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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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Queue problem

 Spotify just plays one song then stops 

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  Spotify just plays one song then stops 

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Songs Tab.

Hi, I recently was using an old account on spotify, but the username was not one I wanted so i made a new account. I used to add my music to the "Songs" list by clicking a tick icon next to a song to add it. I have found that I cannot do so with my n...

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Hi, I recently was using an old account on spotify, but the username was not one I wanted so i made a new account. I used to add my music to the "Songs" list by clicking a tick icon next to a song to...

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Solved!! No Music Plays - Requires a re-install each day

Plan: FreeCountry: UKDevice: Windows PCOperating System: Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue:Since Tuesday (13/11/18), when I start Spotify (Spotify is configured not to start when Windows starts), no songs play. I double click a song or highlight a ...

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Plan: Free Country: UK Device: Windows PC Operating System: Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue: Since Tuesday (13/11/18), when I start Spotify (Spotify is configured not to start...

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Song Popup

PlanFreeCountry ItalyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSome months ago everytime I was pressing the volume buttons a popup next to the volume was appearing. Even If for some people It was annoying, I found it very useful, es...

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Plan Free Country  Italy Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Some months ago everytime I was pressing the volume buttons a popup next to the volume w...

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Spotify stockt - Youtube, iTunes o.ä. nicht

PlanPremiumCountryGermany Device(Desktop PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueHallo, mein Spotify Premium Family stockt alle 30sek für eine kurze Zeit und läuft dann weiter. Die neuste Version habe ich geladen - auch kein Unterschied. ...

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Plan Premium Country Germany   Device (Desktop PC) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Hallo,  mein Spotify Premium Family stockt alle 30sek für...

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Some Available Songs Tracks Won't Play

PlanFreeCountry USADevice(ASUS PC)Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue I was playing music on Spotify than I ran into this issue when some songs/track that are avable but will not play. There is a speaker saying its playing but the prog...

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Plan Free Country  USA Device (ASUS PC) Operating System  (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue  I was playing music on Spotify than I ran into this issue when some songs/...

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This Playlist is Currently Empty

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue

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New songs won't show up in queue

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue A few days ago I added a lot of new songs to my playlist, but none of them will show up in the queue no matter how many times I re-shuffle it.

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  A few days ago I added a lot of new songs to my playlist, but none of them wil...

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Can't play unsaved songs

(I have spotify premium, and everything works correctly on my phone, and the webplayer. It's just the app with this issue)I am able to play songs that i already have saved to my library, but am completely unable to play play songs that i don't have s...

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(I have spotify premium, and everything works correctly on my phone, and the webplayer. It's just the app with this issue) I am able to play songs that i already have saved to my library, but am c...

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Solved!! Web Player Doesn't Play Any Songs

PlanFreeCountryUnited KingdomDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I use web player it doesn't play any songs, I have flushed my DNS and deleted my cookies as well as trying a different account and a differetn web browser.

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  Plan Free Country United Kingdom Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  When I use web player it doesn't play any songs, I have flushed my DNS and d...

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I can´t play songs that are not in my playlist!

PlanFreeCountry SwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I can´t play songs that I have not added to my playlist from before. When I try to play these songs I have not added to my playlist frpm before, I get a picture with a blac...

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Plan Free Country  Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I can´t play songs that I have not added to my playlist from before. When I try to pla...

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added playlists to account which i dont belong

PlanFreeCountry TurkeyDeviceHp Envy 14 NotebookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue mysteriously added playlists to my account i definitely didn't add before. I deleted them and after few days later some other playlists added again. they d...

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Plan Free Country  Turkey Device Hp Envy 14 Notebook Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  mysteriously added playlists to my account i definitely didn't add be...

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Albums suddenly disappeared from my library

PlanFreeCountryRomaniaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueHi, this issue just showed up on my Desktop app. Whenever I go to My Albums, it says I have none, even though I actually do. Going to Favorite Songs will show every...

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Plan Free Country Romania Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue Hi, this issue just showed up on my Desktop app. Whenever I go to My Albums, it says I h...

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adding new songs and not showing

PlanFreeCountry TurkeyDeviceNotebookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuewhen add some songs to a list, the not showing them and when adding again it says already added and new ones will be duplicate. even i add them as duplicates they also...

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Plan Free Country  Turkey Device Notebook Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue when add some songs to a list, the not showing them and when adding again it says alre...

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Cant change my country

hey im living in israel but somehow my account is set to canada, i succses to login (via web only, but with software it dosent let me to log in) when i try to change my country settings to israel and clicking the save button, it says "We're sorry, th...

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hey im living in israel but somehow my account is set to canada, i succses to login (via web only, but with software it dosent let me to log in) when i try to change my country settings to israel and...

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Spotify Connect won't change device

I'm having an issue with Spotify Connect today - it won't let me change playback device, which I have always been able to do before. I last played a song on one of my Echo Dots. Spotify got stubbornly stuck on that song on that device, and wouldn't a...

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  I'm having  an issue with Spotify Connect today - it won't let me change playback device, which I have always been able to do before. I last played a song on one of my Echo Dots. Spotify...

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Web player doesn't play

PlanFreeCountry USOperating SystemWindows 10 Web player won't play anything. Might be school filter, but it's not a problem with my phone. I uninstalled the app from my phone and it still isn't working.

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Plan Free Country  US Operating System Windows 10   Web player won't play anything. Might be school filter, but it's not a problem with my phone. I uninstalled the app from my phone ...

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I can't share Spotify on Instagram Stories

I tried to solve them by updating both applications but the problem persists. What I've noticed is that the option to share in the stories of Instagram is enabled until the moment I start a session on the Instagram account, where this option disappea...

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I tried to solve them by updating both applications but the problem persists.   What I've noticed is that the option to share in the stories of Instagram is enabled until the moment I start a...

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Some Questions about creating Playlists

Plan PremiumCountry AustriaWindows 8.1 Desktop My Question or IssueMy song library on Spotify now includes about 1000 songs and I would like to organize them now in playlists.Why is not it possible to mark multiple songs and move them all together to...

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Plan Premium Country Austria Windows 8.1 Desktop   My Question or Issue My song library on Spotify now includes about 1000 songs and I would like to organize them now in playlists...

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