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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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Spotify Settings arent saving

Hey, i turned off the setting that my friends can see what i´m currently hearing, but now I want to turn it on again. When I do, everytime i close the Programm and open it again, the setting changes to the old, where my activity isnt publishing, like...

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Hey, i turned off the setting that my friends can see what i´m currently hearing, but now I want to turn it on again. When I do, everytime i close the Programm and open it again, the setting cha...

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Library is Full? For premium members? How??

I am a spotify premium member, but somehow the player is telling my library is full. How on earth is that possible for a company who's motto is "all the music you need"??

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I am a spotify premium member, but somehow the player is telling my library is full.  How on earth is that possible for a company who's motto is "all the music you need"??

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Spotify is offline but I'm in online mode

This has been like this since yesterday. I have full internet connection, but it says I'm offline and I can't listen to songs. I'm in online mode, too. I can even listen to songs on my phone but not on my computer. I really need this to work. I've co...

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This has been like this since yesterday. I have full internet connection, but it says I'm offline and I can't listen to songs. I'm in online mode, too. I can even listen to songs on my phone but not ...

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Automatically plays same album

Hello,My spotify automatically keeps on playing all the songs of one album. I once listened a song by Julieta Venegas and now every time I press the 'next'-button it starts playing one of her songs. For example I am listening to a Rihanna-playlist an...

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Hello, My spotify automatically keeps on playing all the songs of one album. I once listened a song by Julieta Venegas and now every time I press the 'next'-button it starts playing one of her songs...

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Superuser Contribution Share feature doesn't share the whole song

So I got spotify on my desktop recently and I noticed that there's some wonderful features such as "listen with" that allow friends who have spotify to jump in and listen to the same songs. In particular I found the ability to "share" a song pretty u...

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So I got spotify on my desktop recently and I noticed that there's some wonderful features such as "listen with" that allow friends who have spotify to jump in and listen to the same songs.   ...

Alfredo

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Mobile and PC display different playlists

Hi there I've searched the forum to find a solution, but couldn't. I got Spotify yesterday on my mobile, added my favorite artists, and got some nice recommendations. Then I downloaded the program to my PC, but here I got none of the recommended play...

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Hi there  I've searched the forum to find a solution, but couldn't.  I got Spotify yesterday on my mobile, added my favorite artists, and got some nice recommendations. Then I downloaded ...

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local files bug (spotify forgets about local files)

1. add some local files to desktop app2. add song from local files to some playlist3. play song in the playlist4. manualy seek progress playing bar to beggining of the songspotify forgets about this song and says that song is unavailable on this comp...

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1. add some local files to desktop app 2. add song from local files to some playlist 3. play song in the playlist 4. manualy seek  progress playing bar to beggining of the song spotify forge...

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Solved!! All music disappeared after update, reinstalling doesn't help

So after the update recently all the music in the My Library seems to have become unfavorited. I looked up some of the songs I listen to and none of them are checked. I've done a lot of the old tips i.e. uninstall and reinstall and log out and try us...

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So after the update recently all the music in the My Library seems to have become unfavorited. I looked up some of the songs I listen to and none of them are checked.   I've done a lot of the ...

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Musicas parando de reproduzir e playlist em modo continuo voltando sempre pra primeira musica

A musica no PC fica parando de reproduzir aleatoriamente, e apos tocar a musica desejada a proxima musica ao inves de continuar a playlist ela volta pra primeira musica. Uso Windows 10 com o spotify atualizado

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A musica no PC fica parando de reproduzir aleatoriamente, e apos tocar a musica desejada a proxima musica ao inves de continuar a playlist ela volta pra primeira musica. Uso Windows 10 com o spotify ...

Bittencourt

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Spotify playlist says it is 'loading' and nothing happens. How do I fix this?

Hi there, I used to have this Happy Pride Spotify playlist, which I loved, and it isn't appearing in my Spotify playlists anymore. It disappeared and now it just says "loading", but when I click on it nothing appears. Any idea on how I can get this p...

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Hi there,   I used to have this Happy Pride Spotify playlist, which I loved, and it isn't appearing in my Spotify playlists anymore. It disappeared and now it just says "loading", but when I c...

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Solved!! "Your daily mix is not available offline message" appears while ONLINE

Hey guys, The subject is pretty self explanatory, I am not using any VPN, I am on my home network via wifi.I tried closing the client and relunching it.Tried logging out and back in.tried rebooting my router even.Nothing helped.Maybe you can.(Windows...

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Hey guys,  The subject is pretty self explanatory, I am not using any VPN, I am on my home network via wifi. I tried closing the client and relunching it. Tried logging out and back in. trie...

daniami

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Spotify Windows reproduce solo los primeros 3 minutos de cada cancion

Hola! me pasa que en algunos albunes me reproduce solo los primeros 3 minutos y luego pasa a la otra cancion. Solo en la app para PC, probe el mismo album en Spotify web y no tiene el mismo problema. Ya lo desisntale dos veces y nada...Alguna idea?

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Hola! me pasa que en algunos albunes me reproduce solo los primeros 3 minutos y luego pasa a la otra cancion. Solo en la app para PC, probe el mismo album en Spotify web y no tiene el mismo problema....

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Playlisten nicht komplett

Guten Abend, ich habe folgendes Problem:Auf dem Desktop, dem iPod und dem Androiden kann ich problemlos auf all meine Playlisten zugreifen und diese auch abspielen.Auf meinem Notebook allerdings, sind die Playlisten nicht komplett. So sind etwa ein e...

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Guten Abend,   ich habe folgendes Problem: Auf dem Desktop, dem iPod und dem Androiden kann ich problemlos auf all meine Playlisten zugreifen und diese auch abspielen. Auf meinem Notebook al...

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Daily mix?

Hello!I have spotify premium since yesterday. When will I see the daily mix and the suggestions playlist? Thanks Pleas Notice that I wrote that with an account that is not premium ignore that fact please

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Hello! I have spotify premium since yesterday. When will I see the daily mix and the suggestions playlist?   Thanks   Pleas Notice that I wrote that with an account that is not premium...

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"Year:" search operator not working anymore

Hi! I've had the habit of checking for new releases on my favourite labels by searching for example things like label:"tompkins square" year:2017 . I noticed a while ago this year that this didn't work on the Android client, and now I confirmed it do...

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Hi!   I've had the habit of checking for new releases on my favourite labels by searching for example things like label:"tompkins square" year:2017 . I noticed a while ago this year that this ...

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Only one Daily Mix

Today I wanted to listen to Daily Mix to check if i like the music from there, but looking for Daily Mixes I only found one and with classical music that I was listening while studying. I don't have this problem on Android. How I can get more Daily M...

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Today I wanted to listen to Daily Mix to check if i like the music from there, but looking for Daily Mixes I only found one and with classical music that I was listening while studying. I don't have ...

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I can't listen to a playlist or stop following it

It is a playlist from Spotify that I follow, I can't listen to it or stop following it. Does anyone know how to solve it?

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It is a playlist from Spotify that I follow, I can't listen to it or stop following it. Does anyone know how to solve it?

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Spotify overlay not working!

For several days the Spotify overlay that appears while changing the volume is not working properly. Before when I clicked this overlay the Spotify window appeared. Now if Spotify is in tray nothing happens. If Spotify is minimized but not in tray It...

Casual Listener

For several days the Spotify overlay that appears while changing the volume is not working properly.   Before when I clicked this overlay the Spotify window appeared. Now if Spotify is in...

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interface all messed up after minimizing spotify window

I just installed Spotify for Windows version 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc.Everything is fine when opening the app. however, if I minimize it and then maximize it, then the interface becomes.. messed up. See the attached screenshots. This is a real showstoppe...

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I just installed Spotify for Windows version 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc. Everything is fine when opening the app. however, if I minimize it and then maximize it, then the interface becomes.. messed u...

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This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it.

So, I have this problem, whenever I try to play any song at all as it says above in the subject "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it.". I tried troubleshooting this issue several times. I have also trie...

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So, I have this problem, whenever I try to play any song at all as it says above in the subject "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it.". I tried tr...

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