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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...
.PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify has stopped playing on my web browser. I've tried everything from signing in and out, resetting passwords and signing out everywhere and all it has managed to ...
. Plan Premium Country UK Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify has stopped playing on my web browser. I've tried everything from signi...
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Hi there, I have free Spotify, it plays a few songs from an album i choose, then stops & wont start again. I think what is happening is that when it is time for an add, the add dosent start, so the music dosent start again. Is my computer blockig the...
Hi there, I have free Spotify, it plays a few songs from an album i choose, then stops & wont start again. I think what is happening is that when it is time for an add, the add dose...
Gig Goer
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Several great artists have received "This Is " Spotify albums/playlists. (Examples include This Is: Queen or This Is: Panic! At The Disco) I think that Billy Joel should have one of these. He is one of the most talented artists on Spotify and very de...
Several great artists have received "This Is " Spotify albums/playlists. (Examples include This Is: Queen or This Is: Panic! At The Disco) I think that Billy Joel should have one of these. He...
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PlanPremiumCountry americaDeviceAsus laptopOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify is not recieveing wifi it gets the error code:4 and i can't play any of my playlists and i get this banner that says no internet connections even thoug...
Plan Premium Country america Device Asus laptop Operating System windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify is not recieveing wifi it gets the error code:4 and i can't play ...
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none of my songs are playing about 10-15 songs into my playlist. help please
none of my songs are playing about 10-15 songs into my playlist. help please
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people who follow me cant see my activity. "publish my activity" setting is on, im not on private session. i reinstalled but still same. my activity only gets updated in like every 20 hours, not live on feed. can't find the solution anywhere on forum...
people who follow me cant see my activity. "publish my activity" setting is on, im not on private session. i reinstalled but still same. my activity only gets updated in like every 20 hours, ...
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PlanStudent PremiumCountryScotland Device(iPhone 6, iPad Air, Desktop PC and Laptop)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue For the past few months, I have been having an issue where I am unable to listen to a specific artist, While She Sle...
Plan Student Premium Country Scotland Device (iPhone 6, iPad Air, Desktop PC and Laptop) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue For the past few month...
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PlanPremium Country Sweden DevicePC, Galaxy S8 Operating SystemAndroid Oreo, Windows 10 My Question or Issue Pretty much, already written this 3 times... Let's go. Whenever I have the spotify app on PC in the "online" mode it lags up really bad. It c...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC, Galaxy S8 Operating System Android Oreo, Windows 10 My Question or Issue Pretty much, already written ...
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My 11 year old son loves to listen to Spotify, and he has it on his computer, but I use proxy settings to block access to all websites except those I specifically allow. I had added spotify.com to the list and it used to work. Now when he opens Spoti...
My 11 year old son loves to listen to Spotify, and he has it on his computer, but I use proxy settings to block access to all websites except those I specifically allow. I had added spotify.c...
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PlanFreeCountry Philippines Operating System(Windows 7) My Question or Issue When even i click "connect to facebook" the tab doesnt show-up but i can see it whenever i alt+tab as you can see in the image how do i fix this?
Plan Free Country Philippines Operating System (Windows 7) My Question or Issue When even i click "connect to facebook" the tab doesnt show-up but i can see it when...
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Clicking on next or previous playes the next song, but the loudspeaker icon (and green font) idicating the currently played song is not changing. Going to the next song then hitting pause hides the loudspeaker icon, hitting play again makes the icon ...
Clicking on next or previous playes the next song, but the loudspeaker icon (and green font) idicating the currently played song is not changing. Going to the next song then hitting pause hides the l...
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceAndroid (OnePlus5)Operating SystemAndroid OreoMy Question or IssueHi! Recently I noticed that Spotify turns shuffle off everytime I open a new playlist. I find this very irritating seeing as I almost always listen t...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Android (OnePlus5) Operating System Android Oreo My Question or Issue Hi! Recently I noticed that Spotify turns shuffle off everytime I ...
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Dear All,Suddenly, Spotify for Windows 10 (both the windows store app and the program) does not stary anymore. If I want to start Spotify, only the icon in the taskbar appears. I try to re-install both several times and also start it as an administra...
Dear All, Suddenly, Spotify for Windows 10 (both the windows store app and the program) does not stary anymore. If I want to start Spotify, only the icon in the taskbar appears. I try to re-...
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceDesktop (Windows 10) & Samsung S5My Question or IssueOver the years I have become increasingly dissatisfied with the technical functionalities available in Spotify. Primarily, saving songs/album on either your deskt...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Desktop (Windows 10) & Samsung S5 My Question or Issue Over the years I have become increasingly dissatisfied with the technical functionalities ava...
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PlanPremiumCountrySweden DevicePCOperating SystemWin7 x64 My Question or IssueCan't rate the songs I like. Why do they have to be on radio=someone else's playlist to rate them? I'm an active user and seek out songs from ANY source. If they are good I...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Win7 x64 My Question or Issue Can't rate the songs I like. Why do they have to be on radio=someone else's playlist to rat...
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PlanFreeCountry USDeviceHP DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 64-bit My Question or Issue Spotify hangs up between the music and commercials. You have to hit 'pause' and 'play' to get it to play the commercial so it will play music afterward. There is...
Plan Free Country US Device HP Desktop Operating System Windows 10 64-bit My Question or Issue Spotify hangs up between the music and commercials. You have to hit 'pause'...
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PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue Logged in to the web player on windows desktop today. Normally I go to the Genre/Moods tab and when I select the genre i want the first options are the "Popular P...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Logged in to the web player on windows desktop today. Normally I go to the G...
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I started a radio based on the artist Colin Hay. Spotify seems to think this means I like music by random guys named Colin. Surely this must be a mistake?Please fix this because it sucks.
I started a radio based on the artist Colin Hay. Spotify seems to think this means I like music by random guys named Colin. Surely this must be a mistake? Please fix this because it...
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PlanPremiumCountry BrazilOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueEvery time I listening to some song and I open a game, like, League of Legends, or something like that, the Spotify just say that it can't possible reproduce the song and stop fo...
Plan Premium Country Brazil Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Every time I listening to some song and I open a game, like, League of Legends, or something like tha...
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PlanFree CountryUnited States DeviceWindows 10 laptop My Question or IssueSpotify app stops playing songs from my Local Files and announces it "Can't play current song". This often coincides with the laptop disconnecting from my Bluetooth speaker.
Plan Free Country United States Device Windows 10 laptop My Question or Issue Spotify app stops playing songs from my Local Files and announces it "Can't play current s...
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