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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...
Dear to whom this may concern, When ever I pause Spotify on my desktop (Win 10 OS), it automatically plays again when it's paused.The pause time varies everytime (No less than 20 seconds and no more than 35 seconds).This issue had never occured befor...
Dear to whom this may concern, When ever I pause Spotify on my desktop (Win 10 OS), it automatically plays again when it's paused. The pause time varies everytime (No less than 20 seconds ...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceHP ProBook 6560bOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro 64-bit My Question or IssueWhen trying to update either a playlist description or image I get this message:"Failed to update description and image, please try again."I get ...
Plan Premium Country Denmark Device HP ProBook 6560b Operating System Windows 10 Pro 64-bit My Question or Issue When trying to update either a playlist description or image I get th...
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Operating SystemAndroid / Windows 10 (1.0.85.259.g4ab01679) My Question or Issue My spotify desktop app sometimes (most of the time) won't scrobble to last.fm nor display the current music in Discord. Everything is configured properly (Last.fm with t...
Operating System Android / Windows 10 (1.0.85.259.g4ab01679) My Question or Issue My spotify desktop app sometimes (most of the time) won't scrobble to last.fm nor display the curr...
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Basically, at this point, I believe I've tried everything to make my local files download to my phone. Spotify is not blocked by the firewall. Both devices are on the same internet. My desktop is mainly using ethernet but I have tried using wifi inst...
Basically, at this point, I believe I've tried everything to make my local files download to my phone. Spotify is not blocked by the firewall. Both devices are on the same internet. My deskto...
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Hello I have some issues with my app, when i try to use my app on my device after 2-3 minutes it stops responding that is the reason i need to get connected with the support so is this the number for support . let me know is this the correct one or g...
Hello I have some issues with my app, when i try to use my app on my device after 2-3 minutes it stops responding that is the reason i need to get connected with the support so is this the number for...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 When using the Windows 10 Spotify app, the 'Remember Me' option is always selected by default. On public or shared computers, the email or username used to log in remains populated and the 'Remember Me' option i...
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 When using the Windows 10 Spotify app, the 'Remember Me' option is always selected by default. On public or shared computers, the email or...
Visitor
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Country Germany Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, I have my own music on spotify. The "Spotiy for Artists" app shows me, that I had streams the last 3 days, but the counter doesn't count anything. The number 19,499 isn't changing. N...
Country Germany Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, I have my own music on spotify. The "Spotiy for Artists" app shows me, that I had stre...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountry ColombiaDeviceHP Pavillion x360Operating SystemWindows 10Question or Issue: It used to work a few days ago, but now everytime I try to play a track on the spotify app on my PC, the message pops up: "Spotify can't play this right no...
Plan Premium Country Colombia Device HP Pavillion x360 Operating System Windows 10 Question or Issue: It used to work a few days ago, but now everytime I try to play a track on the spot...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10, latest Update My Question or IssueSo, I never connected Spotify with my Facebook account, just didn't see the use for it. But lately I wanted to give it a try but whenever I click "Co...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10, latest Update My Question or Issue So, I never connected Spotify with my Facebook account, just didn't ...
Casual Listener
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Sorry, i don't know where is the right place to post,Where's the RAP genre ? there's a lot of nonsense genres and there's others genres missing here...
Sorry, i don't know where is the right place to post, Where's the RAP genre ? there's a lot of nonsense genres and there's others genres missing here...
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PlanPremiumCountry Netherlands Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue The media keys on my Corsair K95 RGB Platinum don't work with Spotify when the app is not in focus. A Google search for a solution to this problem tells me to do something...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The media keys on my Corsair K95 RGB Platinum don't work with Spotify when the a...
Spotify Legend
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Are we ever going to get proper release notes for the Spotify for Windows application. It's not helpful when I have many issues and no way to check if they have actually been fixed. Not notifying users of what is improved or removed from an applicati...
Are we ever going to get proper release notes for the Spotify for Windows application. It's not helpful when I have many issues and no way to check if they have actually been fixed. Not notifying use...
Newbie
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PremiumIsraelDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My IssueIm using the software on my pc and I get instant random crashes at least once a week, usually when I have queue so it deletes it, that's upsetting. Another issue is the more you put songs to your...
Premium Israel Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Issue Im using the software on my pc and I get instant random crashes at least once a week, usually when I have queue so it delete...
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Hat noch jemand das Problem, dass er bei Spotify nicht mehr nach Jahr oder Genre suchen kann ? Wenn ich year:1982 (Beispiel) eingebe, dann erhalte ich keinerlei Song-Suchergebnisse ... was kann ich tun ? lg, Anghy
Hat noch jemand das Problem, dass er bei Spotify nicht mehr nach Jahr oder Genre suchen kann ? Wenn ich year:1982 (Beispiel) eingebe, dann erhalte ich keinerlei Song-Suchergebnisse ... was kann ich t...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountry GERDeviceThinkPad LaptopOperating SystemWin10 My Question or IssueSorry, but it hurts my eyes every time (see attached pic)
Plan Premium Country GER Device ThinkPad Laptop Operating System Win10 My Question or Issue Sorry, but it hurts my eyes every time 😉 (see attached pic)
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceiPhone 7, iPad, PCOperating SystemiOS 11, Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have a list of more than thousand songs and still I always get the same songs from the same artists. There are a lot of songs I never heard from the ...
Plan Premium Country Device iPhone 7, iPad, PC Operating System iOS 11, Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have a list of more than thousand songs and still I always get ...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueRecently, this issue started occuring quite frequently; but, it began about a week to two weeks ago. Spotify will hang for no apparent reason for minutes, hours, and m...
Plan Premium Country US Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Recently, this issue started occuring quite frequently; but, it began about a week to ...
Casual Listener
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So I use Spotify on my phone (Android) and my pc (Windows) and out of nowhere my web player doesn't let me access it anymore. I click the login button, but it doesn't work anymore. It gives me a new firefox window that says "Sorry, couldn't find that...
So I use Spotify on my phone (Android) and my pc (Windows) and out of nowhere my web player doesn't let me access it anymore. I click the login button, but it doesn't work anymore. It gives me a new ...
Spotify Legend
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ok a week ago spotify suddenly out of nowhere coudn't play local file songs until i downloaded this: http://www.free-codecs.com/mpeg_layer_3_codec_download.htm (for those who have the problem) but... as you see from the title it just... skip them. ye...
ok a week ago spotify suddenly out of nowhere coudn't play local file songs until i downloaded this: http://www.free-codecs.com/mpeg_layer_3_codec_download.htm (for those who have the pr...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryUSA DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueToday, I tried to install Spotify on a new (to me) desktop at work. First, I used the download exe file. Once it was downloaded, it would open, but only show a faint frame, ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Today, I tried to install Spotify on a new (to me) desktop at work. First, I used the ...
Casual Listener
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