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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 "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 made some screenshot for the staffs who are not aware of current Spotify quality these days. I tested with a 96Khz audio interface.This is Desktop App as of now. just plain old 320Kbps MP3The smartphone app is even worse 20Khz/20KhzThe 3rd one when...
I made some screenshot for the staffs who are not aware of current Spotify quality these days. I tested with a 96Khz audio interface. This is Desktop App as of now. just plain old 320K...
Composer
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry United StatesDeviceWindows laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have two accounts because I remade the first one. One of them has the heart for adding to 'Songs' and has the experimental features options, bu...
Plan Free/Premium Country United States Device Windows laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have two accounts because I remade the first one. One of ...
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PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceWindows 10 DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Latest Update My Question or Issue I have had this message pop up after a fresh install of Windows 10, it's working in the web player but not the desktop app. I've tried turning...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows 10 Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Latest Update My Question or Issue I have had this message pop up after a fresh install of ...
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Je suis sous windows 10 désinstaller et réinstaller 3 fois et rien ne change toujours le même message. aidez moi svp je devient fou là.la photo de l'écran est en pièce jointe. merci merci
Je suis sous windows 10 désinstaller et réinstaller 3 fois et rien ne change toujours le même message. aidez moi svp je devient fou là. la photo de l'écran est en pièce jointe. merci merci
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue I use Spotify premium on a Windows 10 desktop. I have found the queue most usefull to the way I listen to music and used it quite frequently until sometime within th...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I use Spotify premium on a Windows 10 desktop. I have found the queue most usefull to ...
Casual Listener
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Canada Operating System(iOS 10, Windows 10, etc.) My Question or IssueFor some reason today all my playlist no longer have any recommended songs bar.Creating a "similar playlist" also comes up as empty.I've tried reinstall, no...
Plan Free/Premium Country Canada Operating System (iOS 10, Windows 10, etc.) My Question or Issue For some reason today all my playlist no longer have any recommend...
Roadie
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PlanFreeCountryUnited States DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have a text file with the song IDs of about 300 songs that I would like to add to a playlist. Is there a way to add all of them at the same time?
Plan Free Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have a text file with the song IDs of about 300 songs that I would like to add ...
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Hello everyone,I'm experiencing friend activity problems once again.I have 17 followers, and am following 23 people, (nothing to brag about but they're my friends) and only 4 of them are showing up in the "friend activity" bar. I know for a fact that...
Hello everyone, I'm experiencing friend activity problems once again. I have 17 followers, and am following 23 people, (nothing to brag about but they're my friends) and only 4 of t...
Music Fan
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 Ultimate SP1 My Question or Issue I have been using the app for years with zero issues (on the same build/install of W7) up until two weeks ago or so. The desktop app stops responding....
Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 My Question or Issue I have been using the app for years with zero issues (on the s...
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PlanPremium My QuestionHi,I'm wondering how does spotify decide what new music to suggest me (autoplay, daily mixes, dowcovery, etc), specifically - does it rely on what's in "My library" or "Playlists"? The reason I'm trying to figure this out is, t...
Plan Premium My Question Hi, I'm wondering how does spotify decide what new music to suggest me (autoplay, daily mixes, dowcovery, etc), specifically - does it rely on what's in "...
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PlanFreeCountryItaly DeviceDell LapTopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi there, I've a very strange problem with Spotify on my local PC.If I try to play any song, the song seems start fine but no audio for me. It's not a driver issueo...
Plan Free Country Italy Device Dell LapTop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi there, I've a very strange problem with Spotify on my loca...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows 10 laptopOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify's worked fine for years, and continues to be okay on my phone. The only issue seems to be on computer. It isn't a network issue, and both the browser ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows 10 laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify's worked fine for years, and continues to be okay on my phone. The ...
Newbie
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I have Windows 10 and I want to download the classic Win32 / Win64 app, not the app from the Microsoft Store (the Windows 10 App-Store).When I downlaod the installer (SpotifySetup.exe) and execute it, then the Microsoft Store version is downloaded.Wh...
I have Windows 10 and I want to download the classic Win32 / Win64 app, not the app from the Microsoft Store (the Windows 10 App-Store). When I downlaod the installer (SpotifySetup.exe) and exe...
Regular
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10Version1.0.87.491.ge2a121fc (Windows Store version)My Question or IssueHi,Spotify keeps opening up on startup even though I have changed all the settings I can think of, help?Thanks!
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Version 1.0.87.491.ge2a121fc (Windows Store version) My Question or Issue Hi, Spotify keeps opening up on startup even th...
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I'm on a windows 10 machine. The app auto-updated and suddenly I can't scroll in the app with my mouse anymore. I tried 3: the built in trackpad, one USB wired mouse, and one usb wireless. I can scroll fine in every other program on my computer with ...
I'm on a windows 10 machine. The app auto-updated and suddenly I can't scroll in the app with my mouse anymore. I tried 3: the built in trackpad, one USB wired mouse, and one usb wireless. I can scro...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceRyzen 2700X, Geforce GTX 1080Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue All recent versions of Spotify show such horrible performance when scrolling in longer playlists, that the Windows desktop app has become ann...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Ryzen 2700X, Geforce GTX 1080 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue All recent versions of Spotify show such horrible p...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountry Austria Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I'm a little bit annoyed with Spotify. For 3 month my Friend Feed is not working and all I hear is, "we are working on the problem"
Plan Premium Country Austria Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I'm a little bit annoyed with Spotify. For 3 month my Friend Feed is not working and a...
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Operating SystemWindows 10 with latest updates. Spotify version: 1.0.87.491.ge2a121fc. IssueMedia Stop command doesn't work when Spotify is minimised to tray and desktop overlay is enabled. I have tried sending the command via media keys in keyboard ...
Operating System Windows 10 with latest updates. Spotify version: 1.0.87.491.ge2a121fc. Issue Media Stop command doesn't work when Spotify is minimised to tray and desktop overlay is ...
Casual Listener
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Since Spotify added the new style to their playlists, I can't order songs by artist, title, album or date added.You can check this playlist on desktop and notice the buttons are locked.https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX2Nc3B70...
Since Spotify added the new style to their playlists, I can't order songs by artist, title, album or date added. You can check this playlist on desktop and notice the buttons are locke...
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Okay I'm trying to get BBC podcast to play and it keeps giving me the message below on three of podcastAugust 10th and August 9th and one on the August 11th also won't play Plan PremiumCountry usaDeviceAndroid nougat 7.1 1 Windows 10 laptop i7 16 gig...
Okay I'm trying to get BBC podcast to play and it keeps giving me the message below on three of podcast August 10th and August 9th and one on the August 11th also won't play Plan Premium C...
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