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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...
Hi, I've been subbed to Spotify for quite a while and I've reached close to 800 songs in one of my main playlist. I've realised that recently when i add a song into the playlist, it doesnt appear there unless i copy paste the entire playlist from 'So...
Hi, I've been subbed to Spotify for quite a while and I've reached close to 800 songs in one of my main playlist. I've realised that recently when i add a song into the playlist, it doesnt appear the...
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My music keeps pausing at exactly every 30 seconds after i press play. I already logged out of everywhere twice and uninstalled the app on my computer and still nothing. Please help ;( i just wanna listen to music ;(((( thanks guys.
My music keeps pausing at exactly every 30 seconds after i press play. I already logged out of everywhere twice and uninstalled the app on my computer and still nothing. Please help ;( i just wanna l...
Roadie
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I want to import the soundtrack for a game I recently bought, we were here too. Upon setting up the local files so the songs appear, the tracks won't play. I reinstall Spotify and try again. Still nothing. Other local files and other game OSTs still ...
I want to import the soundtrack for a game I recently bought, we were here too. Upon setting up the local files so the songs appear, the tracks won't play. I reinstall Spotify and try ...
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I know nothing about what you can upload really; What I mean is can you upload something that isn't anything official but just something you made?
I know nothing about what you can upload really; What I mean is can you upload something that isn't anything official but just something you made?
Newbie
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When I hear music with my laptop speaker it works well - but when I stick it into my normal soundsystem (ISY - with AUX) it doesn't play since almost 1 week. When I put the aux cable out - it plays like ever. What happend?(I have an extern sound adap...
When I hear music with my laptop speaker it works well - but when I stick it into my normal soundsystem (ISY - with AUX) it doesn't play since almost 1 week. When I put the aux cable out - it plays l...
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Spotify keeps repeatedly pausing songs after 20-30 seconds later i start playing one this happens to me both on my Huawei P8 Lite Phone and my Desktop PC i am very frustrated by this because its really annoying. And yes i did log off from all devices...
Spotify keeps repeatedly pausing songs after 20-30 seconds later i start playing one this happens to me both on my Huawei P8 Lite Phone and my Desktop PC i am very frustrated by this because its real...
Casual Listener
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Hi,Sorry for my english, I can't do searches in spotify with my laptor. When I want to find any song, the searcher don't do anything... The autocomplete does not work either. I don't know what I can do. Thanks!
Hi, Sorry for my english, I can't do searches in spotify with my laptor. When I want to find any song, the searcher don't do anything... The autocomplete does not work either. I don't know what I ca...
Casual Listener
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hey can someone help?when i play a song wichever song it just keeps pauzing itself after a few secondstried to change password and everything just in case someone is using my accbut it keeps on doing this..
hey can someone help? when i play a song wichever song it just keeps pauzing itself after a few seconds tried to change password and everything just in case someone is using my acc but it keeps on...
Casual Listener
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For approximately a week now Spotify has been pausing my songs, skipping songs midway and changing albums to some weird music i've never touched before. It keeps changing album every two minutes.
For approximately a week now Spotify has been pausing my songs, skipping songs midway and changing albums to some weird music i've never touched before. It keeps changing album every two minutes.
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Windows Phone does not work Browse. Showing "Sorry, there's nothing here". Why is it?It is a mistake or Windows phones will no longer Spotify?
Windows Phone does not work Browse. Showing "Sorry, there's nothing here". Why is it? It is a mistake or Windows phones will no longer Spotify?
Newbie
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Dear Sir/Madam, I hope you can help, I’m at my wits end! If I am playing Spotify desktop it distorts playback audio crackling, it buzzes and distorts, stutters playback. I have updated all drivers and updated Spotify and even applied a new sound card...
Dear Sir/Madam, I hope you can help, I’m at my wits end! If I am playing Spotify desktop it distorts playback audio crackling, it buzzes and distorts, stutters playback. I have updated ...
Community Legend
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How do I keep songs strictly in a playlist, but not have them play in my library?
How do I keep songs strictly in a playlist, but not have them play in my library?
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I want to change my Spotify password. Yes I know my current password, but whenever I try to reset my password with this link it says "This **bleep** should not be blank. This **bleep** should not be blank." why does this happen and what is the cause ...
I want to change my Spotify password. Yes I know my current password, but whenever I try to reset my password with this link it says "This **bleep** should not be blank. This **bleep** shou...
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Hello,Having a weird issue with Spotify not playing songs. I have premium and I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling and nothing helps. When my laptop is NOT connected to anything, I press play on any song and I get the error: "This song is unava...
Hello, Having a weird issue with Spotify not playing songs. I have premium and I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling and nothing helps. When my laptop is NOT connected to anything, I press play...
Roadie
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ok basically i have listen to a song on my phone but when i want to listen to it on my computer it says its not available, why is that?
ok basically i have listen to a song on my phone but when i want to listen to it on my computer it says its not available, why is that?
Casual Listener
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So I have a Google Home Mini device connected to my Spotify Account. The speaker is in the kitchen and my PC is in my home office. My wife would start a playlist (from my account) using the speaker, but if I was listening to music on my PC, it would ...
So I have a Google Home Mini device connected to my Spotify Account. The speaker is in the kitchen and my PC is in my home office. My wife would start a playlist (from my account) us...
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Most competent software programs allow the user to control wether or not to auto-load on start-up. I thought I checked this type of feature off before but now I can't find it and this **bleep** thing keeps loading up every time I start my computer!!!...
Most competent software programs allow the user to control wether or not to auto-load on start-up. I thought I checked this type of feature off before but now I can't find it and this **bleep** thing...
Spotify Star
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So I just made my Spotify account through the website and my username shows up as random letters and numbers. I checked in the android app and it looks the same as in the website. I didn't login to Facebook or anything, I used my email.Is there any w...
So I just made my Spotify account through the website and my username shows up as random letters and numbers. I checked in the android app and it looks the same as in the website. I didn't login to F...
Newbie
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Again Spotify just changed the Cache Folder to C:\ which by the way is a joke, its 2018 noone uses C:\ on a win-pc as data store....As soon as i change the folder to my old one with more than 20GB data Spotify just deletes my whole cache and doesn't ...
Again Spotify just changed the Cache Folder to C:\ which by the way is a joke, its 2018 noone uses C:\ on a win-pc as data store.... As soon as i change the folder to my old one with more than 20GB ...
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last week I was working on my local files area. Each song I would click on Album and choose the song and add it to Songs in my Library. (I did this so when I didn't have my external drive plugged in I would have the song still available in Songs in m...
last week I was working on my local files area. Each song I would click on Album and choose the song and add it to Songs in my Library. (I did this so when I didn't have my external drive plugged in ...
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