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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...
PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe "Offline Songs Storage" location setting that specifies where Spotify should cache songs does not seem to work. Spotify does write a few files to the specified location but the bul...
Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The "Offline Songs Storage" location setting that specifies where Spotify should cache songs does not seem to wo...
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PlanPremium CountryUnited States DeviceWindows 10 / Android Operating SystemWindows 10 / Android Oreo My Question or Issue I have a playlist of songs that were imported from my local iTunes library playlist. When it imported, understandably, many of ...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Windows 10 / Android Operating System Windows 10 / Android Oreo My Question or Issue I have a playlist o...
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PlanFreeCountryDenmark DeviceDesktop pcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I've been having issues recently with the radio top not working, it just ends being"Error failed to load." please help
Plan Free Country Denmark Device Desktop pc Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've been having issues recently with the radio top not working, it j...
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I read the previous posts that are marked as "fixed", however I have yet to see any actual consistency with the friend activity feed updating. The issue is across multiple computers so it highly unlikely an issue that only I am experiencing. I can be...
I read the previous posts that are marked as "fixed", however I have yet to see any actual consistency with the friend activity feed updating. The issue is across multiple computers s...
Music Fan
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I like listening to Release Radar and Discovery Weekly every week. Lately, I've noticed a pattern where if I listen to enough of the playlists on the program and mark the songs I like or I don't like, my program starts playing ONLY the songs I've alr...
I like listening to Release Radar and Discovery Weekly every week. Lately, I've noticed a pattern where if I listen to enough of the playlists on the program and mark the songs I like or I don't like...
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PlanPremiumCountry Canada Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 7.) My Question or Issue:I updated Spotify and it appears the podcast link under 'You Library' has been removed. There is no longer a way of seeing all followed podcasts anywher...
Plan Premium Country Canada Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 7.) My Question or Issue: I updated Spotify and it appears the podcast link under...
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Everytime I launch Spotify I need to enable and re-disable the 'Show desktop overlay when using media keys' option to get it to work. I've done it for months but it's beginning to bother me.
Everytime I launch Spotify I need to enable and re-disable the 'Show desktop overlay when using media keys' option to get it to work. I've done it for months but it's beginning to bother me.
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Recently, I've been experiencing a peculiar glitch on Spotify. Despite me repeatedly changing the playlist, it always resets to the same playlist, song and settings each time I close and reopen the app (Ten Minutes by The Get-Up Kids on Punk Essentia...
Recently, I've been experiencing a peculiar glitch on Spotify. Despite me repeatedly changing the playlist, it always resets to the same playlist, song and settings each time I close and reopen the a...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 (Latest build) My Question or IssueThe podcast list keeps on getting clipped and dissapearing when scrolling.On a page, when I go down to view previous/more podcasts or audio entr...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 (Latest build) My Question or Issue The podcast list keeps on getting clipped and dissapearing when scro...
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Hello Everyone, when i'm creating multiple desktops on windows the function for disabling the desktop overlay when using media keys is not working properly.In order to make it work i have to got to the setting page switch it on and then off.Can you f...
Hello Everyone, when i'm creating multiple desktops on windows the function for disabling the desktop overlay when using media keys is not working properly. In order to make it wo...
Newbie
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PlanFreeCountry United StatesDeviceDesktop computerOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue I looked up other posts but they were all old posts by people that had deleted their starred songs etc. I didn't delete them, Spotify did because they a...
Plan Free Country United States Device Desktop computer Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue I looked up other posts but they were all old posts by people that...
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PlanFreeCountryBrazilOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, so I've trying to access the Radio feature from an especific artist(e.g.: listening to a Joji's album, go to his profile, click on the three dots, select 'go to artist radio'), ...
Plan Free Country Brazil Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, so I've trying to access the Radio feature from an especific artist(e.g.: listening to a Joji's albu...
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PlanPremiumDevicedesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi I have just noticed that embedded playlists are not working correctly on desktop. So I have a website in a browser with an embedded playlist. I click to play and then click th...
Plan Premium Device desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi I have just noticed that embedded playlists are not working correctly on desktop. So I ha...
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Spotify does not play some songs
Spotify does not play some songs
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PlanPremium DeviceLaptop, Sony VaioOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHi! I'm having mayor troubles when trying to use the desktop app: When pressing play (on any song or podcast) the music plays for about 10-15 sec, then the music starts ...
Plan Premium Device Laptop, Sony Vaio Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Hi! I'm having mayor troubles when trying to use the desktop app: When pressing p...
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PlanFreeCountry Spain Operating SystemWindows 10 I do not want to update my version of spotify, but when it starts it updates itself.I have tried:http://listasgeniales.blogspot.com/2013/02/como-impedir-que-spotify-se-actualice.htmlBut it does not wor...
Plan Free Country Spain Operating System Windows 10 I do not want to update my version of spotify, but when it starts it updates itself. I have tried: http://listasgenia...
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PlanFreeCountry CanadaDeviceWeb Player - Chrome BrowserOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I've been trying to listen to a podcast all morning, but each time an ad plays it skips to the next track. Sometimes this takes minutes sometimes l...
Plan Free Country Canada Device Web Player - Chrome Browser Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've been trying to listen to a podcast all morning, but each...
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PlanFreeCountry CanadaDeviceHP desktopOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue A few weeks ago, the function allowing search results to be sorted alphabetically stopped working. It seems this was a Spotify Community issue back in 2015 and the S...
Plan Free Country Canada Device HP desktop Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue A few weeks ago, the function allowing search results to be sorted alphabetical...
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PlanPremiumCountryAustralia Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueAfter the latest update none of my playlists will load. It says at the top " Error. Could not load this playlist" The songs will play however the display is trash. Please help.
Plan Premium Country Australia Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue After the latest update none of my playlists will load. It says at the top " Error. Could not load ...
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PlanPremiumCountry ChileDeviceWebOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Some time ago the web player stopped working in my account, in my phone and in the application works well, but on the web does not respond.I've already cleared the cache...
Plan Premium Country Chile Device Web Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Some time ago the web player stopped working in my account, in my phone a...
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