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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...
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...
Not applicable
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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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Hey, I lost power during the snow storm a week ago and my spotify wouldn't work offline. I know you can download playlists but I usally just play music on the "Songs" tab... Why can you not download them? How can I listen offline without adding 920 s...
Hey, I lost power during the snow storm a week ago and my spotify wouldn't work offline. I know you can download playlists but I usally just play music on the "Songs" tab... Why can you not ...
Community Legend
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Windows 7 64-bit.After updating to 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc, there have been multiple GUI issues. The one in question is a problem with maximized Spotify. If I close Spotify while it's maximized, whenever I re-open it and it's automatically maximized, th...
Windows 7 64-bit. After updating to 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc, there have been multiple GUI issues. The one in question is a problem with maximized Spotify. If I close Spotify while it's maximized, whene...
Community Legend
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Hi all, This new update brought a huge change to Spotify's user interface, at least for desktop users. I normally enjoy updates like this, but this one seems to have made the app take several steps back. I honestly thought it was malware or an illega...
Hi all, This new update brought a huge change to Spotify's user interface, at least for desktop users. I normally enjoy updates like this, but this one seems to have made the app take severa...
Gig Goer
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Yesterday Spotify started cutting out out every 1-2 seconds during all playback on my windows desktop machine. I've tried changing streaming quality and turning off hardware acceleration and still have the same problem. Help!
Yesterday Spotify started cutting out out every 1-2 seconds during all playback on my windows desktop machine. I've tried changing streaming quality and turning off hardware acceleration a...
Regular
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anyone experiencing saved song not shown on the window even thou ur phone has it?
anyone experiencing saved song not shown on the window even thou ur phone has it?
Community Legend
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Move to begin of a word in search field, doesn't work with ctrl-left/right arrow.Standard Windows use is to move to the biginning of a word in a field is to use ctrl-arrow combination.Unfortunately when you do this, there is a shift in the playlist. ...
Move to begin of a word in search field, doesn't work with ctrl-left/right arrow. Standard Windows use is to move to the biginning of a word in a field is to use ctrl-arrow combination. Unfortunate...
Casual Listener
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When I want to remove a character, the DEL-button doesn't respond. DEL works fine in other programs.Anoying.
When I want to remove a character, the DEL-button doesn't respond. DEL works fine in other programs. Anoying.
Community Legend
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when i open spotify, it shows offline mode and error 4 ,but my internet is full connected.I tried a lot of methods-clean the cache and change 'Auto Detect' to 'no Proxy' then change back. reinstalled a lot of times. it doesn't work at all. Can somedo...
when i open spotify, it shows offline mode and error 4 ,but my internet is full connected.I tried a lot of methods-clean the cache and change 'Auto Detect' to 'no Proxy' then change back. reinstalled...
Community Legend
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wie finde ich in der bibliothek welcher song in welcher playlist ist?gibt es da einen Filter?
wie finde ich in der bibliothek welcher song in welcher playlist ist? gibt es da einen Filter?
Spotify Star
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Hola Sin querer descargue toda la discografia de un artista y lleno mi targeta SD. ¿Hay forma de eliminar grupos de canciones, por autor o album de una playlist?
Hola Sin querer descargue toda la discografia de un artista y lleno mi targeta SD. ¿Hay forma de eliminar grupos de canciones, por autor o album de una playlist?
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