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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...
The problem showed in the pic had been an issue years ago, and it was solved seemingly (I guess). However this banner starts to show up again and cannot turn it off; on top of that, I don't see any options to disable it.It's really annoying and awkwa...
The problem showed in the pic had been an issue years ago, and it was solved seemingly (I guess). However this banner starts to show up again and cannot turn it off; on top of that, I don't see any o...
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PlanPremiumCountryPhilippines Deviceacer swift 3Operating System My Question or Issue i cannot see my friends activity even if i alreadyswitched the show right bar to green
Plan Premium Country Philippines Device acer swift 3 Operating System My Question or Issue i cannot see my friends activity even if i alreadyswitched the show ri...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremium FamilyCountryCanadaDeviceDell XPS 13Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Daily Mixes are now gone as a link on my Spotify desktop application (it used to be the first link under "Your Library"). When I try to search for the D...
Plan Premium Family Country Canada Device Dell XPS 13 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My Daily Mixes are now gone as a link on my Spotify desktop application (it use...
Casual Listener
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PlanFree Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe autoplay function (similiar songs after the playlist) stopped working. There are no songs shown anymore.However I figured out, if I delete the file "abba.json" inC:\users\\the autoplay is wo...
Plan Free Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The autoplay function (similiar songs after the playlist) stopped working. There are no songs shown anymore. However I...
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I get the following when I try to start the Spotify App on Windows 10 PC. "The procedure entry point GetSecureSystemAppDataFolder could not be located in the dynamic link library C:\Windows\System32\daxexec.dll" Any help would be appreciate.
I get the following when I try to start the Spotify App on Windows 10 PC. "The procedure entry point GetSecureSystemAppDataFolder could not be located in the dynamic link library C:\Windows\S...
Visitor
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My Question or IssueHi everyone, Since the last update, Daily Mixes are all gone (can't find them ANYWHERE) and my previous song radios all say "this station cannot be started" or "Something went wrong please try again later".Although I could reinsta...
My Question or Issue Hi everyone, Since the last update, Daily Mixes are all gone (can't find them ANYWHERE) and my previous song radios all say "this station cannot be started" or "Somethi...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceSelf-built PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have used Spotify without any problems on my PC for a year now, but a few days ago, Spotify always said it would be offline. After checking the firewall, I t...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Self-built PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have used Spotify without any problems on my PC for a year now, but a few days ag...
Roadie
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PlanFamilyCountry USADevicelaptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or Issue New laptop. Want to download Spotify. After downloaded .exe, get message "A Windows Store installation of Spotify was found on your system. Please uninstall that version fi...
Plan Family Country USA Device laptop Operating System Windows My Question or Issue New laptop. Want to download Spotify. After downloaded .exe, get message "A Wind...
Roadie
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Wonder (and tried to): want to listen audiobooks with my spotify premium in my local files.But, Is it possible to upload the book immediately in his own playlist? Now I upload, search al the individual chapters one by one and put it in the right play...
Wonder (and tried to): want to listen audiobooks with my spotify premium in my local files. But, Is it possible to upload the book immediately in his own playlist? Now I upload, search al the indivi...
Roadie
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PlanPremium CountryGermany Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify displays all local itunes songs under "Local Files", even though I deselected everything in the settings (there is no option for "itunes" as seen in several screenshots...
Plan Premium Country Germany Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify displays all local itunes songs under "Local Files", even though I deselected ever...
Roadie
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PlanFree Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue I opened Spotify to listen to some music and I wanted to skip intro in a song but I found out that it's not working anymore. When I'm clicking on a time bar it doesn't skip song to that moment, ...
Plan Free Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue I opened Spotify to listen to some music and I wanted to skip intro in a song but I foun...
Roadie
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For the last few days I have experienced several times the desktop application on Windows close whilst playing music. The version is 1.0.82.447.g975ad224It just stops, while no user interaction.
For the last few days I have experienced several times the desktop application on Windows close whilst playing music. The version is 1.0.82.447.g975ad224 It just stops...
Composer
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Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueNot a game-breaking issue but friend activity didn't load the entire day, is there any reason behind this? No internet issues, desktop client works as usual besides that.
Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Not a game-breaking issue but friend activity didn't load the entire day, is there any reason behind this? No internet iss...
Regular
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Spotify premium on Windows 10: TL;DR: Pause doesn't pause, it just silences the song until the song ends at which point it stops. Happens via direct app control, keyboard controls, or even phone control of desktop app. So I've always had odd little i...
Spotify premium on Windows 10: TL;DR: Pause doesn't pause, it just silences the song until the song ends at which point it stops. Happens via direct app control, keyboard controls, o...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountry New Zealand Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue As of a few days ago, there used to be a feature where within a playlist Spotify would recommend you songs at the bottom based on the current songs in that playlist. But t...
Plan Premium Country New Zealand Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue As of a few days ago, there used to be a feature where within a playlist S...
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PlanFreeCountryUSA DeviceWindows PC, iPhone 6+Operating SystemWindows 10/iOS My Question or Issue I have a playlist with a large amount of songs from the same artist/album that not only can I not remove from my playlist, but they do not play when I a...
Plan Free Country USA Device Windows PC, iPhone 6+ Operating System Windows 10/iOS My Question or Issue I have a playlist with a large amount of songs from the same artis...
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Hi everyone, The new UI is really clean but it still feels exactly the same. I was checking Behance as I usually do and came across this concept by Gabrielle Nguyen:https://www.behance.net/gallery/56534635/Spotify-UI-Redesign-Concept It was nice and ...
Hi everyone, The new UI is really clean but it still feels exactly the same. I was checking Behance as I usually do and came across this concept by Gabrielle Nguyen: https://w...
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Now my search results only show the top 4 songs, artists, albums and playlists each with cover art, making it harder to tell if it's correct song I'm looking for unless I click on each individually. Does anybody know how to get back the view where yo...
Now my search results only show the top 4 songs, artists, albums and playlists each with cover art, making it harder to tell if it's correct song I'm looking for unless I click on each individually. ...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 version 1709 build 16299.492 My Question or IssueSpotify is not clickable on my other screen when I'm switching from a fullscreen application on my main screen by alt + tab. The click will "g...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10 version 1709 build 16299.492 My Question or Issue Spotify is not clickable on my other screen when I'm switchin...
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