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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 "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...
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...
Roadie
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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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PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Please share this solution with as many people/threads as possible. Many people are upset about the removal of Playlist Radio, and I've discovered a workaround that ex...
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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PlanFreeCountry SwedenDeviceDesktop PC with Realtek Hd Audio ManagerOperating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue A few days ago Spotify went silent on my computer. Everything looks fine but no sound. Every other sound source like YouTube or Winam...
Plan Free Country Sweden Device Desktop PC with Realtek Hd Audio Manager Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue A few days ago Spotify went silent on my...
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PlanPremiumCountryUK DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueEvery song I click on 'go to song radio' it now takes me to a playlist with 50 songs in and no option to add or remove. The only radios I can go to are ones I saved. I asked ...
Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Every song I click on 'go to song radio' it now takes me to a playlist with 50 songs in and n...
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PlanPremiumCountry TurkeyOperating System(Windows 10) When I open installer, nothing happens. When i drag the installer to C:\Program Files (x86) it works, downloads spotify but does not install it. I know the link that installs an old looking spotif...
Plan Premium Country Turkey Operating System (Windows 10) When I open installer, nothing happens. When i drag the installer to C:\Program Files (x86) it works, downloads spot...
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Hello, I'm encountering a sort of UI bug on Spotify Windows 10 version.Any way to fix it? I already tried reinstalling the app, changing my system resolution and DPI, nothing works.
Hello, I'm encountering a sort of UI bug on Spotify Windows 10 version. Any way to fix it? I already tried reinstalling the app, changing my system resolution and DPI, nothing works. &n...
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I am on a windows 10 using the Program and every time this happens i have to manually skip and it's annoying so any help is appreciated.
I am on a windows 10 using the Program and every time this happens i have to manually skip and it's annoying so any help is appreciated.
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I installed Spotify and it won't open. It doesn't show up in the task manager either (not for a second). When I double click it the only thing that happens is my mouse cursor goes "loading" for a split second. I tried changing compatibility mode, run...
I installed Spotify and it won't open. It doesn't show up in the task manager either (not for a second). When I double click it the only thing that happens is my mouse cursor goes "loading" for a spl...
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PlanPremiumCountry UK DeviceDell LaptopOperating SystemWin 7 Home Premium My Question or Issue After years of successfully running Spotify on this laptop running WinXP when I received notifications that XP was no longer going to be supported by Spoti...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Dell Laptop Operating System Win 7 Home Premium My Question or Issue After years of successfully running Spotify on this laptop runnin...
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I'm unable to add radio stations. I've followed guides on how to but in the radio menu there is no option called "Add radio station". Even when I open Spotify on my moblie device, I don't even have a radio menu at all. So is being able to add and lis...
I'm unable to add radio stations. I've followed guides on how to but in the radio menu there is no option called "Add radio station". Even when I open Spotify on my moblie device, I don't even have a...
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Hey, In the last couple of weeks Spotify kept failing at updating. Everytime I started it, it gave it a try, failed and gave an error (it started normally though afterwards). So now I tried to reinstall to see if it solves the problem, but now it won...
Hey, In the last couple of weeks Spotify kept failing at updating. Everytime I started it, it gave it a try, failed and gave an error (it started normally though afterwards). So now I tried ...
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PlanPremiumCountryCzech Republic Devicedell notebookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi. my problem is, that if i stop song in spotify, my sound just disappear. I can't play anything else just spotify ( if the spotify is playing some so...
Plan Premium Country Czech Republic Device dell notebook Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi. my problem is, that if i stop song in spotify, my sound ju...
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify suddenly keeps saying "Cannot play this right now". Additionally, it keeps skipping songs automatically until there is none left and then gives same error ag...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify suddenly keeps saying "Cannot play this right now". Additionally, it keeps s...
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