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Windows Troubleshooting Guide

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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Solved!! Desktop: Jam now available

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...

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Desktop: New "Now Playing View" sidebar

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...

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New Your Library sidebar

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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endless issues with queues and playlists.

premium plan, US, issues with windows desktop and android mobile, all current version.i don't know how it's possible to never fix an issue and have every single update break something even further without ever fixing the issues.for years, i had no pr...

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premium plan, US, issues with windows desktop and android mobile, all current version. i don't know how it's possible to never fix an issue and have every single update break something even furthe...

MateusM

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution spotify links open in browser instead of desktop app

Windows 10Firefox 135Spotify desktop app freshly installed (again) When a friend posts a spotify link, I want it to open in the app, not in a browser window.Please help. I've looked for hours and nothing works.Interestingly, when spotify opens in the...

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Windows 10 Firefox 135 Spotify desktop app freshly installed  (again)     When a friend posts a spotify link, I want it to open in the app, not in a browser window. Please help...

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Superuser Contribution Discover Weekly Constantly Bad

Every week, I make it a priority to listen to my discover weekly and mark the songs I don't like, but last year I made a playlist full of "meme songs" aka songs I wouldn't listen to normally, and I played it with my friends in the car as a joke once,...

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Every week, I make it a priority to listen to my discover weekly and mark the songs I don't like, but last year I made a playlist full of "meme songs" aka songs I wouldn't listen to normally, and I p...

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Superuser Contribution Can't Enable Explicit Content

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceHP PCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or Issue This morning I found most of my music greyed out- only the explicit ones. After a bit of digging I found out how to enable the explicit music on my phone. I go to my laptop ...

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Plan Free Country USA Device HP PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue   This morning I found most of my music greyed out- only the explicit ones. After a bit of d...

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Superuser Contribution auth 5 error code - tried everyrthing on here still cant log in

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDell core i5 laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuecant log on, re installed cause wouldn't show the music as online though was online on personal hotspot through phone with full signal.tried deleting host fil...

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  Plan Premium Country UK Device Dell core i5 laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue cant log on, re installed cause wouldn't  show the music as online th...

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Web player crashes PC and the app says "Spotify can't play this right now"

I'm a Windows 11 PC user and this has been going on since I got my new PC :Whenever I attempt to use the standard app, the "Spotify can't play this right now" notification pops up everytime, and I'm unable to do much about it.I try to use the web pla...

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I'm a Windows 11 PC user and this has been going on since I got my new PC : Whenever I attempt to use the standard app, the "Spotify can't play this right now" notification pops up everytime, and ...

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Solved!! My playlist is upside down

Some of my playlists have turned upside down, so the new songs are on top and the old ones are on the bottom. Is there a way to get the new ones at the bottom and the old ones on top?

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Some of my playlists have turned upside down, so the new songs are on top and the old ones are on the bottom. Is there a way to get the new ones at the bottom and the old ones on top?  

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Spotify I.T. Doesn't Review Analytics Revealing Patterns of User Frustrations, Anomalies

I went to save a song to a new playlist only to discover Spotify automatically created a Playlist the same name as the song, and didnt let me first choose the new playlist name. I then repeated the same process more cautiously only to get two or more...

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I went to save a song to a new playlist only to discover Spotify automatically created a Playlist the same name as the song, and didnt let me first choose the new playlist name. I then repeated the s...

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Superuser Contribution AI DJ Problems

premiumCountryUKDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Windows 10, IOS(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHas there been a recent update to the BETA DJ? Recently, on both the Windows Desktop app and the iOS a...

Gig Goer

premium Country UK Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Windows 10, IOS (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Has there been a recent...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Favorite song icons not showing in my playlists

I run the Windows desktop application of Spotify. It looks like today the small green icon has changed that shows that you have added a song to your favorite songs. In this playlist and in all my others though, those icons do not show anymore: This i...

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I run the Windows desktop application of Spotify. It looks like today the small green icon has changed that shows that you have added a song to your favorite songs. In this playlist and in all my oth...

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Song Queue not Synching Between Devices

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePC, iPhone 14, iPad Pro 4th Gen, and Tesla Model YOperating SystemWindows 11, iOS 18.5, Tesla OS My Question or IssueIf I'm playing Spotify through my iPhone, iPad, or Tesla, I can open the app in either portable ...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device PC, iPhone 14, iPad Pro 4th Gen, and Tesla Model Y Operating System Windows 11, iOS 18.5, Tesla OS   My Question or Issue If I'm playing Spoti...

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CTRL + A does not work in the 'Queue' panel?

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10/11 My Question or IssueHi,according to a post here I should be able to use CTRL + A to select all items in the "Queue" panel, to add them to a playlist etc. but it does not work for me. I tried on...

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  Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Windows 10/11   My Question or Issue Hi, according to a post here I should be able to use CTRL + A to select all items i...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Web Player stops playing songs after 2 songs

I am on a DOD computer and am trying to play spotify web player in the background while I work. After like 2 songs, the web player stops playing music and I need to reload the page just to keep listening because everything becomes unusable. I cannot ...

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I am on a DOD computer and am trying to play spotify web player in the background while I work. After like 2 songs, the web player stops playing music and I need to reload the page just to keep liste...

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Superuser Contribution skipping songs

this issue > https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Issue-with-the-Web-Player-skipping-tracks-on-multiple-devices/idi-p/6504570 is still not fixed. still skipping 6 songs, playing the 7th for 9 seconds then stopping. mods closed the last iss...

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this issue > https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Issue-with-the-Web-Player-skipping-tracks-on-multiple-devices/idi-p/6504570 is still not fixed. still skipping 6 songs, playi...

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Music won't play, button greyed out.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceHP Envy x360Operating SystemWindows 11 App version: 1.1.94.870.gf994cb0b My Question or IssuePlay button is greyed out. Still allows me to play some playlist and podcasts (streamed and definitely not downloaded) ...

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  Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device HP Envy x360 Operating System Windows 11   App version: 1.1.94.870.gf994cb0b   My Question or Issue Play button is greyed out....

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Superuser Contribution web browser not working

PlanPremiumCountryusaDevicePCOperating Systemwindows 10, and linux os My Question or Issueevery time i open the spotify web browser i get a single error say spotify cant play this atm and then it skips 5 songs and plays exactly 10 seconds of a song t...

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Plan Premium Country usa Device PC Operating System windows 10, and linux os   My Question or Issue every time i open the spotify web browser i get a single error say spotify cant play...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify randomly goes silent

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceHP Pavilion 15 NotebookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi. I'm having a problem with Spotify desktop app randomly going silent during a song. It happened a few months back and again recently, and then again t...

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  Plan Premium Country UK Device HP Pavilion 15 Notebook Operating System Windows 10    My Question or Issue   Hi. I'm having a problem with Spotify desktop app random...

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