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Discuss Spotify for Windows
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hello i noted this icon https://prnt.sc/igsl6r today. Is someone knows what indicates. Thanks.
Hello i noted this icon https://prnt.sc/igsl6r today. Is someone knows what indicates. Thanks.
Roadie
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Hey folks,I am new to Spotify Premium. Previously I had my self-maintained collection of music, where I have been using ReplayGain (Album Gain, not Track Gain) to compensate volume differences between albums.Now I wonder, what exactly the "Same volum...
Hey folks, I am new to Spotify Premium. Previously I had my self-maintained collection of music, where I have been using ReplayGain (Album Gain, not Track Gain) to compensate volume differences betw...
Music Fan
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I use iTunes to manage my music library, but I import my playlists into Spotify to listen from there. I've been doing this fine for quite a while. This week however, when I added new music to iTunes and tried to import the new playlists, the option w...
I use iTunes to manage my music library, but I import my playlists into Spotify to listen from there. I've been doing this fine for quite a while. This week however, when I added new music to iTunes ...
Newbie
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My top recommendations for you is not updating nor is my discover weekly playlist. My Top Recomendations has not updated for about 2 weeks, and my discover weekly hasn;t for one week. What can I do?
My top recommendations for you is not updating nor is my discover weekly playlist. My Top Recomendations has not updated for about 2 weeks, and my discover weekly hasn;t for one week. What can I do?
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It would'nt let me play anything because it said I was offline, so I restarted my computer and that did not work. Then I logged out, and it would let me put my information in, but wouldn't log me in. So then, I reinstalled the app and it still will n...
It would'nt let me play anything because it said I was offline, so I restarted my computer and that did not work. Then I logged out, and it would let me put my information in, but wouldn't log me in....
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I tried adding my music library located in C:/Users/name/OneDrive/Music as a local files source. However, nothing appears in the Local Files page on the Spotify app. I noticed if I copy an album from there into C:/Users/name/Music, and then add that ...
I tried adding my music library located in C:/Users/name/OneDrive/Music as a local files source. However, nothing appears in the Local Files page on the Spotify app. I noticed if I copy an a...
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Hi, I have installed Spotify version 1.0.74.380.g1fcff12aI in Windows 10 and whenever I switch from Spotify window to any other window (for example: chrome), volume starts to decrease automatically. So, whenever Spotify window is not active, the volu...
Hi, I have installed Spotify version 1.0.74.380.g1fcff12aI in Windows 10 and whenever I switch from Spotify window to any other window (for example: chrome), volume starts to decrease au...
Community Legend
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See image. Spotify can be seen in the task manager so IT IS running and I can play/pause/skip tracks with my media keys but Spotify is no where to be found in the taskbar nor the notification area. I have to force close Spotify via the task manager t...
See image. Spotify can be seen in the task manager so IT IS running and I can play/pause/skip tracks with my media keys but Spotify is no where to be found in the taskbar nor the notification area. I...
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Whenever I move the Spotify window to my 4th monitor and scale it, maximize or full screen the window the now playing bar disappears. Here's what it looks like: https://gyazo.com/28cc1feaaed1a8705ffe3bb2069f8e6cDoesn't happen on any of my other monit...
Whenever I move the Spotify window to my 4th monitor and scale it, maximize or full screen the window the now playing bar disappears. Here's what it looks like: https://gyazo.com/28cc1f...
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I know there are a couple of posts about this error on startup and I have attemptd to follow the solutions, however I am never able to remove Spotify to do a clean install. Task manager shows two versions of spotiyI can remove one - but when i try an...
I know there are a couple of posts about this error on startup and I have attemptd to follow the solutions, however I am never able to remove Spotify to do a clean install. Task manage...
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Bonjour, Voila, j'ecoute souvent les "Decouverte de la semaine" et parfois j'aime bien donc je cree une playlist mais j'aimerais savoir a quoi sers l'option "creer une playlist similaire" elle est toujours grise chez moi donc je m'amuse a ajouter une...
Bonjour, Voila, j'ecoute souvent les "Decouverte de la semaine" et parfois j'aime bien donc je cree une playlist mais j'aimerais savoir a quoi sers l'option "creer une playlist similaire" e...
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I've had this issue for a long time now. If I have an artist's page up, click on a song title within an album, then try to use the arrow keys to navigate, some bizarre things happen... Keying down moves the selection to the next song fine until you r...
I've had this issue for a long time now. If I have an artist's page up, click on a song title within an album, then try to use the arrow keys to navigate, some bizarre things happen... &nbs...
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My playlists will sometimes disappear and will be replaced with random foreign ones, have I been hacked or is this a spotify issue? It is really annoying to have to always recover them and is a big concern to me as well.
My playlists will sometimes disappear and will be replaced with random foreign ones, have I been hacked or is this a spotify issue? It is really annoying to have to always recover them and is a big c...
Community Legend
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I hate the shuffle button so much. I got a playlist 339 songs and all it wants to do is play one artist. I want to have Avenged Sevenfold on my playlist, but when I put Avenged Sevenfold songs on the playlist that's the only thing it wants to play. I...
I hate the shuffle button so much. I got a playlist 339 songs and all it wants to do is play one artist. I want to have Avenged Sevenfold on my playlist, but when I put Avenged Sevenfold songs on the...
Composer
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I have a playlist that shows up in my library in the iPhone app, the title is still there and correct but it no longer shows the number of songs or created by underneath, and when I click on it in my iPhone it just has the 3 dots like it's waiting, w...
I have a playlist that shows up in my library in the iPhone app, the title is still there and correct but it no longer shows the number of songs or created by underneath, and when I click on it in my...
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Every time I try to play a song that I have starred, I get this message: "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it". Not even 10 minutes ago, all the songs were playing perfectly fine. I've tried uninstallin...
Every time I try to play a song that I have starred, I get this message: "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it". Not even 10 minutes ago, all the songs ...
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Hello, I need help with my spotify, I am using a window 10. My app will always open by themself when my laptop is turn on, Please help
Hello, I need help with my spotify, I am using a window 10. My app will always open by themself when my laptop is turn on, Please help
Regular
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hey community.i just have a simple question: i have moved my local music from my notebook to an external harddrive.now i have the problem, there are 2600 songs in my local musik inside spotify desktop app but i cannot play them because they are moved...
hey community. i just have a simple question: i have moved my local music from my notebook to an external harddrive. now i have the problem, there are 2600 songs in my local musik in...
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Hi, i know that this topic already exists but there is no solution i found helpfulmy qeue is being autofilled automatically, i tried to delete it, added some songs manually, but nothing worked, i can´t listen to music i want, even skip the songs in q...
Hi, i know that this topic already exists but there is no solution i found helpful my qeue is being autofilled automatically, i tried to delete it, added some songs manually, but nothing worked, i c...
Community Legend
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Hey there! I've had this problem since I first downloaded spotify a few months ago. My problem is that Spotify struggles to update. I'm pretty sure it doesn't try at all. The popup with the update information appears, but it takes over 4 hours to upd...
Hey there! I've had this problem since I first downloaded spotify a few months ago. My problem is that Spotify struggles to update. I'm pretty sure it doesn't try at all. The popup with the update in...
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