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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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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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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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Spotify desktop app stops playing then uses all system ram causing BSOD

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 build 17134.472Spotify Desktop App Version1.0.96.181.gf6bc1b6b My Question or IssueIn the last few weeks, spotify has been freezing my computer. The symptoms are as follows. Intermittendly,...

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 build 17134.472 Spotify Desktop App Version 1.0.96.181.gf6bc1b6b   My Question or Issue In the last few we...

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Solved!! Saved Songs Not Syncing

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceWindows DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 ProVersion: 1803OS Build: 17134.472 My Question or Issue When I save a song to my library on my phone (Google Pixel 3 XL - Android 9), Spotify desktop doesn't show the son...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Windows Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Pro Version: 1803 OS Build: 17134.472   My Question or Issue  When I save a song to my libr...

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Invisible Window

PlanFreeCountry New ZealandDeviceWindows DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Every time I open Spotify it opens up and it's invisible. I tried to reinstall it several times and it still doesn't work. It's the same issue for both th...

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  Plan Free Country  New Zealand Device Windows Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Every time I open Spotify it opens up and it's invisible. I ...

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Superuser Contribution Some songs won't play

Plan: Premium Device: Samsung Galaxy S7, Asus laptopOperating System: Android 8.0.0, Windows 10Country: FinlandSpotify version: 8.4.84.874 I've had this problem for maybe a month. Some songs won't play on my Spotify. It doesn't matter wether I use th...

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Plan: Premium  Device: Samsung Galaxy S7, Asus laptop Operating System: Android 8.0.0, Windows 10 Country: Finland Spotify version: 8.4.84.874   I've had this...

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Resetting how spotify suggests and plays in radio.

My Question or Issue:I have been using spotify for years now, and I feel like the radio doesnt really work for me any more. It keeps giving me the same 10-15 bands, with mostly the same songs. This is more or less exactly the function you wouldnt wan...

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  My Question or Issue: I have been using spotify for years now, and I feel like the radio doesnt really work for me any more. It keeps giving me the same 10-15 bands, with mostly the same son...

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Chromecast Spotify Connect on Windows app

Hi there! When opening Spotify on my Android phone I can go to the Spotify Connect tab on the bottom and select a range of Sonos, Google Chromecast, Chromecast Audio and Google Home Hubs in my house to connect to. However in the Windows 10 applicatio...

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Hi there! When opening Spotify on my Android phone I can go to the Spotify Connect tab on the bottom and select a range of Sonos, Google Chromecast, Chromecast Audio and Google Home Hubs in my house ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify switching to Web Player?

PlanFreeCountry United StatesDeviceiPhone X, PCOperating SystemUp to date iPhone X, Windows 10 My Question or Issue I will be listening to Spotify and it'll randomly switch over to Web Player like someone is logged in on my account. I looked this iss...

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Plan Free Country  United States Device iPhone X, PC Operating System Up to date iPhone X, Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I will be listening to Spotify and it'll ra...

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Transfer streams from record label to new account without loosing plays

PlanFree/PremiumCountry AustraliaDevicepc / android Operating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueHi thanks for your time i was on a contract with a record label and my contracted ended and im wondering if i can transfer my acoount with the label t...

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Plan Free/Premium Country  Australia Device pc / android  Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi thanks for your time i was on a contract with a record l...

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Design flaw

Sorry in advance for my english,I 'm new to spotiffy none the less , in my point of view on the "Albums" menu should only show the albums that I liked on the artist page, and not all the songs plus albuns that I like.On the "Artists" should have a op...

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Sorry in advance for my english, I 'm new to spotiffy none the less , in my point of view on the "Albums" menu should only show the albums that I liked on the artist page, and not all the songs plus...

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Why tf can't I download albums on Windows 10?

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Why can't I download albums on the windows 10 version of Spotify Premium? Am I the only one who finds this ridiculous, especially since there is no explanation? Why can't I download albums on...

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Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Why can't I download albums on the windows 10 version of Spotify Premium? Am I the only one who finds this ridiculous,...

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Cannot see my Network Attached Storage (NAS) under Local Files/Add a Source

I am in my initial 90-day trial of premium. I tried to add a source of local music, specifically my NAS which is where my music library is located. The list of folders in the drop down shows Network, but when I click on that, it does not then open (o...

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  I am in my initial 90-day trial of premium. I tried to add a source of local music, specifically my NAS which is where my music library is located. The list of folders in the drop down shows ...

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Glitch: Wrong song plays

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceDesktop computerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHey Spotify Community, I'm experiencing a bizzare glitch. Sometimes when I have tracks queued up, when the next song comes on it will actually play the previous...

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Plan Premium Country UK   Device Desktop computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hey Spotify Community,   I'm experiencing a bizzare glitch. Sometimes ...

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Local Files Missing

Recently, as of yesterday, noticed some discrepancies between my desktop Spotify and my mobile. Exactly 30 of my 153 local files, kept in a 'DOWNLOADS' playlist, randomly stopped showing up in my desktop playlists. (As a note I do have a 154th track ...

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Recently, as of yesterday, noticed some discrepancies between my desktop Spotify and my mobile. Exactly 30 of my 153 local files, kept in a 'DOWNLOADS' playlist, randomly stopped showing up in my des...

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Cover Art for certain songs in Local Files not showing?

So I spent hours editing tons of music tags using MP3 Diags Unstable, fixing titles, albums, artists, and cover art. I changed my Local Files folder to the folder with all the music, and most of the music synced perfectly, except for a few songs. The...

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So I spent hours editing tons of music tags using MP3 Diags Unstable, fixing titles, albums, artists, and cover art. I changed my Local Files folder to the folder with all the music, and most of...

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Discover

Hi everyone, So, I just logged in to Spot today and I realized the discover section is gone. The weekly discover section is still there, but that's garbage! I want the old discover section where I could see about ten different albuns or something lik...

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Hi everyone,   So, I just logged in to Spot today and I realized the discover section is gone. The weekly discover section is still there, but that's garbage! I want the old discover section w...

Djalma

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Spotify Won't Show on my Discord Profile

PlanFreeCountry CanadaDeviceDell laptop?Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I recenly got Discord and Spotify on my windows laptop, and I would like my profile on Discord to say I'm listening to Spotify, and what, but it won't even if Dis...

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Plan Free Country  Canada Device Dell laptop? Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I recenly got Discord and Spotify on my windows laptop, and I would like my ...

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Media Keys Not Working

I recently had this problem where whenever I try to press the F5 button (to play my music because it has the play/pause button) It doesn't do anything. I have had it working for over a year, but for some reason over the last week it hasn't been worki...

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I recently had this problem where whenever I try to press the F5 button (to play my music because it has the play/pause button) It doesn't do anything. I have had it working for over a year, but for ...

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Playlists won't play through, song cuts out in middle and moves to new tract

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceMultiple Windows 10 Desktop appsOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I can't get through even the first track in a playlist - after about 2/3 of the song plays the track ends and a n...

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Plan Premium Country USA  Device Multiple Windows 10 Desktop apps Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  I can't get through ev...

OneByBoo

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Download Spotify app

PlanPremiumCountry Sweden DevicedesktopOperating SystemWindows 7 I want the Spotify app, but SpotifySetup.exe does not function on my desktop W7, Chrome.

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Plan Premium Country Sweden     Device desktop Operating System Windows 7   I want the Spotify app, but SpotifySetup.exe does not function on my desktop W7, Chrome.  

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Unable to play track Come On by Bone Crusher

PlanPremium CountryUnited States DevicePC and Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus Operating SystemWindows 10 and Android 8 My Question or IssueI tried to play Come On by Bone Crusher (Stomp the Yard soundtrack) but it's not playing on that playlist. Can you pleas...

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  Plan Premium   Country United States   Device PC and Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus   Operating System Windows 10 and Android 8   My Question or Issue I tried to play...

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