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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...
Hello, Is it a known issue that the "New Releases" under Browse --> Discover will often miss artists and new albums? I only ever seem to get solo songs or very specific artists. For example, i follow JunkieXL but I have had zero notice that there was...
Hello, Is it a known issue that the "New Releases" under Browse --> Discover will often miss artists and new albums? I only ever seem to get solo songs or very specific artists. ...
Roadie
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Hi all, Concerned people (but maybe more): enjoying your Internet through a proxy you're able to install Spotify app, configure the proxy, and play music. Restarting the app or the computer leads to an offline error/No Internet connection detected So...
Hi all, Concerned people (but maybe more): enjoying your Internet through a proxy you're able to install Spotify app, configure the proxy, and play music. Restarting the app or the computer ...
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I use Spotify to listen to music while basically playing any game on my PC.I'm running windows 7 64-bit.I've noticed the longer Spotify runs the more RAM it uses, causing both my PC AND games to freeze up eventually.I could launch Spotify and keep it...
I use Spotify to listen to music while basically playing any game on my PC. I'm running windows 7 64-bit. I've noticed the longer Spotify runs the more RAM it uses, causing both my PC AND games to ...
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Hi there,I'm using Spotify Windows Desktop app (1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc) on my office laptop. I need to use the proxy settings to get Spotify to work, and before the current version things worked fine. But after updating to the current version, Spotify ...
Hi there, I'm using Spotify Windows Desktop app (1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc) on my office laptop. I need to use the proxy settings to get Spotify to work, and before the current version things worked fine...
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I keep getting random audio glitches with the current version of spotify. Playback works fine, but every few seconds I'll get a random "pop" in the speakers. My headphones (which use a USB DAC) do not do this, and other programs do not to the pops ei...
I keep getting random audio glitches with the current version of spotify. Playback works fine, but every few seconds I'll get a random "pop" in the speakers. My headphones (which use a USB DAC) do no...
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Spotify for windows couldn't connect to the internet. it says "no internet connection" while my laptop perfectly connected to the internet. Please fix this problem immediately. IMac verosn is working perfectly but not windows version. thank you.
Spotify for windows couldn't connect to the internet. it says "no internet connection" while my laptop perfectly connected to the internet. Please fix this problem immediately. IMac v...
Community Legend
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since this update my search function only work when i reset the spotify settings trough windows, the after a couple minutes its stops searching, i can type in the search bar but it wont load any results
since this update my search function only work when i reset the spotify settings trough windows, the after a couple minutes its stops searching, i can type in the search bar but it wont load any resu...
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I have restarted my laptop, updated my web browser (tried two different ones), and logged out and back on but Spotify still won't play any music. That is, it'll show me music to play, but when I hit "play" nothing happens. Also, at times, after the w...
I have restarted my laptop, updated my web browser (tried two different ones), and logged out and back on but Spotify still won't play any music. That is, it'll show me music to play, but when I hit ...
Community Legend
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Hello, how do I change my log in from Facebook to email and password? Can’t seem to get rid of this spotiamb virus
Hello, how do I change my log in from Facebook to email and password? Can’t seem to get rid of this spotiamb virus
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The menu item isn't availabe, I can't download any playlist due to the missing menu item. please help, thanks.
The menu item isn't availabe, I can't download any playlist due to the missing menu item. please help, thanks.
Community Legend
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Hey guys,I want to remove these greyed out files from my Spotify (Windows 10).I previously had added them as local files, but later deleted the original files on my computer, without removing the files on spotify first (which might have led to my iss...
Hey guys, I want to remove these greyed out files from my Spotify (Windows 10). I previously had added them as local files, but later deleted the original files on my computer, without removi...
Roadie
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Warum kann ich meine gespeicherten Songs auf dem Desktop als Premiumnutzer nicht einfach herunterladen wie auf dem Smartphone und muss dazu extra eine Playlist erstellen um die Songs dann dort herunterzuladen zu koennen??
Warum kann ich meine gespeicherten Songs auf dem Desktop als Premiumnutzer nicht einfach herunterladen wie auf dem Smartphone und muss dazu extra eine Playlist erstellen um die Songs dann dort herunt...
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I have Spotify playing via my bluetooth headphones on my phone at work, but I would like to change the song through the computer ( native Windows application ) once in a while. When I open the app ( or even the webapp ) the spotify on my computer doe...
I have Spotify playing via my bluetooth headphones on my phone at work, but I would like to change the song through the computer ( native Windows application ) once in a while. When I open t...
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Hello,When i play music from spotify (affects both my phone and pc)Most of the time now when i play the last song in my list it goes to a random song in the list instead of the one in the top of the list. I don't have shuffle on so it would go to the...
Hello, When i play music from spotify (affects both my phone and pc) Most of the time now when i play the last song in my list it goes to a random song in the list instead of the one in the top o...
Composer
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I keep having to switch on the High Quality Streaming setting, which is of course annoying! I suspect the setting is being reverted whenever the Spotify client is updated. I should not have to keep checking the setting and switching it back on. I can...
I keep having to switch on the High Quality Streaming setting, which is of course annoying! I suspect the setting is being reverted whenever the Spotify client is updated. I...
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Show desktop overlay when using media keys is enabled, but the notification banner not showing when a new song is played.How can i fix this?
Show desktop overlay when using media keys is enabled, but the notification banner not showing when a new song is played. How can i fix this?
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Hi all, I used to be able to listen to songs from my computer on my phone (iPhone) and on my spotify app in my car, but recently I haven't been able to get it to work. On my phone, it says the music is there in a playlist and downloaded (with the gre...
Hi all, I used to be able to listen to songs from my computer on my phone (iPhone) and on my spotify app in my car, but recently I haven't been able to get it to work. On my phone, it says t...
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Is there a way to force my keyboards volume controls to control spotify volume alone, rather than my actual pc's general volume? I like my computers volume at a constant rate and have everything set up around it, the only thing i raise and lower the ...
Is there a way to force my keyboards volume controls to control spotify volume alone, rather than my actual pc's general volume? I like my computers volume at a constant rate and have everything set ...
Music Fan
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The only source for local files I choose is a folder on my Desktop. But when I go on local files Spotify shows me 6k Songs with over 11mil Hours playtime. How can I remove them from my local files?
The only source for local files I choose is a folder on my Desktop. But when I go on local files Spotify shows me 6k Songs with over 11mil Hours playtime. How can I remove them from my local files?
Casual Listener
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I imported a whole bunch of local music and it all plays fine. Except for one very specific album. The album is a part 2 and part 1 plays fine. All files are MP3's and all characteristics are filled in correctly. The audio is listed in spotify and ca...
I imported a whole bunch of local music and it all plays fine. Except for one very specific album. The album is a part 2 and part 1 plays fine. All files are MP3's and all characteristics are filled ...
Regular
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