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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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Local files (owned MP3s) not playable?

Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: Samsung Note 8, PCOperating System: Android Oreo, Windows 10My Question or Issue:Checking out Spotify as I transition off the dying Microsoft Groove platform. My biggest concern at the moment is I have a lot of music ...

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Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Samsung Note 8, PC Operating System: Android Oreo, Windows 10 My Question or Issue: Checking out Spotify as I transition off the dying Microsoft Groo...

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My Spotify spontaneously logs me out every 30 minutes. Help!

Every 30 minutes my Spotify logs me out on my PC desktop. I've tried resetting the password and logging out of all other machines but it doesn't seem to work. I just updated my billing information so don't know if that would affect it.Thanks for any ...

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  Every 30 minutes my Spotify logs me out on my PC desktop. I've tried resetting the password and logging out of all other machines but it doesn't seem to work. I just updated my billing inform...

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Solved!! Logging me out

PremiumCountryUS DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI listen to spotify at my work through the spotify web player rather than the app since I can't download it onto my work computer. I've been listening through the web player...

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Premium Country US  Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I listen to spotify at my work through the spotify web player rather than the app since I can'...

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radio is confused with daily mix

PlanFreeCountry USADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue spotify won't let me use tumbs up or thumbs down because it thinks im listening to my daily mix please advise. thank you

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Plan Free Country  USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue  spotify won't let me use tumbs up or thumbs down because it thinks im listening to my daily ...

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Your Daily Mix not showing up

PlanFreeCountry USADeviceDell Inspiron LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Daily Mix is not showing up at all anywhere. I went to search and found it, but it gives me a message like "Your Daily Mix is not available offline -- Plea...

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Plan Free Country  USA Device Dell Inspiron Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My Daily Mix is not showing up at all anywhere. I went to search and found it...

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Automatically turn on song from different playlist

After playing a song from my favourite songs automatically turn on song from different playlist and I don't know why it happens.

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After playing a song from my favourite songs automatically turn on song from different playlist and I don't know why it happens.

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Solved!! Connect to facebook

PlanFreeCountryAzerbaijanDeviceHp pavilion 15Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueConnect to facebook option doesn't work. After the recent update to spotify for windows desktop this option has become useless. Login page appears to be activ...

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Plan Free Country Azerbaijan Device Hp pavilion 15 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Connect to facebook option doesn't work. After the recent update to spotify for wi...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify app state overrided my dektop spotify previous state when i change from one to the other

Each time that I change from spotify phone to spotify desktop, the desktop previous "state" (song/list/random option/etc...) is overriden by the spotfy phone "state" so i lost the list/song/queue or random config I was playing on my desktop before......

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Each time that I change from spotify phone to spotify desktop, the desktop previous "state" (song/list/random option/etc...) is overriden by the spotfy phone "state" 😞 so i lost the list/song/q...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Scroll Bar Bouncing Around

PlanPremiumCountryUS Device(Alienware / Dell)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue If the scroll bar slider is moved to a certain place on the entire bar, then it will bounce around and act as if it doesn't want to move.

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Plan Premium Country US   Device (Alienware / Dell) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue  If the scroll bar slider is moved to a certain place on the entire ...

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Superuser Contribution Connect for desktop not working

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceWindows PC & Samsung R1 speakersOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just purchased some Samsung R1 speakers to be able to have multiroom audio running from a desktop PC and using the Spotify desktop app. However...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Windows PC & Samsung R1 speakers Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I just purchased some Samsung R1 speakers to be able to have mult...

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Solved!! Radio and Daily mixes not working on pc

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 Hey there,it's been about a week that the desktop version of Spotify just doesn't load either radio or daily mixes. I tried to reinstall it, disable the hardware acceleration option ( someone in the community sug...

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  Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10   Hey there, it's been about a week that the desktop version of Spotify just doesn't load either radio or daily mixes.  I tried to...

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Superuser Contribution Hourly Spotify App Update

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDevice Windows 10 My Question or Issue I keep having update for spotify app in every hour. Nothing changes but updates keeps coming. Also my friend is spotify user but he don't have this much update.

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Plan Premium Country Turkey Device  Windows 10  My Question or Issue  I keep having update for spotify app in every hour. Nothing changes but updates keeps coming. Also my frien...

SergioDavid

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Spotify opens on login despite settings

Spotify launches every time I log in to my Windows desktop despite the fact that "Open Spotify automatically after you log into the computer" is set to "No", and it is disabled in the "Startup" tab of Task Manager. Is this a bug? PlanPremiumCountryUS...

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Spotify launches every time I log in to my Windows desktop despite the fact that "Open Spotify automatically after you log into the computer" is set to "No", and it is disabled in the "Startup" tab o...

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Solved!! Spotify Radio / Song Radio / Friendfeed - all not working

HelloI'm having a bit of a frustrating few days with the spotify desktop app.First off: PlanPremiumCountry BelgiumDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or Issue I can't seem to connect to ANY radio station. Nor can I get Song Radio Star...

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Hello I'm having a bit of a frustrating few days with the spotify desktop app. First off:   Plan Premium Country  Belgium Device Laptop Operating System Windows 8.1   My Q...

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search for genre or year

PlanPremiumCountryGermanDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueUnfortunately, the genre search does not work for me anymore ... if I genre: country input, then I have zero results. Also, the year-search is no longer ... is that me ... ...

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Plan Premium Country German Device PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Unfortunately, the genre search does not work for me anymore ... if I genre: country input, then...

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Progress indicator in task bar icon is stuck

PlanPremiumCountrySweden DeviceDell laptopOperating SystemWindow 7 Professional SP 1Spotify version1.0.85.257.g0f8531bd My IssueSpotify seems to be using the task bar icon to show progress, as indicated by the green line to the left of the Spotify ic...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden  Device Dell laptop Operating System Window 7 Professional SP 1 Spotify version 1.0.85.257.g0f8531bd   My Issue Spotify seems to be using the task ba...

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Spotify Song Picture disappeared

My Problem is that somehow the picture of the currently played song disappeared one day, i don't know if i simply missclicked or if this is a bug. Every song can still be played and everything, but this just looks kinda empty...

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My Problem is that somehow the picture of the currently played song disappeared one day, i don't know if i simply missclicked or if this is a bug. Every song can still be played and everything, but t...

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My discover Weekly isnt working it hasn't changed for over 8 days

My Question or Issue spotify:user:spotify:playlist:37i9dQZEVXcIvJ9HTynpxWMy playlist hasn't changed for over a week and I keep getting absolute junk and brainmash in my playlists

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  My Question or Issue  spotify:user:spotify:playlist:37i9dQZEVXcIvJ9HTynpxW My playlist hasn't changed for over a week and I keep getting absolute junk and brainmash in my playlists

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Window invisible/bugging

Ive tried reinstalling, but whenever I open spotify (as admin or normally) its invisible and bugs completely.I dont know how to fix this, and I honestly cant find any threads about this topic either. Operating SystemWindows 10

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  Ive tried reinstalling, but whenever I open spotify (as admin or normally) its invisible and bugs completely. I dont know how to fix this, and I honestly cant find any threads about this top...

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