Announcements

Help Wizard

Step 1

NEXT STEP

Desktop (Windows)

Discuss Spotify for Windows

Start a topic

Solved!! How to permanently turn off smart shuffle?

PlanPremiumCountryPolandOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just noticed that a new "smart shuffle mode" putting unwanted "smart recommendations" in my queue was added to my desktop app. How to turn it off permanently or at least make th...

Newbie

julianmensink

Newbie

81621 Views

40 replies

68 likes

  • 81621 Views
  • 40 replies
  • 68 likes

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...

Casual Listener

yfh

Visitor

779351 Views

503 replies

64 likes

  • 779351 Views
  • 503 replies
  • 64 likes

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

Newbie

EliJonny

Visitor

18894 Views

19 replies

5 likes

  • 18894 Views
  • 19 replies
  • 5 likes

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...

Moderator

2836 Views

0 replies

4 likes

  • 2836 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 4 likes

Is Spotify made by amateurs?

This is a question I seriously had to ask myself today after trying to recover a hacked account. I recently launched my spotify app and found that I was logged out. I tried to log back in and it woudn't let me so I thought maybe I will recover my acc...

Newbie

This is a question I seriously had to ask myself today after trying to recover a hacked account. I recently launched my spotify app and found that I was logged out. I tried to log back in and it woud...

322 Views

0 replies

0 likes

  • 322 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

Spotify works on every other device except for desktop, including connecting to website

As of late Spotify has been offline on my desktop app.I attempted to reinstall but when I went to spotify.com it said connection timeout. I checked my Windows Firewall, nothing blocked, even made another inbound and outbound rule to allow connections...

Casual Listener

As of late Spotify has been offline on my desktop app. I attempted to reinstall but when I went to spotify.com it said connection timeout. I checked my Windows Firewall, nothing blocked, even made a...

jusTobi

Regular

1101 Views

6 replies

0 likes

  • 1101 Views
  • 6 replies
  • 0 likes

play.spotify.com link doesn't open in the desktop app

If you press on a play.spotify.com link, it doens't open inside the spotify app, it opens in your web browser (e.g. google chrome).There's no way to change the setting. This fix doesn't work anymore: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Mac-old/C...

Casual Listener

If you press on a play.spotify.com link, it doens't open inside the spotify app, it opens in your web browser (e.g. google chrome). There's no way to change the setting.   This fix doesn...

Blue02

Casual Listener

1001 Views

1 replies

1 likes

  • 1001 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 1 likes

Installation Path randomness?

So I had this issue for a while now and figured i'd aks here if any other folks have the same problems. After I installed Spotify I just Cut the Spotify Folder from C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming and paste it on to my Data Drive D:\ . At this point Sp...

Casual Listener

So I had this issue for a while now and figured i'd aks here if any other folks have the same problems.   After I installed Spotify I just Cut the Spotify Folder from C:\Users\User\AppDat...

Vreak

Casual Listener

746 Views

1 replies

0 likes

  • 746 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

why do i have to open spotify twice on pc

Does anyone know why I have to open Spotify twice to get it to work?I'm running Windows 10 and Spotify premium.Each time I load up Spotify it brings up the screen but the menu, search, friends pane only come up when I shut it down and open again.

Newbie

Does anyone know why I have to open Spotify twice to get it to work? I'm running Windows 10 and Spotify premium. Each time I load up Spotify it brings up the screen but the menu, search, friends pa...

570 Views

0 replies

2 likes

  • 570 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 2 likes

Songs Screen just links to browse

Hy, when I click on Songs in the Windows client it doesn't show my songs, but just a message that I can find playlists with the 'Browse' Link.The image below shows how my 'Songs' page looks like.I am running the newest version. What can I do?

Casual Listener

Hy, when I click on Songs in the Windows client it doesn't show my songs, but just a message that I can find playlists with the 'Browse' Link. The image below shows how my 'Songs' page looks like. ...

267 Views

0 replies

0 likes

  • 267 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

Issues With Local Files

I recently was rearranging my music in my local files and it appears to have messed it up completely. I have one song that I cannot remove from my library even though the song no longer exists at all on my computer, and I have one album that I do hav...

Newbie

I recently was rearranging my music in my local files and it appears to have messed it up completely. I have one song that I cannot remove from my library even though the song no longer exists at all...

285 Views

0 replies

0 likes

  • 285 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

spotify stops resizing properly once zoomed out

After zooming out to the last 2 stages it stops resizing properly. I can force it if i change my zoom mode but . as soon as i go beyond zoom lvl 2 it starts this. I tried to disable hardware acc no change.have a Nvidia 970gtx and 378.66 but it happen...

Regular

After zooming out to the last 2 stages it stops resizing properly. I can force it if i change my zoom mode but . as soon as i go beyond zoom lvl 2 it starts this.  I tried to disable hardware a...

nb87

Newbie

1511 Views

3 replies

0 likes

Windows
  • 1511 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 likes

CUT THE COOOOOORD

Please, please lower the volume on the Shinedown ad. I usually keep my music at a moderate volume, so it is unpleasant that every few minutes I get to hear an ear-piercing CUT THE COOOOOOOOORDDDD!!!!No one needs an advertisement that loud. Even the F...

Newbie

Please, please lower the volume on the Shinedown ad. I usually keep my music at a moderate volume, so it is unpleasant that every few minutes I get to hear an ear-piercing    CUT THE COOO...

264 Views

0 replies

0 likes

  • 264 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

Severe sound issues

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...

Visitor

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 ...

Sebasty

Community Legend

575 Views

3 replies

0 likes

  • 575 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 likes

spotify keeps pauzing itself

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..

Casual Listener

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...

scaldinio

Casual Listener

824 Views

2 replies

0 likes

  • 824 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 likes

download to mp3

Hi everyone , i'm not allowed to have a phone in my workplace but i can have an mp3 . How do I go about downloading my playlists to an mp3 if i'm a premium member. thanks for any help

Newbie

Hi everyone , i'm not allowed to have a phone in my workplace but i can have an mp3 . How do I go about downloading my playlists to an mp3 if i'm a premium member. thanks for any help

IguanaSetup

Community Legend

8558 Views

1 replies

0 likes

  • 8558 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

settings are gone

So I just joined Spotify today, and I found my favorite songs, but they are a different version. I wanted my favorite version and could not find it.Everyone is talking about a settings area to import 'local files' but I cant find these settings. Afte...

Visitor

So I just joined Spotify today, and I found my favorite songs, but they are a different version. I wanted my favorite version and could not find it. Everyone is talking about a settings area to impo...

273 Views

0 replies

0 likes

  • 273 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

Full screen cropped

I use windows 10, with 2 monitors, one vertical and one horizontalwhen using spotify on the vertical monitor, sometimes it does full screen, other times it's cropped verticallyI tried to set the veritcal one and the horizontal one as my primary scree...

Newbie

I use windows 10, with 2 monitors, one vertical and one horizontal when using spotify on the vertical monitor, sometimes it does full screen, other times it's cropped vertically I tried to set ...

557 Views

0 replies

0 likes

  • 557 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

Superuser Contribution Spotify not working unless I have the computer hooked to my secondary monitor.

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...

Newbie

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...

Leonardo

Roadie

526 Views

1 replies

0 likes

  • 526 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

Solved!! Como controlar Spotify con las teclas multimedia del teclado

Buenas; Tengo Windows 10, uso la app de escritorio de toda la vida y, además, tengo Spotify Premium. Hace tiempo podía controlar Spotify con las teclas multimedia de mi teclado sin tener que abrir la aplicación, pero desde hace tiempo que ya no puedo...

Regular

Buenas;   Tengo Windows 10, uso la app de escritorio de toda la vida y, además, tengo Spotify Premium.    Hace tiempo podía controlar Spotify con las teclas multimedia de mi teclad...

cadmielp

Roadie

24874 Views

5 replies

1 likes

  • 24874 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 1 likes

Solved!! Problem with songs search engine

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!

Casual Listener

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...

noguomannocry

Casual Listener

1007 Views

2 replies

0 likes

  • 1007 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 likes

Is it possible to create a playlist from a list of song url's?

Hi,I have a text file with 1500 song urls. Like this:https://open.spotify.com/track/5kMKx1ohvu9tuRjVjoVPxXhttps://open.spotify.com/track/06zh28PcYIFvNOAz5Wq2Xb...is there an easy way to make a playlist out of it?

Newbie

Hi, I have a text file with 1500 song urls. Like this: https://open.spotify.com/track/5kMKx1ohvu9tuRjVjoVPxX https://open.spotify.com/track/06zh28PcYIFvNOAz5Wq2Xb ... is there an easy way to mak...

mxnxn

Regular

5948 Views

1 replies

1 likes

  • 5948 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 1 likes

spotify for windows 10 error

After a windows 10 update, Spotify wont work. Error comes up: "the application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b) ...". Tried re-install. Not a techy person!Please help.Hilda.

Newbie

After a windows 10 update, Spotify wont work. Error comes up: "the application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b) ...".  Tried re-install.  Not a techy person! Please help. Hild...

jusTobi

Regular

2230 Views

1 replies

0 likes

  • 2230 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

Sorry, there's nothing here

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?

Casual Listener

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?

CHR15G

Newbie

1573 Views

4 replies

0 likes

  • 1573 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 0 likes