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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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Many unknown songs appear in my playlist ! why ?

There appear about 20 unknown songs in my songlist in the library. When i delete them, some days later they appear again. I deleted them for about 10 times but they reappear again and gain.

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There appear about 20 unknown songs in my songlist in the library. When i delete them, some days later they appear again. I deleted them for about 10 times but they reappear again and gain.

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Song stops short, then skips to songs that aren't even on my playlist

Running Spotify on Windows 10, never had a problem before just now. It is completely updated, latest version, etc. I am not a premium member, if that matters. I start playing my playlist, random. Song will play for anywhere from 15 seconds to two min...

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Running Spotify on Windows 10, never had a problem before just now. It is completely updated, latest version, etc. I am not a premium member, if that matters.   I start playing my playlist, ra...

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Same song, but is different in windows app and android app

Hello,I've found an issue:for this song (and maybe other) :100eme etageByVegastarDuration3:36 The song is "correct" on the windows app but when I switch to Android (in my car) the song is different, it's an alternate version (it's should be the same ...

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Hello, I've found an issue: for this song (and maybe other) : 100eme etage By Vegastar Duration 3:36   The song is "correct" on the windows app but when I switch to Android (in my car) ...

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Can't link Facebook

Hi! So on the right side of the Spotify there is a button where it says Find friends. Clicking that brings up a small window where it says Link Facebook. I tried to click it but it does nothing. There are no friend suggestions on the right side or an...

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Hi! So on the right side of the Spotify there is a button where it says Find friends. Clicking that brings up a small window where it says Link Facebook. I tried to click it but it does nothing. Ther...

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Cant play certain songs on album

Hi, Why is it that when I search an ablum and click into it, that I can only play certain songs off the album? See example below

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Hi,   Why is it that when I search an ablum and click into it, that I can only play certain songs off the album? See example below    

Jackieimani

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Superuser Contribution Spotify plugin update for Rainmeter skins broken

I spend most of my time on a PC; desktop, laptop or tablet. Seldom use Spotify on my phone. I have used the Rainmeter skins program to provide player control for years. Spotify has developed a plugin for Rainmeter that has finally allowed me to use S...

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I spend most of my time on a PC; desktop, laptop or tablet. Seldom use Spotify on my phone. I have used the Rainmeter skins program to provide player control for years. Spotify has developed a plugin...

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Spotify not casting through Web Application (ChromeCast)

Hi All!I am trying to ChromeCast my Spotify VIA ChromeCast from my computer through web application and the cast does not work. When I press the cast option - Spotify opens on the TV but says the connection times out. This only happens on my Web Appl...

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Hi All! I am trying to ChromeCast my Spotify VIA ChromeCast from my computer through web application and the cast does not work.  When I press the cast option - Spotify opens on the TV but...

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Spotify app for Windows 10 - ordinateur

Depuis maintenant quelques semaines, spotify ne fonctionne plus sur mon ordinateur.Je l'ai redemarre, j'ai deseinstaller l'appli mais rien a faire. Lorsque je suis sur l'appli, je met me connecter et je m'identifis ; deja la le bouton "se connecter a...

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Depuis maintenant quelques semaines, spotify ne fonctionne plus sur mon ordinateur. Je l'ai redemarre, j'ai deseinstaller l'appli mais rien a faire. Lorsque je suis sur l'appli, je met me connecter ...

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Inicio lento

Buenos diasTengo la version premmium hace mucho tiempo. Y desde hace unos meses tarda muchisimo tiempo en iniciarse. A veces 10 minutos. Tengo Win10. Memoria mas que suficiente. Por lo que deberia funcionar bien.

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Buenos dias Tengo la version premmium hace mucho tiempo. Y desde hace unos meses tarda muchisimo tiempo en iniciarse. A veces 10 minutos. Tengo Win10. Memoria mas que suficiente. Por lo que deberia ...

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Solved!! Using Spotify Logo In Playlist Artwork

Can I use the Spotify logo on my personal playlists? I am not promoting anything. I am just creating my playlist artworks. It looks nice. So is it possible?

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Can I use the Spotify logo on my personal playlists? I am not promoting anything. I am just creating my playlist artworks. It looks nice. So is it possible?

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Sidebar not working

All of a sudden the ones I follow dissapeared in the sidebar. I've tried to re-install Spotify several times, but still not visible??

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All of a sudden the ones I follow dissapeared in the sidebar. I've tried to re-install Spotify several times, but still not visible??

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Can't search/filter by year in application anymore?

Hello. Tried a search within the Windows application, year:1990-1999, which worked fine before, didn't work. Tried in the android application too. But no luck there either. Tried differens terms like years: and "year:1990, 1991" and so on. But it did...

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Hello.   Tried a search within the Windows application, year:1990-1999, which worked fine before, didn't work. Tried in the android application too. But no luck there either.   Tri...

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Playlists stuck in "Loading..."

Sometimes it works when you click on the playlist to update the title. 

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Sometimes it works when you click on the playlist to update the title.  

Sebasty

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Songs not playing...

Songs won't play on Spotify. Have tried reinstalling, messing with local files, updating drivers, and installing old version. None of these work. Please help.

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Songs won't play on Spotify. Have tried reinstalling, messing with local files, updating drivers, and installing old version. None of these work.    Please help.     

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new releases missing some tracks

hi everyone.spotify new releases part always misses some new songs,alongside it is not updated as soon as a music is released.is it only for me or everyone?if it's for all , why should it be?:/I really can't find a place on web that just lists new mu...

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hi everyone. spotify new releases part always misses some new songs,alongside it is not updated as soon as a music is released.is it only for me or everyone? if it's for all , why should it be?:/ ...

Sebasty

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Spotify is not responding even though it is working just fine

So just recently, whenever I shut my computer down and boot it back up and all the apps that are set to start during os startup like chrome and spotify, I get this message from spotify, which is actually a windows error window with no error code, tha...

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So just recently, whenever I shut my computer down and boot it back up and all the apps that are set to start during os startup like chrome and spotify, I get this message from spotify, which is actu...

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Can't add songs from "Local Files" to the playlist "Songs" if Spotify doesn't contain them already

Hello, everyone, I'm trying to add songs from my "Local Files" playlist dragging and dropping to the "Songs" playlist in "Your Library". However, this only works if Spotify contains the selected song in its database. I only wanted to know why the app...

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Hello, everyone,  I'm trying to add songs from my "Local Files" playlist dragging and dropping to the "Songs" playlist in "Your Library". However, this only works if Spotify contains the sele...

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

Hi, Im stuck without login on the Windows App using Windows 10.I also tried to install using the .exe installer but the problems is the same. If i try to login with facebook the pop-u opens ok telling:Spotify Facebook AuthenticationYou may now close ...

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Hi,   Im stuck without login on the Windows App using Windows 10. I also tried to install using the .exe installer but the problems is the same.   If i try to login with facebook the p...

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Create Playlist by drag-and-drop

Hi, suddenly I can't create playlists anymore by dragging and dropping the album into a folder. It seems any drag-and-drop functionality is gone (on Windows). Now it's similar to my Android where a second step is necessary. First create an empty new ...

Music Fan

Hi,   suddenly I can't create playlists anymore by dragging and dropping the album into a folder. It seems any drag-and-drop functionality is gone (on Windows). Now it's similar to my Android ...

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