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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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Ed Sheeran Not Playing

Hi, I just started having this issue tonight and it's making me frustrated. On my Surface Pro 4, my Spotify app won't play any songs at all from Ed Sheeran. (I've been listening to him on repeat for the past week or so. Don't judge.) Basically, I cho...

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Hi,   I just started having this issue tonight and it's making me frustrated. On my Surface Pro 4, my Spotify app won't play any songs at all from Ed Sheeran. (I've been listening to him on re...

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Can't play Daft Punk on PC

Hello, I have a strange problem. On my PC I suddenly can't play anything by Daft Punk, which is very annoying. I've tried most/all of their singles and tried songs on every album but it always says that the song is not available. I tried playing a lo...

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Hello, I have a strange problem. On my PC I suddenly can't play anything by Daft Punk, which is very annoying. I've tried most/all of their singles and tried songs on every album but it always says t...

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Podcasts: How do I Mark As Played?

Apologies if this is a duplicate post, but none of the prior posts seemed to have any answers. Heard your ad, so I just went to switch over listening to my favorite podcast on Spotify. However, it now shows hundreds of episodes as "unplayed." I don't...

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Apologies if this is a duplicate post, but none of the prior posts seemed to have any answers.   Heard your ad, so I just went to switch over listening to my favorite podcast on Spotify. Howev...

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Problem with radio update

Since the last update I have the possibility of like or unlike a song before or after it played but I noted that the system is broken, if I dislike a song before being played it return as soon as I switch to the next song in the station, same thing f...

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Since the last update I have the possibility of like or unlike a song before or after it played but I noted that the system is broken, if I dislike a song before being played it return as soon as I s...

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Can't play lots of music due to update

Since the new update 1.0.65.320 tons of music became unplayable. Large names as metallica, green day, rammstein, and much more are all unavailable.Can still play them on outdated clients.Please fix this! While im here anyways:The client is always a m...

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Since the new update 1.0.65.320 tons of music became unplayable. Large names as metallica, green day, rammstein, and much more are all unavailable. Can still play them on outdated clients. Ple...

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Desktop won't play

When I click on ANY song it says "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." It will play on my phone but not the computer. I tried switching from the phone to the computer and it just stops playing on the c...

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When I click on ANY song it says "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." It will play on my phone but not the computer. I tried switching from the phone...

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Solved!! Translation [PL] Incorrect translation

Hi, I think there is a issue with polish translation on someone profile tab. Actually there is "Obserwujesz" but it should "Obserwuje" - look at screen in attachment.

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Hi,  I think there is a issue with polish translation on someone profile tab. Actually there is "Obserwujesz" but it should "Obserwuje" - look at screen in attachment.

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Solved!! Not Playing certain songs.

Hey, So I know that there are song that lisences will change and mean that potentially i cannot play them, but i seem to be having a different problem. There seems to be a large amount of songs that are not appearing greyed out on my spotify but when...

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Hey,   So I know that there are song that lisences will change and mean that potentially i cannot play them, but i seem to be having a different problem.   There seems to be a large amo...

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Solved!! Spotify desktop fullscreen bug

I'm running a dual monitor setup and noticed that when I move the Spotify app to my main screen and fullscreen it, it cuts off at my friends list and just displays my desktop on the far right of my screen. This also means that it cuts off the volume ...

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I'm running a dual monitor setup and noticed that when I move the Spotify app to my main screen and fullscreen it, it cuts off at my friends list and just displays my desktop on the far right of my s...

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Application does not open / Aplicativo não abre - Windows 7 -

Estou com um problema chato com o Spotify no Windows 7O programa simplesmente não abre Monitorando pelo Gerenciador de tarefas, da pra ver que o processo .exe aparece na lista por alguns segundos e é finalizado Ja baixei novamente o programa e reinst...

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Estou com um problema chato com o Spotify no Windows 7 O programa simplesmente não abre  Monitorando pelo Gerenciador de tarefas, da pra ver que o processo .exe aparece na lista por alguns seg...

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ADDING LOCAL FILES TO DESKTOP / NOT SHOWING ON MOBILE

I've had Spotify for 3-4 years now and to this day i still cannot figure out how to add my local files (files i own) to playlists and then access them on my mobile device. Does anyone know how to sync them to my phone? Also, why can't i edit file inf...

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I've had Spotify for 3-4 years now and to this day i still cannot figure out how to add my local files (files i own) to playlists and then access them on my mobile device. Does anyone know how to syn...

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This song is not availale

It worked fine yesterday. Today no songs are "available". I did uninstall and reinstall, but no change.

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It worked fine yesterday.  Today no songs are "available".  I did uninstall and reinstall, but no change. 

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Can't play a playlist on any PC but can on my Android phone

Hey Community I have a problem with one of my playlists that i follow which is created by Spotify Denmark called "Ha' en god dag". I have followed and played this list for a long time, but it stopped working on PC. When i click on it, nothing happens...

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Hey Community   I have a problem with one of my playlists that i follow which is created by Spotify Denmark called "Ha' en god dag". I have followed and played this list for a long time, but i...

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I can't login to Spotify

Hi, today i don't know what happened but when i checked Spotify app on my phone i saw it logged out, tried to use my username and pass but it gave me error code:3 I tried to login with different platforms but couldn't success. The weird things are i ...

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Hi, today i don't know what happened but when i checked Spotify app on my phone i saw it logged out, tried to use my username and pass but it gave me error code:3  I tried to login with differe...

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BLACK WINDOW SPOTIFY

This is what I get when I open spotify(Windows 7 64 bits)

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This is what I get when I open spotify (Windows 7 64 bits)

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chanson pas disponible

bonjour, je n'arrive plus à ecouter de la musique sur mon ordinateur, cela m'affiche que la chanson n'est pas disponible. Si quelqu'un peut m'aider.

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bonjour, je n'arrive plus à ecouter de la musique sur mon ordinateur, cela m'affiche que la chanson n'est pas disponible.   Si quelqu'un peut m'aider. 

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Downloading podcasts on Windows desktop?

Hi,I find Spotify to be by far the best app to listen to podcasts, especially since I use the app a lot. I am trying to listen to them on desktop lately, and it seems like there's no option to donwload them. I always have all my playlists downloaded ...

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Hi, I find Spotify to be by far the best app to listen to podcasts, especially since I use the app a lot. I am trying to listen to them on desktop lately, and it seems like there's no option to donw...

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SPOTIFY IS NOT WORKING

I tried downloading spotify in my PC but it doesn't work. Please help me resolve this problem. Thanks in advance.

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I tried downloading spotify in my PC but it doesn't work. Please help me resolve this problem. Thanks in advance.

IguanaSetup

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Upgrade without knowing what

Sometimes Spotify wants to upgrade. This is nice, but without any notice what I'm currently upgrading it is really not ethical. Of course first I want to know is what is going to be installed into my PC. Also it is good point to show users what funct...

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Sometimes Spotify wants to upgrade. This is nice, but without any notice what I'm currently upgrading it is really not ethical. Of course first I want to know is what is going to be installed into my...

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Songs not grayed out, but still not available

I'm having an issue that I've been having since trying to play the new The 1975 single "Milk". It wasn't grayed out, but it said it was not abailable. I thought it must just not be available in my country for some reason, but then I tried to play ano...

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I'm having an issue that I've been having since trying to play the new The 1975 single "Milk". It wasn't grayed out, but it said it was not abailable. I thought it must just not be available in my co...

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