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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...
HOW IS THIS BUG STILL NOT FIXED!? I remember having this issue a year ago but I switched computers and the new one initially was fine so I just left it at that. Now I'm again noticing that more and more files are not being scanned and added to my loc...
HOW IS THIS BUG STILL NOT FIXED!? I remember having this issue a year ago but I switched computers and the new one initially was fine so I just left it at that. Now I'm again noticing that m...
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I am wondering if there is any way for me to use the volume wheel on my logitech G710+ to control the volume of spotify (not the whole system). I have looked online and found a post where someone said that the spotify team was looking into it 11 mont...
I am wondering if there is any way for me to use the volume wheel on my logitech G710+ to control the volume of spotify (not the whole system). I have looked online and found a post where someone sai...
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When i cancel my premium service are my downloaded songs still available offline?Thanks
When i cancel my premium service are my downloaded songs still available offline? Thanks
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When I load up my spotify nd try to play a song on my laptop it plays the song for about 4 seconds then the music stops playing and a banner says the song is unavalible. It does this for every song I try. Nothing I have done to try and fix this has w...
When I load up my spotify nd try to play a song on my laptop it plays the song for about 4 seconds then the music stops playing and a banner says the song is unavalible. It does this for every song I...
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The first issue I had is when I was listening to music using the Desktop App, I would click next song and it would scroll through every song in my playlist, playing each one for maybe a quarter of a second, until it stopped. Once it stops, I can't ch...
The first issue I had is when I was listening to music using the Desktop App, I would click next song and it would scroll through every song in my playlist, playing each one for maybe a quarter of a ...
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Yeah I use SoundCloud too! But I drive for a living and travel a lot. So on top of Spotify having a great UI for night time trips, the playlist for me are better organized because I have a TON of them (also slight ocd). The sound quality of SoundClou...
Yeah I use SoundCloud too! But I drive for a living and travel a lot. So on top of Spotify having a great UI for night time trips, the playlist for me are better organized because I have a TON of the...
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SoundCloud for example has messaging, (with working notifications, too!) and it's a free service. So that's just not true.
SoundCloud for example has messaging, (with working notifications, too!) and it's a free service. So that's just not true.
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Both podcasts in form of mp3's from iTunes as well as mp3's made in Audacity exported as LAME mp3's. I use Win 10 LTSB ( 10.0.14393 Build 14393 ) and Spotify version 1.0.55.487.g256699aa. This doesn't happen if I use an old version of Spotify. In fac...
Both podcasts in form of mp3's from iTunes as well as mp3's made in Audacity exported as LAME mp3's. I use Win 10 LTSB ( 10.0.14393 Build 14393 ) and Spotify version 1.0.55.487.g256699a...
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video ads stop short.- uninstall and reinstall app. video ads on smaller ad area, under the song list that ads are normally, but not video ads- i am troubleshooting now
video ads stop short.- uninstall and reinstall app. video ads on smaller ad area, under the song list that ads are normally, but not video ads- i am troubleshooting now
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Spotify on windows when the internet connection gets lost the client takes alot to reconnect back , there is no try to reconnect now button or anything , the delay between each try is very long, better UX looking into this
Spotify on windows when the internet connection gets lost the client takes alot to reconnect back , there is no try to reconnect now button or anything , the delay between each try is very long, bett...
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My main playlist has a problem with songs I added years ago having their "date added" reset to the current day fairly often. It really ruins the flow of my playlist so if there's a solution I'd be glad for it. This only happens on the desktop app and...
My main playlist has a problem with songs I added years ago having their "date added" reset to the current day fairly often. It really ruins the flow of my playlist so if there's a solution I'd be gl...
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The song "This Is The Best" by USS, while showing that it's explicit, only plays as an edited version on the desktop player. When I play it on my phone, it properly plays as the explicit version. What's up with this? It really takes away from the lis...
The song "This Is The Best" by USS, while showing that it's explicit, only plays as an edited version on the desktop player. When I play it on my phone, it properly plays as the explicit version. Wha...
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On the Windows desktop app if I change from the browse window to the radio window sometimes the ads will be video ads that have audio. This is annoying because the ads will play over my music. These are not regular ads that come in between songs. The...
On the Windows desktop app if I change from the browse window to the radio window sometimes the ads will be video ads that have audio. This is annoying because the ads will play over my music. These ...
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When I click on a playlist there is no button for shuffle. There are just buttons with follow and play. When I click on it it plays one Song from the Playlist for one second, then the next Song plays for one second ....
When I click on a playlist there is no button for shuffle. There are just buttons with follow and play. When I click on it it plays one Song from the Playlist for one second, then the next Song ...
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Your dialogues often say things like "When your music ends, we continue playing similar songs to you. You can turn this off in settings". Except Spotify desktop doesn't have a settings menu - it's called preferences - when you click on it - yes it sa...
Your dialogues often say things like "When your music ends, we continue playing similar songs to you. You can turn this off in settings". Except Spotify desktop doesn't have a settings...
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I've been having problems with the Windows desktop for a few weeks now. I cannot queue songs and when I look at my play queue it shows up as empty (see image). I don't know how to fix this at all and it's quite annoying not being able to queue songs ...
I've been having problems with the Windows desktop for a few weeks now. I cannot queue songs and when I look at my play queue it shows up as empty (see image). I don't know how to fix this at all and...
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Hi, First of, I never seem to be able to find information on this forum, so if this is a double post, please point me in the right direction. When I use spotify on my Windows 10 pc at home, sometimes (possibly due to wifi problems) halfway through a ...
Hi, First of, I never seem to be able to find information on this forum, so if this is a double post, please point me in the right direction. When I use spotify on my Windows 10 pc ...
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Windows PC version (Desktop) friends feed is missing, friends feed went missing using version 1.0.55... friends feed was visiable at first but when i logged into spoity today *5/26/2017 its now suddenly gone missing, its showing none of my FB friends...
Windows PC version (Desktop) friends feed is missing, friends feed went missing using version 1.0.55... friends feed was visiable at first but when i logged into spoity today *5/26/2017 its now sudde...
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Hi there, I'm a spotify premium user in ireland and have been having difficulty getting access to my account today. It's telling me it won't connect and can't open or play music, hope you can help. Kind regards, Cian
Hi there, I'm a spotify premium user in ireland and have been having difficulty getting access to my account today. It's telling me it won't connect and can't open or play music, hope ...
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