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Solved!! Disable the Mini-Player on the Web-Version

Hi GuysI switched on my Windows 10 from the Desktop-Version to the Browser-Version. It works, but now I get/see every time a Mini-Player in the left upper corner for about 5 seconds when I press Pause/Play or e.g. if I change the volume. How can I de...

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Solved!! Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"I have tried all t...

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Solved!! Disable Video on desktop app

There no X or way to close or stop a video on Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c

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Windows Troubleshooting Guide

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...

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*Display Adapter keeps crashing

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify keeps crashing my display adapter. I read that it had something to do with hardware acceleration and Nvidia GPUs but it kept happening after I disabled hardware ...

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Plan Premium Country Denmark Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Spotify keeps crashing my display adapter. I read that it had something to do with hardw...

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Solved!! Now playing thumbnail missing

Hi,I just clicked a small icon like "<" next to the thumbnail at the bottom of the window, for the currently playing song. The thumbnail has been hidden and now I can't seem to bring it back... Can anyone help me and give instruction how to return to...

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Hi, I just clicked a small icon like "<" next to the thumbnail at the bottom of the window, for the currently playing song. The thumbnail has been hidden and now I can't seem to bring it back... ...

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Spotify thinks i have local files i don't have...

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...

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   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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bluetooth controller for skipping

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...

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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 sp...

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Album Artwork - Lower Left Corner

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...

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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...

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Solved!! How to Shuffle All Saved Songs

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 ...

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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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how to stop and skip songs in game

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.

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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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Solved!! Songs folder disappeared

PlanFreeCountry IndonesiaOperating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssuePlease help me, my songs folder disappeared

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Plan Free Country  Indonesia Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Please help me, my songs folder disappeared    

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Superuser Contribution Shuffle still doesn't work

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 ...

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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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Music keeps stopping after 20 sec

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...

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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, play...

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SONGS has vanished and become FAVORITE SONGS??

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...

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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 happ...

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NEED HELP!!! can't download my playlists!?

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...

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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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Settings not saving

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...

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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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Superuser Contribution 6 Daily Mixes exist, only 1 is shown in Desktop

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...

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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...

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Superuser Contribution 0 Friends on Spotify

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 ...

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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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Spotify Window not resizing correctly

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....

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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...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Radio And Friends Won't Work

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...

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  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...

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Superuser Contribution Pause not pausing?

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...

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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, o...

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Superuser Contribution I cant log in with Facebook account

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

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  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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Superuser Contribution How to CHANGE CALIFICATION (thumbs up/down) to a song in the radio of a song?

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.

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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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