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Solved!! Disable the Mini-Player on the Web-Version

Hi GuysI switched on my Windows 10 from the Desktop-Version to the Browser-Version. It works, but now I get/see every time a Mini-Player in the left upper corner for about 5 seconds when I press Pause/Play or e.g. if I change the volume. How can I de...

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Solved!! Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"I have tried all t...

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Solved!! Disable Video on desktop app

There no X or way to close or stop a video on Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c

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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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[Desktop] Spotify freezes/irresponsive when local files locations are updated

Hi there I wanted to report problems with local files in Spotify. I've seen similar reports about issues, but I thought I'd add info about my situation. Spotify becomes unresponsive and/or freezes when folders are added/changed in "local files" via P...

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  Hi there   I wanted to report problems with local files in Spotify. I've seen similar reports about issues, but I thought I'd add info about my situation.   Spotify becomes unre...

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playlist image blank

I have a playlist on spotify but the cover image won't show up on my desktop or mobile version. i have multiple other playlists, some with my own imported images as a cover, and some tiled with the four first album images. i want the tiled album cove...

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I have a playlist on spotify but the cover image won't show up on my desktop or mobile version. i have multiple other playlists, some with my own imported images as a cover, and some tiled with the f...

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Imported Apple Music Playlists are Empty...

I just switched from Apple Music and I thought it succeeded in transferring all my playlists since there's a heading with "iTunes" and all my playlist titles imported to Spotify...but when I click on the playlists they all say "This playlist is curre...

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I just switched from Apple Music and I thought it succeeded in transferring all my playlists since there's a heading with "iTunes" and all my playlist titles imported to Spotify...but when I click on...

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Solved!! Dislike button has no effect on radio playlist

I'm noticing that songs that I've marked as disliked, keeps popping up again after a while. Shouldn't those songs that are marked as disliked, be avoided for all future in any or all radio playlists?

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I'm noticing that songs that I've marked as disliked, keeps popping up again after a while. Shouldn't those songs that are marked as disliked, be avoided for all future in any or all radio playlists?

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Spotify not saving the queue after restarting the PC

After restaring the PC and lauching Spotify it is playing a song that I listened to a long time ago and even has the entire album containing that song in the queue.

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After restaring the PC and lauching Spotify it is playing a song that I listened to a long time ago and even has the entire album containing that song in the queue.

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Spotify not saving current song/settings after shutdown

Whenever I shut down my pc while Spotify is open it doesn't save the current song, volume, etc. When I turn on the pc again, it goes back to the last time I manually closed the app.

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Whenever I shut down my pc while Spotify is open it doesn't save the current song, volume, etc. When I turn on the pc again, it goes back to the last time I manually closed the app.

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seeing what other's are listening without following them

Hello, do you think there is a way of seeing the song that someone's currently listening without following him?

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Hello, do you think there is a way of seeing the song that someone's currently listening without following him?

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Can't link Facebook

Hi! So on the right side of the Spotify there is a button where it says Find friends. Clicking that brings up a small window where it says Link Facebook. I tried to click it but it does nothing. There are no friend suggestions on the right side or an...

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Hi! So on the right side of the Spotify there is a button where it says Find friends. Clicking that brings up a small window where it says Link Facebook. I tried to click it but it does nothing. Ther...

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[BUG][WEB] Album cover art is disappearing after being clicked

I am using a free account on the Spotify web player using the current version of Google Chrome. For the past few days, when I return to an artist's main page (through the back button or otherwise) after selecting an album (by clicking on the cover ar...

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I am using a free account on the Spotify web player using the current version of Google Chrome.    For the past few days, when I return to an artist's main page (through the back button o...

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[Web Player] Album/Playlist disappearing after clicking on it

When I land in a Artist page and I click to a Album/Single to open the Album/Single page, and then I return back to the Artist page, the Album/Single I just clicked on disappear. Anyone with the same issue?Edit: I run Spotify Web Player from Opera 51...

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When I land in a Artist page and I click to a Album/Single to open the Album/Single page, and then I return back to the Artist page, the Album/Single I just clicked on disappear. Anyone with the same...

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Donde se guarda mi musica que descargo en la PC con Windows?

Hola, buenas noches. Queria preguntarles si no saben donde se guardan las musicas que descargo desde la pc??? Gracias!!

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Hola, buenas noches. Queria preguntarles si no saben donde se guardan las musicas que descargo desde la pc??? Gracias!!

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Spotify Connect cannot handle >100 playlists.

Hi!I'm having a huge issue with Spotify connect as it will only play the first 100 songs of any playlist that I play.no matter what OS you use, while playing spotify and using the connect function, it cannot shuffle more than 100 songs.The small play...

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Hi! I'm having a huge issue with Spotify connect as it will only play the first 100 songs of any playlist that I play. no matter what OS you use, while playing spotify and using the connect funct...

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Solved!! Won't play Offline on laptop (premium user)

Hi I'm a preimium user and I don't get why spotify doesnt play offline on my laptop

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Hi    I'm a preimium user and I don't get why spotify doesnt play offline on my laptop

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"Sorry, couldn't find it" links found while posting songs on Tumblr

Okay, turns out there's a new problem on Tumblr. Suddenly song links get the "sorry, can't find it" message. Tried every song and it just suddenly shows up like that. I don't know if that's a Spotify problem or not but it seems to be. I can log in ju...

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Okay, turns out there's a new problem on Tumblr. Suddenly song links get the "sorry, can't find it" message. Tried every song and it just suddenly shows up like that. I don't know if that's a Spotify...

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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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[Other] Samsung Gear Sport

I just downloaded a Spotify playlist of approx. 100 songs to my Gear Sport, but only the first 20 songs show up and play on the watch. Those 20 songs play great, but where are the other 80 and why can't I see or play them?

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I just downloaded a Spotify playlist of approx. 100 songs to my Gear Sport, but only the first 20 songs show up and play on the watch.  Those 20 songs play great, but where are the other 80 and ...

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Alt+left/right arrows behavior changed in latest update

In the latest update (I installed it maybe Tuesday 3/20?), I noticed that the alt+arrow key behavior changed, and not for the better. Now, when I'm typing in the search bar, and I make a mistake in a previous word, I press alt+left-arrow as I always ...

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In the latest update (I installed it maybe Tuesday 3/20?), I noticed that the alt+arrow key behavior changed, and not for the better.  Now, when I'm typing in the search bar, and I ma...

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Many unknown songs appear in my playlist ! why ?

There appear about 20 unknown songs in my songlist in the library. When i delete them, some days later they appear again. I deleted them for about 10 times but they reappear again and gain.

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There appear about 20 unknown songs in my songlist in the library. When i delete them, some days later they appear again. I deleted them for about 10 times but they reappear again and gain.

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Shuffle is broken on big playlists

When you have a lot of songs in a playlist, the shuffle function is clearly broken. If I sort my playlist on track title, only songs beginning with "0-B" as their first letter is played. When I sort on artist and enable shuffle, only tracks by artist...

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When you have a lot of songs in a playlist, the shuffle function is clearly broken. If I sort my playlist on track title, only songs beginning with "0-B" as their first letter is played. When I sort ...

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I lost a lot of important messeges

I understand that it is no longer cost efficient to keep the messeging app on Spotify, however, I would like a way to recover my messeges in some kind of file or an email or something like that. Is there a way that can happen?

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I understand that it is no longer cost efficient to keep the messeging app on Spotify, however, I would like a way to recover my messeges in some kind of file or an email or something like that. Is t...

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