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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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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...
Why is your rearrange system so flaky. Why is your help so bad. I have no green arrows (ordering) ticked, I still can't rearrange the songs within my playlist. I am clearly not the only person who keeps on having this problem. WHY???????????????????
Why is your rearrange system so flaky. Why is your help so bad. I have no green arrows (ordering) ticked, I still can't rearrange the songs within my playlist. I am clearly not the only perso...
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PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDeviceHomebuilt Windows 10 PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue The daily mix and friend activity tabs don't work or display on my desktop client; however, when I force the desktop client to play my daily ...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Homebuilt Windows 10 PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The daily mix and friend activity tabs don't work or di...
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PlanFreeCountryUSDeviceDell XPS 15 9560, moto x4Operating SystemWindows 10 (running from installed application, not UWP/Windows store app), Android 8.1.0 My Question or IssueDaily Mixes have appeared on my phone ever since I got my account, even befo...
Plan Free Country US Device Dell XPS 15 9560, moto x4 Operating System Windows 10 (running from installed application, not UWP/Windows store app), Android 8.1.0 My Question or Issue ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUS DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue After the new app upgraded, I sometimes have problems with tracks not playing entirely, or stopping and restarting.I tried a clean reinstall, but it still occurs.
Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue After the new app upgraded, I sometimes have problems with tracks not playing entirely,...
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PlanFreeCountry Belgium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hello, i've been experiencing an issue with my friend feed for quite a while now. Some of my friends just suddenly disappear of it and i have to unfollow them and then follow the...
Plan Free Country Belgium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello, i've been experiencing an issue with my friend feed for quite a while now....
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Geezer here, mildly confused. Today, I'm confused about Spotify. Tomorrow, who can say? 1. Does downloaded music have a shelf life? That is, will it remain on my target device—regardless of Wi-Fi availability—as long as I have a Spotify Premium membe...
Geezer here, mildly confused. Today, I'm confused about Spotify. Tomorrow, who can say? 1. Does downloaded music have a shelf life? That is, will it remain on my target device—regardless of ...
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PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceIntel i9 10/20 core, 64 GB memory.Operating System(Windows 10,ver. 1803) My Question or Issue Spotify did an update yesterday and it corrupted my computer running Win 10 Pro ver. 1803 1. After the update, Windows startup i...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Intel i9 10/20 core, 64 GB memory. Operating System (Windows 10,ver. 1803) My Question or Issue Spotify did an update yesterday and ...
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The whole app is now black instead of dark. Actually, there are 3 different shades of black visible and it looks absolutely terrible. Why change something that was not an issue.
The whole app is now black instead of dark. Actually, there are 3 different shades of black visible and it looks absolutely terrible. Why change something that was not an issue.
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceLenovo T470Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I shuffle all songs from the Desktop app, I end up with the same 5 or 6 artists being played over and over. I have almost 6,500 songs saved, from ar...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Lenovo T470 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I shuffle all songs from the Desktop app, I end up with the same 5 ...
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Hello everyone. Recently I tried to change my playlist descriptions but they don't change. Cover image changes, I can add new descriptions but I can't change the old ones. Can you help? PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceSamsung laptopOperating SystemWind...
Hello everyone. Recently I tried to change my playlist descriptions but they don't change. Cover image changes, I can add new descriptions but I can't change the old ones. Can you help? ...
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Windows 10 My Question or Issue Ich habe Premium seit einem Monat alles lief bisher super, seit 3 Tagen kann ich aber gewisse Playlisten nicht weiter laufen lassen, ich starte den Song, dieser läuft auch aber danach wird die Playlist nicht weiter ges...
Windows 10 My Question or Issue Ich habe Premium seit einem Monat alles lief bisher super, seit 3 Tagen kann ich aber gewisse Playlisten nicht weiter laufen lassen, ich starte...
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PlanPremiumCountryDK DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueBefore in time, I could click an album and it would play the hole album. Now after lisning to one song from an album, it jumps to another album (allways the same).Strange, it...
Plan Premium Country DK Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Before in time, I could click an album and it would play the hole album. Now after lisning to...
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PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceLaptop, PC, Android phone (HTC One M9 PCE)Operating SystemWindows 7, Windows 8.1, Android My Question or IssueFor the last couple weeks I have been having this problem: some random playlists including dance music (that I...
Plan Premium Country Poland Device Laptop, PC, Android phone (HTC One M9 PCE) Operating System Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Android My Question or Issue For the last couple weeks I have b...
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When moving my computer from the office back home, or vice versa, the connectivity is dropped and I need to restart spotify to re-connect to the services. Restarting spotify is not a satisfactory solution, spotify needs to be able to handle the trans...
When moving my computer from the office back home, or vice versa, the connectivity is dropped and I need to restart spotify to re-connect to the services. Restarting spotify is not a satisfa...
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PlanPremiumCountryBrasilDeviceazus zenphone 5 / windows 10 My Question or Issue Certas Musicas após eu ter comprado o plano premium simplesmente não tocam, nem no celular nem no desktop, isso está se tornando muito chato, pois boa parte do meu acervo...
Plan Premium Country Brasil Device azus zenphone 5 / windows 10 My Question or Issue Certas Musicas após eu ter comprado o plano premium simplesmente não tocam, nem no ce...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DevicePC and Galaxy Note 8Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I am in the process of testing Spotify to see if I can start using it as my main music service. The only issue I'm wrestling with, is the random...
Plan Premium Country United States Device PC and Galaxy Note 8 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am in the process of testing Spotify to see if I can s...
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PlanFreeOperating Systemlaptop My Question or Issuethe album art has disappeared on my laptop and i dont know what i did to make it go away or how to get it back. this obviously isnt very important but i want it back please. :))
Plan Free Operating System laptop My Question or Issue the album art has disappeared on my laptop and i dont know what i did to make it go away or how to get it back. this ...
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i changed the path of the Offline Songs Storage but i want it changed back to the default path.what is the default path of Offline Songs Storage?thanks in advance!
i changed the path of the Offline Songs Storage but i want it changed back to the default path. what is the default path of Offline Songs Storage? thanks in advance!
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PlanFreeCountry UKDeviceLaptop & iPhoneOperating SystemWindows 10 and IOS My Question or Issue Search in Web Player and App doesn't find all songs/albums.For example, a search for Marina Prior finds 3 or 4 albums in both Web Player and the App, but n...
Plan Free Country UK Device Laptop & iPhone Operating System Windows 10 and IOS My Question or Issue Search in Web Player and App doesn't find all songs/albums. For ...
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PlanPremium DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've noticed a pretty messed up thing today.I'm on desktop currently, and I'm looking up new songs now in any playlists I have, so I search and find results, just like usual.I ge...
Plan Premium Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've noticed a pretty messed up thing today. I'm on desktop currently, and I'm looking up new song...
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