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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...
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saved songs wont appear saved on dekstop, ive tried everything.once i fixed by just logging in with facebook but now that doesnt help.
saved songs wont appear saved on dekstop, ive tried everything.once i fixed by just logging in with facebook but now that doesnt help.
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PlanPremiumCountry USDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue I am having issues with Radio and Friend Activity. When I open Friend Activity I get the error ( Hmm, the Friend Feed failed to load.) When I try and just open Radio I get th...
Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue I am having issues with Radio and Friend Activity. When I open Friend Activity I get the...
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PlanFreeCountry Germany Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThere is this one ad (AXA insurance) that makes listening to music almost impossible. Everytime it comes on, the video will stutter - only playing milliseconds at a time with long...
Plan Free Country Germany Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue There is this one ad (AXA insurance) that makes listening to music almost impossible. E...
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I run Spotify as usual and when I wanted to listen to the rapper's album, all the albums I had recorded were gone and now, when I record an album, well it does not appear in the category "Album"
I run Spotify as usual and when I wanted to listen to the rapper's album, all the albums I had recorded were gone and now, when I record an album, well it does not appear in the cate...
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDellOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI always play all the numbers I've stored from albums etc., so no specific artist or album. This week I noticed (since last update??) that everytime I start to play my number...
Plan Premium Country Device Dell Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I always play all the numbers I've stored from albums etc., so no specific artist or album. T...
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PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue the audio keeps changing as I play songs, I didn't have the problem before but all of a sudden I do, and it's really annoying! sometimes the music becomes sooo loud and sometimes too...
Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue the audio keeps changing as I play songs, I didn't have the problem before but all of a sudd...
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Top Recommendations is showing albums I already have Saved to my library. Why?I don't need recommendations for those. I know them. I want to hear new music based on my library.
Top Recommendations is showing albums I already have Saved to my library. Why? I don't need recommendations for those. I know them. I want to hear new music based on my library.
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PlanPremiumCountryMalaysiaDeviceAcer AspireOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor the past few days, the app always crashed and it made my laptop freeze. Once I started the app, allthe downloaded songs (offline) were deleted and I need to...
Plan Premium Country Malaysia Device Acer Aspire Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue For the past few days, the app always crashed and it made my laptop freeze. Once I s...
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PlanPremium DeviceComputerOperating SystemW10 My Question or IssueWhen I just booted up, the Spotify launched itself. I checked it, and the feature is disabled. This bug just never ever goes away. It so **bleep** annoying.
Plan Premium Device Computer Operating System W10 My Question or Issue When I just booted up, the Spotify launched itself. I checked it, and the feature is disabled. This bug j...
Music Fan
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PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceLenovo Y520Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Recently my spotify could not start up and it keeps displaying this error message, I have tried reinstalling it but it still dose not load up. Any help would be app...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Lenovo Y520 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Recently my spotify could not start up and it keeps displaying this error mess...
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PlanFamily Plan PremiumCountry CanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue My songs only play for 9 seconds exactly and then goes blank. The time stamp also freezes at 9 seconds and doesnt go any further.
Plan Family Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My songs only play for 9 seconds exactly and then goes blank. The ...
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PlanFreeCountry USADeviceLenovo ThinkpadOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've started to get some of my ads in Spanish. I don't see where I can choose my language. But I did see this solved post from a few years ago: https://community.s...
Plan Free Country USA Device Lenovo Thinkpad Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've started to get some of my ads in Spanish. I don't see where I can cho...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktop version 1.0.93.242.gc2341a27Operating SystemWindows 10 1809 build 17763.55 My Question or IssueThe desktop overlay bug is back. See prior posts for description and reproduction steps: https://community.spotify.co...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop version 1.0.93.242.gc2341a27 Operating System Windows 10 1809 build 17763.55 My Question or Issue The desktop overlay bug is back. See prio...
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I don't want to delete all cache from my file folders in the pc, how do I proceed?
I don't want to delete all cache from my file folders in the pc, how do I proceed?
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I just got a new PC and installed Spotify. I use the files on demand on this machine due to a small disk drive. My music library is on OneDrive. When I launched the Spotify app it saw the files in OneDrive and went to index them. This caused them to ...
I just got a new PC and installed Spotify. I use the files on demand on this machine due to a small disk drive. My music library is on OneDrive. When I launched the Spotify app it saw the fi...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceDell Inspiron 7559 / Samsung Galaxy S7Operating SystemWindows 10 / Android Oreo (8.0.0) My Question or IssueOn my Windows PC, I have a playlist that shows a total length of 100hrs 53min, but the same playlist sho...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Dell Inspiron 7559 / Samsung Galaxy S7 Operating System Windows 10 / Android Oreo (8.0.0) My Question or Issue On my Wind...
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This should be changed back.
This should be changed back.
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This has been happening for a couple weeks, anytime I add a song on my phone it doesn't relay onto my PC. If I add songs on my PC it will show up in my saved song on my phone just fine. Therefore I have to manually add songs I found on my phone, onto...
This has been happening for a couple weeks, anytime I add a song on my phone it doesn't relay onto my PC. If I add songs on my PC it will show up in my saved song on my phone just fine. Therefore I h...
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Hello there ! So I am using Spotify Premium, I am located in france and using Windows 10. It has been a while i've haven't used Spotify on my computer. The thing is, Spotify is working on my phone but ain't working on my computer. I usualy get a mess...
Hello there ! So I am using Spotify Premium, I am located in france and using Windows 10. It has been a while i've haven't used Spotify on my computer. The thing is, Spotify is ...
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My recently shazamed tracks not seen in my my shazamed tracks folder anymore. It is still connected to spotify! You must help obi-van you are my only hope!
My recently shazamed tracks not seen in my my shazamed tracks folder anymore. It is still connected to spotify! You must help obi-van you are my only hope!
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