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PlanPremiumCountryPolandOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just noticed that a new "smart shuffle mode" putting unwanted "smart recommendations" in my queue was added to my desktop app. How to turn it off permanently or at least make th...
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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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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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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...
How can I make my collaborative playlists selectively accessible to ONLY my friends and not everyone?This will prevent some random person from messing with my collaborative playlist.
How can I make my collaborative playlists selectively accessible to ONLY my friends and not everyone? This will prevent some random person from messing with my collaborative playlist.
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Just joined. Want to make a playist on my desktop. It says in the directions to Click New Playlist in the menu on the left.Nothing on the left says that. Don't see anythign under any of the topics. Am I missing something? What to do? Thanks.
Just joined. Want to make a playist on my desktop. It says in the directions to Click New Playlist in the menu on the left. Nothing on the left says that. Don't see anythign under...
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Hi, Before I was able to go to an artists page and see which of my facebook friends follow the artist. This was shown above the related artists list. It is not showing for me anymore on my windwos desktop version of Spotify. Does anyone know how to g...
Hi, Before I was able to go to an artists page and see which of my facebook friends follow the artist. This was shown above the related artists list. It is not showing for me anymore on my w...
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Hi, I accidentally managed to put a playlist in the wrong folder and now I'm unable to move it back to the "playlists"-tab. I do this on a laptop and what I had to do in order to get the playlist out of the folder was to drag the name of the playlist...
Hi, I accidentally managed to put a playlist in the wrong folder and now I'm unable to move it back to the "playlists"-tab. I do this on a laptop and what I had to do in order to get the playlist out...
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Spotify is working fine and connected to the internet and can play playlists created by others with no problem. For playlists that I imported from iTunes a long time ago, however, every song in every playlists is greyed out and marked as 'not availab...
Spotify is working fine and connected to the internet and can play playlists created by others with no problem. For playlists that I imported from iTunes a long time ago, however, every song in every...
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Hey Guys!I was wondering how I could add a artist to a playlist description example: Thanks,
Hey Guys! I was wondering how I could add a artist to a playlist description example: Thanks,
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Hi All, So recently I decided to create a huuuge playlist for myself and friends to listen to while driving. My question is this: Will having more than 2000 / 3000 songs in my playlist cause any additional costs in bandwidth on the mobile version? Ob...
Hi All, So recently I decided to create a huuuge playlist for myself and friends to listen to while driving. My question is this: Will having more than 2000 / 3000 songs in my playl...
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Hello, unfortuanlly the media keys of my Dell laptop are ignored by Spotify-Desktop.The keys do work with other applications.Spotify also doesn't react, when there is no other media Player (oder Google Chrome) running and even, when Spotify is in the...
Hello, unfortuanlly the media keys of my Dell laptop are ignored by Spotify-Desktop. The keys do work with other applications. Spotify also doesn't react, when there is no other media Play...
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Hello, how in spotify reduce the window to the panel with a playlist? Example in the photo
Hello, how in spotify reduce the window to the panel with a playlist? Example in the photo
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I'm soooo tired of companies chosing the way we MUST use our devices/information/accounts! I'm very, very tired! Instagram won't let me see the feed in chronological order, Google thinks it knows the kind of answers I'm looking for, Facebook shoves m...
I'm soooo tired of companies chosing the way we MUST use our devices/information/accounts! I'm very, very tired! 😞 Instagram won't let me see the feed in chronological order, Google thinks ...
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Having this issue over the past couple weeks. I follow 170 people and it only shows activity from 20ish of them, and not even the ones whose taste in music is closest to mine windows 10 latest version of the desktop app I believe
Having this issue over the past couple weeks. I follow 170 people and it only shows activity from 20ish of them, and not even the ones whose taste in music is closest to mine 😛 windows 10 late...
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Hi,I have been looking and i have found that my recently played artist is not updating.I also went to my friend page and saw it was not updating for them. This has been here for nearly a month and it is annyoing me.since i pay for spotify i need a fi...
Hi, I have been looking and i have found that my recently played artist is not updating. I also went to my friend page and saw it was not updating for them. This has been here for nearly a m...
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I can't see my friends feed correctly, it looks like it's scrolled up and I can only see one friend at a time.
I can't see my friends feed correctly, it looks like it's scrolled up and I can only see one friend at a time.
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I am having problem with my discovery weekly playlist, instead of giving me one playlist for a week, it's give me more than one, for some reason every sunday its giving me a playlist that last just one day, because on monday i receive another playlis...
I am having problem with my discovery weekly playlist, instead of giving me one playlist for a week, it's give me more than one, for some reason every sunday its giving me a playlist that last just o...
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So I've been following a friend of mine's playlists since last year, but the playlists don't update with the new songs they've added to them. The only reason anyone can tell there are new songs on the playlists is because it shows up on their feed as...
So I've been following a friend of mine's playlists since last year, but the playlists don't update with the new songs they've added to them. The only reason anyone can tell there are new songs on th...
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So, for some time I have an issue with Spotify's settings, especially advanced. Every time I close the app, my settings are being discarded, ie. offline storage, best artist, volume. I have tried clean install, to no avail. Running Windows 10 with al...
So, for some time I have an issue with Spotify's settings, especially advanced. Every time I close the app, my settings are being discarded, ie. offline storage, best artist, volume. I have ...
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The Desktop app is not saving my changed settings on social. I toggle off the "automatically make new playlists public" and "show my current top artists" and those options never stay saved once I restart Spotify on Windows.
The Desktop app is not saving my changed settings on social. I toggle off the "automatically make new playlists public" and "show my current top artists" and those options never stay saved once I res...
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Spotify seems to doesn't keep the settings and each time i restart my device they revert back, any suggestions?
Spotify seems to doesn't keep the settings and each time i restart my device they revert back, any suggestions?
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All of my settings stay changed after I exit and restart my Spotify app, EXCEPT for those under the Social tab. For example, if I turn off the "Show my current Top Artists" option, my recently played artists still remains visible on my profile to mys...
All of my settings stay changed after I exit and restart my Spotify app, EXCEPT for those under the Social tab. For example, if I turn off the "Show my current Top Artists" option, my recently played...
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Hey everyone, this is my first time using the Spotify forum so sorry if I am posting in the wrong place/way.Anyways, Spotify does not save my preferences on the desktop app. I first noticed this problem with making my account public vs private-- the ...
Hey everyone, this is my first time using the Spotify forum so sorry if I am posting in the wrong place/way. Anyways, Spotify does not save my preferences on the desktop app. I first noticed this pr...
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