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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...
PlanFreeCountrypolandDeviceacer travelmate p2Operating Systemwin 10 pro My Question or Issue99% of the songs im listening to lost their lyrics, i look them up on musixmatch, and the lyrics are avaible.
Plan Free Country poland Device acer travelmate p2 Operating System win 10 pro My Question or Issue 99% of the songs im listening to lost their lyrics, i look them up on musixmatch, ...
Spotify Star
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PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceWindows 11 DesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 When playing a song on a playlist/album/authors top 10 with repeat one enabled, the song WILL repeat itself, up until an advertisement plays, at which it will go to the ne...
Plan Free Country United States Device Windows 11 Desktop Operating System Windows 11 When playing a song on a playlist/album/authors top 10 with repeat one enabled, the song WILL rep...
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Hi, today I noticed that in some albums the songs are showed to be 0:29 seconds long (always and only 0:29) while obviously they are longer. Once I play them the right lenght appears on the playing bar, but still not in the album. This only happens i...
Hi, today I noticed that in some albums the songs are showed to be 0:29 seconds long (always and only 0:29) while obviously they are longer. Once I play them the right lenght appears on the playing b...
Visitor
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Hi! This might be related to this bug and the older archived one it references: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Desktop-Windows-Can-t-access-auto-hidden-taskbar-when-maximised/idi-p/2591456 On a my Windows 10 laptop, spotify initially...
Hi! This might be related to this bug and the older archived one it references: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Desktop-Windows-Can-t-access-auto-hidden-taskbar-wh...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremium StudentCountryIndiaDeviceLenovo Yoga 7i proOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueThe Microsoft app UI is showing some bugs when minimized and opened, the icons (What's new, Browse, Friend activity) get cramped one and overlay eac...
Plan Premium Student Country India Device Lenovo Yoga 7i pro Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue The Microsoft app UI is showing some bugs when minimized and opened, the...
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PlanPremium, version is 1.1.47.684.g136419d9CountryFinlandDeviceDesktop computerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueLow volume part of songs get an artificial fade out - fade in which is really annoying. I've noticed it starting today, pre...
Plan Premium, version is 1.1.47.684.g136419d9 Country Finland Device Desktop computer Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Low volume part of songs get an artificial fade...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm desperate for the return of the "Artist" column, separate from the song title. Not only is the artist very difficult to read, displaced almost half the size of the bolded ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I'm desperate for the return of the "Artist" column, separate from the song title. Not only is...
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Hi all,The past few weeks I've found that my release radar is updating much later than on friday. However, when it updates it states that the songs had been on the playlist for a few days. Anyone else experiencing this issue? Any thoughts?
Hi all, The past few weeks I've found that my release radar is updating much later than on friday. However, when it updates it states that the songs had been on the playlist for a few days. Anyone...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceLenovo Legion LaptopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueAfter experiencing extreme lagging, I decided to try to have fewer local files. I made a new folder SPOTIFY in my musicv library where I put the files th...
Plan Premium Country Norway Device Lenovo Legion Laptop Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue After experiencing extreme lagging, I decided to try to have fewer local file...
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PlanFree/Premium DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Button play grayed outI tried to disconnect all devices, log in in other browsers, ctr+f5. But the play button is always grayed-out
Plan Free/Premium Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Button play grayed out I tried to disconnect all devices, log in in other browsers, ctr+f5. But the play bu...
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I accidentally had clicked on Spotify, instead of PowerPoint, and had selected CTRL + A and DELETE to delete the contents of the slide, and instead removed ALL of the songs out of my Liked Songs.It won't let me undo, and it doesn't fall in the 'Recov...
I accidentally had clicked on Spotify, instead of PowerPoint, and had selected CTRL + A and DELETE to delete the contents of the slide, and instead removed ALL of the songs out of my Liked Songs. ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceLITERALLY HAPPENING ON EVERY DEVICE I OWN (windows 10, android, ios, macbook) My Question or IssueSome artists not showing the liked tracks that are sitting in my liked tracks. Yes i've made sure it's not another album/etc.
Plan Premium Country USA Device LITERALLY HAPPENING ON EVERY DEVICE I OWN (windows 10, android, ios, macbook) My Question or Issue Some artists not showing the liked tracks tha...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAccording to this link and some other Help/FAQ posts I found through searching, I should be able to paste a Spotify URI into the search bar and get the resource I'...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue According to this link and some other Help/FAQ posts I found through searching, I shoul...
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I am using spotify on a windows 10 laptop and have spotify premium. Whenever i try to play any song, it just skips over it. Nearly every time I open spotify, a message in a blue box appears at the top saying "This song is not available. If you have t...
I am using spotify on a windows 10 laptop and have spotify premium. Whenever i try to play any song, it just skips over it. Nearly every time I open spotify, a message in a blue box appears at the to...
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DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 11My Question or IssueIn the "connect to a device" list, the (android) mobile app will show a google home speaker group along with the individual speakers it comprises. (So that you can play on e.g., either "Be...
Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue In the "connect to a device" list, the (android) mobile app will show a google home speaker group along with the individual spe...
Music Fan
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceWindows 10Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi im currently trying to unblock the Spotify app for students on our school network. however i keep getting an accesscode error 32. any ideas how to resolve this?...
Plan Free/Premium Country Device Windows 10 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi im currently trying to unblock the Spotify app for students on our school netwo...
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Hello everyone, I have a problem which has annoyed me for more than a year now which makes the music listening with the desktop app almost unusable. After any song playing for around 1 minute, the audio gets distorted / crumbles (like in the attached...
Hello everyone, I have a problem which has annoyed me for more than a year now which makes the music listening with the desktop app almost unusable. After any song playing for around 1 minut...
Music Fan
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PlanFreeCountryFinlandDevice(Samsung S21, M2 iPad)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI just started to use Spotify earlier this week and one thing I've noticed is that the daily mixes just stay the same, even if they should change, well...
Plan Free Country Finland Device (Samsung S21, M2 iPad) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue I just started to use Spotify earlier this week and one thing I've noti...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or Issue I upgraded my PC to Windows11 yesterday, ever since the widget on the task bar that shows what is currently playing seems to `move` , in the sense of getting shor...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I upgraded my PC to Windows11 yesterday, ever since the widget ...
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Using Spotify Premium on Windows 10 when I try and change the album I am listening to I lose the speakers setting I am using and have to turn my KEF LS 50 Wireless II off and again to reset my choice of output speaker
Using Spotify Premium on Windows 10 when I try and change the album I am listening to I lose the speakers setting I am using and have to turn my KEF LS 50 Wireless II off and again to reset my choice...
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