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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...
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...
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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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Hi! I got a PC at home (which has all my local files) and another one at work. All of the local files are grayed out at my work computer. So my question is how can I sync my local files from my home PC to my work PC? Thanks!
Hi! I got a PC at home (which has all my local files) and another one at work. All of the local files are grayed out at my work computer. So my question is how can I sync my...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry USA DevicePCOperating SystemWindows My Question or Issue Hello, I go in the morning to Spotify, and I see the inscription A firewall may be blocking Spotify, I already cut off the firewall, I just did not do anything, nothing ...
Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Hello, I go in the morning to Spotify, and I see the inscription A firewall ...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, I'm unable to delete songs from my favorites. I clicked on the checkmark, but they're still in the list. I've tried to re-add them to my favorites and t...
Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, I'm unable to delete songs from my favorites. I clicked on the checkmar...
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My Discover Weekly did not update this week 2nd July
My Discover Weekly did not update this week 2nd July
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Plan and versionPremium 1.0.84.344.gfc674f6fCountryPolandOperating SystemWindows 10 I've been using spotify premium for over a year now and I always had my facebook account linked to spotify. Lately I have discovered that on my profil page my followe...
Plan and version Premium 1.0.84.344.gfc674f6f Country Poland Operating System Windows 10 I've been using spotify premium for over a year now and I always had my facebook ac...
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Hi guys, I have a problem since this morning, spotify doens't open with the windows application. When i try to start it, just nothing happends.So i wanted to reinstall the software but i can't even uninstall it. Nothing happend again. It is really an...
Hi guys, I have a problem since this morning, spotify doens't open with the windows application. When i try to start it, just nothing happends. So i wanted to reinstall the ...
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PlanFreeCountry RomaniaDeviceAsus LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue "Friend Feed Failed to Load" Please Fix It
Plan Free Country Romania Device Asus Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue "Friend Feed Failed to Load" Please Fix It
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PlanFreeCountryItalyDevicePc DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSince one-two weeks when I click on a Spotify Link on the web (e.g. embedded songs on websites), it doesnt play on Desktop Version anymore. Every time I need to log-in...
Plan Free Country Italy Device Pc Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Since one-two weeks when I click on a Spotify Link on the web (e.g. embedded songs on...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I accidently made the album covers in the player disappear and I dont know how to re-enable them. (Picture attached to the question)
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I accidently made the album covers in the player disappear and I dont know ...
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Until recently I could search a label catalogue with label:"opal tapes"orlabel:tectonic but this doesn't work anymore since the last update.Is this option gone?
Until recently I could search a label catalogue with label:"opal tapes" or label:tectonic but this doesn't work anymore since the last update. Is this option gone?
Roadie
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I have the latest version of Spotify from the Windows Store, as well as Windows 10 with the April 2018 update, and whenever I open the Spotify app, my computer freezes completely (I can't even move the mouse), and I'm forced to shut it down incorrect...
I have the latest version of Spotify from the Windows Store, as well as Windows 10 with the April 2018 update, and whenever I open the Spotify app, my computer freezes completely (I can't even move t...
Roadie
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Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueSpotify works just fine on my PS3, PS4 and iPhone but on my laptop it all of a sudden will no longer open and it won't even uninstall (WS version)! Every time I uninstall it, it keeps coming back like ...
Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue Spotify works just fine on my PS3, PS4 and iPhone but on my laptop it all of a sudden will no longer open and it won't even uninstall (WS...
Roadie
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Enough with the Drake marketing. I don't even listen to drake yet all the featured playlists on my browse homepage have drake on the cover. Enough with that
Enough with the Drake marketing. I don't even listen to drake yet all the featured playlists on my browse homepage have drake on the cover. Enough with that
Spotify
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Desktop, W7Hello, since like, a week, maybe more, my friend list and any radio doesn't load anymore.I'm still able to browse and still receive my suggestions for the week.Any help on that? I want to discover new music from searching with my favorite ...
Desktop, W7 Hello, since like, a week, maybe more, my friend list and any radio doesn't load anymore. I'm still able to browse and still receive my suggestions for the week. Any help on that? ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10Version1.0.84.344.gfc674f6f (Windows Store version) My Question or IssueFor a few months now, my Spotify app has refused to connect the local files on my computer to the Spotify servers...
Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Version 1.0.84.344.gfc674f6f (Windows Store version) My Question or Issue For a few months now, my Spotify ...
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I've been using Spotify for years and never had this kind of problem until I decided to download this software called Mixlr. I'm a premium user and again, never had problems about songs not playing (except those Avril Lavigne songs that doesn't play ...
I've been using Spotify for years and never had this kind of problem until I decided to download this software called Mixlr. I'm a premium user and again, never had problems about songs not p...
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Look, i'm mexican, and most of the time we text "a huevo" but this is annoying me cus everytime i type "hue" (maybe too fast on windows 10) spotify ALWAYS rewind my darn current song, please somebody tell me how to skip this thing cus is making me cr...
Look, i'm mexican, and most of the time we text "a huevo" but this is annoying me cus everytime i type "hue" (maybe too fast on windows 10) spotify ALWAYS rewind my darn current song, please somebody...
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