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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...
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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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Plan Family Premium Country Indonesia Device (Laptop/computer) Operating System (Windows 10 My Question or Issue How to fix this error? The dialogue doe...
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Title, Seriously. If you can make a 64 bit Mac version you can make one for Windows. I'm tired of having an app that dies after 4 seconds of inactivity. I'm sick of having an app that crashes constantly without any information. This is 2019, a larger...
Title, Seriously. If you can make a 64 bit Mac version you can make one for Windows. I'm tired of having an app that dies after 4 seconds of inactivity. I'm sick of having an app that crashes constan...
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PlanPremiumCountry MoroccoOperating SystemWindows 7 Professional My Question or IssueI used to have access to the podcast tab on my Spotify desktop app, and suddenly it's just disappeared and I need help to restore it. Also, when I use the web player...
Plan Premium Country Morocco Operating System Windows 7 Professional My Question or Issue I used to have access to the podcast tab on my Spotify desktop app, and suddenly...
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Spotify Premium, Web Player, iOS and AndroidI have recently found that the "FOLLOW" feature has been removed for both Artist Radio and Song Radio functions. I was actually showing a friend your neat features compared to your competitors, and to my ut...
Spotify Premium, Web Player, iOS and Android I have recently found that the "FOLLOW" feature has been removed for both Artist Radio and Song Radio functions. I was actually showing a friend your n...
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Why are personalized Radio Stations being replaced with curated playlists that can't be edited? This is taking away a feature without offering a better solution. Why should I continue to pay for this?PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(Win10 Desktop; Android...
Why are personalized Radio Stations being replaced with curated playlists that can't be edited? This is taking away a feature without offering a better solution. Why should I continue to pay for this...
Music Fan
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PlanPremiumCountry UK DeviceSurface LaptopOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify works well with Cortana voice control when I set my language in Windows 10 to English US. However when I set it to English UK it does not work. Any idea...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Surface Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify works well with Cortana voice control when I set my langua...
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Hi, so i just made a new private playlist, and ive never had this problem before. I was listening to it, not in private mode, but the playlist itself was private and my friend texted and told me he was able to see it, and he showed me how he could cl...
Hi, so i just made a new private playlist, and ive never had this problem before. I was listening to it, not in private mode, but the playlist itself was private and my friend texted and told me he w...
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PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceLenovo Laptop PC (2015)Operating SystemWindows 10 64 bits Home v 1809. My Question or IssueMy spotify music feed stops playing when my screen (and only the screen, not the entire computer) goes in standby.When I increase...
Plan Premium Country France Device Lenovo Laptop PC (2015) Operating System Windows 10 64 bits Home v 1809. My Question or Issue My spotify music feed stops playing when my screen (a...
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or Issue. Windows version has started to default to Shuffle every time I boot the PC. I'm a premium user
Plan Premium Country Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue. Windows version has started to default to Shuffle every time I boot the P...
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Country The NetherlandsOperating SystemWindows 10 Issue:If you search for the song Besidju by Shamana and Joji and click on the featured artist(Joji) it links to the wrong artist. It links to the wrong Joji, the Joji it should be linked to is this on...
Country The Netherlands Operating System Windows 10 Issue: If you search for the song Besidju by Shamana and Joji and click on the featured artist(Joji) it link...
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PlanPremium DeviceWin 10 PC / Onkyo TX-NR646 receiver My Question or IssueWhen listening to Spotify directly on my laptop, I keep the app volume at 100% and control volume via the OS.When listening via Spotify Connect on my stereo, the app volume swi...
Plan Premium Device Win 10 PC / Onkyo TX-NR646 receiver My Question or Issue When listening to Spotify directly on my laptop, I keep the app volume at 100% and control volume via...
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs said in the title, for probably a week now Spotify hasn't been scrobbling downloaded songs to Last.FM and downloaded songs don't show up as my Discord status anymo...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue As said in the title, for probably a week now Spotify hasn't been scrobbling downloaded so...
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PlanPremiumDeviceiPhone 8Operating SystemiOS 13, Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify's back end changes continue to cripple the last, problem-free (for core functionality) version of the Windows client (0.9.15 from 2014) so it looks like I may be...
Plan Premium Device iPhone 8 Operating System iOS 13, Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify's back end changes continue to cripple the last, problem-free (for core functionalit...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceASUS desktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs of early January, playing local files on Spotify do not display on Discord or scrobble to last.fm anymore. I've never had an issue with either until re...
Plan Premium Country United States Device ASUS desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue As of early January, playing local files on Spotify do not display on Discord ...
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PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDeviceiPohne XSmax, Windows 10 Media Center PC My Question or Issue Good Day, i have got the Problem that i installed Spotify on a Windows 10 PC to act as Media Source for a Home Theater, my Family uses the Famaliy Accounts....
Plan Premium Country Germany Device iPohne XSmax, Windows 10 Media Center PC My Question or Issue Good Day, i have got the Problem that i installed Spotify...
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For the past months I've had this issue appear randomly (sometimes more often, sometimes it's very rare): I'm listening to spotify and suddenly my song stops playing (no sounds) but the bar keeps going as if the song is still playing but on mute. Pau...
For the past months I've had this issue appear randomly (sometimes more often, sometimes it's very rare): I'm listening to spotify and suddenly my song stops playing (no sounds) but the bar k...
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PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 7My Question or IssueHello there. I have a single display in use for my computer.My TV is also plugged in to my computer but not every time in use.If I change the display settings from 1 display to 2 displays my sp...
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Hello there. I have a single display in use for my computer. My TV is also plugged in to my computer but not every time in u...
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PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceDell XPS 13Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIn a recent update my "Create New Station" tab disappeared. I still have my radio available with the stations I previously created, but I can't create new ones. I c...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell XPS 13 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue In a recent update my "Create New Station" tab disappeared. I still have my radio a...
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Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Please share this solution with as many people/threads as possible. Many people...
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Operating SystemWindows 8.1, 64bit My Question or IssueSpotifySetup.exe does not launch. After clicking it, the process immediately shuts down, as observed by me several times. No window opens. No process launches subsequently. I already tried : - la...
Operating System Windows 8.1, 64bit My Question or Issue SpotifySetup.exe does not launch. After clicking it, the process immediately shuts down, as observed by me several times. No window...
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