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Discuss Spotify for Windows
Plan Premium Device PC / Android My Question or Issue This happened a few days ago. Normally when i clicked an Artist > Discography > Show All > And play a song, the next song was from the next album of the artist. Now, the next song is a random one ...
Newbie
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Premium member, France, Windows 10 64 bits updated, Focusrite Audio solo usb external soundcard updated, Desktop app updated I talk with the customer service, we try to solve my problem and they told me that it should be an issue that I have to talk ...
Music Fan
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktop PC IntelOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueFollowed clean re-install instructions after getting black screen at startup. Installed the latest June 15 version from the Windows Store. Ran once without p...
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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 are...
Spotify (free, not premium) updated earlier for me, and now the sound isn't working. I restarted my computer twice, and while other audio is working, Spotify isn't making sound. The current version is 1.0.73.345.g6c9971ef. Is there anything I can do ...
Spotify (free, not premium) updated earlier for me, and now the sound isn't working. I restarted my computer twice, and while other audio is working, Spotify isn't making sound. The current version i...
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Hello Guys, I have a monitor with HDMI output which has speakers. HDMI output is my default audio output and it works. If I don't do any action like mouse movement, my monitor goes to sleep. In this case, music from spotify stops of course, that is n...
Hello Guys, I have a monitor with HDMI output which has speakers. HDMI output is my default audio output and it works. If I don't do any action like mouse movement, my monitor goes to sleep....
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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 there something I can do about this issue? Likewis...
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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I live in Brazil. I'm brazillian. Ok? But I'm metal fond. Yes. I just like all types of metal. Heay Metal. Progressive Metal. New Metal. Classic Metal. Metal. But I also like Punk, Punk Rock, Rock'n'Roll, Classic Rock, Hard Rock and other - just the ...
I live in Brazil. I'm brazillian. Ok? But I'm metal fond. Yes. I just like all types of metal. Heay Metal. Progressive Metal. New Metal. Classic Metal. Metal. But I also like Punk, Punk Ro...
Newbie
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Não achei nem uma função no spotify para fazer a saida de audio dele funcionar em outra placa de som, tenho 2 placas de sons, uma com fone de ouvido e outra com a caixa de som, quando quero jogar algum jogo e escutar uma musica, não consigo dividir o...
Não achei nem uma função no spotify para fazer a saida de audio dele funcionar em outra placa de som, tenho 2 placas de sons, uma com fone de ouvido e outra com a caixa de som, quando quero jogar alg...
Newbie
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in spotify for every non local track it says it cannot play the current track, in the console i get ChannelError(5, 0, streams) most recent spotify version, used to be able to play just fine
in spotify for every non local track it says it cannot play the current track, in the console i get ChannelError(5, 0, streams) most recent spotify version, used to be able to play just fine
Newbie
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For the past week, I've been un-installing and re-installing Spotify like crazy so I could access new music. This also leads to a problem saying that it "cannot initialize the storage of temporary files".
For the past week, I've been un-installing and re-installing Spotify like crazy so I could access new music. This also leads to a problem saying that it "cannot initialize the storage of tempora...
Casual Listener
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I've got a Surface Pro 3 (Windows 8.1) and very annoyingly it stops playing music everytime the screen goes to sleep, I'm sure the screen should just turn off without Spotify stopping as well. As soon as I wake it up Spotify resumes playing. Is this ...
I've got a Surface Pro 3 (Windows 8.1) and very annoyingly it stops playing music everytime the screen goes to sleep, I'm sure the screen should just turn off without Spotify stopping as well. As soo...
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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. Even friends who hadn't listened in a few days. I'v...
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. ...
Newbie
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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 my system settings or is my Windows 10 settings not ...
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...
Community Legend
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Spotify won't even start properly. I've already tried to reinstall it multiple times yet it still keeps being stuck on the same loading screen. Already tried deleting the Spotify folder on %appdata% but didn't work. I'm running on windows 10.
Spotify won't even start properly. I've already tried to reinstall it multiple times yet it still keeps being stuck on the same loading screen. Already tried deleting the Spotify folder on %appdata% ...
Casual Listener
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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 "dont start" Pleas do something about it. Lots of people seem to have it...
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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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)
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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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...
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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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...
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...
Community Legend
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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 the application more of 5 times and always the same ...
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...
Community Legend
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I have expericied a stange thing lately. When minimizing or working in another program than Spotify - the sound level goes down. How come? As soon as I toggle back to Spotify the sound level goes up again.
I have expericied a stange thing lately. When minimizing or working in another program than Spotify - the sound level goes down. How come? As soon as I toggle back to Spotify the sound level goe...
Newbie
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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 any more than 1 song from the album to my song list- despite bein...
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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I rarely use desktop. I've always used my Android (Turbo 2). It first started getting this problem a month and a half ago and I had to reinstall Spotify to make it stop. It then comes on periodically even though I disconnect from the device.Now that ...
I rarely use desktop. I've always used my Android (Turbo 2). It first started getting this problem a month and a half ago and I had to reinstall Spotify to make it stop. It then comes on periodically...
Casual Listener
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Hello everyone!I have this problem for two days, I hope I'm not the only one. When I start spotify it stays on the screen without carelessly logging in. I tried several times to uninstall Spotify from the Windows control panel (using Windows 10) and ...
Hello everyone! I have this problem for two days, I hope I'm not the only one. When I start spotify it stays on the screen without carelessly logging in. I tried several times to uninstall Spotify f...
Casual Listener
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