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[Troubleshooting] Windows

Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide to help get things working again. What to try first Perform a soft reset (generally rebooting the device will suffice). If that doesn’t help, try a clean reinstall. Be sure to l...

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FAQ: Spotify for Windows 10 app

Hey folks, we've outlined some of the common questions you might have about the Windows 10 app now available. Please post in this board if you have any other questions. Q: Why can’t I see Spotify in the Windows 10 store? A: Spotify for Windows store ...

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Albums and playlists keep restarting

For the last month or so, my albums and playlists have been randomly restarting, sometimes after as little as one song. This never happens in the middle of the song, but usually what will happen is that after a song in the middle of the album finishe...

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  • For the last month or so, my albums and playlists have been randomly restarting, sometimes after as little as one song. This never happens in the middle of the song, but usually what will happen is t...
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Solved!! open.spotify.com content won't play through spotify premium app

I was searching for content with google and found many albums that couldn't be found through the search function of the app that came with my premium memberships. The premium app works well with content found through it. I tried Chrome, Firefox and E...

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  • I was searching for content with google and found many albums that couldn't be found through the search function of the app that came with my premium memberships. The premium app works well with cont...
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All Music Deleted

I've been a Spotify Premium user for 2-3 years, with one account. Yesterday, while I was in the middle of using the app on my iphone, I was logged out and when I logged back in every single song and playlist I'd made had been deleted. I'm hoping ther...

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  • I've been a Spotify Premium user for 2-3 years, with one account.  Yesterday, while I was in the middle of using the app on my iphone, I was logged out and when I logged back in every single son...
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Solved!! Converting local MP3 playlists to Spotify playlists?

Hi From the "old days" I have some MP3 music files on my computer, from which I'd like to create a matching Spotify playlist, so I could delete the local MP3 files and use only Spotify. Is this technically possible somehow? For example in WinAmp you ...

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  • Hi   From the "old days" I have some MP3 music files on my computer, from which I'd like to create a matching Spotify playlist, so I could delete the local MP3 files and use only Spotify. Is t...
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Solved!! What is a good alternative to Spotify ?

I've been using Spotify for years, both on my PC and on my different mobile phones, paying a Premium subscription every month, but how they could force upon us this "new" unfinished piece of crap is beyond me o.O So, just out of general principle, I'...

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  • I've been using Spotify for years, both on my PC and on my different mobile phones, paying a Premium subscription every month, but how they could force upon us this "new" unfinished piece of crap is ...
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Win10: Spotify stops, when screensaver starts

Hi there,Spotify stops when my screensaver starts. How can I fix this without deactivating the Screensaver. Thx 4 help- Tobi

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  • Hi there, Spotify stops when my screensaver starts. How can I fix this without deactivating the Screensaver. Thx 4 help - Tobi
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Windows 10 Freezing after starting Spotify.

Hello,It's been a while since I've experienced this problem.I've already seen that many people has this same problem.So, let's explain what's happening.My laptop has Windows 10. And it completely freezes after starting Spotify I tried everything. Cle...

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  • Hello, It's been a while since I've experienced  this problem. I've already seen that many people has this same problem.So, let's explain what's happening. My laptop has Windows 10. And it co...
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Spotify is now working on Windows 10

My pc is windows 10 (build number 16299.15) it's not working. and get freeze the striming. even spotify web player. but my Mac spotify is working very well. no freeze but only windows 10 have freeze in the striming even i disable the hardware accelat...

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  • My pc is windows 10 (build number 16299.15) it's not working. and get freeze the striming. even spotify web player. but my Mac spotify is working very well. no freeze but only windows 10 have freeze ...
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extremly slow downloading of app

hi ! been having trouble installing spotify on my pc. its really taking a long time. dunno what is up. im on 50mbps fiber connection by the way and it says it will take nearly an hour to finished downloading.

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  • hi ! been having trouble installing spotify on my pc. its really taking a long time. dunno what is up. im on 50mbps fiber connection by the way and it says it will take nearly an hour to finished dow...
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I can't control the volume from Spotify connected to my chromecast in Windows 10? On my previous device (Gramofon) there was a volume control so it must be possible

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  • I can't control the volume from Spotify connected to my chromecast in Windows 10?   On my previous device (Gramofon) there was a volume control so it must be possible 
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Spotify causes BSOD (Eats RAM)

Hello, For the past 3 or 4 months i have had bluescreens 1 - 3 times per day. I have tried all kinds of things that you would try obviously, changeing hardware,drivers,sleepless nights, yaddayadda. And i came up with a top 3 suspects,(Reason ive star...

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  • Hello, For the past 3 or 4 months i have had bluescreens 1 - 3 times per day. I have tried all kinds of things that you would try obviously, changeing hardware,drivers,sleepless nights, yaddayadda. A...
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When you want add a song to your playlist, it's limited.

In the last update of the windows app, when you try to add some song to your playlist, on the list you can see just a few items and you can't add the song to a playlist that you want. It was work well but in the latest update, this stopped working we...

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  • In the last update of the windows app, when you try to add some song to your playlist, on the list you can see just a few items and you can't add the song to a playlist that you want. It was wor...
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Solved!! How can I keep this from automatically starting up??

I just installed this and it starts up automatically and i would rather it not, because it also does not shut down when i am trying to close my computer. how do i do this???? thankis

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  • I just installed this and it starts up automatically and i would rather it not, because it also does not shut down when i am trying to close my computer.  how do i do this????  thankis
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Unable to sign in through Facebook on Spotify desktop app (Windows Vista)

It was working well up until a few days ago. I accidentally signed out and it hasn't let me sign back in since. I've tried rebooting the PC, which is Windows Vista, and reinstalling the current version of Spotify. Spotify works fine on my iPhone and ...

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  • It was working well up until a few days ago. I accidentally signed out and it hasn't let me sign back in since. I've tried rebooting the PC, which is Windows Vista, and reinstalling the current versi...
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cannot start or uninstall Spotify on Windows 7 64

I am running Windows 7 64 bit on two different computers and after some updates I found I was unable to open Spotify or uninstall it. In both cases, simply nothing happens. I tried uninstalling using control panel>>uninstall program, and using CMD or...

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  • I am running Windows 7 64 bit on two different computers and after some updates I found I was unable to open Spotify or uninstall it. In both cases, simply nothing happens. I tried uninstalling using...
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Solved!! Multiple Issues After Windows 10 Update

Hi, After a recent Windows 10 update, noticed immediately that the Spotify Icon went blank (Just a Green Box - No Icon) - It also appears the same in Apps on the Start Menu. Now its nowhere to be found on the pc, not in "Find", Explorer, Appdata/Roam...

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  • Hi,    After a recent Windows 10 update, noticed immediately that the Spotify Icon went blank (Just a Green Box - No Icon) - It also appears the same in Apps on the Start Menu. &nbs...
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Spotify App Keeps Freezing My Computer

Pretty self-explanatory. The Spotify app on my desktop (Windows 10) keeps freezing my computer, every time I try to use it (I've had to use the web player now). I tried uninstalling Spotify, and reinstalling, but that didn't fix it. Can someone help,...

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  • Pretty self-explanatory.  The Spotify app on my desktop (Windows 10) keeps freezing my computer, every time I try to use it (I've had to use the web player now).   I tried uninstalling Sp...
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some songs in playlist are greyed out (won't play) on work computer, but not on home computer.

Some songs in playlist on work computer are greyed out (won't play), but are not greyed out and WILL play on home computer. Hint, I work in the same country as I live in... not regional!What is this all about?

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  • Some songs in playlist on work computer are greyed out (won't play), but are not greyed out and WILL play on home computer. Hint, I work in the same country as I live in... not regional! What is thi...
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