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PlanPremiumCountryPolandOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just noticed that a new "smart shuffle mode" putting unwanted "smart recommendations" in my queue was added to my desktop app. How to turn it off permanently or at least make th...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"I have tried all t...
Visitor
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There no X or way to close or stop a video on Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c
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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 ar...
Hello, Ever since Septmeber, Spotify has stopped displaying the music I'm listeing to on Facebook. How can I fix this? Thanks!
Hello, Ever since Septmeber, Spotify has stopped displaying the music I'm listeing to on Facebook. How can I fix this? Thanks!
Casual Listener
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Hello,Syncing of Playlists work just fine, but my question is whether syncing of musical data is supposed to work as well, so as to not use the dataplan to download the music twice, once it's been downloaded to either of the two, i.e., either the des...
Hello, Syncing of Playlists work just fine, but my question is whether syncing of musical data is supposed to work as well, so as to not use the dataplan to download the music twice, once it's been ...
Regular
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This happened the other day and it happened again a few minutes ago. My spotify shows the "Playing on X device" green bar at the bottom and starts playing music that is not anything I listen to. The devices are not something I have and use as well. I...
This happened the other day and it happened again a few minutes ago. My spotify shows the "Playing on X device" green bar at the bottom and starts playing music that is not anything I listen to. The ...
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DemoSee https://youtu.be/Rnju1ly3HNoSteps to reproduceStart playing an albumSelect another album, right click it and choose: "Add to Queue"Open the QueueSelect all songs of the just queued albumDrag them to the end of the queueExpected BehaviourThe s...
Demo See https://youtu.be/Rnju1ly3HNo Steps to reproduce Start playing an album Select another album, right click it and choose: "Add to Queue" Open the Queue Select all songs of the ju...
Newbie
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Hello, I want to transfer my playlist to my new account. I tried to copy the playlist to the desktop, logged out, logged in with new account and paste it to the new account. But the problem is, I can not change the playlist after pasting it. I have a...
Hello, I want to transfer my playlist to my new account. I tried to copy the playlist to the desktop, logged out, logged in with new account and paste it to the new account. But the probl...
Casual Listener
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Hi there, I've lost around 400 subscribers on one of my public playlists over the last 24 hours. When I woke up today they were already gone. As you can tell by another thread over here (https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Mac/One-of-my-playlist...
Hi there, I've lost around 400 subscribers on one of my public playlists over the last 24 hours. When I woke up today they were already gone. As you can tell by another thread over here (htt...
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Hi, On 2 separate machines, my local files are not indexing. In some cases it sees SOME of the files but refuses to index them all. On another machine, it seems to not index ANY local files at all even though I put in multiple directories. Any tips o...
Hi, On 2 separate machines, my local files are not indexing. In some cases it sees SOME of the files but refuses to index them all. On another machine, it seems to not index ANY local fil...
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Bug started happening this morning. Even after I restart the application, it reverts to this highly pixelated view. How can I report this bug? Please advise.
Bug started happening this morning. Even after I restart the application, it reverts to this highly pixelated view. How can I report this bug? Please advise.
Regular
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Like the title suggests, anytime I launch it, the program freezes on start up and no matter how long I let it sit it won't work. I have toi keep closing it through task manager and re-opening it hoping it works. Haven't found a fix for this anywhere ...
Like the title suggests, anytime I launch it, the program freezes on start up and no matter how long I let it sit it won't work. I have toi keep closing it through task manager and re-opening it hopi...
Newbie
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Hi all, hope someone can help with this So, I have a few different playlists that I use on Spotify that reflect different genres. I have one playlist called 'Venus Fly Trap' which I created to contain sort of trippy trap music. The problem is though,...
Hi all, hope someone can help with this So, I have a few different playlists that I use on Spotify that reflect different genres. I have one playlist called 'Venus Fly Trap' which I created ...
Newbie
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24bit 96k is my sound settings spotify desktop app refuses to use HDMI since last update. The web browser-player will utilize HDMI connection for output. My mobile will pick up that it is playing on both the desktop app, and the web browser. I also c...
24bit 96k is my sound settings spotify desktop app refuses to use HDMI since last update. The web browser-player will utilize HDMI connection for output. My mobile will pick up that it is playi...
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Howdy, There are a few songs under the artist "Pretty Lights" which exhibit the following problem. The songs appear present in the artist library and can be played on my mobile device, although these songs cannot be played on my PC. I receive the fol...
Howdy, There are a few songs under the artist "Pretty Lights" which exhibit the following problem. The songs appear present in the artist library and can be played on my mobile de...
Casual Listener
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I've been having issues connecting to the Desktop App for a few months now.. I'm not sure exactly the issue but when I try to login I get a message in a red box below the login saying,"Service is temporarily unavaiable, please try again later. (Error...
I've been having issues connecting to the Desktop App for a few months now.. I'm not sure exactly the issue but when I try to login I get a message in a red box below the login saying, "Service is...
Casual Listener
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I was just logged into my spotify on my android device an hour ago. Got home went to open spofity desktop (windows 10) and I got a The Username or Password is incorrect (Error code: 3) Went back to my phone and was logged out of there as well and cou...
I was just logged into my spotify on my android device an hour ago. Got home went to open spofity desktop (windows 10) and I got a The Username or Password is incorrect (Error code: 3...
Newbie
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Hi, Upon starting spotify the interface appears - i get the top menus (file, edit, view) but a black screen below it - no side bar or content, and a continuous repeating windows error sound.Task Manager shows two/three instances of spotify.exe and sp...
Hi, Upon starting spotify the interface appears - i get the top menus (file, edit, view) but a black screen below it - no side bar or content, and a continuous repeating windows error sound....
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I cannot uninstall this through the normal means OR by openning command prompt as an admin. I've tried going through Programs to uninstall it and nothing happens at all. I would like to rid my poor PC of this. Not being able to uninstall any program ...
I cannot uninstall this through the normal means OR by openning command prompt as an admin. I've tried going through Programs to uninstall it and nothing happens at all. I would like to r...
Community Legend
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Hi there, The browser versions of these two songs are correct:https://open.spotify.com/track/75Gfro4pVDkteRrJrfVIushttps://open.spotify.com/track/7AiaYD0TxFJRrRBUdOOn6P But the desktop version is incorrect. It takes the tracks from a different album ...
Hi there, The browser versions of these two songs are correct: https://open.spotify.com/track/75Gfro4pVDkteRrJrfVIus https://open.spotify.com/track/7AiaYD0TxFJRrRBUdOOn6P Bu...
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When I am playing music through the app on a bluetooth speaker I get crackling/choppy playback. I dont have this issue when I plug in the same speaker through USB or a headphone jack, nor do I have it when I use the web player.
When I am playing music through the app on a bluetooth speaker I get crackling/choppy playback. I dont have this issue when I plug in the same speaker through USB or a headphone jack, nor do...
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Hi, as of (I believe) today, I can't find the shuffle button. I now have 'Favourite' and 'Remove' buttons where the 'Shuffle' and 'Loop' buttons used to be. I've looked through the menu, looked in the play queue tab, and tried right clicking on a pla...
Hi, as of (I believe) today, I can't find the shuffle button. I now have 'Favourite' and 'Remove' buttons where the 'Shuffle' and 'Loop' buttons used to be. I've looked through the menu, looked in th...
Newbie
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When I listen to Spotify on my laptop, there has now been a few second delay before a new song starts It will start playing the song and then stop for a few seconds and then replay the same part again. On my phone there is no problem.
When I listen to Spotify on my laptop, there has now been a few second delay before a new song starts It will start playing the song and then stop for a few seconds and then replay the same part agai...
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