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Discuss Spotify for Windows
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...
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...
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...
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...
Some of my oldest playlists (2013) just won't play at all. The songs will play if I goto album and play them from there but they won't play in the playlist at all. Pressing "play" at the top of that playlist or on the left side of each song will only...
Some of my oldest playlists (2013) just won't play at all. The songs will play if I goto album and play them from there but they won't play in the playlist at all. Pressing "play" at the to...
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Since the most recent update, I can only add songs to the most recent playlists I've created but not older ones. If I use the right-click drop down list, it only shows my most recent playlists and does not allow me to add to older ones.
Since the most recent update, I can only add songs to the most recent playlists I've created but not older ones. If I use the right-click drop down list, it only shows my most recent playlists and do...
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When I want to listen to a playlist on my computer, the music automatically scrolls without what is read, can you help me?
When I want to listen to a playlist on my computer, the music automatically scrolls without what is read, can you help me?
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I have had spotify for a couple of months and downloaded practically all my music onto it and it worked perfectly fine. Now it's started to buffer and glitch whenever a song gets to around a minuet. I made sure it was nothing to do with my device by ...
I have had spotify for a couple of months and downloaded practically all my music onto it and it worked perfectly fine. Now it's started to buffer and glitch whenever a song gets to around a minuet. ...
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When updating my computer, I accidentally formated my hard drive basically wiping out my music collection.I have spotify on my Phone with the songs downloaded, so is it possible to transfer the songs from my phone to the PC?
When updating my computer, I accidentally formated my hard drive basically wiping out my music collection. I have spotify on my Phone with the songs downloaded, so is it possible to transfer the son...
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The media keys on my Logitech g910 will not with spirit unless I focus on spotify. The media keys work for everything else I am using windows 10 pro Insider build 17063 x64 I have tried everything I have found on the internet. Chrome extenctions, msc...
The media keys on my Logitech g910 will not with spirit unless I focus on spotify. The media keys work for everything else I am using windows 10 pro Insider build 17063 x64 I have t...
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Hello, since the last Spotify Update i've been having some issues i haven't had before. First a minor one, but normally if you play a song in a playlist its text changes from white to green, this still works, except for the song that is displayed at ...
Hello, since the last Spotify Update i've been having some issues i haven't had before. First a minor one, but normally if you play a song in a playlist its text changes from white to green, this sti...
Casual Listener
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I have a gaming keyboard which has media controls and one of them is a roll that changes windows volume, and I was wondering if it was possible to lock it to only change spotifys volume, because it's annyoing that I have to alt+tab from fullscreen ap...
I have a gaming keyboard which has media controls and one of them is a roll that changes windows volume, and I was wondering if it was possible to lock it to only change spotifys volume, because it's...
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Hello, In the Netherlands there's a "Top 2000 Songs" each year and theres a playlist for it, but it's from #1-2000, it's being broadcasted on the radio but there's commentary and advertisements inbetween the songs which annoys me a little. I would lo...
Hello, In the Netherlands there's a "Top 2000 Songs" each year and theres a playlist for it, but it's from #1-2000, it's being broadcasted on the radio but there's commentary and advertiseme...
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Hi, this problem has been bugging me for the past day or so. My Spotify app launches but crashes immediately so I cannot use the app. I have tried both the desktop and app versions on my Windows 10 PC yet both have the same problem. This persisted ev...
Hi, this problem has been bugging me for the past day or so. My Spotify app launches but crashes immediately so I cannot use the app. I have tried both the desktop and app versions on my Windows 10 P...
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Hello, After the last update I can't drag&drop or even "ADD TO" anything to my playlists. (no 10.000 songs) There is some kind of playlists scanning or something because minute by minute more and more playlists are working as they should but I have m...
Hello, After the last update I can't drag&drop or even "ADD TO" anything to my playlists. (no 10.000 songs) There is some kind of playlists scanning or something because minute ...
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I cannot figure out why these files are doing this. I only have this problem with the Acid Rap album from Chance the Rapper. I have them saved to my computer (Windows 7) with the proper title, artist, album, track number, and year, but when I try to ...
I cannot figure out why these files are doing this. I only have this problem with the Acid Rap album from Chance the Rapper. I have them saved to my computer (Windows 7) with the proper title,...
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I am Premium user. After re-installing Spotify recently I notice that the option to "open containing folder" no longer appears on the menu when right clicking on a Local File song. The song does play as before, but what happened to the option to find...
I am Premium user. After re-installing Spotify recently I notice that the option to "open containing folder" no longer appears on the menu when right clicking on a Local File song. ...
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Hi all, I'm having issues with a completely blank content area on first start, as shown in this screenshot: https://imgur.com/rIxOdyy I'm on Win7, and this is a new install of Spotify on this machine. I've read through a number of other support threa...
Hi all, I'm having issues with a completely blank content area on first start, as shown in this screenshot: https://imgur.com/rIxOdyy I'm on Win7, and this is a new insta...
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My downloads disapeared after loggin out from my account on my Windows PC.
My downloads disapeared after loggin out from my account on my Windows PC.
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I dont know why but songs are randomly skipping for me and its so frustrating, i cant even finish one song. I tried logging off everywhere and reinstalling but nothings working. Anyone have a similar issue and they fixed it?
I dont know why but songs are randomly skipping for me and its so frustrating, i cant even finish one song. I tried logging off everywhere and reinstalling but nothings working. Anyone have a similar...
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After choosing the image I want and saving it, it doesn't change from my playlist.
After choosing the image I want and saving it, it doesn't change from my playlist.
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I'm able to embed a track/album/playlist into my Wordpress site - not that the Share > 'copy embed code' ever works for me - I have to copy the Twitter version of the code! See... http://alternativefriday.com/2017/12/18/evolving-2017/ But for single ...
I'm able to embed a track/album/playlist into my Wordpress site - not that the Share > 'copy embed code' ever works for me - I have to copy the Twitter version of the code! See... ht...
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Is there a way to stream from the spotify app on a windows desktop to a smart tv that does NOT support the spotify app? I have a model of samsung smart tv that does not support the spotify app. From what I’ve read it sounds like I need both a chromec...
Is there a way to stream from the spotify app on a windows desktop to a smart tv that does NOT support the spotify app? I have a model of samsung smart tv that does not support the spotify a...
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I have a few Echo Dots scattered around the house. My daughter decided to stop Spotify from playing on a particular device, and chose the "Forget this device" option. Now I can't select it anymore and I can't find out how to add it back. Please help ...
I have a few Echo Dots scattered around the house. My daughter decided to stop Spotify from playing on a particular device, and chose the "Forget this device" option. Now I can't select it...
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