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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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liliabern

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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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Jenjam

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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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MattSuda

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Deleted song unintentional

PlanFreeCountry ItalyDeviceXiaomi Mi A1, Asus Zenfone 2Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, i think i had unintentionaly deleted an song to be playable how can i listen it again? it's Sally from Hardwell, it wasn't from a playlist or s...

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Plan Free Country  Italy Device Xiaomi Mi A1, Asus Zenfone 2 Operating System Windows 10  My Question or Issue  Hi, i think i had unintentionaly deleted an song to be playable...

Scevan

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Whenever I try to uninstall Spotify it says that the file is missing from the directory

PlanPremiumCountry Greece Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I've tried multiple times to unistall Spotify manually and through the control panel but my PC just says that no files linked to it exist in the system and when I find the file...

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Plan Premium Country  Greece   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I've tried multiple times to unistall Spotify manually and through the control panel bu...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify crashes on computer every time I remove my headphone jack.

PlanPremiumCountryNorway DevicePCOperating SystemWindows My Question or Issue I am having trouble with Spotify crashing EVERY time I unplug my headphones. The program with then repeat a second of sound endlessly. Reinstalling the program doesn't work...

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Plan Premium Country Norway   Device PC Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue  I am having trouble with Spotify crashing EVERY time I unplug my headphones.&nb...

taivaansusi

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Cant install a thing aka Spotify vs Local Sybols

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 8.1 with all the published (and installed) updates My Question or Issue Hello everybody, So, I'm here to address the issue I've been having recently with Spotify's desktop app, which I've been u...

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  Plan Premium Country Poland Device PC Operating System Windows 8.1 with all the published (and installed) updates   My Question or Issue  Hello everybody,   So, I'm...

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Spotify won't play song

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceWindows ComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify won't play this one specific song for me, and has being doing this for a little over a month. ("Unity" - by the fatrat). I have tried reinstalling s...

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Plan Premium Country Norway Device Windows Computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Spotify won't play this one specific song for me, and has being doing this ...

matthewoli98

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White bar on top of maximized Spotify app on Windows 10 after update

PlanPremiumCountry South AfricaDeviceDell XPS 13 1970Operating SystemWindows 10 Home My Question or Issue Hi, since I updated Spotify on Windows, it now has a white bar on top of the window when the window is maximized. I can see part of the unstyled...

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Plan Premium Country  South Africa Device Dell XPS 13 1970 Operating System Windows 10 Home   My Question or Issue  Hi, since I updated Spotify on Windows, it now has a white...

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spotify error messages

Plan FreeFree/PremiumCountry Italy Device personal computer Operating System Windows 10(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue On my PC I installed for error Spoify Music which did no install itself becouse it was for Android sys...

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Plan Free Free/Premium Country Italy   Device personal computer   Operating System Windows 10 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue On my PC I in...

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Solved!! Spotify Connect stopped working on some User account(s)

PlanPremium for FamilyCountryHong KongDevicePC, iPad, Android Tablet, Spotify SpeakersOperating SystemWindows 10, iOS 12, Android 7 I found Spotify Connect stoped working on the Desktop App since last Saturday.But after some trial and error troublesh...

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Plan Premium for Family Country Hong Kong Device PC, iPad, Android Tablet, Spotify Speakers Operating System Windows 10, iOS 12, Android 7   I found Spotify Connect stoped working on th...

TheTazMan

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What happened to the "create playlist radio" feature?

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevice(Samsung Galaxy 9, Windows PC)Operating System(Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueThis is really quite strange and unusual. One of my most used features, in fact, one of the features that pushed me to sta...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device (Samsung Galaxy 9, Windows PC) Operating System (Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue This is really quite strange and unu...

ARFrostByte

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Spotify on Desktop not connecting to other devices

PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDeviceDell XPS 15, Galaxy S8Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Recently Spotify on my laptop stopped connecting to my other devices, meaning I can't control music from my phone. It also stopped showing up as a...

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Plan Premium Country  Australia Device Dell XPS 15, Galaxy S8 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Recently Spotify on my laptop stopped connecting to my other...

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PlanPremiumCountryMéxico DeviceLaptop HP Operating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or IssueHello! Please help! I´m trying to install Spotify to my PC with windows 8.1 but when I download the program of the official site, this message appears: "This app...

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Plan Premium Country México    Device Laptop HP    Operating System Windows 8.1   My Question or Issue Hello! Please help! I´m trying to install Spotify to my P...

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Superuser Contribution Uploaded songs from local files won’t show up/play on mobile

PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceiPhone XS MaxOperating SystemiOS 12 My Question or Issue I have previously downloaded songs to Spotify from my local files on a desktop and have been able to listen to them on the mobile app. One day the songs I had downloa...

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  Plan Premium Country  US Device iPhone XS Max Operating System iOS 12   My Question or Issue  I have previously downloaded songs to Spotify from my local files on a d...

Jemi

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify can't connect through Chromecast (via browser)

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDevicePersonal Computer through Chrome BrowserOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hello.I'm getting a lot of problems when I try to use Spotify through chromecast. Every time I try to stream it from my computer to ...

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  Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Personal Computer through Chrome Browser Operating System Windows 10  My Question or Issue   Hello. I'm getting a lot of problems when ...

lottware

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PC version won't connect to phone or scrobble to Last.fm

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceMedion Razer Laptop, Google Pixel PhoneOperating SystemWindows 10, Android 9 My Question or IssueThe version of Spotify on my laptop has suddenly become disconnected from my phone via Connect, and Last.fm. Spotify on my lapt...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Medion Razer Laptop, Google Pixel Phone Operating System Windows 10, Android 9   My Question or Issue The version of Spotify on my laptop has suddenly be...

rpenn

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Thanks for forcing me to install your bloatware on my PC

Thanks for forcing me to install your bloatware only to edit playlist name.Every other music service allows to edit playlist name from any browser.Only Spotify forces its users to install useless applications.When my 1$ premium ends in 3 months I am ...

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  Thanks for forcing me to install your bloatware only to edit playlist name. Every other music service allows to edit playlist name from any browser. Only Spotify forces its users to install...

matthewoli98

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Spotify can't play this song right now

ould PlanStudentCountryUK Device(iPhone 6, PC and laptop)Operating System(iOS 11, Windows 10) My Question or IssueHave a problem where I can't play a specific artist (While She Sleeps) on any of my devices.My friends can all play them without any pro...

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ould Plan Student Country UK  Device (iPhone 6, PC and laptop) Operating System (iOS 11,  Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Have a problem where I can't play a specific arti...

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nothing works

PlanFreeCountry polandDevicepcOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or Issuespotify just doesn't work. i cannot download it, register a new account, or do anything related to the site, because my access is denied. i cannot play music, because spotif...

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Plan Free Country  poland Device pc Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue spotify just doesn't work. i cannot download it, register a new account, or do anything rela...

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Desktop app freezes and crashes PC

Premium user, running desktop app on Windows 10. The desktop app is garbage. It does not play nice with any other software on my PC. If I'm running anything any more resource intensive than my web browser, then 9 times out of 10, the desktop app lock...

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Premium user, running desktop app on Windows 10.   The desktop app is garbage. It does not play nice with any other software on my PC. If I'm running anything any more resource intensive than ...

jordn613

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Does Spotify count Local files as listened to?

I have whole mixtapes and albums which aren't on Spotify otherwise. Does anyone know if these actually get counted in places like Spotify.me and 20XX wrapped. So far from what I can see, they don't go on the 2018 wrapped playlist and they aren't anyw...

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I have whole mixtapes and albums which aren't on Spotify otherwise. Does anyone know if these actually get counted in places like Spotify.me and 20XX wrapped. So far from what I can see, they don't g...

gxy

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Song position after sorting bug

Spotify version 1.0.96.181.gf6bc1b6b on Windows 10 When you click on the album art icon to jump to the song position on the playlist and re-sort playlist (e.g. by artis or album) and try to jump to the song again you end in the wrong position. I trie...

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  Spotify version 1.0.96.181.gf6bc1b6b on Windows 10     When you click on the album art icon to jump to the song position on the playlist and re-sort play...

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