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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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Superuser Contribution Random music change

Hello,I have a big problem with Spotify. Sometimes it just changes my music to a random one. I know that if the playlist is over, random musics gonna appear, but it's just like someone else using my account. Because the music is still playing, and al...

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Hello, I have a big problem with Spotify. Sometimes it just changes my music to a random one. I know that if the playlist is over, random musics gonna appear, but it's just like someone else using m...

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Superuser Contribution Changing countries, drop down menu

HiI signed up with Spotify while I was in Canada, and now I have moved to South Africa. When I went to change my Country settings, I see that the only option I have in the drop down menu is USA... why? I am not using a VPN... why arent there more cou...

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Hi I signed up with Spotify while I was in Canada, and now I have moved to South Africa. When I went to change my Country settings, I see that the only option I have in the drop down menu is USA... ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify won't even start up (acting like image)

Hello everyone, I've been having a very frusturating past few days with my spotify on my computer. It's the only thing I have an issue with. When I click on the Spotify icon on my desktop it acts like an image. No loading, no pop ups nothing. It's li...

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Hello everyone, I've been having a very frusturating past few days with my spotify on my computer. It's the only thing I have an issue with. When I click on the Spotify icon on my desktop it acts lik...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify pause/stop in game?

Hello, is here any option how to pause/stop spotify when Iam in the game? Thank you.

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Hello, is here any option how to pause/stop spotify when Iam in the game?  Thank you.

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Solved!! Can't log in to my account.

Hey! I've had this problem for 2-3 days where i can't log into my account. I've tried logging in via Facebook but then nothing happens. When i try to log in normally (as seen in the picture i added) It just stands still forever (I've tried waiting fo...

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Hey! I've had this problem for 2-3 days where i can't log into my account. I've tried logging in via Facebook but then nothing happens. When i try to log in normally (as seen in the picture i added) ...

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Solved!! spotify stopped working

constantly says "cannot play song". i am a free user at the moment. have been a premium user but when i had to get a new debit card the payment failed.havent renewed yet.i first tried restarting th app.next my pc. ran anti-virus and malware remover. ...

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constantly says "cannot play song". i am a free user at the moment. have been a premium user but when i had to get a new debit card the payment failed.havent renewed yet.i first tried restarting th a...

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Re order playlists

I can no longer re order my playlists by just clicking and dragging, or any other method I could think of. Was this ability removed?

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I can no longer re order my playlists by just clicking and dragging, or any other method I could think of. Was this ability removed?

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Local File don't sync on my iPhone

Hi i tried to sync my local file from my pc to my iPhone,I add them to spotify and then to a playlist, but when I go on the iPhone (connected at the same wifi) the playlist is empty and when I add some songs that are on Spotify they appear istantlySo...

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Hi i tried to sync my local file from my pc to my iPhone, I add them to spotify and then to a playlist, but when I go on the iPhone (connected at the same wifi) the playlist is empty and when I add ...

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Songs disappeared from my library

All the songs in my library have disappeared. I tried logging out and back in, checked on my Android app, and also referenced https://open.spotify.com/collection/tracks but they're gone. Is there any way to get them back?

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All the songs in my library have disappeared. I tried logging out and back in, checked on my Android app, and also referenced https://open.spotify.com/collection/tracks but they're gone. Is ther...

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Bad display of artists on the start bar

When album has more than one author, Spotify on the application button ('Start' bar in Windows) displays only the first one: E.g. album: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant - No Quarter ( spotify:album:5A0uMtidm2F9js5NHMozM9 https://i.imgur.com/e7oqlyZ.png Jimm...

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When album has more than one author, Spotify on the application button ('Start' bar in Windows) displays only the first one: E.g. album: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant - No Quarter ( spotify:album:5A0uMtid...

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Retrieving local files on desktop app

Hi I recently followed this procedure to delete my local files on my laptop delete "local-files.bnk"and now I need them back but they won't play on my laptop (they are synced to my phone) I've updated my preferences so that the files in the right loc...

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Hi I recently followed this procedure to delete my local files on my laptop    delete "local-files.bnk" and now I need them back but they won't play on my laptop (they are synced to my...

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Wenn ich die Enter Taste druecke wird der naechsten Song gespielt

Hab seit kurzen neue PC mit Windows 10, immer wenn ich jetzt Spotify offen habe und die Enter Taste druecke, geht Spotify immer zum naechsten Song, wie kann ich das aus stellen?

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Hab seit kurzen neue PC mit Windows 10, immer wenn ich jetzt Spotify offen habe und die Enter Taste druecke, geht Spotify immer zum naechsten Song, wie kann ich das aus stellen? 

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Windows Volume Bar Spotify, Like button addition

The Volume part in windows that shows spotify should show a like and dislike as shown below. Would be a helpful feature instead of having to alt tab out of stuff to get to it.

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The Volume part in windows that shows spotify should show a like and dislike as shown below. Would be a helpful feature instead of having to alt tab out of stuff to get to it. 

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Advert and e-mails received in bad language

I'm speaking french. My settings are on french. I'm located in french speaking country.And I receive all in dutch ???E-mails in dutch, adverts in Window desktop application in dutch, clips in dutch.How to correct that?

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I'm speaking french. My settings are on french. I'm located in french speaking country. And I receive all in dutch ??? E-mails in dutch, adverts in Window desktop application in dutch, clips in dut...

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Spotify plays only select songs from playlist

Anytime I use my work computer and listen to a playlist, It will only play about 50 of the 1,000+ songs I have on the playlist. And once it has gone through the 50 or so songs, it just stops and will not let me play anything else.

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Anytime I use my work computer and listen to a playlist, It will only play about 50 of the 1,000+ songs I have on the playlist. And once it has gone through the 50 or so songs, it just stops and will...

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Navigating back from an "About" page loads the whole artist discography

This is not a critical bug but still kinda annoying so i thought i should report it. Here is how to reproduce it:- Navigate to an Artists page from a playlist or similar- Go to the "About" section - Click "Read more" to expand bio and description- Cl...

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This is not a critical bug but still kinda annoying so i thought i should report it.    Here is how to reproduce it: - Navigate to an Artists page from a playlist or similar - Go to the...

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Is Spotify hiding Metal artists?

A funny thing I discovered whilst searching for Industrial Metal artists for my playlist that's free of any weak -cyber metal... And that includes dealing with obscure bands, hoping to find them on Spotify. More miss than a hit type of thing : ) For ...

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A funny thing I discovered whilst searching for Industrial Metal artists for my playlist that's free of any weak -cyber metal... And that includes dealing with obscure bands, hoping to find them on S...

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Volume lowers automatically?

I have Windows 10, and when I play spotify the volume lowers on its own even when i try to put the volume back up every so often, I've tried to get into my settings to fix whatever it is that needs fixed or turned on/off....but i cant even find my se...

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I have Windows 10, and when I play spotify the volume lowers on its own even when i try to put the volume back up every so often,   I've tried to get into my settings to fix whatever it is tha...

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Solved!! Can't search for music

I can play any music just fine but search doesn't work.No matter what I type in the searchbox it just shows my last searches (which doesn't update) but no results for the current search. On Windows 10 (1709) with version 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc

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I can play any music just fine but search doesn't work. No matter what I type in the searchbox it just shows my last searches (which doesn't update) but no results for the current search.   O...

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