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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...
It shows that Spotify is just buffering with the wheel when I scroll down to the 100th song. This happens on all playlists, and is happening in Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer. I've already deleted all history - cache, cookies, and browsing, a...
It shows that Spotify is just buffering with the wheel when I scroll down to the 100th song. This happens on all playlists, and is happening in Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer. ...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceDell XPS 13Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueProblem occurs from time to time. Sometimes there is no problem during 2-3 days. sometimes it happens every 30 minutes. Sound stops. Sign "Can't play current song" ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell XPS 13 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Problem occurs from time to time. Sometimes there is no problem during 2-3 days. so...
Community Legend
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My playlists aren't loading the rest of the songs when I scroll down. It just displays the buffering sign and never loads. I have tried incognito and a new web browser and it still won't load. How do I fix?
My playlists aren't loading the rest of the songs when I scroll down. It just displays the buffering sign and never loads. I have tried incognito and a new web browser and it still won't load. How do...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountry HungaryOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue Spotify keeps turning on the "publishing my activity on Spotify" feature in the most recent version of Spotify on Windows 10, on PC and and on notebook. If I turn it off, next t...
Plan Premium Country Hungary Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify keeps turning on the "publishing my activity on Spotify" feature in the most recent version of...
Newbie
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PremiumOn the desktop client when i select a folder i see all the playlists in it, like so: But when subfolders are in there too then it dosent display anything, like so:It used to display all playlists and subfolders.Please Help!
Premium On the desktop client when i select a folder i see all the playlists in it, like so: But when subfolders are in there too then it dosent display anything, like so: It used to...
Regular
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PlanFree 1 mth PremiumCountry australiaDevicwlaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue i have registered for the free 1 month trial period however i am unable to access the premium feature. can you help please? i have already tried loggin...
Plan Free 1 mth Premium Country australia Devicw laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue i have registered for the free 1 month trial period ho...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDeviceSurface Pro 4Operating SystemWindows 10 Autumn Creators Update [1803] My Question or Issue I'm aware there have been posts about this issue before where Spotify does not keep playing music while in Connected Standby ...
Plan Premium Country Australia Device Surface Pro 4 Operating System Windows 10 Autumn Creators Update [1803] My Question or Issue I'm aware there have been posts about...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceGalaxy S9+ Operating SystemWindows 10 I added several local files to spotify via the desktop app. These files are playable through the local files section, but cannot be moved to the songs section to be played in shuffle w...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Galaxy S9+ Operating System Windows 10 I added several local files to spotify via the desktop app. These files are playable through the l...
Composer
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PlanFreeCountryUK DeviceSpotify appOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhile playing the Paladin albun Jazz attack the second track seems to skip like a CD would at 2m30s then again 3mNot really a big problem just thought I'd point it out ...
Plan Free Country UK Device Spotify app Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue While playing the Paladin albun Jazz attack the second track seems to skip like a CD ...
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He descargado el spotify en mi nueva laptop de trabajo (windows 10), cuando estoy escuchando una lista de reproducción solo puedo escuchar una canción y tengo que pasar a la siguiente manualmente, he descargado las listas que escucho e igual tengo el...
He descargado el spotify en mi nueva laptop de trabajo (windows 10), cuando estoy escuchando una lista de reproducción solo puedo escuchar una canción y tengo que pasar a la siguiente manualmente, he...
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PlanFreeCountry CYDevice(iPhone 6, and dekstop 2 devices)Operating System(iOS 11.2.6, windows 7, windows 10 ) My Question or Issue When I like track from discover weekly playlist on one device, on another device it kept unliked. And it it not an issu...
Plan Free Country CY Device (iPhone 6, and dekstop 2 devices) Operating System (iOS 11.2.6, windows 7, windows 10 ) My Question or Issue When I like track from discover...
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ive noticed with the recent updates the option to see playcounts (when hovering over the bar, play count comes up) has been taken away from album pages ONLY. why is this? on artist pages it still works as normal, but on album pages it doesnt work at ...
ive noticed with the recent updates the option to see playcounts (when hovering over the bar, play count comes up) has been taken away from album pages ONLY. why is this? on artist pages it s...
Community Legend
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PlanPremium FamilyCountry USADeviceMac running windows 10Operating Systemwindows 10 My Question or IssueSo when I open the desktop spotify app I can right click add to queue but no songs show up in the queue when I open play.spotify.com I can add son...
Plan Premium Family Country USA Device Mac running windows 10 Operating System windows 10 My Question or Issue So when I open the desktop spotify app I can right click ...
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PlanFree - daily userCountry CanadaDevicehp laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue The web player is stalled on an audio (Walmart) ad and has been for days. I've logged out of and back into the player, I've cleared the cookies/cache, I...
Plan Free - daily user Country Canada Device hp laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The web player is stalled on an audio (Walmart) ad and has been fo...
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i have used this playlist for years without ssue and suddenly it has stopped letting me play it https://open.spotify.com/user/nichobe/playlist/2Wc5tYEAsxNhDXmMCNwJKE please advise as this is happening on desktop, android, google home it just does not...
i have used this playlist for years without ssue and suddenly it has stopped letting me play it https://open.spotify.com/user/nichobe/playlist/2Wc5tYEAsxNhDXmMCNwJKE please advise a...
Composer
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Plan: Premium, Country: USA, Device: PC Desktop, Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or IssueI have a pair of headphones I connect to both my PC and my cell phone at the same time. If I have Spotify open on my desktop but NOT playing AND I make ...
Plan: Premium, Country: USA, Device: PC Desktop, Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have a pair of headphones I connect to both my PC and my c...
Moderator
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My Question or Issue My question is that everytime I play a playlist my player will skip around instead going in order. I don't like that I would like my player to go in order as the tracks are listed to play. How can I fix this issue? I try every th...
My Question or Issue My question is that everytime I play a playlist my player will skip around instead going in order. I don't like that I would like my player to go in order ...
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PlanPaidCountry USADeviceDell laptopOperating Systemwin10 My Question or Issue Win10 app freezes but keeps playing. UI is unresponsive, but the music keeps playing.
Plan Paid Country USA Device Dell laptop Operating System win10 My Question or Issue Win10 app freezes but keeps playing. UI is unresponsive, but the music keeps pl...
Casual Listener
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry South AfricaDeviceHauwei P9 Lite/ HP Probook 2016 model My Question or IssueSo I live in South Africa (this might be relevant), and I have been trying to pay for my premium subscription for the first time since I tried the fre...
Plan Free/Premium Country South Africa Device Hauwei P9 Lite/ HP Probook 2016 model My Question or Issue So I live in South Africa (this might be relevant), and I have been tryin...
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I currently use Spotify for free and I always use the Web Player but for the past week it hasn't been working. I've tried restarting my laptop many times, logging out, and even trying some of the things on the community page. When I go to click on a ...
I currently use Spotify for free and I always use the Web Player but for the past week it hasn't been working. I've tried restarting my laptop many times, logging out, and even trying some of the thi...
Spotify Legend
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