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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...
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Anyone else notice how when you shuffle a playlist, it doesn't shuffle it as much as possible? For example, if you have been shuffling the same playlist everyday a few different times and you have a 100-song playlist, it keeps the same 30 songs (esti...
Anyone else notice how when you shuffle a playlist, it doesn't shuffle it as much as possible? For example, if you have been shuffling the same playlist everyday a few different times and you...
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PlanPremiumCountry IsraelDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue Hello,I have a strange bug in spotify, whenever I click find friends (below the friends list) it only shows one person, when before there were around 200 or more from my ...
Plan Premium Country Israel Device PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Hello, I have a strange bug in spotify, whenever I click find friends (below the fr...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicesWindows 10 PC and iPhone 6sOperating SystemsWindows 10 latest and iOS 11.4.1 My Question or Issue I can no longer listen to the current day of the BBC Global News Podcast even though it shows up on the podcast titles. I ca...
Plan Premium Country USA Devices Windows 10 PC and iPhone 6s Operating Systems Windows 10 latest and iOS 11.4.1 My Question or Issue I can no longer listen to the current day o...
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PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have an issue with the desktop app for Windows 10. It refuses to play any song regardless wheather the song is online, downloaded or in my local music library.It keep...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have an issue with the desktop app for Windows 10. It refuses to play any song r...
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Premium DevicesWindows Desktop, Macbook and android phoneOperating System( Android Oreo, Windows 10) My Question or IssueHi, I added my local muisc folder to spotify and many songs now appear.but not all of them, is it possible that it does not scan ...
Premium Devices Windows Desktop, Macbook and android phone Operating System ( Android Oreo, Windows 10) My Question or Issue Hi, I added my local mui...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceLenovo Thinkpad T410Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueJust today after updating my computer -- and I believe my Spotify as well -- I noticed that I can no longer double click my playlist folder to shuffle play ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Lenovo Thinkpad T410 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Just today after updating my computer -- and I believe my Spotify as well -- I n...
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PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceLenovo G580 Laptop, Numark PartyMix, Alesis M1Active 520USB studio monitorsOperating SystemWindows 10(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueThe desktop app skips through all the tracks and won't play a ...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry USADeviceASUS GamerangerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue In the playlists dropdown menu on the left side of the screen. I can see all my freinds/people I follow's playlists but I can't see any of my own. I am al...
Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device ASUS Gameranger Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue In the playlists dropdown menu on the left side of the screen. I can s...
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PlanFreeCountryUSA Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy songs that I've favorited don't appear under the "Favorite Songs" sometimes. As a result, I have to manually search for the song, and then my Favorite Songs will be loaded. I have t...
Plan Free Country USA Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My songs that I've favorited don't appear under the "Favorite Songs" sometimes. As a result, I have...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I'm not able to queue new songs for play. I'll right click to add to queue and Spotify will ignore my selection and go on playing whatever it had already queu...
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PlanFreeCountry DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I am trying to use an external macro program to use the shortcut keys to just be a simple button to press, but they do not work in spotify. Such as the minimize button works...
Plan Free Country Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am trying to use an external macro program to use the shortcut keys to just be a simp...
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PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceHP laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 Enterprise My Question or IssueI can't download the Spotify player on my work laptop so I listen to Spotify in the web browser Internet Explorer. When I listen to songs the volume some...
Plan Premium Country Norway Device HP laptop Operating System Windows 10 Enterprise My Question or Issue I can't download the Spotify player on my work laptop so I listen to Spotify ...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry AustraliaOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueWhen I click find friends it doesn't display my friends list anymore like it used to, now it shows literally only 1 friend instead of the 50+ it would normally display. al...
Plan Free/Premium Country Australia Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I click find friends it doesn't display my friends list anymore like it used to, now it shows li...
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PlanPremiumCountrySouth AfricaDeviceHP Envy 15Operating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueHi Spotify community, I have recently obtained Spotify premium and started using it. Had a free account for a while and didn't use it much. However, I have ...
Plan Premium Country South Africa Device HP Envy 15 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi Spotify community, I have recently obtained Spotify premium and...
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I have a playlist that I like to add songs to. One time I decided to add some songs from the television show "Steven Universe". Even though I only added 7 songs in total, (compared to the total of 384 songs in the playlist), the recommended songs see...
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If you use spotify normally your activity will show up in friends' feeds. If you start a private session does that past activity go away and you disappear from the feed?
If you use spotify normally your activity will show up in friends' feeds. If you start a private session does that past activity go away and you disappear from the feed?
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When I search an artist and go to their main page there is nowhere to "follow" them the green button that used to say that just says "play." So do I need to click "save artist to library" in order to follow the artist because that is the only way I k...
When I search an artist and go to their main page there is nowhere to "follow" them the green button that used to say that just says "play." So do I need to click "save artist to library" in ...
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