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Solved!! Disable the Mini-Player on the Web-Version

Hi GuysI switched on my Windows 10 from the Desktop-Version to the Browser-Version. It works, but now I get/see every time a Mini-Player in the left upper corner for about 5 seconds when I press Pause/Play or e.g. if I change the volume. How can I de...

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Solved!! Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"I have tried all t...

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Solved!! Disable Video on desktop app

There no X or way to close or stop a video on Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c

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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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Go to browse and won't play anything

I'm using Win10 I've tried uninstall reinstall turning off cross fading and Hardware acceleration and restarting my PC entirely.. just says go to browse when on song, artist, album, station, video, and podcast.. idk what to do at this point.. Also wo...

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I'm using Win10 I've tried uninstall reinstall turning off cross fading and Hardware acceleration and restarting my PC entirely.. just says go to browse when on song, artist, album, station, video, a...

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(detailed issue) Certain songs can't play in spotify

PlanFreeCountry SwedenDevice(Huawei mate 10 pro)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue As title says. For example, if I go into any artist literally (No examples needed, literally any artist at all) and pick a song, sometimes it's able to pl...

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Plan Free Country  Sweden Device (Huawei mate 10 pro) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  As title says. For example, if I go into any artist literally (No ex...

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Can't use space when typing in playlist

Country USA Device MSI Laptop Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI click into my playlist and try to search for a song, however every time I hit the spacebar pauses the song, as opposed to allowing me to type the next word in the song tit...

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  Country  USA   Device   MSI Laptop   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I click into my playlist and try to search for a song, however ever...

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All Spotify Playlists Empty - User fix does not work

I have seen the fixes to open notepad as admin - open "notes" and delete the spotify related strings, but I dont have any of those in my notes. Tried to reinstall 5 times. PlanPremiumCountryNA DeviceWindows 10 PC My Question or Issue: As stated

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I have seen the fixes to open notepad as admin - open "notes" and delete the spotify related strings, but I dont have any of those in my notes.   Tried to reinstall 5 times.    Pla...

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Desktop does not work whatsoever.

Spotify on my desktop refuses to play anything other than the playlist I created. When I search for a song it does not play, adding songs to my playlist does not actually add them, and the daily mix has gaps where songs should be. I have deleted and ...

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Spotify on my desktop refuses to play anything other than the playlist I created. When I search for a song it does not play, adding songs to my playlist does not actually add them, and the daily mix ...

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Spotamb 0.2.1 stops music

PlanPremiumCountryGermanDeviceDestop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm running Spotify over the Spotiamb 0.2.1. The music breaks off after a few seconds. I have already reinstalled everything, as it is described here in other posts...

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Plan Premium Country German Device Destop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm running Spotify over the Spotiamb 0.2.1. The music breaks off after a few seconds. I...

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Solved!! Unable to play songs on desktop . Discover Weekly list is not working well

PlanFree/PremiumDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIssue (s):Some of the songs are not able to play. Screenshot below Release Radar / Discover Weekly doesn't update or has only few songs compared to what I have when I am usin...

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Plan Free/Premium Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Issue (s): Some of the songs are not able to play. Screenshot below   Release Radar / Disc...

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Solved!! Songs not playing on Windows client

PlanPremium for StudentsCountryItalyDeviceDesktop computerOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro x64 My Question or IssueA few days ago I noticed that I can only play the tracks I saved from various artists. If I try to reproduce any other track the player s...

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Plan Premium for Students Country Italy Device Desktop computer Operating System Windows 10 Pro x64   My Question or Issue A few days ago I noticed that I can only play the tracks I sa...

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Repeat One turning off with selection of new song

PlanPremium On Spotify desktop for Windows, but also for all other environments, the repeat one functionality seems odd to me. When repeat one is on and a new song is selected, the selection turns to just repeat (which just ensures that music keeps p...

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Plan Premium   On Spotify desktop for Windows, but also for all other environments, the repeat one functionality seems odd to me. When repeat one is on and a new song is selected, t...

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Banning accounts

I use the ad blocker in my browsers, adboclk.Does he enter into the new policy of banning accounts for the use of blockers?

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    I use the ad blocker in my browsers, adboclk.Does he enter into the new policy of banning accounts for the use of blockers?    

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HELP, songs won't play on desktop app, only on phone

Premium user who has a lot of playlists. All of my songs played an hour ago and I've played them for years, but my computer just crashed and when I rebooted all the songs added to playlists on the same date through ITunes playlist import no longer pl...

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Premium user who has a lot of playlists.  All of my songs played an hour ago and I've played them for years, but my computer just crashed and when I rebooted all the songs added to playlists on ...

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Solved!! I can't play any song and all playlist song are deleted

I have some hours without music, I can't play any song and all playlist are empty.I already unistall and install twice times and it doesn't work.I try to play on the web version and it doesn't work as well. I can play on my iphone normally but no in ...

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I have some hours without music, I can't play any song and all playlist are empty. I already unistall and install twice times and it doesn't work. I try to play on the web version and it ...

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Playlist Description Error

PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDeviceiPhone 8Operating SystemWindows 8.1, Spotify: 1.1.0.237.g378f6f25 My Question or IssueI've made numerous attempts to update the description of my playlist; however, the moment I log out of my computer account or chan...

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Plan Premium Country  Australia Device iPhone 8 Operating System Windows 8.1, Spotify: 1.1.0.237.g378f6f25   My Question or Issue I've made numerous attempts to update the descrip...

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Solved!! Can't see any songs nor play them!

PlanPremiumCountry The NetherlandsDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIts not working! Help please. I tried to reinstall and clear cache but nothing works.

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Plan Premium Country  The Netherlands Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Its not working! Help please. I tried  to reinstall and clear cache but not...

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When I play Spotify on desktop, it starts playing on my phone

For the last week or so, whenever I start playing Spotify on my dekstop, nothing happens on my dekstop. Somehow, it opens Spotify on my phone and the songs play from my phone. I cannot get anything to happen on my desktop.Yes, I have tried reinstalli...

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For the last week or so, whenever I start playing Spotify on my dekstop, nothing happens on my dekstop. Somehow, it opens Spotify on my phone and the songs play from my phone. I cannot get anything t...

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Solved!! Cant play any songs!

PlanPremium (Family)Country DenmarkDeviceMy Desktop at home (Spotify works on my phone)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue All songs from my playlist disappeared and i cant play any songs!They just vanish...Already tried reinstalling seve...

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Plan Premium (Family) Country  Denmark Device My Desktop at home (Spotify works on my phone) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  All songs from my playlist di...

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Songs randomly pausing

PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueWhenever I listen to music using the desktop app it randomly pauses. It pauses indefinately until i manually unpause it. Sometimes the music goes minutes without pau...

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Plan Premium Country  Sweden Device Computer Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Whenever I listen to music using the desktop app it randomly pauses. It pauses indefinately...

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no notifications from following artists

when i first started to use spotify, many years ago, the free account was perfectly amazing -- even on free account there was a wonderful notification bell with all news on artist we follow -- then the notification bell mysteriously disappeared and t...

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when i first started to use spotify, many years ago, the free account was perfectly amazing -- even on free account there was a wonderful notification bell with all news on artist we follow -- then t...

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Solved!! Playlist previously had 370+ Songs, but will no longer load on Desktop.

PlanFreeCountry USDevicePersonal PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify playlist will no longer load? It loads fine and shows/plays all songs on mobile, but on my PC some songs not on the playlist will not load if I add them to the...

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Plan Free Country  US Device Personal PC Operating System Windows 10  My Question or Issue  Spotify playlist will no longer load? It loads fine and shows/plays all songs on mo...

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