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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...
PlanFree/PremiumCountry U.S.A.Device- TOSHIBA LAPTOP COMPUTER Operating System- WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM My Question or Issue- Problem just started today. I did not make any changes to computer before problem started. I cannot get anything to come up o...
Plan Free/Premium Country U.S.A. Device- TOSHIBA LAPTOP COMPUTER Operating System- WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM My Question or Issue- Problem just started today.&nbs...
Roadie
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Primume, win 10.when adding a new favorite song from my S9, it doesn't add it to the pc spotify app althou it's added to the chrome online spotify player.I tried re-lunching spotify but the same problem.In the photo, the right window is the windows a...
Primume, win 10. when adding a new favorite song from my S9, it doesn't add it to the pc spotify app althou it's added to the chrome online spotify player. I tried re-lunching spotify but the same ...
Community Legend
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Hi,I just clicked a small icon like "<" next to the thumbnail at the bottom of the window, for the currently playing song. The thumbnail has been hidden and now I can't seem to bring it back... Can anyone help me and give instruction how to return to...
Hi, I just clicked a small icon like "<" next to the thumbnail at the bottom of the window, for the currently playing song. The thumbnail has been hidden and now I can't seem to bring it back... ...
Community Legend
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Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I would love it if favorite songs would be reverted back to songs. I hate seeing that heart everywhere and would rather see the '+' sign.
Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I would love it if favorite songs would be reverted back to songs. I hate seeing that heart everywhere and would rather see t...
Newbie
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27 replies
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PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDevicepackard bell laptopOperating Systemwindows 7 My Question or Issue i am using spotify on my laptop for 2 days.When i decided to listen to music this morning spotify started to skip every song,i could not listen to one of ...
Plan Premium Country Turkey Device packard bell laptop Operating System windows 7 My Question or Issue i am using spotify on my laptop for 2 days.When i decided to listen to mu...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue My friend feed hasnt been working for a little more than a month now. I reinstalled spotify and it fixed it but now it doesnt work again.
Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My friend feed hasnt been working for a little more than a month now. I...
Newbie
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Three weeks ago I downloaded the app of Spotify for desktop on Windows 10. All is good, up to when the ads come in: the music stops and the ads doesn't start until I touch on the Play button. Since this happens every 30 minutes or less, it's quite te...
Three weeks ago I downloaded the app of Spotify for desktop on Windows 10. All is good, up to when the ads come in: the music stops and the ads doesn't start until I touch on the Play button. Since t...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremium CountryNetherlands Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently, several songs have been played distorted.Reinstallation of the Spotify app did not help. I am using the app version 1.0.74.380.g1fcff12 on Windows 10.
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Recently, several songs have been played distorted. Reinstallation of the Spo...
Regular
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PlanPremium (Family)Country Brazil DevicePCOperating SystemWin 10 My Question or Issue It's the second time now that when Windows starts or I try to launch the spotify Win10 app I get an invalid name error. See attachment for the exact error message,...
Plan Premium (Family) Country Brazil Device PC Operating System Win 10 My Question or Issue It's the second time now that when Windows starts or I try to launch t...
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So, I don't know what happened but the album cover it's gone when the song is playing, how do I fix it? thank you!
So, I don't know what happened but the album cover it's gone when the song is playing, how do I fix it? thank you!
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If you're going to fill my home/browse page with DRAKE and playlists featuring DRAKE - at least give me permission to "remove" or "dislike". Especially since I've listened to about 4minutes worth of his music and never added or saved anything to my l...
If you're going to fill my home/browse page with DRAKE and playlists featuring DRAKE - at least give me permission to "remove" or "dislike". Especially since I've listened to about 4minut...
Music Fan
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceComputers (tested on multiple computers)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have an album I purchased that I would like to listen to inside of Spotify and add to playlists (as I've done with lots of m...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Computers (tested on multiple computers) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have an album I purchased that I would like to l...
Community Legend
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PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDevicePC Lenovo Windows 8.1Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue !Info this text might contain grammar/typing errors since its not my main language please ignore that. What happend?Usua...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Lenovo Windows 8.1 Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue !Info this text might contain...
Music Fan
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Hi, trying to listen to Sacrament, by Lamb of God, and only the last track will play. All the others are listed, not greyed out, but just produce a message that the track is not available. This does not look like its working as intended. As usual wit...
Hi, trying to listen to Sacrament, by Lamb of God, and only the last track will play. All the others are listed, not greyed out, but just produce a message that the track is not available. This does ...
Community Legend
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PlanPremiumCountry FranceDevicePCOperating SystemW7 My Question or IssueI can not performed an advanced search ! Always "no result"....Any ideas ?
Plan Premium Country France Device PC Operating System W7 My Question or Issue I can not performed an advanced search ! Always "no result".... Any ideas ?
Newbie
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My Spotify was previously connected to my Facebook account, but when I tried to disconnect and reconnect, I ran into a problem. The 'Log in to Facebook' window appears in the Alt-Tab and Win-Tab menus, but clicking it does nothing. Additionally, on t...
My Spotify was previously connected to my Facebook account, but when I tried to disconnect and reconnect, I ran into a problem. The 'Log in to Facebook' window appears in the Alt-Tab and Win-Tab menu...
Composer
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PlanFree & PremiumCountry U.S.A.DeviceAnyOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10, et cetera) My Question or Issue Can a private collaborative playlists be "vandalized" (edited without permission); can people who follow it, after clicking an...
Plan Free & Premium Country U.S.A. Device Any Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10, et cetera) My Question or Issue Can a private collaborative pla...
Community Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDevicePCOperating SystemWin7 My Question or Issue For around a month now everytime I click on songs or playlists on other websites it keeps saying it's not available in my country, but when I click on the track and open it in...
Plan Premium Country Finland Device PC Operating System Win7 My Question or Issue For around a month now everytime I click on songs or playlists on other websites i...
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When I try to open spotify, it needs to download which is odd because it is installed, and when its trying to install I get this message, "The installer is unable to install Spotify because the files to write are in use by another process. Please mak...
When I try to open spotify, it needs to download which is odd because it is installed, and when its trying to install I get this message, "The installer is unable to install Spotify beca...
Casual Listener
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Using Desktop version on Windows. Some months ago the artwork stoppeed working in the main browser window. No Artist or Album thumbnails show. Artist Image gallery no longer displays photos. However, in the smaller left bottom window showing current ...
Using Desktop version on Windows. Some months ago the artwork stoppeed working in the main browser window. No Artist or Album thumbnails show. Artist Image gallery no longer displays ph...
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