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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...
Where have Discover Weekly playlist gone on Windows client (1.0.64.399.g4637b02a)? I don't see it in discover page. However it is still in Android client.
Where have Discover Weekly playlist gone on Windows client (1.0.64.399.g4637b02a)? I don't see it in discover page. However it is still in Android client.
Spotify Star
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Reinstalled windows yesterday, before the reinstall the current track would show in the to left of the screen when using the media keys on my keyboard. After the reinstall this no longer shows. I also do not have an option related to this within Spot...
Reinstalled windows yesterday, before the reinstall the current track would show in the to left of the screen when using the media keys on my keyboard. After the reinstall this no longer shows. I als...
Community Legend
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Spotify Shuffle is neither a shuffle nor a randomizer.Like carlcanyon explains in his post on the matter, a randomizer picks out of a set list, giving each item the same probability every time, and does not discriminate based on any facts/statistics....
Spotify Shuffle is neither a shuffle nor a randomizer. Like carlcanyon explains in his post on the matter, a randomizer picks out of a set list, giving each item the same probability every time, and...
Casual Listener
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Anyone know the specifics of why a local Song will or will not add to your library? When you add a local file on the Windows desktop, I see them in the "local files" section. On the right, with the .... drop down, some have "Add to your library" and ...
Anyone know the specifics of why a local Song will or will not add to your library? When you add a local file on the Windows desktop, I see them in the "local files" section. ...
Regular
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Cada vez es más habitual que se me cuelgue el PC cuando solo está funcionando Spotify. ¿Se puede saber como solucionarlo? ¿O simplemente suspendo mi suscripción?
Cada vez es más habitual que se me cuelgue el PC cuando solo está funcionando Spotify. ¿Se puede saber como solucionarlo? ¿O simplemente suspendo mi suscripción?
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I use Windows 8.1 and I have enough RAM and space on my hard-drive. Still Spotify runs very slow, the longer I use it, the slower it gets. It sometimes takes minutes until a search is done.Additionally it slows down other programs and apps too.What c...
I use Windows 8.1 and I have enough RAM and space on my hard-drive. Still Spotify runs very slow, the longer I use it, the slower it gets. It sometimes takes minutes until a search is done. Addition...
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Is this just a bug or a feature? I can't find a good list of what I am and am not supposed to be able to do on free vs. premium. Anyway, earlier today on the free version it seemed like all the ads stopped for a bit (not because of anything I did, at...
Is this just a bug or a feature? I can't find a good list of what I am and am not supposed to be able to do on free vs. premium. Anyway, earlier today on the free version it seemed like all ...
Community Legend
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In my "Liked from Radio" playlist there are some duplicates. Apparently when I thumb-up a song it is added even if already present (perhaps liked from another radio?).Please note that it's the SAME song (identical song link), not two different versio...
In my "Liked from Radio" playlist there are some duplicates. Apparently when I thumb-up a song it is added even if already present (perhaps liked from another radio?). Please note that it's the SAME...
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My volume seems too quiet, i have moved the volume slider to 40% but the sound thats coming out is only half of that. Any solutions?
My volume seems too quiet, i have moved the volume slider to 40% but the sound thats coming out is only half of that. Any solutions?
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I can't dowload misic on my pc
I can't dowload misic on my pc
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My user account name and folder name was changed, so now when I try to uninstall spotify, I get "Windows cannot find "C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe". Make sure you've typed the name correctly, then try again. Will just deleting the fo...
My user account name and folder name was changed, so now when I try to uninstall spotify, I get "Windows cannot find "C:\Users\<Old User Name>\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe". Make sure yo...
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I like to always have repeat one activated and now for a few weeks everytime i change song, repeat one change to Repeat All and this is the most annoying thing, is this intended and if it is...WHY? It hurt no one, if people dont want repeat one, they...
I like to always have repeat one activated and now for a few weeks everytime i change song, repeat one change to Repeat All and this is the most annoying thing, is this intended and if it is...WHY? I...
Casual Listener
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im on my computer but cannot login
im on my computer but cannot login
Regular
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Hey!Starting this noon, I recognized that my Spotify user friends with whom I didn't connect through my Facebook profile dropped from my Friend Activity feed. 2 of those were my close friends and I'd sometimes listen what I see they were listening on...
Hey! Starting this noon, I recognized that my Spotify user friends with whom I didn't connect through my Facebook profile dropped from my Friend Activity feed. 2 of those were my close friends and I...
Music Fan
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Premium users should be allowed many more features than free users. Who else agrees? Also what is up with the wifi connection problem I cannot listen to to Spotify at school anymore and im sure that it is not blocked.
Premium users should be allowed many more features than free users. Who else agrees? Also what is up with the wifi connection problem I cannot listen to to Spotify at school anymore and im sure that ...
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Hello,I don´t like that Spotify has automatically copied all my local files to the Spotify / my library !! ( I didn’t use Spotify for quite a while and with opening it started to copy everything)I found out now that I can enable this by changing the ...
Hello, I don´t like that Spotify has automatically copied all my local files to the Spotify / my library !! ( I didn’t use Spotify for quite a while and with opening it started to copy everyt...
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Hi,I'm currently having some issues with the local files in my desktop version of spotify (Windows). It happens that I had to change the folders in which the songs where, so I made a new connection to the folder in the settings to import the songs. B...
Hi, I'm currently having some issues with the local files in my desktop version of spotify (Windows). It happens that I had to change the folders in which the songs where, so I made a new connection...
Community Legend
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Hi,here I am trying to change the folder "offline music" in my W10 app.I try it correctly and it also make subfolders in the "new" folder that I choose, but, after the reboot of Spotify app... it backs to the former folder (%appdata%\Local\etc.)!!! H...
Hi, here I am trying to change the folder "offline music" in my W10 app. I try it correctly and it also make subfolders in the "new" folder that I choose, but, after the reboot of Spotify app... it...
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I attached a video clip to show what this "bug" looks like. The problem is when I go to a subfolder in a popup list that has so many items that the scroll bar apperas. The scroll bar will be in the way between the list and the subfolder popup and whe...
I attached a video clip to show what this "bug" looks like. The problem is when I go to a subfolder in a popup list that has so many items that the scroll bar apperas. The scroll b...
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So I don't know if anybody else has ran into this issue. I've only ran into it a moment ago myself but it would seem that when using the search bar on Spotify, if you try sorting the results it actually removes some of them. In my case its a lot of t...
So I don't know if anybody else has ran into this issue. I've only ran into it a moment ago myself but it would seem that when using the search bar on Spotify, if you try sorting the result...
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