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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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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.

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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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Spotify Windows 10 app not responding

Hi. I run the new Spotify Windows 10 app and everything works fine. I then close down the app, but it appears to not be stopping properly. If I then try to run the app again it waits for 30 seconds and then I get a "The Spotify application is not res...

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Hi.   I run the new Spotify Windows 10 app and everything works fine.   I then close down the app, but it appears to not be stopping properly. If I then try to run the app again it wait...

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Spotify starts playing after boot from sleepmode (client/Windows 10)

Whenever I need to close my laptop, I pause my music and close the lid. Whenever I open the lid (reboot from sleepmode) Spotify automatically starts playing the song again. Is there an option to disable this? Thanks in advance!

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Whenever I need to close my laptop, I pause my music and close the lid. Whenever I open the lid (reboot from sleepmode) Spotify automatically starts playing the song again.   Is there an optio...

JeroenBourne

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Musica não toca normal

Sou premium mas quando toco spotify pelo computador as musicas começam tocando normal mas depois de um tempo ficam "soluçando"

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Sou premium mas quando toco spotify pelo computador as musicas começam tocando normal mas depois de um tempo ficam "soluçando"

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Keyboard media keys do not work

I have Windows 10 (15063) on HP Spectre X360 and Spotify 1.0.65. Spotify does not respond to any of the media keys on the laptop keyboard. It used to work before but it stopped (I do not remember when exactly). Any idea what it could be?

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I have Windows 10 (15063) on HP Spectre X360 and Spotify 1.0.65. Spotify does not respond to any of the media keys on the laptop keyboard. It used to work before but it stopped (I do not remember whe...

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Solved!! Can't play certain music by certain artists, can't play current song error

I have a problem with the desktop app from spotify, it doesn't play a few artist when I click to play the songs. I have the issue with the albums of Daft Punk and Kendrick Lamar and it is really annoying. I can play other artist's music but not those...

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I have a problem with the desktop app from spotify, it doesn't play a few artist when I click to play the songs. I have the issue with the albums of Daft Punk and Kendrick Lamar and it is really anno...

gfernandez2123

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Solved!! fullscreen button

Hello, I was looking for the fullscreen button for a long time now, but it's just not in the softwareDid they remove this feature? because the software is up-to-date on my pc

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Hello,  I was looking for the fullscreen button for a long time now, but it's just not in the software Did they remove this feature? because the software is up-to-date on my pc

Nitocris

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Spotify Player won't work on any browser

Hello all, Spotify Player stopped working for me on all browsers: Chrome, Edge, Internet Explorer, etc. I tried cleaning out the cache / cookies and restarting my computer, but none of these seem to work. I generally use only my laptop, though I thin...

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Hello all,   Spotify Player stopped working for me on all browsers: Chrome, Edge, Internet Explorer, etc. I tried cleaning out the cache / cookies and restarting my computer, but none of these...

chiufucius

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