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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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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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Toolbar Icon Stuck Loading

Hi there, The Spotify toolbar icon in Windows 7 seems to be stuck loading (little green bar on the left). It remains like this even after restarting my computer. It does not seem to affect performance in other ways but may be indicative of a bug and ...

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Hi there,   The Spotify toolbar icon in Windows 7 seems to be stuck loading (little green bar on the left). It remains like this even after restarting my computer. It does not seem to affect p...

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It's hard to add a song to a playlist

Hi guys, I simply can not add a song to one of my playlists by without a lot of hassle. I have around 40 playlists, but Right Click / Add To Playlist shows only twelve of them (some of them folders). Also the playlists not listed in the right click m...

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Hi guys,     I simply can not add a song to one of my playlists by without a lot of hassle.   I have around 40 playlists, but Right Click / Add To Playlist shows only twelve of th...

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Superuser Contribution Friends who listen to an artist gone?

Hi there, Spotify used to show which of my friends had recently listened to an artist on that artist's page, in both the Windows desktop app and the iPhone app. I found this really useful, if, for example, I was trying to recruit people to go to a co...

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Hi there,    Spotify used to show which of my friends had recently listened to an artist on that artist's page, in both the Windows desktop app and the iPhone app. I found this really use...

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[Win10] Desktop app ignores multi display taskbar settings

Since the most recent update (yesterday, I believe) the desktop app ignores my taskbar settings. I've set the taskbar to display programs only on the taskbar of the screen they are opened on. Spotify stopped adhering to that yesterday and is shown on...

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Since the most recent update (yesterday, I believe) the desktop app ignores my taskbar settings. I've set the taskbar to display programs only on the taskbar of the screen they are opened on. Spotify...

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[Desktop] Add new tracks to playlists (Bug)

Hello, I believe there's a bug on the Windows application for adding new items to playlists, when there are a lot of them. Indeed the drop-down menu doesn't list all the playlists made and it's impossible to manually click&drag the item to the ones t...

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Hello,   I believe there's a bug on the Windows application for adding new items to playlists, when there are a lot of them. Indeed the drop-down menu doesn't list all the playlists made ...

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Superuser Contribution re-arrange tracks within a playlist on a PC

Hi This is driving me nuts. I am trying to re-arrange the order of tracks within a saved playlist on a computer (NOT Phone). The tabs at the top are not ticked or highligthed. They will just not move , its a new window 10 laptop , i have tried it in ...

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Hi    This is driving me nuts.   I am trying to re-arrange the order of tracks within a saved playlist on a computer (NOT Phone). The tabs at the top are not ticked or highligthed....

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How do I, or when, will this horrible design change be removed?

It, subjectively looks bad (especially the border you get between the close button on the right and the rest of the window) and it is, objectively, slower.This probably came from the same idea that Windows 8 came from, to make it better with tablets ...

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It, subjectively looks bad (especially the border you get between the close button on the right and the rest of the window) and it is, objectively, slower. This probably came from the same idea th...

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Not able to play songs on windows 10 desktop.

Hi, I was able to play songs on spotify until yesterday but now its giving this error "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." I really enjoy using spotify on my dell laptop but for some reason the above ...

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Hi,    I was able to play songs on spotify until yesterday but now its giving this error "This song is not available. If you have the file on  your computer you can import it." I rea...

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Solved!! Spotify starts automatically

I have searched through the forum without finding a solution so I am starting a new thread to check if anyone has a solution to my problem. I have Windows 10 installed.I have Spotify 1.0.75 installed.I have a free account. I have set Open Spotify aut...

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I have searched through the forum without finding a solution so I am starting a new thread to check if anyone has a solution to my problem.   I have Windows 10 installed. I have Spotify 1.0.7...

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How do I see how many streams a certain song is getting daily, instead of all time?

I'd like to know how many streams a certain song is getting each day. I know that I can see how many streams the song has had all time but I want a daily update on the increase. For example, I'd like to see how many streams Daya's "New" is getting on...

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I'd like to know how many streams a certain song is getting each day. I know that I can see how many streams the song has had all time but I want a daily update on the increase. For example, I'd like...

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Solved!! How Can I Change My Name on Spotify? (Not Username)

I've looked around the spotify community for the answer to this question, and I know that you can't change your username on spotify. But I don't care about that, because my username is some random string of letters and numbers that doesn't show up on...

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I've looked around the spotify community for the answer to this question, and I know that you can't change your username on spotify. But I don't care about that, because my username is some random st...

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Solved!! Spotify is gonna buy me new speakers

Hello, In the overview section I see this playlist 'It's lit'. In the discription Spotify tells me to blow up my speakers with the music. I'm sorry?! But this is not how you talk to customers. I'm not gonna blow up my speakers because you want me to ...

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Hello,   In the overview section I see this playlist 'It's lit'. In the discription Spotify tells me to blow up my speakers  with the music. I'm sorry?! But this is not how you talk to cu...

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Can't find Import from iTunes button on 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc

Hi, I want to import my playlists but in this version there's no "Import button". What should I do?

Music Fan

Hi, I want to import my playlists but in this version there's no "Import button". What should I do?

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Release Notes/Changelog

How is there still no consolidated place for notes like these? I'm using Android and Windows. Seems like Spotify keeps changing things every week but I don't have any idea what changed except for seeing my UI shuffled around with no real changes of s...

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How is there still no consolidated place for notes like these? I'm using Android and Windows.  Seems like Spotify keeps changing things every week but I don't have any idea what changed except ...

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Why is the search function disabled for old Spotify versions since a few weeks?

Hey, I'm using an old version of Spotify because I don't like the "newer" look. Until a few weeks everything was working fine, but now the search function only works for local songs and songs in subscribed playlists. I`ve tested different accounts an...

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Hey,   I'm using an old version of Spotify because I don't like the "newer" look. Until a few weeks everything was working fine, but now the search function only works for local songs and song...

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Non riesco a visualizzare i miei brani

Di punto in bianco non riesco a visualizzare l'elenco di brani salvati nella mia libreria, ma solamente le mie playlist. Le canzoni ci sono, su cellulare android riesco a visualizzare tutto ma sul pc mi esce questa schermata e non riesco a toglierla....

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Di punto in bianco non riesco a visualizzare l'elenco di brani salvati nella mia libreria, ma solamente le mie playlist. Le canzoni ci sono, su cellulare android riesco a visualizzare tutto ma s...

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Superuser Contribution WIN 8.1 version crashes seconds after hitting play.

I've tried a 'clean reinstall' but the problem still exists; I can launch spotify, click around on account and settings, but as soon as I hit play on anything, it counts to about 0:04 while not playing any sound, freezes, and closes with no explinati...

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I've tried a 'clean reinstall' but the problem still exists; I can launch spotify, click around on account and settings, but as soon as I hit play on anything, it counts to about 0:04 while not playi...

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