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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...
PlanFreeCountry UKDeviceHP EnvyOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI turn on my laptop and open Spotify -> works fine. However, if I then open Spotify again (either with/without closing the first instance of Spotify) then it hangs on a bla...
Plan Free Country UK Device HP Envy Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I turn on my laptop and open Spotify -> works fine. However, if I then open Spoti...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceMy own custom PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hello. Today I was trying to play some C418 on Spotify and it wouldn't play. It keeps telling me "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on y...
Plan Premium Country USA Device My own custom PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello. Today I was trying to play some C418 on Spotify and it wo...
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PlanFreeCountry AustraliaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi I am playing Spotify on my desktop, outputting over HDMI to a Yamaha Rx-A3080 AV reciever.Audio comes out all 5 speakers not just the two front left and right (an...
Plan Free Country Australia Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi I am playing Spotify on my desktop, outputting over HDMI to a Ya...
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Has the Thumbs Up and Down icons and associated capability been removed from Spotify? I no longer have them for followed Radio playlists on both the Spotify Desktop program and the iOS app. Edit: It appears if I create a new Radio playlist and am not...
Has the Thumbs Up and Down icons and associated capability been removed from Spotify? I no longer have them for followed Radio playlists on both the Spotify Desktop program and the iOS app. ...
Casual Listener
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A few minute ago, I unplugged my headphones from my PC by accident. I plugged them back in, but now no music will play. I keep clicking play/double-clicking playlists but nothing happens. I've tried restarting Spotify and using Task Manager to end th...
A few minute ago, I unplugged my headphones from my PC by accident. I plugged them back in, but now no music will play. I keep clicking play/double-clicking playlists but nothing happens. I've tried ...
Newbie
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PlanFreeCountry TurkeyDevicePCOperating SystemWIN 7 My Question or Issue i tried uninstalling my antivirus but it keeps on not opening or it just opens up a very small error box that sends something to microsoft
Plan Free Country Turkey Device PC Operating System WIN 7 My Question or Issue i tried uninstalling my antivirus but it keeps on not opening or it just opens up a...
Spotify Legend
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Ctrl+F functionality in playlist seems to be somewhat broken (at least for non-english titles). I have the following playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/andreishe/playlist/0ixY5gBr0hz2iCx6isehbs?si=Hj_jxuF-QuWTIu-1mRznVQ I opened it in the deskto...
Ctrl+F functionality in playlist seems to be somewhat broken (at least for non-english titles). I have the following playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/andreishe/playlist/0ixY5gBr0...
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PlanPremiumCountry SpainDeviceG S7, PCOperating SystemAndroid Oreo, Windows 10My Question or Issue Hi allI think mine´s more than a problem but a punishment. From nowhere it appears a damned playlist at the top of my library´s playlists (Favourites? ...
Plan Premium Country Spain Device G S7, PC Operating System Android Oreo, Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi all I think mine´s more than a problem but a punishment. From n...
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Hi, I am having trouble with Spotify going online and offline again in very long intervals. It can take 30 seconds or more for Spotify to recognize that the connection is available again, and during all that time, I cannot continue to view the artist...
Hi, I am having trouble with Spotify going online and offline again in very long intervals. It can take 30 seconds or more for Spotify to recognize that the connection is available again, and d...
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PlanPremiumCountry Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Je veux skip la musique sans entrer dans l'app spotify si y a un raccourci, jai vu y a ctrl fleche dr mais ca fonctionne pas
Plan Premium Country Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Je veux skip la musique sans entrer dans l'app spotify si y a un raccourci, jai vu y a ctrl f...
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PlanPremiumDevice1920x1080 DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 (tested with Sizer 4.0) My Question or Issue With a resolution of 1920x1080 and 175% scaling, the Friend Activity pane does not display. Compromise by adjusting to 150% scaling.According to...
Plan Premium Device 1920x1080 Desktop Operating System Windows 10 (tested with Sizer 4.0) My Question or Issue With a resolution of 1920x1080 and 175% scaling, the Friend Activit...
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PlanpremiumCountry usDevice(desktop pc)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue I am recieving the following error when trying to launch spotify for the first time : the procedure entry point pauhremovefilespecw could not be located in the d...
Plan premium Country us Device (desktop pc) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue I am recieving the following error when trying to launch spotify for the fi...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryVietNam Operating SystemWindows 7My Question or IssueAfter I updated my Spotify app on Windows 7, some of my songs become unavailable (Killing the Mercy, Don't Get Me Wrong (And One); Gods and Monsters (Lana Del Rey)). I was able to...
Plan Premium Country VietNam Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue After I updated my Spotify app on Windows 7, some of my songs become unavailable (Killing the Mercy, Don't Ge...
Roadie
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Hello, I am using the desktop app on my windows 8.1 and I have the crossfade already disabled in settings, but when I pause and play the songs the crossfade is still there, how do I turn it off completely?
Hello, I am using the desktop app on my windows 8.1 and I have the crossfade already disabled in settings, but when I pause and play the songs the crossfade is still there, how do I ...
Roadie
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Spotify just updated to 1.0.96.181.gf6bc1b6b. Where's the change log?
Spotify just updated to 1.0.96.181.gf6bc1b6b. Where's the change log?
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Hello, I have this problem a couple of months ago. When I start Spotify, I get the list of friends and their activity without problems, but after about 20 minutes at most, their activity stops as if they were not listening to anything. The next day r...
Hello, I have this problem a couple of months ago. When I start Spotify, I get the list of friends and their activity without problems, but after about 20 minutes at most, their activity stops as if ...
Roadie
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I have some problem when install Spotify (you can check it on my attachment). Is Spotify have an offline installer? If it have so where can i get it? Thank you
I have some problem when install Spotify (you can check it on my attachment). Is Spotify have an offline installer? If it have so where can i get it? Thank you
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PlanPremiumCountry NLDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've seen a few other topics like this but there was no answer/solution yet.But somehow on my Windows computer Spotify does not save current song and if I turn off my PC it w...
Plan Premium Country NL Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've seen a few other topics like this but there was no answer/solution yet. But somehow on ...
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PlanPremiumCountry NorwayDeviceWindowsOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've had this issue a while now.The sound completely stops, song continues, but worst of all, the entire app just stop functioning...While this is happening, (which ...
Plan Premium Country Norway Device Windows Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've had this issue a while now. The sound completely stops, song continues, but wors...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry EnglandDevice HP Compaq Pro 6305 MT Hewlett-PackardOperating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 ProVersion 10.0.17134 Build 17134System Type x64-based PCMy Question or Issueeverytime i try to open spotify app ,it crushingand dont work...
Plan Free/Premium Country England Device HP Compaq Pro 6305 MT Hewlett-Packard Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Version 10.0.17134 Build 17134 System Type x6...
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