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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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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...

TheBrickSlayer

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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!

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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!...

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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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cant play songs on my pc (windows 10)

i used to be able to use spotify on my pc just fine but now every single songs gives me the "this song is not available" message, i already tried deleting the spotify locals folder and uninstalling spotify but it didnt work.and i can play songs in my...

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i used to be able to use spotify on my pc just fine but now every single songs gives me the "this song is not available" message, i already tried deleting the spotify locals folder and uninstall...

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Spotify suddenly stops playing music on my laptop

This happened to me today, i was listening music when it suddenly stopped playing it, then I click on the play button and after 10-25 seconds i stops again. What is this problem?

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This happened to me today, i was listening music when it suddenly stopped playing it, then I click on the play button and after 10-25 seconds i stops again. What is this problem?

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Bad language of adds

Hi, I have this problem I am in Czech Republic and I sitll keep getting German adds. Why ? And yes i have right country on my profile.

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Hi, I have this problem I am in Czech Republic and I sitll keep getting German adds. Why ? And yes i have right country on my profile. 

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Banner Ads Playing Sound Over Music

The advertisements which play between songs are fine. However, there has been at least one banner ad which has played sound while I was listening to music. That is unacceptable. I think it was a Tyson's ad. I don't have a problem with ads, per se, I ...

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The advertisements which play between songs are fine.  However, there has been at least one banner ad which has played sound while I was listening to music.  That is unacceptable.  I t...

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Is it okay if i took spotify twitter tags

Hi so I took @SpotifyEU and @SpotifyRU is that okay and i put them up for sale.

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Hi so I took @SpotifyEU and @SpotifyRU is that okay and i put them up for sale.

dhill0n232

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Spotify constantly loading

Hi, one day I clicked log all out on the Spotify website and when I try to load back in on the Spotify desktop app it just loads infinitely. Does anyone know a fix for this?

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Hi, one day I clicked log all out on the Spotify website and when I try to load back in on the Spotify desktop app it just loads infinitely. Does anyone know a fix for this?  

AtlantaG

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Spotify load only few playlist

Hi all, spotify load only few playlist, and the other stand "loading playlist" but nothing happen.I've already tryied to uninstall spotify but with no result. Thank you

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Hi all, spotify load only few playlist, and the other stand "loading playlist" but nothing happen. I've already tryied to uninstall spotify but with no result.   Thank you

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Web player using phone data

Dumb question: Why does my web player connect to my phone when I try to listen? How do I stop it from using my data?

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Dumb question:  Why does my web player connect to my phone when I try to listen?  How do I stop it from using my data?

TaraHow

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Spotify doesn't load up properly

When I attempt to open spotify on my computer a blank spotify window opens but it doesn't load past that visually. At the same time spotify begins emmitting a series of loud and annoying beeps and other noises until the program is closed. I've tried ...

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When I attempt to open spotify on my computer a blank spotify window opens but it doesn't load past that visually.   At the same time spotify begins emmitting a series of loud and annoying bee...

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Solved!! The visualization of the program is weird and greenish

Hello everybody!!...I have troubles with the visualization of the program, I've reinstalled the program several times. Te main issue is that the program looks greenish and the letter are blurred, I've attached a photo of that. If anyone knows how to ...

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Hello everybody!!... I have troubles with the visualization of the program, I've reinstalled the program several times. Te main issue is that the program looks greenish and the letter are blurred, I...

IguanaSetup

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Spotify does not log in at all since the start of 2018

No matter what I try I cant get spotify to work.Initially it refused to connect to the internet and stayed offline despite a perfect internet connection it always worked with before. after trying to log out and log in, It will now not log in at all. ...

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No matter what I try I cant get spotify to work. Initially it refused to connect to the internet and stayed offline despite a perfect internet connection it always worked with before.  after t...

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Bug: Queue not working

Hi! Since two updates ago, I cannot select what I am listening next... E.g. if I click on a daily mix, then I start listening to the first song, but when it finishes, it goes back to whatever I was listening before. I have to manually select any new ...

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Hi!   Since two updates ago, I cannot select what I am listening next... E.g. if I click on a daily mix, then I start listening to the first song, but when it finishes, it goes back to whateve...

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Why can't I see my feed friends?

Yesterday I noticed that, instead of my feed friends, I see "See what your friends are playing" but spotify allows me only to add new friends, without the possibility to see what are playing my friends. I don't know the names you can see on the right...

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Yesterday I noticed that, instead of my feed friends, I see "See what your friends are playing" but spotify allows me only to add new friends, without the possibility to see what are playing my frien...

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Solved!! Minimizing spotify changes sound for the worse. Dolby Audio related.

Hi I have been searching for a long time for a resolution for this problem. When "Dolby Audio" is enabled in Playback device properties, the sound is great when the spotify window is in focus. As soon as I minimize og change focus to another window, ...

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Hi   I have been searching for a long time for a resolution for this problem. When "Dolby Audio" is enabled in Playback device properties, the sound is great when the spotify window is in focu...

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SHUFFLE PLAY

I have a playlist with over 800 songs on it, but I hear the same songs over and over again as if shuffle play isn't even on. I've seen this topic be complained about for awhile now, when is it going to be fixed? Shuffle play **bleep**. iTunes shuffle...

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I have a playlist with over 800 songs on it, but I hear the same songs over and over again as if shuffle play isn't even on. I've seen this topic be complained about for awhile now, when is it going ...

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Solved!! Windows 10 app on phone

Hello everyone...anyone having trouble running Spotify on Wondows 10 app on phone, it works ok on surface pro ok, any idea's? thanks

Casual Listener

Hello everyone...anyone having trouble running Spotify on Wondows 10 app on phone, it works ok on surface pro ok, any idea's? thanks

apiecha

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