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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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Song not playing or not uploaded.

Hi, It's been a couple of artists that I don't find on Spotify app but if I search on google about this artist on spotify, it says that there is an album. However, the songs won't start on the internet browser. For example, I wanted to listen to Clau...

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Hi,    It's been a couple of artists that I don't find on Spotify app but if I search on google about this artist on spotify, it says that there is an album. However, the songs won't star...

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Unwanted device, how to stop it?

There are different unwanted devices connecting to my acount, and I'm pretty annoyedI have used "log out everywhere", "remove devices", changed password, both on spotify and facebook... the devices then disappear for a while, just to connect againwha...

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There are different unwanted devices connecting to my acount, and I'm pretty annoyed I have used "log out everywhere", "remove devices", changed password, both on spotify and facebook... the devices...

MattSuda

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Spotify Website won't load & App is offline

For some reason, whenever I'm at work, my Spotify will completely stop working. The Desktop app thinks that I'm offline and I can't even access www.spotify.com in any of my browsers (Chrome, IE, Edge, Firefox). In Chrome, it would say "This site can’...

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For some reason, whenever I'm at work, my Spotify will completely stop working. The Desktop app thinks that I'm offline and I can't even access www.spotify.com in any of my browsers (Chrome, IE, Edge...

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Selective collaboration for 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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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.

MattSuda

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Click New Playlist in the menu on the left.

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.

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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...

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Solved!! List of people who follow artist - gone

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...

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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 w...

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Moving playlists OUT of folders

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...

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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...

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All songs in personal playlists greyed out & unavailable

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...

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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...

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Add a artist to a playlist description

Hey Guys!I was wondering how I could add a artist to a playlist description example: Thanks,

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Hey Guys! I was wondering how I could add a artist to a playlist description example:    Thanks,    

MattSuda

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Bandwidth / Usage and Lag Qustion

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...

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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 playl...

MattSuda

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Superuser Contribution Media keys not working

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...

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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 Play...

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Reduce the window to a panel with a playlist

Hello, how in spotify reduce the window to the panel with a playlist? Example in the photo

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Hello, how in spotify reduce the window to the panel with a playlist?  Example in the photo

AlexLean

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KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS KIDNAPPED BY SPOTIFY

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...

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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 ...

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friend feed not working right

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

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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 late...

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RECENTLY PLAYED ARTIST NOT UPDATING

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...

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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 m...

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I can't see friends feed correctly

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 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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Discovery Weekly is not working properly

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...

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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 o...

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Friend's playlists don't update when new songs are added.

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...

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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 th...

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Setting are not saving

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...

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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 ...

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Desktop Windows App is not saving my Settings under Social

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.

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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 res...

MattSuda

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