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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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MattSuda

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changer artist by country

I do not want to see these national artists anymore, it's not my taste that **bleep** of sertanejo and anita, there's no way I can change that? I want to hear artists from another country.

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I do not want to see these national artists anymore, it's not my taste that **bleep** of sertanejo and anita, there's no way I can change that? I want to hear artists from another country. 

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No audio coming out of the desktop app

So the past two days spotify on the desktop app no sound has been coming out of it. Yet if I play music through the web player works just fine. It used to only not play music if I were to switch from my phone to my computer, too fix it all I would do...

Casual Listener

So the past two days spotify on the desktop app no sound has been coming out of it. Yet if I play music through the web player works just fine. It used to only not play music if I were to switch from...

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Solved!! Song randomly pauses

Hi, I'm using the Spotify app for Windows 7 with Premium and when I'm listening to music it randomly pauses. I need to hit play to keep it playing.I've tried a full clean reinstall, I've logged out of all devices and relogged into my account on PC ag...

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Hi, I'm using the Spotify app for Windows 7 with Premium and when I'm listening to music it randomly pauses. I need to hit play to keep it playing. I've tried a full clean reinstall, I've logged out...

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Editing Title Info on "Local Files."

I just downloaded the free version of Spotify. Afterward I imported all my songs from my computer over to the Local Files. When several came over, their info was wrong & therefore don't show up accurately in the playlist. Is there anyway to edit sond...

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I just downloaded the free version of Spotify. Afterward I imported all my songs from my computer over to the Local Files. When several came over, their info was wrong & therefore don't show up a...

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Error code 4. No internet

First it refused to start in anything apart from offline mode. Then i loged out. Now i can't even log back on. Logged out everywhere. Re-installed. Tried google dns. Tried flushing my own dns. **bleep** am i supposed to do?I'm not paying 15 euros a m...

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First it refused to start in anything apart from offline mode. Then i loged out. Now i can't even log back on. Logged out everywhere. Re-installed. Tried google dns. Tried flushing my own dns. **blee...

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Playlist's songs ain't sorted by date added from other's perspective?

I've been listening to my own playlist in a date ascending order for years now. And I've just realized that such organization setting doesn't enforce to people visiting my playlist, so the songs on the top of my list are the oldest ones I've added. I...

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I've been listening to my own playlist in a date ascending order for years now. And I've just realized that such organization setting doesn't enforce to people visiting my playlist, so the ...

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No Music?

I go to play one of my playlist off of my laptop but when it starts it, all it does is go through play the song for less then a sec (minus the sound) and then skip to the next until it reaches the end of the playlist and then it stops

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I go to play one of my playlist off of my laptop but when it starts it, all it does is go through play the song for less then a sec (minus the sound) and then skip to the next until it reaches the en...

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Solved!! My friends activity feed disappeared

I can't see my friends activity feed, it disappeared today, help

Gig Goer

I can't see my friends activity feed, it disappeared today, help 😞

kegl1

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No internet connection in spotify

Hi Community, I have 3 android phones and two desktop computers on my LAN and none of them can connect to spotify. I have full internet connection otherwise. I can get spotify to work in some situations as shown below, still it is very frustrating wh...

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Hi Community,   I have 3 android phones and two desktop computers on my LAN and none of them can connect to spotify. I have full internet connection otherwise. I can get spotify to work in som...

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Problem with local files

Hello, I can't explain it properly, but I'll try my best.. The problem is that some songs turn into songs from my local files. For example Post Malone - I Fall Apart has changed into my local file; "Post Malone - I Fall Apart (Andrey Azizov Chill Rem...

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Hello,   I can't explain it properly, but I'll try my best..   The problem is that some songs turn into songs from my local files. For example Post Malone - I Fall Apart has changed int...

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volume changes on desktop app

On my desktop app, the volume and the quality lowers/weakens when Spotify isn't my active window.If I click to another application, the volume lowers and I lose the "richness" of the song; lose the base and mid, like it's being played without the bas...

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On my desktop app, the volume and the quality lowers/weakens when Spotify isn't my active window. If I click to another application, the volume lowers and I lose the "richness" of the song; los...

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Last update problem with playlist covers (Feb 2018)

Hi there! I can´t change any playlist cover since last update. Why Spotify, why????

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Hi there! I can´t change any playlist cover since last update. Why Spotify, why????

mermarga

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Solved!! Explain the queue/up next features to me

I have a question. Imagine a scenario: I am listening to a song/album.I have several other songs/albums in my queue which I wish to listen to next.I want to add a song/album to the end of that existing queue.Right now, when I use "add to queue" on th...

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I have a question. Imagine a scenario:   I am listening to a song/album. I have several other songs/albums in my queue which I wish to listen to next. I want to add a song/album to the end ...

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I can't see the activity of my friends all day

i dislike this update, because i can't see all activities of my friends in the day, only show me 2 hours ago... any option to see all day friends activities like before?

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i dislike this update, because i can't see all activities of my friends in the day, only show me 2 hours ago... any option to see all day friends activities like before?

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Solved!! Spotify nickname

So on spotify program my account name is normal but on the website or discord my spotify nickname is just random letters and numbers. Need a fix!

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So on spotify program my account name is normal but on the website or discord my spotify nickname is just random letters and numbers. Need a fix!

IguanaSetup

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Facebook/profile picture/question

If you are already logged into Facebook, will it not let you change the profile picture?

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If you are already logged into Facebook, will it not let you change the profile picture?

Sebasty

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Border when having spotify on one half of my screen. Picture in post.

This is what is happening and I have no idea how it happend or what is causing it. I like to have discord on one half and spotify on the other but there is a border around the spotify client which deicded to appear. If there is a way to fix it please...

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This is what is happening and I have no idea how it happend or what is causing it. I like to have discord on one half and spotify on the other but there is a border around the spotify client which de...

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My deleted playlist still showing up on my profile

Hello, So I deleted a playlist of my music today and it is still showing on my profile. I don't know if it is a glitch or not.Here are some screenshots of the error.Please help me! Thanks!

Music Fan

Hello,    So I deleted a playlist of my music today and it is still showing on my profile. I don't know if it is a glitch or not. Here are some screenshots of the error. Please help me!...

Jaelan

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Distortion viewable on Correlation Meter

I searched along for a similar problem, but the most answers where, that the music pieces where distorted mixed.Im Mixing Engineer and on a Correlation Meter you can see that so much songs are distorted. I made a comparison to the similar songs on De...

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I searched along for a similar problem, but the most answers where, that the music pieces where distorted mixed. Im Mixing Engineer and on a Correlation Meter you can see that so much songs are dist...

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