would even show a song and I would hit play, it would skip through...

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Plan Free Country USA  Device HP Pavilion Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  So the other day, Spotify stopped working for me. I couldn't listen to any of my...

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Queue add played song to my playlist

PlanPremiumCountry DenmarkDevicePcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I start to listen to my playlist and then adds a song to queue then the queue adds the song på my own playlist. How can I stop it from doing that?

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Plan Premium Country  Denmark Device Pc Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  When I start to listen to my playlist and then adds a song to queue then the queue...

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SONG IS NOT AVAILABLE

PlanPremiumCountryUK DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi there I am trying to listen to this playlist... It still shows in my recently played but cannot access it at all.. Can someone let me know what countries this album is av...

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Plan Premium Country UK  Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Hi there I am trying to listen to this playlist... It still shows in my recently played...

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Radio genres disappeared

PlanPremiumCountry U.S.DeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWin 10 My Question or Issue I opened the app, clicked on "radio," and there were a bunch of genres listed. I clicked on a couple and got radio stations based on those genres. Then I went back to t...

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  Plan Premium Country  U.S. Device HP Laptop Operating System Win 10   My Question or Issue  I opened the app, clicked on "radio," and there were a bunch of genres lis...

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Appears On is not visible on Windows app

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceWindows laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi can someone tell me where the Appears On section has gone? I want to see the playlists that my album has been added to. A while ago I found out that tracks fro...

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Plan Premium Country UK   Device Windows laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi can someone tell me where the Appears On section has gone? I want to see the...

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Going offline on tablet without interrupting current stream from PC

OK. I get now that this is a “personal” streaming service and I won’t be able to stream to 2 devices at the same time even with premium. So how do I go offline on my iPad to listen to downloaded content while not interrupting my wife listening on the...

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   OK. I get now that this is a “personal” streaming service and I won’t be able to stream to 2 devices at the same time even with premium. So how do I go offline on my iPad to listen to d...

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Your Library > "Songs" = Blank list "Your fav songs will appear here" only on PC, not my Mobile

PlanPremiumCountry USADevice(iPhone Operating System(iOS 12.1.2) My Question or IssueGiven I am logged in via PC Desktop Spotify ApplicationWhen I access Your Library > "Songs",The list is empty, and says "Your favorite songs will appear here, Go to ...

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  Plan Premium Country  USA Device (iPhone 😎 Operating System (iOS 12.1.2)  My Question or Issue Given I am logged in via PC Desktop Spotify Application When I access Your ...

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Spotify crashing with local files enabled

With the recent update, Spotify keeps crashing when local music files are enabled. It has been working without any problems for a very long time. But the newest update is crashing the app within 30 seconds if I enable local music library. I have trie...

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  With the recent update, Spotify keeps crashing when local music files are enabled.  It has been working without any problems for a very long time. But the newest update is crashing the ...

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Desktop App Keeps Stopping

PlanPremiumCountry United KingdomDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Every time I use spotify on PC the music will eventually just stop playing and the only way for me to get it working again is to go into task manager, end task, ...

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Plan Premium Country  United Kingdom Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Every time I use spotify on PC the music will eventually just stop playing ...

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Solved!! Cant play any songs i haven't listened to before

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm always looking for new music to listen to but recently i have come across an extremely annoying problem on my laptop just after buying spotify premium. I can listen to songs that are alre...

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  Plan Premium   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm always looking for new music to listen to but recently i have come across an extremely annoying problem ...

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Can't login on galaxy watch

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceGalaxy WatchOperating SystemTizen 4.0.0.1 My Question or IssueI can't login on my galaxy watch. I have downloaded the spotify app, chose stream on wifi and filled in my username and password. I have bluetooth disabl...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Galaxy Watch Operating System Tizen 4.0.0.1   My Question or Issue I can't login on my galaxy watch. I have downloaded the spotify app, chose st...

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"Spotify can't play this right now"

PlanPremiumCountry USADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Any song I try to play gets the message:"Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it" Spotify worked fine last night. I have ...

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  Plan Premium Country  USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Any song I try to play gets the message: "Spotify can't play this right n...

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Lokale Daten laden nicht aufs Handy

Hallo, ich versuche gerade Lieder von meinem Laptop über die Lokale Dateien/Playlist/Herunterladen Anleitung auf meinem Handy in Spotify verfügbar zu machen. Ich kann die Lieder herunterladen und auch per Handy Fernsteuerung speichern, aber sie ersch...

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Hallo,    ich versuche gerade Lieder von meinem Laptop über die Lokale Dateien/Playlist/Herunterladen Anleitung auf meinem Handy in  Spotify verfügbar zu machen. Ich kann die Lieder ...

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"Can't play the current song."

PlanPremiumCountry USDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I've been getting a "can't play the current song" error on my PC all morning. Spotify will play on my phone. I have turned off the accelorator thing, as well as disconnected...

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  Plan Premium Country  US Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I've been getting a "can't play the current song" error on my PC all morning.&n...

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