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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...
with spotify on windows, i used to have local files of differents artists and recently i deleted them. The problem is that everytime i want to stream one of these songs, spotify might be trying to find these songs but they aren't here anymore so i ca...
with spotify on windows, i used to have local files of differents artists and recently i deleted them. The problem is that everytime i want to stream one of these songs, spotify might b...
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I have a bluetooth controller which i use for playing games, it is a no name generic one. I want to know if anyone knows of an app or a way to bind the back buttons to skip songs on spotify? it annoying to have to click away from my game to spotify j...
I have a bluetooth controller which i use for playing games, it is a no name generic one. I want to know if anyone knows of an app or a way to bind the back buttons to skip songs on sp...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry CanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueLogged on this morning and I really like the change with the Heart icon now. Makes it easy to see what I have saved.However, the main thing I noticed is that al...
Plan Free/Premium Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Logged on this morning and I really like the change with the Heart icon now. Ma...
Casual Listener
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Plan UnlimitedCountry USADevice PCOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I don't know what I want to listen to I used to be able to select from the "Your Library" menu "Songs." This would list all the songs I had saved in which I could ...
Plan Unlimited Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I don't know what I want to listen to I used to be able to select from the "Your...
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PlanFreeCountryIsraelDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHow can i stop and skip songs in game? i can't use the playback when i'm not in the spotify hardware.
Plan Free Country Israel Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue How can i stop and skip songs in game? i can't use the playback when i'm not in the spotify har...
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PlanFreeCountry IndonesiaOperating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssuePlease help me, my songs folder disappeared
Plan Free Country Indonesia Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue Please help me, my songs folder disappeared
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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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First of all, I'm sorry, english is not my first language. I will try my best to explain what is the problem. My spotify won't play music. It starts to tilt after ~20 secs. Music stops, plays, stops, plays... Internet connection is just fine, that sh...
First of all, I'm sorry, english is not my first language. I will try my best to explain what is the problem. My spotify won't play music. It starts to tilt after ~20 secs. Music stops, play...
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Someone on my family Premium account suddenly has a different interface on his desktop app: Instead of SONGS on the left hand side, it says FAVORITE SONGS (he didn't change anything to make this happen), and all his check marks on his songs have beco...
Someone on my family Premium account suddenly has a different interface on his desktop app: Instead of SONGS on the left hand side, it says FAVORITE SONGS (he didn't change anything to make this happ...
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Plan - PremiumCountry - Canada Device - Toshiba LaptopOperating System - Windows 7 My Question or IssueSo, I am a premium member with a laptop... I am trying to download the music I have selected from Spotify onto my hard drive so that I can put them...
Plan - Premium Country - Canada Device - Toshiba Laptop Operating System - Windows 7 My Question or Issue So, I am a premium member with a laptop... I am tryi...
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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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Hi,I've started using Spotify about 3 weeks ago,and on Desktop I see only Daily Mix 1 (which is not updated at all, even though I listen to music).BUT, in Android app I see that Spotify created more Daily Mixes for me.So why can't I play them on Desk...
Hi, I've started using Spotify about 3 weeks ago, and on Desktop I see only Daily Mix 1 (which is not updated at all, even though I listen to music). BUT, in Android app I see that Spotify created...
Roadie
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PlanFreeCountry AustraliaDeviceSpotify Desktop AppOperating SystemWindows 7 Home Premium My Question or Issue I'm having troubles finding my friends on Facebook, had 8 friends show up until about 2 months ago lost them all at once and can't get them ...
Plan Free Country Australia Device Spotify Desktop App Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium My Question or Issue I'm having troubles finding my friends on Facebook, ha...
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After the Windows April Update, the Spotify window does not size correctly. When clicking the maximize button in the top right, it resizes Spotify incorrectly in multiple different ways Also when snapping the window it doesn't fully cover the screen....
After the Windows April Update, the Spotify window does not size correctly. When clicking the maximize button in the top right, it resizes Spotify incorrectly in multiple different...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry USADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Every time I restart spotify my radio and friends tab dissapear even If I delete my local files and restart spotify it works until I restart it again when it again goe...
Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Every time I restart spotify my radio and friends tab dissapear even If I...
Roadie
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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...
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PlanPremiumCountry ChileDeviceNotebookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI click in Log in with Facebook account but nothing hapens then it appears a error message "code error:8" , i dont have this problem on my android device
Plan Premium Country Chile Device Notebook Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I click in Log in with Facebook account but nothing hapens then it appears a...
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PlanPremium My Question or IssueI accidentally put THUMBS DOWN to a song that I love in the radio of a song, I want to reverse this and put THUMBS UP so Spotify can recommend similar ones, but the song disappeared from the radio list.
Plan Premium My Question or Issue I accidentally put THUMBS DOWN to a song that I love in the radio of a song, I want to reverse this and put THUMBS UP so Spotify can recommend&n...
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I'm using the Windows 10 app and for some reason some tracks won't play. For example, in the "Hot Country by Spotify" playlist:When the tracks highlighted are queued, Spotify just stops and the cover photo goes black. When I skip, the playlist starts...
I'm using the Windows 10 app and for some reason some tracks won't play. For example, in the "Hot Country by Spotify" playlist: When the tracks highlighted are queued, Spotify just stops and the...
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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...
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