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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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Songs stop during the listening and play the next one

PlanPremiumCountryFrance DeviceDesktop computerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi everyone, everything is in the title a song stops after a minute or so and automatically play the next one. I didn't see any subject like this one so if...

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Plan Premium Country France   Device Desktop computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Hi everyone, everything is in the title a song stops after a minute...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Play only one Song from a List

Hi there,how can I play only one song when i'm e.g. in an album or a playlist?When I doubleclick the song, the rest of the tracks will be played, too.Please don't tell me, it's not possible...

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Hi there, how can I play only one song when i'm e.g. in an album or a playlist? When I doubleclick the song, the rest of the tracks will be played, too. Please don't tell me, it's not possible...

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Spotify won't play songs with videos on PC

PlanFreeCountry United StatesDeviceCustom Built PC, i7-8700k, 32gb RAM, GTX 1080Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue So, with the windows download version of Spotify, any song with a video will not show the video nor play the song at all, ...

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Plan Free Country  United States Device Custom Built PC, i7-8700k, 32gb RAM, GTX 1080 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  So, with the windows download versio...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify glitches when output source is changed, Win7

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHello! I encountered a weird issue today:Whenever I change my sound output source (e.g. from speakers to headphones), Spotify still plays the song using the first sound source. The playing son...

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Plan Premium   Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Hello! I encountered a weird issue today: Whenever I change my sound output source (e.g. from speakers to headphones...

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Can't see pictures / only the left bottom one!

Ahoi there, I looked through all those posts about the missing covers. But it seems that all those reports are always about the left bottom one and in fact that's the only one I can see. If I visit the start page within the desktop windows version (a...

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Ahoi there,   I looked through all those posts about the missing covers. But it seems that all those reports are always about the left bottom one and in fact that's the only one I can see. If ...

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Media overlay won't go away + other problems

I'm currently using the newest version of spotify premium (1.0.95.289.g342899da) on Windows 10. I've been experiencing some problems with spotify for the last month or so. I started noticing that the media overlay won't go away even when i turn it of...

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I'm currently using the newest version of spotify premium (1.0.95.289.g342899da) on Windows 10. I've been experiencing some problems with spotify for the last month or so. I started noticing that the...

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How can I play just one song!?!?

[The original post has been inexplicably locked - see the numerous messages there]The biggest problem with the unmanageable Spotify player is that I am just not in control of what is being played: it decides what is "up next".I have taken to playing ...

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[The original post has been inexplicably locked - see the numerous messages there] The biggest problem with the unmanageable Spotify player is that I am just not in control of what is being played: ...

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Weird audio Windows 10 with Dolby home teather V4

PlanFreeCountry ItalyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI don't know why but my audio on spotify sound very weird, it's almost composed by only bass and I can barely listen to the lyrics in some tracks. I've tried reinstallin...

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Plan Free Country  Italy Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I don't know why but my audio on spotify sound very weird, it's almost composed by only ...

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Problems with Windows 7?

I've seen multiple user's having complications using Windows 7. Anyone else running spotify on Windows 7 having issues at all?

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I've seen multiple user's having complications using Windows 7. Anyone else running spotify on Windows 7 having issues at all?

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Superuser Contribution Spotify doesn't see Google Home Mini in connected devices

PlanPremiumCountry USADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI have Google home Mini connected to the samу Wi-Fi network at home. But spotify doesn't see it as a connected device. While my Pixel3 phone can play music via spotify at the...

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have Google home Mini connected to the samу Wi-Fi network at home. But spotify doesn't see it...

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Playlists included in Folder do not play

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I put several playlists in one folder. I open the folder, press button play - nothing happens. Music starts only if I play particularly picked one playlist.

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Plan Premium Country USA  Device PC Operating System Windows 10  My Question or Issue I put several playlists in one folder. I open the folder, press button play - nothing happ...

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Spotifyinstaller does not work

Hi,i have truble witrh spotify, i had to reset my computer because of an virus on my pc.Now i can´t install apotify anymor cause i get the message, that the Spotifyinstaller does´t work.I got win 7 on my pc. What can i do to reinstall spotify?

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Hi, i have truble witrh spotify, i had to reset my computer because of an virus on my pc. Now i can´t install apotify anymor cause i get the message, that the Spotifyinstaller does´t work. I got w...

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Buggy Advert for Google Home Hub

Using the desktop app on Windows 7 in the UK, I'm getting an advert for Google Home Hub a lot, and every single time it comes up, the advert doesn't start, and Spotify just stops. i.e. sits there waiting for the advert which never starts. Clicking on...

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  Using the desktop app on Windows 7 in the UK, I'm getting an advert for Google Home Hub a lot, and every single time it comes up, the advert doesn't start, and Spotify just stops. i.e. sits t...

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Windows 7 crash

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHi,for about a week my desktop Spotify app is constantly crashing.Suddenly about 1 second of a song is being looped and the app is not really responding to any actions.The same happpens (not a...

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Plan Premium   Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Hi, for about a week my desktop Spotify app is constantly crashing. Suddenly about 1 second of a song is being loop...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify installer doesn't even open!

PlanPremium DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue Suddenly after a windows update spotify.exe wont open, so I uninstalled it and tried to install it back.Now that I double tap the installer nothing happens! even in the task manager t...

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Plan Premium   Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue  Suddenly after a windows update spotify.exe wont open, so I uninstalled it and tried to install it back. ...

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Sort playlist alphabetically

Hi. Since 2012 people have asked to implement this SIMPLE basic function, i.e. being able to sort playlists alphabetically. Nothing happened and this is getting very annoying. I have a premium subscription and using the desktop client on linux and wi...

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Hi. Since 2012 people have asked to implement this SIMPLE basic function, i.e. being able to sort playlists alphabetically. Nothing happened and this is getting very annoying. I have a premium subscr...

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Superuser Contribution SPOTIFY continually goes offline even though I have internet access

My Question or IssueSpotify continually glitches from online to offline, preventing me from using it. I have full ethernet access and a fully working pc. I have tried logging in and out, relaunching the app, reinstalling the app, and basically anythi...

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My Question or Issue Spotify continually glitches from online to offline, preventing me from using it. I have full ethernet access and a fully working pc. I have tried logging in and out, relaunchin...

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FIXED! Can't move playlist out of folder...

I FIXED THIS ALREADY SO THANKS ANYWAYS! I moved a few playlists into a folder on the Desktop app, and I accidentally moved a playlist I didn't want to move, and when I tried to drag the playlist out from the folder, the playlist wouldn't move. So my ...

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I FIXED THIS ALREADY SO THANKS ANYWAYS! I moved a few playlists into a folder on the Desktop app, and I accidentally moved a playlist I didn't want to move, and when I tried to drag the playlist out ...

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Superuser Contribution Friend Feed isn't showing on my computer anymore

PlanFree/PremiumCountrySweden DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue:My friend feed isn't showing up anymore on my computer, it's working on other devices if I log in on there but on the desktop im using the friend feed won't...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Sweden  Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10    My Question or Issue: My friend feed isn't showing up anymore on my computer, it's working ...

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[Windows] Weird border around maximized window after latest update

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAfter the most recent update (as of the date on this post), my desktop client displays a weird border when the window is maximized (see attached photo). There's a wh...

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Plan Premium Country USA  Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue After the most recent update (as of the date on this post), my desktop client displa...

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