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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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Spotify on my PC is supposedly offline even though I have working connection (Win 7)

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...

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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, ...

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Artist is greyed out but actually available on Spotify

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....

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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...

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Spotify on Desktop not connecting to Internet, even though have full connection

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 ...

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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, bu...

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Playlists no longer showing on Facebook

Playlists no longer show on Facebook. The number of playlists shows, but not the actual playlists. I tried what others have suggested (playing a song from a playlist, setting it to private and then back to public), but it has not helped. Does anyone ...

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Playlists no longer show on Facebook. The number of playlists shows, but not the actual playlists.  I tried what others have suggested (playing a song from a playlist, setting it to private and ...

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Unable to play local file due to cover

Brief description of the issue: Spotify has issue with some covers, the song being unplayableSteps to reproduce the issue:Download & move a song with cover to Spotify local sourceTry to play that songWhat steps you’ve tried already: Remove the cover ...

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  Brief description of the issue: Spotify has issue with some covers, the song being unplayable Steps to reproduce the issue: Download & move a song with cover to Spotify local source ...

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Can't play music from "Amidst the Withering". It just skips through the songs and doesn't play.

Hey, the whole album "The Dying of the Light" from "Amidst the Withering" won't play. I can see it skipping through all the songs but then does nothing. Is the problem on my end or yours? I can play every other song I've seen and tested. https://open...

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Hey, the whole album "The Dying of the Light" from "Amidst the Withering" won't play. I can see it skipping through all the songs but then does nothing. Is the problem on my end or yours? I can play ...

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does it appear to anyone else that the number of streams hasn't updated in the last few days?

I've noticed that the number of streams/monthly listeners hasn't updated in the last few days. I've shut down the program and opened it up again, looked on 2 different computers, and it's still the same as it was three days ago.

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I've noticed that the number of streams/monthly listeners hasn't updated in the last few days.  I've shut down the program and opened it up again, looked on 2 different computers, and it's still...

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How do I see artists I **bleep** about on browse?

I have a simple problem: I want to see the hundreds of artists I follow's releases, unfortunately I cannot find a place to browse them without wasting hours individually going through them to see if a new single or album has been released. Is it poss...

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I have a simple problem: I want to see the hundreds of artists I follow's releases, unfortunately I cannot find a place to browse them without wasting hours individually going through them to see if ...

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Esperando la conexión

Buenas tardes comunidad, soy usuario Premium pero no hay manera de poder descargar las playlists en Windows 10 para reproducir en modo offline. He desactivado firewalls, antivirus,etc. pero queda permanentemente en pantalla "Esperando la conexión". H...

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Buenas tardes comunidad, soy usuario Premium pero no hay manera de poder descargar las playlists en Windows 10 para reproducir en modo offline. He desactivado firewalls, antivirus,etc. pero qued...

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"This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it."

Every time i try to play a song i get this messsage saying "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." I have had this messaging coming up for months and have given up trying to listen to spotify on my lapto...

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Every time i try to play a song i get this messsage saying "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." I have had this messaging coming up for months and ha...

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Is the visualizer gone??

So I saw several people posting that if you type spotify:app:visualizer that an audio visualizer would show up but its not working is there a new way to access it now?

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So I saw several people posting that if you type spotify:app:visualizer that an audio visualizer would show up but its not working is there a new way to access it now?

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Playlists

Hi, the main playlist I use on spotify, which is about 400 songs, got reduced 90 songs and when I go on spotify on my computer it shows as if the rest of the songs should be there but instead blank spaces are there. Since the playlist is not technica...

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Hi, the main playlist I use on spotify, which is about 400 songs, got reduced 90 songs and when I go on spotify on my computer it shows as if the rest of the songs should be there but instead blank s...

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PC app can't play songs after being connected to Bluetooth.

So if I play music in Spotify (downloaded from the homepage) in windows 10, switch to bluetooth speakers when I'm in the kitchen making food, then go back to PC speakers, Spotify stops the music and is "unable to play song" (any song) until I restart...

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So if I play music in Spotify (downloaded from the homepage) in windows 10, switch to bluetooth speakers when I'm in the kitchen making food, then go back to PC speakers, Spotify stops the music and ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify kills my Internet connection

i have had this problem for some time now.Every time i start Spotify my Internect connection dies within 30 Seconds.Iam Using a Killer Xeno Pro network Card. Apearently these two dont like each other.I have tried reaching out to The support, but as f...

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i have had this problem for some time now. Every time i start Spotify my Internect connection dies within 30 Seconds. Iam Using a Killer Xeno Pro network Card. Apearently these two dont like e...

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[All Platforms][Partnership] Payments with Verge (XVG) Cryptocurrency

HelloI joined the Spotify Community 3 months ago and I enjoyed the 3 month free offer very much.Recently I started making my monthly payments but since I need to take these payments to my bookkeeper, I'm looking for a way now to receive and print off...

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Hello I joined the Spotify Community 3 months ago and I enjoyed the 3 month free offer very much. Recently I started making my monthly payments but since I need to take these payments to my bookkee...

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Spotify won't recognize few local files

Spotify recognized all of my local files, but a few songs.Tried to convert them to MP3, didn't help.Any solutions?

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Spotify recognized all of my local files, but a few songs. Tried to convert them to MP3, didn't help. Any solutions?

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Superuser Contribution Thing Song is not available. ALL SONGS

Im not sure what happened but this evening whenever i try to play a song, if I start a playlist, the songs just change rapidly, all the way down the list. The music doesnt even play. One song shows title and song length then the next song appears sho...

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Im not sure what happened but this evening whenever i try to play a song, if I start a playlist, the songs just change rapidly, all the way down the list. The music doesnt even play. One song shows t...

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Spotify app for Windows 10 - Windows phones, Tablets, PC and Xbox One

Hi I'm new to the Community so sorry if I have posted in the wrong place.Please helpI have 4 devices and Premium only allows me to download songs to 3 devices. I don't need to download to my Windows 10 PC as it is always connected to the Net. How do ...

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Hi   I'm new to the Community so sorry if I have posted in the wrong place. Please help I have 4 devices and Premium only allows me to download songs to 3 devices.  I don't need to...

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Superuser Contribution Library songs

Hi there and sorry if this is ignorant!Your Library---> songsShouldn't songs include all somgs? I have songs in playlists that arent in songs.Is there something I'm missing? I'd like to see all songs in one place so I can clean up my library.Thank yo...

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Hi there and sorry if this is ignorant! Your Library---> songs Shouldn't songs include all somgs? I have songs in playlists that arent in songs. Is there something I'm missing? I'd like to see ...

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