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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...
I don't know if this is something that can be helped but it never hurts to ask. So chillhop music has their own website where you can like and save a song to your Spotify account as it plays live through their youtube. In the upper right-hand corner ...
I don't know if this is something that can be helped but it never hurts to ask. So chillhop music has their own website where you can like and save a song to your Spotify acco...
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PlanFreeCountry UKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemOnline account My Question or Issue I cannot play any podcasts from the BBC yet in the past I could. In the last week I can see new podcasts being added, but I cannot listen to them or older ones. When I...
Plan Free Country UK Device Desktop Operating System Online account My Question or Issue I cannot play any podcasts from the BBC yet in the past I could. In the last week...
Gig Goer
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PlanPremiumCountryFrance DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I do a search of songsI got the list of songsI select the "thumb up" in order to order the list by popularity/most listened and then I want to play one of the song but i...
Plan Premium Country France Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I do a search of songs I got the list of songs I select the "thumb up" in order t...
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I have run into this Issue using Spotify on both my Windows 7 desktop, my Windows 10 laptop, and my Android phone ony my premium account, though I believe the issue to be with Spotify's database rather than my individual devices. While listening to m...
I have run into this Issue using Spotify on both my Windows 7 desktop, my Windows 10 laptop, and my Android phone ony my premium account, though I believe the issue to be with Spotify's datab...
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PlanFreeCountryArgentinaDevice(Notebook RCA with Intel i3 and 4GB RAM)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI have a problem with the Spotify PC app. When I am listenning three or five songs in a row, appear an advertising but it is logic ...
Plan Free Country Argentina Device (Notebook RCA with Intel i3 and 4GB RAM) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue I have a problem with the Spotify PC app. When I am lis...
Casual Listener
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It would be very useful if you can see how much time is left of each song while playing. Today you see how much time each song has been played, and you can see how many minutes/sec each song is long. It would be better to see how much time is left.
It would be very useful if you can see how much time is left of each song while playing. Today you see how much time each song has been played, and you can see how many minutes/sec eac...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry SpainOperating SystemWIndows 7, Android, IOS My Question or Issuei cant use spotify on my phone and on my desktop pc now for a couple of weeks. i have no idea why.. on pc i get this error (attached) the spotify webplayer works...
Plan Free/Premium Country Spain Operating System WIndows 7, Android, IOS My Question or Issue i cant use spotify on my phone and on my desktop pc now for a couple of week...
Casual Listener
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Hi guys. I experience this awhile ago. I'm on my Spotify (Desktop App) I'm trying to arrange my songs by categories. I even created folders and sub-folders to group them accordingly. But, as I'm doing this, something strange that happens. This is wha...
Hi guys. I experience this awhile ago. I'm on my Spotify (Desktop App) I'm trying to arrange my songs by categories. I even created folders and sub-folders to group them accordingly. But, as...
Spotify Legend
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Error code 17 firewall since about 2 days ago i've tried alot already so please dont give me that basic Stuff of Restarting and things like that already tried it not gonna work give me a whole new solution please, Thank you very much.
Error code 17 firewall since about 2 days ago i've tried alot already so please dont give me that basic Stuff of Restarting and things like that already tried it not gonna work give me a whole new so...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMSI LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I use the spotify app on my laptop, the artists from library page for each artsist has a weird sizing issue where the numbers of songs and times go al...
Plan Premium Country United States Device MSI Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I use the spotify app on my laptop, the artists from library page for...
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PlanPremiumDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 x64 My Question or Issue Whenever I listen to songs and reboot or shutdown my PC without closing Spotify first, the current song is forgotten and reset and I may end up in a completely different p...
Plan Premium Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 x64 My Question or Issue Whenever I listen to songs and reboot or shutdown my PC without closing Spotify first, the cur...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I change the Offline Song Location in the Advanced Settings from the default C:\ location to my local D:\ drive, it doesn't hold. When I restart Spotify App, it reverts b...
Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I change the Offline Song Location in the Advanced Settings from the default C:\ location to m...
Roadie
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Spotify desktop updated. PremiumWindows 10 Search ArtistClick Songs See AllOrder by preference (thumb on the right)Click a trackTrack selected is not played, but another track is played
Spotify desktop updated. Premium Windows 10 Search Artist Click Songs See All Order by preference (thumb on the right) Click a track Track selected is not played, but another track is...
Gig Goer
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PlanPremium for FamilyCountry DenmarkDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, I'm running the desktop version of Spotify and I'm logged in to my Spotify Premium for Family account, but I get this little annoying box in the lower ri...
Plan Premium for Family Country Denmark Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, I'm running the desktop version of Spotify and I'm logged ...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountry FranceDevicePCWindows 10 official Spotify app My Question or Issue HiAt home, I use a PC with a sound systme and I switch audio to a bluetooth speaker system when I amin another room. Switching this way works perfectly and Spotify'...
Plan Premium Country France Device PC Windows 10 official Spotify app My Question or Issue Hi At home, I use a PC with a sound systme and I switch audio to a bluetooth sp...
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PlanPremiumCountry Costa RicaDeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I want to use Radio Stations but I cannot make it work. I used the app from the Website first, now I'm using the Window10 App but still not work. Tried with di...
Plan Premium Country Costa Rica Device Computer Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I want to use Radio Stations but I cannot make it work. I used the app fr...
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Hey Spotify fam! Is it possible to add hyperlinks to a Spotify playlist? I want to credit the newwest artist added to my playlist each week.
Hey Spotify fam! Is it possible to add hyperlinks to a Spotify playlist? I want to credit the newwest artist added to my playlist each week.
Composer
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Windows 10, when trying to search for a song in a playlist; hitting the spacebar pauses the music instead of recognizing the space in the song name. It's frustrating trying to search for any song when it only recognizes your first word until the spac...
Windows 10, when trying to search for a song in a playlist; hitting the spacebar pauses the music instead of recognizing the space in the song name. It's frustrating trying to sea...
Casual Listener
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PlanFreeCountry PolandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueEnormous space took on disk.Spotify folder in my AppData was over 6GB, any way to prevent or move it anywhere else?
Plan Free Country Poland Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Enormous space took on disk. Spotify folder in my AppData was over 6GB, any wa...
Roadie
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My Question or IssueI saved like more than 700 songs in the library section but everytime I click on the "Songs" nothing appears and it tells me to "browse" songs.It's like I saved nothing there.If I double click on it,it plays the last two songs tha...
My Question or Issue I saved like more than 700 songs in the library section but everytime I click on the "Songs" nothing appears and it tells me to "browse" songs.It's like I saved nothing ...
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