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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...
Spotify was really lagging hard for me. Going extremely slow. So I decided to close it and reopen. Now I can't drag music from one playlist into another. I get the circle with a line through it. It literally worked seconds before closing and reopenin...
Spotify was really lagging hard for me. Going extremely slow. So I decided to close it and reopen. Now I can't drag music from one playlist into another. I get the circle w...
Roadie
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I've been using an older version of Spotify (0.8.5.133) for several years now and up until a few weeks ago, everything was fine. Now it seems to be spinning (trying to connect) constantly. My playlists will play one song and then revert back to the m...
I've been using an older version of Spotify (0.8.5.133) for several years now and up until a few weeks ago, everything was fine. Now it seems to be spinning (trying to connect) constant...
Roadie
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Hey what's up! I am running Spotify on my Asus Windows 10 laptop. I am a Premium user in the US and I use Spotify a lot! Sometimes, when I pull up Spotify on my computer, I find that I am somehow no longer signed in. Once I get signed in, none of my ...
Hey what's up! I am running Spotify on my Asus Windows 10 laptop. I am a Premium user in the US and I use Spotify a lot! Sometimes, when I pull up Spotify on my computer, I find t...
Roadie
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Hello I am from Denmark It seems af if the option of downloading songs to my Windows 10 laptop has gone missing. It is no issue downloading the songs to my phone, as the green checkbox/slider is there, which it is not on my laptop. I have tried a cle...
Hello I am from Denmark It seems af if the option of downloading songs to my Windows 10 laptop has gone missing. It is no issue downloading the songs to my phone, as the green checkbox/sli...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryNew Zealand DeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI search for an album and choose to play it. Spotify plays the first song, and then goes on to some other random song (NOT from the album) instead of the next so...
Plan Premium Country New Zealand Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I search for an album and choose to play it. Spotify plays the first s...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceLenovo ThinkCentreOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue How do I delete/remove a song from Local Files playlist?
Plan Premium Country United States Device Lenovo ThinkCentre Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue How do I delete/remove a song from Local Files playlist?
Newbie
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I accidentally clicked the Do Not Play Again button and now I can't play the song even though I'm literally clicking on it. How do I get it to stop doing this?
I accidentally clicked the Do Not Play Again button and now I can't play the song even though I'm literally clicking on it. How do I get it to stop doing this?
Casual Listener
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Alguien mas tiene problemas al reproducir canciones explicitas, en la APP WINDOWS o en el REPRODUCTOR WEB??
Alguien mas tiene problemas al reproducir canciones explicitas, en la APP WINDOWS o en el REPRODUCTOR WEB??
Roadie
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Hello, My local songs are not scrobbled to Last.fm while the online ones are. I'm using the new Last.fm scrobbling technique, where you give permission on the Last.fm website. A recent Spotify patch is supposed to have fixed this. Unfortunately, that...
Hello, My local songs are not scrobbled to Last.fm while the online ones are. I'm using the new Last.fm scrobbling technique, where you give permission on the Last.fm website. A rec...
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PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceSurface running windows 10, desktop running windows 10, Samsung galaxy running android My Question or IssueFor the whole time I've had spotify, across multiple devices, it sometimes just pauses a song with no instruction t...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Surface running windows 10, desktop running windows 10, Samsung galaxy running android My Question or Issue For the whole time I've had spoti...
Casual Listener
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Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIs there any way to get the media overlay in the top left corner to always show, or a good hotkey to show it without changing anything about the way that the music plays (i.e. skipping song, changing vol...
Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Is there any way to get the media overlay in the top left corner to always show, or a good hotkey to show it without changing anyth...
Composer
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Windows 10Surface 2 Pro Spotify app. Not possible to activate window, only show a grey outline of the window. When try to change focus to Spotify app, window just comes up as outline, can see through to background. App runs, but no content or command...
Windows 10 Surface 2 Pro Spotify app. Not possible to activate window, only show a grey outline of the window. When try to change focus to Spotify app, window just comes up as outline, can ...
Casual Listener
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Hello all, Till today, I hadn't any problem with my Discover Weekly. But today, I looked up my Discover Weekly and saw, it wasn't updated. What is wrong with that? Can someone help? Thanks
Hello all, Till today, I hadn't any problem with my Discover Weekly. But today, I looked up my Discover Weekly and saw, it wasn't updated. What is wrong with that? Can someone he...
Casual Listener
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Hi, Since Spotify removed the sync playlist from itunes feature my workaround was to create folders with the playlists I wanted in them. Then I would only choose that folder as a local source and bam, local playlist. However, I would like to match th...
Hi, Since Spotify removed the sync playlist from itunes feature my workaround was to create folders with the playlists I wanted in them. Then I would only choose that folder as a local sourc...
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PlanPremiumCountrySpain Devicelaptot HPOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueNo se publica mi actividad en Spotify con el ordenador y lo tengo activado en la configuración. Quiero que se publique, con el mòbil si funciona y se publica pero c...
Plan Premium Country Spain Device laptot HP Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue No se publica mi actividad en Spotify con el ordenador y lo tengo activado e...
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PlanPremiumCountryTaiwan DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOver the past month or so, I have repeatedly tried to disable the desktop overlay that pops up in the top-left corner of my screen when I change songs. Even thoug...
Plan Premium Country Taiwan Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Over the past month or so, I have repeatedly tried to disable the desktop overlay...
Regular
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PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDevice?Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueGreetings, I have tried to upload a piciture to a playlist in spotify, and for every piciture is says that it is to small, and that it needs to be at least 300 by 300. ...
Plan Premium Country Australia Device ? Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Greetings, I have tried to upload a piciture to a playli...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyOperating SystemWindows 10 PlaylistHype My Question or Issue Hi,i can't understand my problem. When i'm listening to my playlists, which i created for myself, the crossfade function (off) works correctly.But when i'm listenin...
Plan Premium Country Germany Operating System Windows 10 Playlist Hype My Question or Issue Hi, i can't understand my problem. When i'm listening to m...
Composer
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Plan:PremiumCountry: Denmark Device: DesktopOperating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue:While using my Spotify ver. 1.0.55.487 I was advised that a new ver. 1.0.80.474 was ready for download. After a little while I was told that Spotify now was...
Plan:Premium Country: Denmark Device: Desktop Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue: While using my Spotify ver. 1.0.55.487 I was advised that a new ver. 1.0.80.474 was r...
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I wanted to add HEROES by Brian the Sun to my playlist and I searched for it on spotify but when I looked it up on google it showed up but with a faded looking play button and not a normal play button. Any help? I feel as if its a country restriction...
I wanted to add HEROES by Brian the Sun to my playlist and I searched for it on spotify but when I looked it up on google it showed up but with a faded looking play button and not a normal play butto...
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