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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...
Hi,My media keys have stopped working with Spotify.I have iTunes open and normally my media keys will control that instead of Spotify unless I have the Spotify window open then the media keys control Spotify.Now even if I have the Spotify window open...
Hi, My media keys have stopped working with Spotify. I have iTunes open and normally my media keys will control that instead of Spotify unless I have the Spotify window open then the media k...
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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...
Newbie
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On my laptop no songs will play and everytime I try I get the above error message.Spotify works fine on my other devices and can it can play through say my phone on my laptop and visa versa but wont play from my laptop to my laptop, and I don't know ...
On my laptop no songs will play and everytime I try I get the above error message. Spotify works fine on my other devices and can it can play through say my phone on my laptop and visa versa but won...
Casual Listener
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I'm using an acer one 10 notebook and have recently started experiencing a problem with the songs stuttering/skipping - like a cd with a scratch on it. Once it starts, it does it for every song. I can't listen to anything now. I've cleaned up the mem...
I'm using an acer one 10 notebook and have recently started experiencing a problem with the songs stuttering/skipping - like a cd with a scratch on it. Once it starts, it does it for ever...
Casual Listener
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New to Spotify, and using the Web Player (I'm on my work desktop computer, and I can't download apps). When I click a playlist to play, there is no music - clicking play does absolutely nothing. I've tried clearing cache/cookies, and no change. Any i...
New to Spotify, and using the Web Player (I'm on my work desktop computer, and I can't download apps). When I click a playlist to play, there is no music - clicking play does absolutely nothing....
Moderator
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Hey! my spotify app on windows keep crashing... any idea?
Hey! my spotify app on windows keep crashing... any idea?
Not applicable
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Hi there, I am using Bowers&Wilkins Zeppelin wireless speaker with a premium account.Problem is that music stops playing from time to time.. and than I have to restart the device or click few times on the play/pause (windows app) for it to resume pla...
Hi there, I am using Bowers&Wilkins Zeppelin wireless speaker with a premium account. Problem is that music stops playing from time to time.. and than I have to restart the device or cl...
Music Fan
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Hi !I just would like to know what is the latest version of the Spotify app for Windows 8.1I'm running version 1.0.77.338.g758ebd78 for a long time now, is it the latest one?Thanks.
Hi ! I just would like to know what is the latest version of the Spotify app for Windows 8.1 I'm running version 1.0.77.338.g758ebd78 for a long time now, is it the latest one? Thanks. 🙂
Roadie
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So I've been using Spotify for a while (despite never using the community portion of it but I guess I'll have to now) and I've noticed a strange glitch on the web player. Certain songs are not working and are just skipped entirely, an example being: ...
So I've been using Spotify for a while (despite never using the community portion of it but I guess I'll have to now) and I've noticed a strange glitch on the web player. Certain songs are not workin...
Regular
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Hello, I have this issue.I found at least 3 songs which are different in android and PC, while I switch between these two playback devices.In phone it sounds like original song, but in PC is some kind of remix Here is video https://photos.app.goo.gl/...
Hello, I have this issue. I found at least 3 songs which are different in android and PC, while I switch between these two playback devices. In phone it sounds like original song, but in PC is some...
Regular
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Everytime I approach an advertisement (one of the official spotify ones] it doesn't load and then I have to relaunch spotify to listen to my music
Everytime I approach an advertisement (one of the official spotify ones] it doesn't load and then I have to relaunch spotify to listen to my music
Community Legend
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Every time I go to play any of these songs on my desktop client, they don't play and I get a message saying that the songs are unavailable and that I need to import files. I would just like to know if this is a known issue, since these songs still al...
Every time I go to play any of these songs on my desktop client, they don't play and I get a message saying that the songs are unavailable and that I need to import files. I would just like ...
Community Legend
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spotify completely destroy my 16GB ram when I using local Files cause me BOD
spotify completely destroy my 16GB ram when I using local Files cause me BOD
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Hello,I was just wondering... I would like to use Spotify, only thing is, I live in Serbia, so the Spotify services are not yet eligible for us to use. I would like to pay for a full Premium subscription, if there is any chance that I could, in that ...
Hello, I was just wondering... I would like to use Spotify, only thing is, I live in Serbia, so the Spotify services are not yet eligible for us to use. I would like to pay for a full Premium subs...
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ok so say if I'm listening to music and playing a game, i want to hear something without pausing the music so i try to turn it down using media keys but it turns down my pc volume which is spotify and the game, is there a way to just make media keys ...
ok so say if I'm listening to music and playing a game, i want to hear something without pausing the music so i try to turn it down using media keys but it turns down my pc volume which is spotify an...
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Why does the song timing disappear after a few seconds and how can I get it to stay. I have reinstalled Spotify on my iPhone X and still it will not display the time elapsed of songs. It used to and now it doesn’t do it anymore. I need this feature f...
Why does the song timing disappear after a few seconds and how can I get it to stay. I have reinstalled Spotify on my iPhone X and still it will not display the time elapsed of songs. It used to and ...
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Why does the song timing disappear after a few seconds and how can I get it to stay. I have reinstalled Spotify on my iPhone X and still it will not display the time elapsed of songs. It used to and now it doesn’t do it anymore. I need this feature f...
Why does the song timing disappear after a few seconds and how can I get it to stay. I have reinstalled Spotify on my iPhone X and still it will not display the time elapsed of songs. It used to and ...
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When I try to look for my daily mix while on PC, it always tells me that I cannot use this function while offline - the thing is, my PC is connected to the same network as my phone when I'm at home, and on the phone everything is working fine, so thi...
When I try to look for my daily mix while on PC, it always tells me that I cannot use this function while offline - the thing is, my PC is connected to the same network as my phone when I'm at home, ...
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I added a song by "The Kinks" a while back and it was perfectly playable back then. But now I had to find out, that it is not anymore. But wait, actually it is. Searching for "The Kinks" brings me to their artist page and I can listen to their songs....
I added a song by "The Kinks" a while back and it was perfectly playable back then. But now I had to find out, that it is not anymore. But wait, actually it is. Searching for "The Kinks" brings me to...
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Alright, so as the title suggests my Spotify has "offline" for the past few days, and it seems to be a more or less isolated incident on my machine. My OneNote is also having issues with synching, but that is for a different community. I uninstalled ...
Alright, so as the title suggests my Spotify has "offline" for the past few days, and it seems to be a more or less isolated incident on my machine. My OneNote is also having issues with synching, bu...
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