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Discuss Spotify for Windows
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...
for some reason it wont let me play some songs i've waited a week and still wont play
for some reason it wont let me play some songs i've waited a week and still wont play 😕
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My Question or Issue I have so many songs in my library that I no longer like or listen to, or random songs saved by friends. Is there any way i can do a complete clear out of these songs? Desktop (windows) or iphone 6.
My Question or Issue I have so many songs in my library that I no longer like or listen to, or random songs saved by friends. Is there any way i can do a complete clear...
Casual Listener
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Plan PremiumCountry Canada DeviceASUS LaptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or Issue For a month or so my friend activity has "Failed to load" Ive reinstalled spotify multiple times, restart my computer multiple times, and log in/log out occasion...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device ASUS Laptop Operating System Windows My Question or Issue For a month or so my friend activity has "Failed to load" Ive reins...
Newbie
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PlanFreeCountry Deviceasus laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have around 350 favorite songs, but I feel like I'm only hearing the same 50 over and over. I'm set up for shuffle and repeat. How can I play the deeper tracks, and/or...
Plan Free Country Device asus laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have around 350 favorite songs, but I feel like I'm only hearing the same 50 over...
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i always enjoyed the notification bell to track my favorite bands. a few years ago it disappeared and it was replaced for a pathetic section on discover and it never stopped getting worst, now i get advertisement everywhere, even the "new releases fo...
i always enjoyed the notification bell to track my favorite bands. a few years ago it disappeared and it was replaced for a pathetic section on discover and it never stopped getting worst, now i get ...
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I have a list of Spotify url's (in Excel), e.g. https://open.spotify.com/album/2Lflh9bJHEJaXeTqohNban Now I want to create a playlist with all these albums. Is there a way to do this? So far I have only been able to copy track url's and not album url...
I have a list of Spotify url's (in Excel), e.g. https://open.spotify.com/album/2Lflh9bJHEJaXeTqohNban Now I want to create a playlist with all these albums. Is there a way to do this? So far...
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PlanPremiumCountryGreeceOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs you see in the screenshots, the desktop application shows the greek characters with a weird font. In other computers, greek and english characters have the same default font. H...
Plan Premium Country Greece Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue As you see in the screenshots, the desktop application shows the greek characters with a weird font. In oth...
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PlanFreeCountry DevicePCOperating System(Windows 10 My Question or Issue I used to be able to play songs in a folder. Well, songs in playlists in a folder. I have a folder wich contains my whole library. Now that I select the folder, the whole sectio...
Plan Free Country Device PC Operating System (Windows 10 My Question or Issue I used to be able to play songs in a folder. Well, songs in playlists in a folder. I have a...
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PlanPremiumCountryIsrael DeviceHP ENVY laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have downloaded the installer - https://download.scdn.co/SpotifySetup.exe - as well as http://download.spotify.com/SpotifyFullSetup.exeBoth installers do n...
Plan Premium Country Israel Device HP ENVY laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have downloaded the installer - https://download.scdn.co/Spotify...
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Recently I've been having a strange issue. First of all spotify is saying it's offline even though my computer is clearly conected to the internet, and it can still play songs from my non-downloaded playlists but those playlists are not updated with ...
Recently I've been having a strange issue. First of all spotify is saying it's offline even though my computer is clearly conected to the internet, and it can still play songs from my non-downloaded ...
Casual Listener
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Hello! I just installed Spotify for the first time. One of the reasons I'm interested in it is the support for Local Files. But I tried to add a large number of .mp3 (23K) and within after a few minutes it had eaten all available memory and the app w...
Hello! I just installed Spotify for the first time. One of the reasons I'm interested in it is the support for Local Files. But I tried to add a large number of .mp3 (23K) a...
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I'm still using the fast and problem-free v0.9.15.27 client from 2014. Do the latest clients approach its speed or are they still a dog's breakfast when it comes to performance and handling local files?
I'm still using the fast and problem-free v0.9.15.27 client from 2014. Do the latest clients approach its speed or are they still a dog's breakfast when it comes to performance and handling local fil...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceMotorola G6Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When i try to play a song on my account this menssageappersbut when i try play on a free account the music plays normally. This only happens in my account.I alre...
Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Motorola G6 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When i try to play a song on my account this menssageappers but when i tr...
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Dear all, I recently purchased a new laptop and decided i want to sync my spotify playlists, however, i encountered a problem where only the songs available on spotify was able to be synced onto my new laptop from my old desktop, my local files ( son...
Dear all, I recently purchased a new laptop and decided i want to sync my spotify playlists, however, i encountered a problem where only the songs available on spotify was able to be...
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i already activated friends activity but still the friends feed doesnt appear on my spotify. i tried to re-install and still it doesnt work. please help me thankyou
i already activated friends activity but still the friends feed doesnt appear on my spotify. i tried to re-install and still it doesnt work. please help me thankyou
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PlanPremiumCountry DevicelaptopOperating Systemwindows 10 please, where do I found my download songs in the pc? appreciate the info... thanks
Plan Premium Country Device laptop Operating System windows 10 please, where do I found my download songs in the pc? appreciate the info... thanks
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PlanPremiumCountry USDevice Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue Opened spotify on my computer and the screen was all black. I closed it and tried to re open it and it wouldnt even open up i kept getting a pop up saying it wasnt responsive....
Plan Premium Country US Device Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Opened spotify on my computer and the screen was all black. I closed it and ...
Roadie
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry MXDeviceWindows 10 and Android (Motorola) My Question or Issue I don't know if someone has already asked this, but the way spotify works on pc is not the same as on phone:* The playlists that I create in PC as private, in my p...
Plan Free/Premium Country MX Device Windows 10 and Android (Motorola) My Question or Issue I don't know if someone has already asked this, but the way spotify works on pc i...
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PlanPremiumCountry UKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueUsing the desktop app when I click add to queue nothing adds to queue.Works fine if I use the mobile app.
Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Using the desktop app when I click add to queue nothing adds to queue. Works fine if I use...
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PlanPremiumCountry SpainDevicePersonal ComputerOperating SystemWindows 7 Ultimate My Question or Issue Hello. Since you have updated to the latest version on PC, it is very, very slow. Please take note of this. Thank you.
Plan Premium Country Spain Device Personal Computer Operating System Windows 7 Ultimate My Question or Issue Hello. Since you have updated to the late...
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