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Discuss Spotify for Windows
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...
This has been an ongoing problem for over a year now. My C:\...AppData\Local\Spotify is 10+ gigs. But my desktop spotify app settings are set to store cache at A:\...\cachethe A:\...\cache has SOMETHING in there, but only a few mb. So the path 'works...
This has been an ongoing problem for over a year now. My C:\...AppData\Local\Spotify is 10+ gigs. But my desktop spotify app settings are set to store cache at A:\...\cache the A:\...\cache has SOME...
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I have recently come into the problem that my spotify radio and stations is no longer working whatsoever i cannot find my old stations or create new ones as i keep getting the same error messege I have looked around and tried every solution to no ave...
I have recently come into the problem that my spotify radio and stations is no longer working whatsoever i cannot find my old stations or create new ones as i keep getting the same error messege I ha...
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PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Microsoft is forcing me to switch from Groove to Spotify. I have 32,000 purchased songs on my local drive. They show up under Local Files, but only a few are showing up under Artists, Album...
Plan Premium Country US Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Microsoft is forcing me to switch from Groove to Spotify. I have 32,000 purchased songs on my local driv...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry USDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 8.1 Hi all, I new to spotify and I'm having an issue. The thumbs up saves the current song to my library, and thumbs down does nothing. what am I doing wrong?
Plan Free/Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 8.1 Hi all, I new to spotify and I'm having an issue. The thumbs up saves the current song to my library, and thu...
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PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am trying to enable the "Show my current Top Artists" but every time I turn it on it does not save. I have tried uninstalling and closing and re-opening and it dont work. Does anyone have a...
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am trying to enable the "Show my current Top Artists" but every time I turn it on it does not save. I have t...
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PlanAt the moment, i don't know... Country ITMy Question or IssueHello, had a problem renewing my plan. It was Family with payment on 29th of each month, today i was low on money on my card so the payment didn't happen, i received an email notificati...
Plan At the moment, i don't know... Country IT My Question or Issue Hello, had a problem renewing my plan. It was Family with payment on 29th of each month, today i was low on money ...
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DevicePCOperating SystemWindows My Question or Issue Hello, I have an issue when gaming on my pc. I have a macro-key to pause music. When i pause it I get a popup in the left corner that says what song and what volume I'm at. I got this for about 2 m...
Device PC Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Hello, I have an issue when gaming on my pc. I have a macro-key to pause music. When i pause it I get a popup in the...
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PlanPremiumCountry NetherlandsDeviceSurface pro 2017Operating SystemWindows 10 pro x64 1709 My Question or Issue My liked songs are not synchronizing between my phone and laptop. On my phone the likes are up to date but on my laptop they're outdated ...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Surface pro 2017 Operating System Windows 10 pro x64 1709 My Question or Issue My liked songs are not synchronizing between my pho...
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PlanPremiumCountry UKDevice(Samsung Galaxy S9)Operating System(Windows 7)My Question or Issue Was working fine until today, every track starts playing fine then after 10 seconds starts to skip like a broken record with the timeline jumping all over t...
Plan Premium Country UK Device (Samsung Galaxy S9) Operating System (Windows 7) My Question or Issue Was working fine until today, every track starts playing fine then af...
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DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify's overlay on Windows 10 is enabled after a computer restart (not spotify), even if it has already been disabled in the settings.So each time I start my computer, I have to go in the sett...
Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify's overlay on Windows 10 is enabled after a computer restart (not spotify), even if it has alread...
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I tried searching for an album that I liked but could not play because all the songs were hidden and I can not click on them, you can see in the image below.All advice are appreciated !
I tried searching for an album that I liked but could not play because all the songs were hidden and I can not click on them, you can see in the image below. All advice are appreciated !  ...
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None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanFree/PremiumCountry Deviceiphone 8Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue
None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Free/Premium Country Device iphone 8 Operating System (iOS ...
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PlanPremiumCountry SWEDENDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, I've a problem with spotify that's really anoying.A few weeks ago Spotify stopped to play songs when I connect a 3.5mm cable to my laptop, this worked before but aft...
Plan Premium Country SWEDEN Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, I've a problem with spotify that's really anoying. A few week...
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PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceAllOperating SystemAll My Question or Issue Shuffle still doesn't work, it only selects a section of my playlist and i have to scroll to different parts of my playlist to get it to play songs from there. This is happeneing ...
Plan Premium Country UK Device All Operating System All My Question or Issue Shuffle still doesn't work, it only selects a section of my playlist and i have to scroll to ...
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PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceWindows laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueTitle says it all, but let me tell you what I've tried and explain a little better. Basically, everytime I open up Spotify, my friend feed says "Hmm, the F...
Plan Free Country United States Device Windows laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Title says it all, but let me tell you what I've tried and explain a little bet...
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Spotify Version1.0.83.318.g6c07039dPlanFree CountryItalyDeviceDell Notebook, Iphone 6 Operating SystemWindows 10, Ios 9.3 My Question or IssueI've been using Spotify for at least 2 years and for 3 weeks now My Daily Mix has been missing from Spotify ...
Spotify Version 1.0.83.318.g6c07039d Plan Free Country Italy Device Dell Notebook, Iphone 6 Operating System Windows 10, Ios 9.3 My Question or Issue I've been using Sp...
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PlanPremiumCountryArgentina DevicePcOperating SystemWindows 10 and 7 My Question or Issue Hi. Everyday i star the windows app and the shouffle button is not selected. The app dont save my selection.
Plan Premium Country Argentina Device Pc Operating System Windows 10 and 7 My Question or Issue Hi. Everyday i star the windows app and the shouffle button is not selec...
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Hello. I have a question regarding the playlists on spotify. I recently searched for a song on my phone and played it. After a while i noticed there is a playlist on Home tab called "Inspired by *song*". The playlist is created by spotify. My problem...
Hello. I have a question regarding the playlists on spotify. I recently searched for a song on my phone and played it. After a while i noticed there is a playlist on Home tab called "Inspired by *son...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceASUS laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Tried to open Spotify from the pinned icon on the startbar and got the error "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have ...
Plan Premium Country United States Device ASUS laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Tried to open Spotify from the pinned icon on the startbar and got the er...
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Windows 10, spotify is not responsive to window size change.The right side is cut off here, so i cannot adjust the volume slide, skip to next song, see the activity feed, nor access the second half of the playback bar
Windows 10, spotify is not responsive to window size change. The right side is cut off here, so i cannot adjust the volume slide, skip to next song, see the activity feed, nor access the second half...
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