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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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Problems w/ the last update.

hi, since the last update 4 albums from my local files stopped working, can u guys help me? i havent changed anything in the files and there's still another 3 working.

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hi, since the last update 4 albums from my local files stopped working, can u guys help me? i havent changed anything in the files and there's still another 3 working.

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Recently played completely blank

I wake up one day and my recently played list is completely blank. My phone which is on the same account im on has recently played completely normal but for some reason without question my recently played category on my pc isnt there anymore. Songs i...

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I wake up one day and my recently played list is completely blank. My phone which is on the same account im on has recently played completely normal but for some reason without question my recently p...

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Songs not showing up in Local Files Playlist

I have a playlist with all of my local files from my computer. However, when I go into the playlist on my phone, none of the songs are present. Any solutiosn?

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I have a playlist with all of my local files from my computer. However, when I go into the playlist on my phone, none of the songs are present. Any solutiosn?

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The Blue Bar o' Annoyance - "This song is not available. If you have the file... you can import it

This problem hasn't occured too many times. Maybe once every month, but nothing too crazy. I know my ins and outs, so I've done the Soft and Hard restarts; deleted Local Cache Files; turned off Local sources, shut don't Spotify, and turned it back on...

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This problem hasn't occured too many times. Maybe once every month, but nothing too crazy. I know my ins and outs, so I've done the Soft and Hard restarts; deleted Local Cache Files; turned off Local...

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Charts for Israel

Hello,So Spotify just (finally) aired in Israel around 12 hours ago... I've been getting myself to know around the application and its features - browsing different charts being one of them. Unfortunately, Israel isn't showing (not by "Top" nor by "V...

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Hello, So Spotify just (finally) aired in Israel around 12 hours ago... 🙂   I've been getting myself to know around the application and its features - browsing different charts being one of ...

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Desktop says I'm offline????

hey all-i can play Spotify on my IPhone with no problem. now i can't listen on my desktop. error code 4-no internet connection detected. which makes no sense because i'm at work and the internet is fine. i have been searching and searching for a solu...

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hey all-i can play Spotify on my IPhone with no problem. now i can't listen on my desktop. error code 4-no internet connection detected. which makes no sense because i'm at work and the internet is f...

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Songs Stop Playing When A Conflicting Software Program is Opened

I'm having a very odd problem with my Spotify desktop version. I am a premium subscriber using Windows 10 and whenever I open a certain program the music stops and the rest of the album cycles though without playing and I get an error message telling...

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I'm having a very odd problem with my Spotify desktop version. I am a premium subscriber using Windows 10 and whenever I open a certain program the music stops and the rest of the album cycles though...

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All offline downloaded songs have DISAPPEARED

Because I get easily distracted on the internet, I tend to disable the internet to get work done and only re-enable it when I need it. I disable it by physically opening up my laptop and removing the wireless card. Yesterday, after re-enabling the in...

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Because I get easily distracted on the internet, I tend to disable the internet to get work done and only re-enable it when I need it. I disable it by physically opening up my laptop and removing the...

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Menuepunkt "Browse > Konzerte" - Netzwerkfehlermeldung

Hallo zusammen, Spotify bietet ja die tolle Funktion, anstehende Konzerttermine anzuzeigen.Sobald ich nun in der Desktop-Version (Windows) unter Menuereiter "Browse" auf den Unterpunkt "Konzerte" klicke, erscheint eine Fehlermeldung, welche wie folgt...

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Hallo zusammen,   Spotify bietet ja die tolle Funktion, anstehende Konzerttermine anzuzeigen. Sobald ich nun in der Desktop-Version (Windows) unter Menuereiter "Browse" auf den...

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Music Recommendations

I'm posting this in the desktop section, but this also applies to the android app as well. It seems to just be an account issue. A few months back I listened to the album "Jimmy Carter Syndrom" by Jay Munly. I liked it and added a few songs from it t...

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I'm posting this in the desktop section, but this also applies to the android app as well. It seems to just be an account issue.   A few months back I listened to the album "Jimmy Carter Syndr...

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Search not working windows 10 12-8-2018

when i click on the search box it usually shows an icon saying search troughout spotify find songs artists etc, but now it shows my recent searches and when i type nothing comes up but recent searches. i already reinstalled spotify but it did nothing

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when i click on the search box it usually shows an icon saying search troughout spotify find songs artists etc, but now it shows my recent searches and when i type nothing comes up but recent searche...

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Superuser Contribution listening history

spotify keeps starting up with the same song which isnt the last song i played. Also the history on spotify is from about a week ago

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spotify keeps starting up with the same song which isnt the last song i played. Also the history on spotify is from about a week ago

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Solved!! Doesn't open minimized after loging into the computer

This function doesn't work for me, instead it opens in window mode no matter of settings. Have this problem on my both computers, tried reinstalling, clearing cache several times and it doesn't help. Both computers run win 10.

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This function doesn't work for me, instead it opens in window mode no matter of settings. Have this problem on my both computers, tried reinstalling, clearing cache several times and it doesn't help....

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Problemas con windows 10

Hola, tengo un problema que ya llevo mas de un mes tratando de solucionar, tengo mi cuenta sincronizada a mi tablet, laptop y celular, pero en mi laptop no puedo descargar ningun playlist, desde hace un mes que al agregar canciones a los playlist que...

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Hola, tengo un problema que ya llevo mas de un mes tratando de solucionar, tengo mi cuenta sincronizada a mi tablet, laptop y celular, pero en mi laptop no puedo descargar ningun playlist, desde hace...

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Multimedia keys stopped working

Hello everbody, how are you doing? I would like to report a problem. I use spotify at home and at work with two different computers and keyboards.Both computers are windows 7 64bits. After last spotify update (1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc), multimedia keys l...

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Hello everbody, how are you doing?   I would like to report a problem.   I use spotify at home and at work with two different computers and keyboards. Both computers are windows 7 64bi...

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Solved!! Crashing on startup

Spotify crashes as soon as I open it. I tried reinstalling it, and then it lets me login, but as soon as I'm logged in it crashes again. I tried using the windows 10 app, same result.One thing that I noticed is when I delete the cache or manually sto...

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Spotify crashes as soon as I open it. I tried reinstalling it, and then it lets me login, but as soon as I'm logged in it crashes again. I tried using the windows 10 app, same result. One thing that...

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Weird Spotify Logo and large memory drain

I've noticed a few weird things on my spotify. Firstly, the icon is now appearing weird with a thin green line besides the logo which kinda looks like how it would be if it is download some items. See attached. Also, it has 4 exes draining 400mb of m...

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I've noticed a few weird things on my spotify.   Firstly, the icon is now appearing weird with a thin green line besides the logo which kinda looks like how it would be if it is download some ...

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