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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...
My Question or IssueI follow quite a few artists (over 300) and I've noticed that there are quite a few that do not show up in my following tab. At all. Whats the point of following them if I don't have a nice place to go through a list and find them...
My Question or Issue I follow quite a few artists (over 300) and I've noticed that there are quite a few that do not show up in my following tab. At all. Whats the point of following them if I don't...
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You used to be able to navigate from a playlist directly to its radio channel using the three dotted lines button next to the cover photo. Now that option seems to have been removed? Why?
You used to be able to navigate from a playlist directly to its radio channel using the three dotted lines button next to the cover photo. Now that option seems to have been removed? Why?
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Plan PremiumDeviceLenovo desktopOperating SystemWindows 10 SOOOO this is apparently an issue that has existed in some form or another for various users for 6+ years. I'm hoping the sudden onset for me is a sign that it's a temporary feature that will...
Plan Premium Device Lenovo desktop Operating System Windows 10 SOOOO this is apparently an issue that has existed in some form or another for various users for 6+ years....
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceS9+Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I'm trying to "save" music for offline use on my phone only. I don't want the files saved on my computer as well. I get the impression that it is...
Plan Premium Country Device S9+ Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I'm trying to "save" music for offline use on ...
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PlanPremiumCountry NorwayDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 The issue started when i tried updating spotify manual because it always started with the same song which i didn't listen to when i close the application. I had V 1.0.94 (something like that)...
Plan Premium Country Norway Device PC Operating System Windows 7 The issue started when i tried updating spotify manual because it always started with the same song whic...
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PlanPremiumCountryDEOperating SystemWindows 10 Hey Guys ,for a few weeks now i am not able to "connect" the spotify windows10 app to any other devices (neither iPhone nor cromecast audio). inside the windwos app my devices are not listed. when i use ...
Plan Premium Country DE Operating System Windows 10 Hey Guys , for a few weeks now i am not able to "connect" the spotify windows10 app to any other devices (neither iPhone nor crome...
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PlanPremiumCountryIsrael DeviceLenovo Yoga 720 laptopOperating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Suddenly while playing an album - Spotify stopped playing, and I can't get it to play as it's always stop after one second. I start, it play for a s...
Plan Premium Country Israel Device Lenovo Yoga 720 laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Suddenly while playing an album - Spotify stopped playing...
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PlanPremiumCountry New ZealandDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue So yesterday I downloaded some songs onto my pc, and put them on spotify through local files completely fine and everything worked. Audio was fine and the s...
Plan Premium Country New Zealand Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue So yesterday I downloaded some songs onto my pc, and put them on spoti...
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I'll start; I've got tons. Personal messages/send songs among usersArtist pages showing which of your friends listens to that artistPlaylists showing you which of your friends follows itUser playlists in the Discovered On... of the artist pageArtist ...
I'll start; I've got tons. Personal messages/send songs among users Artist pages showing which of your friends listens to that artist Playlists showing you which of your friends follows i...
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I'm encountering an issue where Spotify will not scrobble to Last.fm. Currently, the only way to fix this is to reinstall Spotify, but I have to do so every day as it stops working when I restart my computer. I have been reinstalling Spotify every da...
I'm encountering an issue where Spotify will not scrobble to Last.fm. Currently, the only way to fix this is to reinstall Spotify, but I have to do so every day as it stops working when I restart my ...
Casual Listener
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And when it is available, it's usually stacked with Spotify's dumb curated playlists. Please bring this feature back. I want to see the playlists that other users are making without sifting through hundreds or thousands in search, and I want mine to ...
And when it is available, it's usually stacked with Spotify's dumb curated playlists. Please bring this feature back. I want to see the playlists that other users are making without sifting through h...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 1809 My Question or Issue Spotify quite often "crashes". It stops outputting Sound but shows the Track still as playing. When that happens you can't stop/start the track again and also can't...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10 1809 My Question or Issue Spotify quite often "crashes". It stops outputting Sound but shows the Track still ...
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PlanFreeCountry USADeviceDell laptopOp. SystemWindows Vista My Question or Issue I use free Spotify and login via my Facebook profile. Works fine on my newer PC with Windows-10 and on my Android tablet from Verizon. But will not work on our older lap...
Plan Free Country USA Device Dell laptop Op. System Windows Vista My Question or Issue I use free Spotify and login via my Facebook profile. Works fine on my newe...
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Hello,Where the "Local Files" section should appearin the side menu on the left, with "Artists", "Podcast", etc. , it simply doesn't.When I open the Windows desktop app, "Local Files" briefly appears in the side menu, at its normal position (for like...
Hello, Where the "Local Files" section should appearin the side menu on the left, with "Artists", "Podcast", etc. , it simply doesn't. When I open the Windows desktop app, "Local Files" briefly app...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI updated my Spotify to the most recent version and the autoplay option is now back. I have it enabled, but it still will not work. I have already done a clean rein...
Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I updated my Spotify to the most recent version and the autoplay option is now back. I h...
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So I got this problem 6 months ago but this is actually triggering me more. The Album cover is missing only at the upper left corner when using media keys, I have enabled the option(Show desktop overlay when using media keys).PlanPremiumCountry Spain...
So I got this problem 6 months ago but this is actually triggering me more. The Album cover is missing only at the upper left corner when using media keys, I have enabled the option(Show deskt...
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PlanPremiumCountry FranceDeviceComputerOperating System Windows 7 Pro 64bit My Question or Issue Hello, My Spotify on Windows 7 is not showing my recently fav songs ("Your Library" > "Songs"). However it's fine on my phone, songs aren't showing on my...
Plan Premium Country France Device Computer Operating System Windows 7 Pro 64bit My Question or Issue Hello, My Spotify on Windows 7 is not showing my rece...
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Plan PremiumCountry GermanyDeviceLenovo X1 CarbonOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Mein Spotify hängt sich auf und lässt sich nicht neustarten. Fehlermeldung "The Spotify application is not responding". Nach Neuinstallation geht es eine...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Lenovo X1 Carbon Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Mein Spotify hängt sich auf und lässt sich nicht neustarten. F...
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PlanPremiumCountry USDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue Recently I've started having an issue that I never had before. Anytime my bluetooth headset disconnects the Spotify program becomes unresponsive. The song is still playing bu...
Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Recently I've started having an issue that I never had before. Anytime my bluetooth head...
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PlanPremiumCountry Great BritainDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have created over 340 Playlists and have 240 Artists on my desktop computer in Spotify and have spent many hours making sure that I have my favourite/best (...
Plan Premium Country Great Britain Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have created over 340 Playlists and have 240 Artists on my desktop computer...
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