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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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Solved!! Desktop: Jam now available

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...

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Desktop: New "Now Playing View" sidebar

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...

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New Your Library sidebar

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...

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Solved!! Playing music off friend activity list is spotty

What I mean by spotty... some tracks play while others do not. Really annoying that some music just doesn't work.

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What I mean by spotty... some tracks play while others do not.  Really annoying that some music just doesn't work.

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My Spotify Applications keeps stopping and Hangs on Adverts.

I have been on Spotify Premium for a Year, and I decided to change back to Spotify Free, because I got tired of listening to Repeat music Non-Stop, It just felt like I only listen to music and somehow cut out from the outside world, Just like the Rad...

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I have been on Spotify Premium for a Year, and I decided to change back to Spotify Free, because I got tired of listening to Repeat music Non-Stop, It just felt like I only listen to music and s...

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Friend Activity Stop

Hi. I been using the windows app in my computer. A few days ago I noticed that my friend actitivity stop and I can see what my friend listened 4 days ago. I ask them and they see the same trouble only with my profile. I already unistall the app, clos...

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Hi.  I been using the windows app in my computer. A few days ago I noticed that my friend actitivity stop and I can see what my friend listened 4 days ago. I ask them and they see the same tro...

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URI Codes

I can't seem to get URI codes to put up on a website. I read some of the articles in this community about it, yet no one actually provides an answer as to how to do it. It is said if you have the URL link it's easy to find the URI, so apparently i'm ...

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I can't seem to get URI codes to put up on a website. I read some of the articles in this community about it, yet no one actually provides an answer as to how to do it. It is said if you have the URL...

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Sponsored Messages (ads) stops playing

Everytime this happens, everything just stops, you can't play anything else and this message just stays but nothing plays so I can move to the next song. I have to quit and restart spotify. This problem is just recent. When this happens, how do I res...

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Everytime this happens, everything just stops, you can't play anything else and this message just stays but nothing plays so I can move to the next song. I have to quit and restart spotify.  &n...

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How Remove Spotify & Why on My Machine

I run a very lean and fast PC with mostly business associated programs and I am the only user as it located in my home office. All installed programs are carefully controlled and Spotify is certainly never anything that would have ever been intention...

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I run a very lean and fast PC with mostly business associated programs and I am the only user as it located in my home office. All installed programs are carefully controlled and Spotify is certainly...

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how to install spotify on a disk other than c ?

it's pretty frustrating that I can't choose the installation disk any ideas how i supouse to do that ? thanks for help

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it's pretty frustrating that I can't choose the installation disk 😕 any ideas how i supouse to do that ? thanks for help 😉

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Find hidden original albums

There are various ways to find hidden albums on Spotify. The most efficient way might be Google search. Usually problem is missing link between album and artist page which Spotify should fix. Basically the solution requires finding a link to the albu...

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There are various ways to find hidden albums on Spotify. The most efficient way might be Google search. Usually problem is missing link between album and artist page which Spotify should fix.  ...

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Playlist - Every playlist I create adds "2" after the name

Hi, Everytime save an album from an artist, Spotify automaticly adds the number "2" behind the name, for example "Aisha Devi – DNA Feelings 2". I know this happens when you have another playlist already saved with the name artist/band/playlist name, ...

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Hi,   Everytime save an album from an artist, Spotify automaticly adds the number "2" behind the name, for example "Aisha Devi – DNA Feelings 2". I know this happens when you have another play...

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Is there a way to move specific playlist line to the front line not by dragging it?

Hi, I got a long list in my playlist in and I want from time to time to move specific playlist line to the front line of the list. I can do it by dragging the line to the front but in my case the playlist is quite a long one and I'm after a quick eas...

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Hi, I got a long list in my playlist in and I want from time to time to move specific playlist line to the front line of the list. I can do it by dragging the line to the front but in my case the pla...

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Release Radar Playlist is not updating today (friday)

Release Radar Playlist is supposed to update on fridays, but it didn't. Yesterday the counter inside the release playlist said it is 6 days old, but for real it is now (friday here) at 7 days and would be updating on saturday what makes no sense at a...

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Release Radar Playlist is supposed to update on fridays, but it didn't. Yesterday the counter inside the release playlist said it is 6 days old, but for real it is now (friday here) at 7 days and wou...

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Spotify not updating my/my friends activity

For the last couple days, my Spotify desktop app hasn't been publishing my listening activity and the majority of my friends activity. It seems to only publish the listening history for a few of my friends when they use the app on their mobiles, but ...

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For the last couple days, my Spotify desktop app hasn't been publishing my listening activity and the majority of my friends activity. It seems to only publish the listening history for a few of my f...

kokopeli

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Spotify not saving last played song

So recently I've been having this issue on Spotify desktop where I would start listening to a playlist, everything works great for a couple of days, then one day no matter how far I progress in the playlist, it will keep returning to one song. The on...

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So recently I've been having this issue on Spotify desktop where I would start listening to a playlist, everything works great for a couple of days, then one day no matter how far I progress in the p...

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Imported itunes playlist songs grayed out, but available in library

First, this question is asked here but it won't let me reply The issue I have is I imported several playlists from itunes several years ago, recently these songs have become grayed out and unplayable in the playlist (on both windows and my iPhone), h...

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First, this question is asked here but it won't let me reply   The issue I have is I imported several playlists from itunes several years ago, recently these songs have become grayed out and u...

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Spotify automatically playing music on Iphone despite the app being closed

For the last month or so, my iPhone will automatically open spotify and plays songs and even more annoyingly, whilst I´m listening to music in the gym or wherever, the Spotify app will just automatically skip songs and it is massively annoying! Even ...

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For the last month or so, my iPhone will automatically open spotify and plays songs and even more annoyingly, whilst I´m listening to music in the gym or wherever, the Spotify app will just automatic...

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Hello my spotify desktop keeps freezing on the premium commercial and some others

I really like Spotify and I listen a lot, the ads don't bother me, in fact I like hearing them because it introduces new music and things that are helpful. I am wondering why my spotify desktop freezes on premium advertisements. Some play and some do...

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I really like Spotify and I listen a lot, the ads don't bother me, in fact I like hearing them because it introduces new music and things that are helpful. I am wondering why my spotify desktop freez...

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the application was unable to start correctly 0xc0000142

Yesterday, my computer was frozen, then i restrated the computer for several times. After restrating, everything is well. However spotify dont open. when i try to open by cliking application icon, an error occurs : "the application was unable to star...

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Yesterday, my computer was frozen, then i restrated the computer for several times. After restrating, everything is well. However spotify dont open. when i try to open by cliking application icon, an...

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New Last.Fm Scrobbler

This new Last.Fm integration loses a very basic function, scrobbling of local/synced files. This is ridiculous. According to Last.Fm forums it is the Spotify API that doesn't allow it. Last.Fm is getting information because local/synced songs shows a...

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This new Last.Fm integration loses a very basic function, scrobbling of local/synced files.  This is ridiculous.  According to Last.Fm forums it is the Spotify API that doesn't allow it.&nb...

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Solved!! Last.fm scrobbling not saving.

For the past few days, my last.fm has not been logging my listening. When I'm listening to a song, it shows as playing but when the song changes last.fm just shows the new track as 'Scrobbling now' without saving the previous. I've logged out and in ...

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For the past few days, my last.fm has not been logging my listening. When I'm listening to a song, it shows as playing but when the song changes last.fm just shows the new track as 'Scrobbling now' w...

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