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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 Crashes Windows 8.1

For the past 3 weeks now, if I have Spotify playing music in the background on my Windows 8.1 laptop, after a random time (could be one song, could be a half days worth), it will at some point freeze where it loops 1second of the song that was playin...

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For the past 3 weeks now, if I have Spotify playing music in the background on my Windows 8.1 laptop, after a random time (could be one song, could be a half days worth), it will at some point freeze...

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Delete button doesn't work

Since the last update I can't use my Delete button. It doesn't work in the Search box and same goes for the text box within my playlists.Further more when using CTRL + arrow (left/right) you usually move between words when in the textbox but now - du...

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Since the last update I can't use my Delete button. It doesn't work in the Search box and same goes for the text box within my playlists. Further more when using CTRL + arrow (left/right) you usuall...

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How to arrange all playlist in alphabetical order? not the tracks.

Would like to know if there is a way to organize all playlist in alphabetical order.Not the tracks in a playlist, but the playlists name's in order.

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Would like to know if there is a way to organize all playlist in alphabetical order. Not the tracks in a playlist, but the playlists name's in order.

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Dual monitor struggles

I have a problem. I use win 7 and two monitors. To have windows bar at the both of them a use program Dual Monitor.Before last update everything works well, but now i can't move open Spotify app to the second monitr. If I need open the Spotify, must ...

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I have a problem. I use win 7 and two monitors. To have windows bar at the both of them a use program Dual Monitor. Before last update everything works well, but now i can't move open Spotify app to...

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Solved!! Playlists gone

I accidentally disconnected my account from Facebook, and all my playlists disappeared. I reconnected to Facebook, but they're still gone. I tried going to the recover playlists page, which did work. Is there any way to get them back?

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I accidentally disconnected my account from Facebook, and all my playlists disappeared. I reconnected to Facebook, but they're still gone. I tried going to the recover playlists page, which did work....

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Shuffle on Collaborative Playlists

The shuffle feature for collaborative playlists sorts by which user added the track on the Android app and Windows desktop version for me. Shuffling the same playlist on my friend's iphone doesn't show this issue (we're the only two collaborators). A...

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The shuffle feature for collaborative playlists sorts by which user added the track on the Android app and Windows desktop version for me. Shuffling the same playlist on my friend's iphone doesn...

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Solved!! Can't search for music

I can play any music just fine but search doesn't work.No matter what I type in the searchbox it just shows my last searches (which doesn't update) but no results for the current search. On Windows 10 (1709) with version 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc

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I can play any music just fine but search doesn't work. No matter what I type in the searchbox it just shows my last searches (which doesn't update) but no results for the current search.   O...

tsjalling89

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Superuser Contribution Latest release breaks proxy support + minimize keyboard shortcut

I was just upgraded to 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc today. Since the upgrade, I'm now unable to connect to Spotify from my work PC which is behind a proxy that requires authentication. I've previously connected by specifying the proxy server host name on its...

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I was just upgraded to 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc today. Since the upgrade, I'm now unable to connect to Spotify from my work PC which is behind a proxy that requires authentication.   I've&nbs...

axeshr3dder

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How to add local file to IOS?

https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t34.0-12/28829548_10156313192011617_342186544_n.jpg?oh=948611846a957f99274f94cfa8e9a6c4&oe=5A9F5200 The same playlists shows nothing in my IPhone, how to fix this, thanks a lot.

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https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t34.0-12/28829548_10156313192011617_342186544_n.jpg?oh=948611846a957f99274f94cfa8e9a6c4&oe=5A9F5200   The same playlists shows nothing in my IPhone, ...

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Playlist dissapeared in windows desktop app

A colaborative playlist I've made appear on the web version of Spotify, but after I sign the premium, the playlist doesn't appear on desktop app. What can I do?

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A colaborative playlist I've made appear on the web version of Spotify, but after I sign the premium, the playlist doesn't appear on desktop app. What can I do?

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Dear Spotify it is 2018. Why is your Windows version still so sluggish?

Hello, my hardware is capable of running modern games with 120fps+ on fullHD. Ryzen 1700x paired with a GTX1080. Yet my computer is struggling to handle Spotify and dont tell me to delete cache files or remove some folders to scan because I already d...

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Hello,      my hardware is capable of running modern games with 120fps+ on fullHD. Ryzen 1700x paired with a GTX1080. Yet my computer is struggling to handle Spotify and dont tell m...

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Solved!! Start

I have an Argon stream2 streamer. I also have this PC, connected to the same network. Now I try to play spotify on the streamer. It has a place called "Spotify", so I went there, pressed the "select button". It now says "Waiting for users" and there ...

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I have an Argon stream2 streamer. I also have this PC, connected to the same network. Now I try to play spotify on the streamer. It has a place called "Spotify", so I went there, pressed the "select ...

Sebasty

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new spotify skin

hey i'm using Spotify version 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc . after the update , the skin of program looks weird and the window bar in the middle is gone (check attached pic).beside rolling back the update , are there anyways to change this?

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hey i'm using Spotify version 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc . after the update , the skin of program looks weird and the window bar in the middle is gone (check attached pic).beside rolling back the...

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Nueva tab en Chrome al usar teclas multimedia

Uso el cliente de escritorio en Windows 10, y cada vez que pauso o avanzo una cancion, estando con el Google Chrome en primer plano, se me abre una tab de Spotify Web, una por cada que presiono una tecla.O sea, avanzo 3 temas, me abre 3 tabs, si paus...

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Uso el cliente de escritorio en Windows 10, y cada vez que pauso o avanzo una cancion, estando con el Google Chrome en primer plano, se me abre una tab de Spotify Web, una por cada que presiono una t...

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Spotify plays music on its own.

Cant seem to find a costumer support? My spotify on my phone is playing music by itself. I can see on the recently played list, that it is not my music. Sometimes another device tries to change my playing device, an i have to overule it a couple of t...

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Cant seem to find a costumer support? My spotify on my phone is playing music by itself. I can see on the recently played list, that it is not my music. Sometimes another device tries to change my pl...

MattSuda

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Windows 7 desktop,spotify not responding

Hi, Im using free account on my windows 7 laptop, but i have constantly receiving "not responding" messages, and once im on spotify its not responding or is very slow (my internet speed is very high) also i have tried almost all sugestion from suppor...

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Hi, Im using free account on my windows 7 laptop, but i have constantly receiving "not responding" messages, and once im on spotify its not responding or is very slow (my internet speed is very high)...

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Search by year

I used to be able to search by year of album releasedate or by label with "search:2017" or "search:stiff". The label search option still works.. But what happend tot the search by date option? It's not working anymore?

Music Fan

I used to be able to search by year of album releasedate or by label with "search:2017" or "search:stiff". The label search option still works.. But what happend tot the search by date option? I...

anghy

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Can't play songs on Spotify that were on hard drive once on Windows 10

I have a problem with Spotify playing songs. Here is what happened, origianlly on my Windows 10 laptop I used to have both Spotify and iTunes. iTunes eventually stopped working for me because for whatever reason it locked me out of opening it. So now...

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I have a problem with Spotify playing songs. Here is what happened, origianlly on my Windows 10 laptop I used to have both Spotify and iTunes. iTunes eventually stopped working for me because for wha...

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Appli windows qui ne se lance pas

Bonjour a tous, je suis sous W8 et mon probleme est que mon appli ne se lance pas J'ai essaye de la desinstaller mais impossible, il ne se passe rien Avez-vous une idee de ce qui se passe ?tout fermer dans le gestionnaire des taches ne change rien, j...

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Bonjour a tous,  je suis sous W8 et mon probleme est que mon appli ne se lance pas  J'ai essaye de la desinstaller mais impossible, il ne se passe rien  Avez-vous une idee de ce qui...

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Compatibility issue with Spotify .75.483.g7ff4a0dc and DisplayFusion Pro

I use DisplayFusion Pro v9.1 to provide multimonitor wallpaper and taskbar support as well as window management features. It is the latter of which that is posing a problem with the new layout of the re-designed Spotify.One of the features DisplayFus...

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I use DisplayFusion Pro v9.1 to provide multimonitor wallpaper and taskbar support as well as window management features. It is the latter of which that is posing a problem with the new layout of the...

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