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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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Friend feed doesn't show.

The right side field of my desktop screen usually showing what added friends play or played last, stopped working today. I'm very fond of this function and hoping it'll be back real soon I wonder. Is there something I can do about this issue? Likewis...

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The right side field of my desktop screen usually showing what added friends play or played last, stopped working today. I'm very fond of this function and hoping it'll be back real soon I wonder. Is...

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Can't see the activity feed of the people I follow

I used to be able to see what the friends I follow were listening to.Now I have this "see what your friends are playing" bar on the right and can't see what my friends are listening to anymore.Can anyone help?

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I used to be able to see what the friends I follow were listening to. Now I have this "see what your friends are playing" bar on the right and can't see what my friends are listening to anymore. Ca...

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What is new in 1.0.73.345.g6c9971ef?

Spotify just updated to 1.0.73.345.g6c9971ef. Where is the change log?

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Spotify just updated to 1.0.73.345.g6c9971ef.   Where is the change log?

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Friends activity problem

So i have this problem that i cannot see my frends' activity. It says 'see what your friends listen to' and 'find friends' but i already have people i follow, i always saw them and today they just disappeared. I see a bunch of random people listening...

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So i have  this problem that i cannot see my frends' activity. It says 'see what your friends listen to' and 'find friends' but i already have people i follow, i always saw them a...

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Selecting "Everywhere" device stops music on PC

I have multiple Echo devices that work well playing simultaniously using the "Everywhere" device. I want to include my PC in the everywhere group. How can I manage which devices are in my everywhere group? Can I create another group and select device...

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I have multiple Echo devices that work well playing simultaniously using the "Everywhere" device.  I want to include my PC in the everywhere group.  How can I manage which devices are in my...

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Spotify finds chromecast when wifi is off

I have my laptop in flight mode (with wi-fi and bluetooth turned off). Still Spotify is able to connect to a nearby Chromecast which I have connected to with my phone earlier. Is Spotify overriding my system settings or is my Windows 10 settings not ...

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I have my laptop in flight mode (with wi-fi and bluetooth turned off). Still Spotify is able to connect to a nearby Chromecast which I have connected to with my phone earlier. Is Spotify overriding m...

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Friends Activity only partially displaying

Opened up Spotify today, and I noticed that my friends activity is only showing what friends are currently listening to. Before today it used to show what all friends had been recently listening to. Even friends who hadn't listened in a few days. I'v...

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Opened up Spotify today, and I noticed that my friends activity is only showing what friends are currently listening to. Before today it used to show what all friends had been recently listening to. ...

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Friend Feed Now Facebook Only?

My friends and family are no longer visible in the Friend feed. When I try to restore them using the Find Friends button, it asks me to connect to Facebook. Neither I nor members of my family have Facebook accounts so how do I get them back into my f...

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My friends and family are no longer visible in the Friend feed. When I try to restore them using the Find Friends button, it asks me to connect to Facebook. Neither I nor members of my family have Fa...

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Like lots of people; Spotify keeps loading on startup. Windows 10

I've reinstalled from the website and the store.I've deleted spotify with CCleaner and another program that also deletes all the left overs. Put all the settings i could find to "dont start" Pleas do something about it. Lots of people seem to have it...

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I've reinstalled from the website and the store. I've deleted spotify with CCleaner and another program that also deletes all the left overs.    Put all the settings i could find to "don...

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Some songs play on phone but not desktop

I have noticed that some albums won't play on my computer. For example, I can get most Radiohead albums to play but if I try to play anything from Kid A it says "this song is not available." I can stream it on my phone just fine, but if I select my p...

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I have noticed that some albums won't play on my computer. For example, I can get most Radiohead albums to play but if I try to play anything from Kid A it says "this song is not available." I can st...

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Spotify not load

Hello, I logged out of my account spotify on pc windows 10 and since when I launch the application, there is an infinite loading and impossible to connect me (blocked on the loading), I reinstalled the application more of 5 times and always the same ...

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Hello, I logged out of my account spotify on pc windows 10 and since when I launch the application, there is an infinite loading and impossible to connect me (blocked on the loading), I reinstalled t...

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Discover Weekly Playlist

My Discover Weekly playlist was AMAZING, and I downloaded it (apparently) - but the songs aren't showing up on my "songs" list - is there any way that I can recover this playlist from the week of 1/21 - 1/28? I'm so bummed, and not sure what happened...

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My Discover Weekly playlist was AMAZING, and I downloaded it (apparently) - but the songs aren't showing up on my "songs" list - is there any way that I can recover this playlist from the week of 1/2...

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Weird Alphabetical Sorting Issue

So I like to keep my song list organized alphabetically by artist. Before adding songs from The 1975's album from 2016, I had no issues. However, a very strange issue occurs when I add any more than 1 song from the album to my song list- despite bein...

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So I like to keep my song list organized alphabetically by artist.  Before adding songs from The 1975's album from 2016, I had no issues.  However, a very strange issue occurs when I add an...

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Cortana Not Responsive to Playing Certain Songs

Hi Everyone, I like playing music with Spotify most on my Cortana Harmon Kardon Invoke; it just sounds better than my Google Home and Amazon Echo, but...Cortana does a inconsistent job of understanding what songs I wish to play. While on Google Home ...

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Hi Everyone,   I like playing music with Spotify most on my Cortana Harmon Kardon Invoke; it just sounds better than my Google Home and Amazon Echo, but...Cortana does a inconsistent job of un...

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Spotify sound lower

If i 'close' spotify, the sound automatically goes lower and I don't want that and Spotify never did that. If i open spotify again, the sound is normal again. Help (Maybe its bad english)

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If i 'close' spotify, the sound automatically goes lower and I don't want that and Spotify never did that. If i open spotify again, the sound is normal again. Help (Maybe its bad english)

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Clipping windows to the side leaving blank area

Hello, I've observed a visual issue, when I tried to clip a window to the right side of the screen (Windows 10), there is a blank area left around the window, where we can see in the background. Spotify window "thinks" that it's clipped on the side a...

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Hello, I've observed a visual issue, when I tried to clip a window to the right side of the screen (Windows 10), there is a blank area left around the window, where we can see in the background. Spot...

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Desktop app keeps restarting

The desktop app opens and closes without prompting every 10 seconds. Any ideas on how to fix it?

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The desktop app opens and closes without prompting every 10 seconds.  Any ideas on how to fix it?

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Playlist created from local files saved with Spotify native files [edited]

Hi there, On my computer I have a playlist of mp3 files created for a party years ago. I would like to import and search automatically for the titles, and create a playlist containing Spotify files only. Is this possible? Does anybody know a workarou...

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Hi there,  On my computer I have a playlist of mp3 files created for a party years ago. I would like to import and search automatically for the titles, and create a playlist containing Spotif...

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Spotify autostarts and can't figure out why

Yes, this problem again and this happens in my work desktop, where specially don't want to it start when I log in.Yes, the advanced setting on automatically start is off ( or "No)(!).I can't find it in task manager (windows 10) start-up page. Nothing...

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Yes, this problem again and this happens in my work desktop, where specially don't want to it start when I log in. Yes, the advanced setting on automatically start is off ( or "No)(!). I can't find...

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Spotify App on Windows will not connect to internet

I use Spotify almost every day on my phone and laptop. For some reason, the app on my laptop just randomly stopped connecting to the internet. I can still use it on my phone, and the web player. This is only specific to the program on my laptop. Wifi...

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I use Spotify almost every day on my phone and laptop. For some reason, the app on my laptop just randomly stopped connecting to the internet. I can still use it on my phone, and the web player. This...

phan_times

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