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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...
PlanPremiumCountry ItalyDeviceOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hello everybody, It seems that I can't add a playlist to my library unless I delete another one...is it because of the 10000 limit? I don't have any clue about the reason w...
Plan Premium Country Italy Device Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello everybody, It seems that I can't add a playlist to my library unles...
Music Fan
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PlanPremiumCountry The NetherlandsDevicecustom made desktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Every time i try to play https://open.spotify.com/track/5nXwGh9Ya2VbPPp5w28nLbit automaticly skips the song after exactly 50 seconds, happens i...
Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device custom made desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Every time i try to play https://open.spotify.com/tr...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceMicrosft SurfaceOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi there, Spotify won't play through my laptop speakers but I can listen to music if I plug in headphones. I don't want to wear headphones at my desk though so...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Microsft Surface Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi there, Spotify won't play through my laptop speakers but I can listen ...
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After the latest automatic update (20181129) spotify can't start. The usual fix didn't solve it either.Usually everytime when spotify doesn't start after an upgrade I run the below script( you can copy below text and open notepad and paste text and s...
After the latest automatic update (20181129) spotify can't start. The usual fix didn't solve it either. Usually everytime when spotify doesn't start after an upgrade I run the below scrip...
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PlanPremiumDeviceAsus laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, I am having issues listening to Harry Styles' album on my laptop, it works perfectly fine on my phone. The song starts and then it cuts to another part and cuts again etc...
Plan Premium Device Asus laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, I am having issues listening to Harry Styles' album on my laptop, it works perfectly fine on ...
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PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDeviceDell / Surface BookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI don't know if I've ever been able to use the "see what your friends are playing" or "find friends" feature on Spotify. I click find friends and ...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Dell / Surface Book Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I don't know if I've ever been able to use the "see what your fri...
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PlanPremiumCountryHungaryDevicedesktop PC, Radeon HD7790, 3840x2160@30Hz, ver 18.2.1Operating SystemWin7 Ulti,64bit, Hungarian My Question or Issue When Windows7 boots up, Close-Min-Max buttons displayed at wrong position. When I move Spotify window,...
Plan Premium Country Hungary Device desktop PC, Radeon HD7790, 3840x2160@30Hz, ver 18.2.1 Operating System Win7 Ulti,64bit, Hungarian My Question or Issue When Windows7 boots u...
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PlanPremiumCountryuk DevicedesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuerecently went from free to premium. have spotify on windows desktop and iphone. now when i try and drag and drop a track to playlists on desktop , just get circle with d...
Plan Premium Country uk Device desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue recently went from free to premium. have spotify on windows desktop and iphone. now when...
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PlanPremiumCountryUK DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I cannot access the spotify web player through Chrome Does not work in incognito mode either. All web settings have been reset, cache and cookies cleared. Checked Protected ...
Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I cannot access the spotify web player through Chrome Does not work in incogn...
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I noticed this a few days ago, I turned on my computer and started up Spotify, then I proceeded to play a song in the playlist. A few minutes later, after the song was finished, I expected the song under the song I clicked on to play, but instead it ...
I noticed this a few days ago, I turned on my computer and started up Spotify, then I proceeded to play a song in the playlist. A few minutes later, after the song was finished, I expected the s...
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I accidentally liked a track while listening to a radio station. I like to umlike this track, but there is no way which worked.I clicked on the thumb up - did not workI checked my loved tracks playlist, removed the track from this list, but it still ...
I accidentally liked a track while listening to a radio station. I like to umlike this track, but there is no way which worked. I clicked on the thumb up - did not work I checked my loved tracks pl...
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This has been going on for a while, and according to other posts Spotify is "fixing" this since June. Everytime you quit Spotify you have to go into the settings and enable-disable the option "show desktop overlay when using media keys" for this anno...
This has been going on for a while, and according to other posts Spotify is "fixing" this since June. Everytime you quit Spotify you have to go into the settings and enable-disable the option "show d...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountry ChileDeviceSamsung LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue: Hello,I'm having troubles with the standalone app for windows. It doesn't sound at all, i've tried rebooting, reinstalling, erasing cache, i've tried manuall...
Plan Premium Country Chile Device Samsung Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue: Hello, I'm having troubles with the standalone app for windows. It d...
Casual Listener
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So i have my OnePlus 6 connected to my bluetooth headseat (Primarily for phonecalls etc. during work hours) and at the same time, my headset is also connected to my Windows 10 laptop for music. Up until recently, this has worked flawlessly. But i hav...
So i have my OnePlus 6 connected to my bluetooth headseat (Primarily for phonecalls etc. during work hours) and at the same time, my headset is also connected to my Windows 10 laptop for music. ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceGoogle Pixel 2Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I select a track in a playlist, the following track in the queue will be the first track in the playlist (i.e. the entire queue will show the current selected...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Google Pixel 2 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I select a track in a playlist, the following track in the queue will be the first...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Home My Question or Issue I disabled Spotify startup in the advanced settings and removed it from window's startup list, but it keeps appearing when I boot up my PC. What can I do ab...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 Home My Question or Issue I disabled Spotify startup in the advanced settings and removed it from win...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDell laptop - 5510 Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue When I try to play a podcast on my laptop the timer does not move and the podcast does not play. This has happened over multiple podcasts now. I do not have th...
Plan Premium Country Device Dell laptop - 5510 Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue When I try to play a podcast on my laptop the timer does not mov...
Spotify Legend
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My Question or Issue I just randomly opened my computer a couple of days ago and spotify is blank aside from 3 dots in the top left. I've tried a varity of fixed and the only one that worked was donwloading an old version but spoitfy auto updated and...
My Question or Issue I just randomly opened my computer a couple of days ago and spotify is blank aside from 3 dots in the top left. I've tried a varity of fixed and the only one that ...
Spotify Legend
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After the first launch of the application, I had a problem, when playing a playlist, the song plays, but there is no sound. And so on how to fix it: The solution is quite simple, just start any other song from the same playlist. I hope this decision ...
After the first launch of the application, I had a problem, when playing a playlist, the song plays, but there is no sound. And so on how to fix it: The solution is quite simple, just start any other...
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Yes you can make it smaller to just the volume in advanced settings, but everytime time I restart Spotify forgets it, and again I have the intrustive Volume and name / artist. Why not allow us to adjust the time it is shown? better yet why not allow ...
Yes you can make it smaller to just the volume in advanced settings, but everytime time I restart Spotify forgets it, and again I have the intrustive Volume and name / artist. Why not allow ...
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