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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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Full Chromecast Audio support in Spotify Desktop App

Hi there!I'm known with the issue that you cannot directly cast from the Spotify Dekstop App to the Chromecast Audio. I know the solution is to handle this via the Spotify app on your mobile device or via the spotify web app. But is Spotify currently...

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Hi there! I'm known with the issue that you cannot directly cast from the Spotify Dekstop App to the Chromecast Audio. I know the solution is to handle this via the Spotify app on your mobile device...

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Recently played artists not showing up on profile

This is happening to me and a friend, we can both see our own recently played artists but not each others (only public playlists). However we can both see a third friends recently played artists. I've tried enabling and disabling show top artists and...

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This is happening to me and a friend, we can both see our own recently played artists but not each others (only public playlists). However we can both see a third friends recently played artists. I'v...

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Album covers not displaying

Hi all, I have uninstalled and reinstalled and am still not getting the Album Covers to display on my screen. All i get is those music symbols but no image. I understand that their has been an update in the system and it should be fixed, however I st...

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Hi all,   I have uninstalled and reinstalled and am still not getting the Album Covers to display on my screen. All i get is those music symbols but no image.  I understand that their ...

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My band in "related artists" of some other band

Hi! I have a question about "Related Artists" tab in Spotify.I'm helping to manage couple of small bands. My artists are very small and the albums were uploaded to streaming services just recently, so I'm not surprised, that they don't have a "Relate...

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Hi! I have a question about "Related Artists" tab in Spotify. I'm helping to manage couple of small bands. My artists are very small and the albums were uploaded to streaming services just recentl...

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Add songs in quantity in a playlist

Hello everyone, I wanted to know if there is any way to pass all my music from the song section to a playlist without having to do it one by one? An example would be when you want to delete all your mails and you have the option to select all. Regard...

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Hello everyone, I wanted to know if there is any way to pass all my music from the song section to a playlist without having to do it one by one? An example would be when you want to delete all your ...

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Error 404 on advertisement

hello, I use spotify on pc and on some pubs the reading does not launch (the ad) and when we click on the image that redirects us to the site with a 404 error and it blocks the application, I must restart it to zap the ad. I already empty the cache b...

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hello, I use spotify on pc and on some pubs the reading does not launch (the ad) and when we click on the image that redirects us to the site with a 404 error and it blocks the application, I must re...

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Spotify won't uninstall

I use Windows 7 and am trying uninstall Spotify. Already tried usingg the traditional way and even iniciating the computer on secure mode, but nothing works. What the **bleep** shoul I do?

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I use Windows 7 and am trying uninstall Spotify. Already tried usingg the traditional way and even iniciating the computer on secure mode, but nothing works. What the **bleep** shoul I do?

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Solved!! Option to not play Explicit songs

There are other posts asking for the same thing, but I just want to lobby for Spotify to create an option to 'not play explicit songs'. I love listening to Spotify's suggestions for me, New Music Friday, Release Radar, Discover Weekly, etc., but I'm ...

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There are other posts asking for the same thing, but I just want to lobby for Spotify to create an option to 'not play explicit songs'. I love listening to Spotify's suggestions for me, New Music Fri...

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Playlists Missing - New Computer, Same Account

I just installed Spotify on a new computer and logged in with my account but all of my playlists are missing. I tried to restore them but the Spotify website says I haven't deleted any. Not sure how to recover them?

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I just installed Spotify on a new computer and logged in with my account but all of my playlists are missing. I tried to restore them but the Spotify website says I haven't deleted any. Not sure how ...

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local files show up and play on desktop but neither on iphone

local files imported to spotify desktop fine, but they wont synch to my iphone. ive tried deleting and redownloading both apps, changing my wifi to private settings, making a playlist on desktop and making it availiable offline, and turning off the f...

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local files imported to spotify desktop fine, but they wont synch to my iphone. ive tried deleting and redownloading both apps, changing my wifi to private settings, making a playlist on desktop and ...

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Solved!! Not able to add song to specific playlist

In spotify desktop, when I try to add a Song to a specific playlist, I only get a few playlists displayed to choose from. Not all of them. But in my library all of my playlists are visible.

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In spotify desktop, when I try to add a Song to a specific playlist, I only get a few playlists displayed to choose from. Not all of them. But in my library all of my playlists are visible. 

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"dissapear"

Spotify closes but doesnt really close if that makes sense. It is visible but when I press on something in spotify it doesn't register on spotify but instead the app behind it. So if I had facebook up and tabs to spotify, everywhere I want to press r...

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Spotify closes but doesnt really close if that makes sense. It is visible but when I press on something in spotify it doesn't register on spotify but instead the app behind it. So if I had facebook u...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify won't even start up (acting like image)

Hello everyone, I've been having a very frusturating past few days with my spotify on my computer. It's the only thing I have an issue with. When I click on the Spotify icon on my desktop it acts like an image. No loading, no pop ups nothing. It's li...

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Hello everyone, I've been having a very frusturating past few days with my spotify on my computer. It's the only thing I have an issue with. When I click on the Spotify icon on my desktop it acts lik...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify pause/stop in game?

Hello, is here any option how to pause/stop spotify when Iam in the game? Thank you.

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Hello, is here any option how to pause/stop spotify when Iam in the game?  Thank you.

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Probleme de lecture des musique : "Cette chanson n'est pas disponible, etc ...."

Bonjour, apres avoir lu un tas de conseils sur la communaute spotify et tente les choses suivantes : - Desinstallation et reinstallation de l'exe de spotify- Redemarrage de "Windows Audio"- Desactiver et Activer l'Acceleration Materielle- Redemarrer ...

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Bonjour,   apres avoir lu un tas de conseils sur la communaute spotify et tente les choses suivantes :   - Desinstallation et reinstallation de l'exe de spotify - Redemarrage de "Windo...

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Playlist don't show up when trying to add a song

Brief description of the issue: When trying to add a song to one of my playlists I select the folder in which my playlists are but it only shows 3 lists while I have 19Steps to reproduce the issue:First I did this: Started the spotify app and searche...

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Brief description of the issue: When trying to add a song to one of my playlists I select the folder in which my playlists are but it only shows 3 lists while I have 19 Steps to reproduce the issue:...

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Superuser Contribution Search for songs by year doesn't work

I'm trying to search for songs from a specific year, using the search string year:1992I used 1992 as an example.But I get no results. Neither on an updated Spotify on two different PCs or my android phone. The weird thing is that for example genre:ja...

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I'm trying to search for songs from a specific year, using the search string   year:1992 I used 1992 as an example. But I get no results. Neither on an updated Spotify on two different P...

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No sound from only spotify

Hi,I use the spotify application for windows (not the windows 10 version).Since yesterday, no sound comes from spotify, yet I hear the other applications of my computers. I've tried :- Re-Install Spotify- Check my drivers- Unplug and reconnect my hea...

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Hi, I use the spotify application for windows (not the windows 10 version). Since yesterday, no sound comes from spotify, yet I hear the other applications of my computers.   I've tried...

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Superuser Contribution Cannot login to desktop player

My computer recently moved to a new site. I am connected to wifi, but when I try to login to desktop player, nothing happens. I enter my username and password, but nothing happens after - it doesn't say login failed or anything. I uninstalled and rei...

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My computer recently moved to a new site. I am connected to wifi, but when I try to login to desktop player, nothing happens. I enter my username and password, but nothing happens after - it doesn't ...

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Superuser Contribution I just bought premium to try and fix an issue but it still occurs.

Every time I listen on the desktop app, the songs start to cut out every couples seconds after about 5 minutes of listening. It doesn't do this when i'm watching movies or youtube videos, so it's not my headphones. I'm on Windows 10. My internet conn...

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Every time I listen on the desktop app, the songs start to cut out every couples seconds after about 5 minutes of listening. It doesn't do this when i'm watching movies or youtube videos, so it's not...

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