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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...
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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Keeps looping parts of my music when Im playing gamesVery annouying and Irritating
Keeps looping parts of my music when Im playing games Very annouying and Irritating
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Hi,so, every time I use Mozilla Firefox and the Spotify app at the same time my laptop crashes (It just stops doing anything and reacting at all, sometimes there is a brrrr sound). I looked up the event viewer and there is a Kernel Power Problem ID 4...
Hi, so, every time I use Mozilla Firefox and the Spotify app at the same time my laptop crashes (It just stops doing anything and reacting at all, sometimes there is a brrrr sound). I looked ...
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Hi there!I noticed Discover Weekly hasn't updated in weeks. I just read that two days ago the guy behind it left Spotify for Instagram (https://www.recode.net/2017/5/22/15674716/matthew-ogle-spotify-instagram-discover-weekly) so I wonder if this wond...
Hi there! I noticed Discover Weekly hasn't updated in weeks. I just read that two days ago the guy behind it left Spotify for Instagram (https://www.recode.net/2017/5/22/15674716/matthew-ogle-spotif...
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What the f*** was Spotify thinking? Restore the repeat controls now.Inexplicable. Stupid. Upsetting.
What the f*** was Spotify thinking? Restore the repeat controls now. Inexplicable. Stupid. Upsetting.
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I see what they were trying to to do, however, it's not realistic when splitting the 9,999 limit between devices... When you have playlists that are based on genre or mood, that's when this limit becomes a hassel. Not that people will listen to 9 day...
I see what they were trying to to do, however, it's not realistic when splitting the 9,999 limit between devices... When you have playlists that are based on genre or mood, that's when this ...
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I will be using Spotify and listening to music without being on 'Private Session', but what I'm currently listening to is not displaying on my followers' 'Friend activity' bar. Instead my name is under 'More Friends'. How can I enable my followers to...
I will be using Spotify and listening to music without being on 'Private Session', but what I'm currently listening to is not displaying on my followers' 'Friend activity' bar. Instead my name is und...
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Hello! Today I found one bug. As you can see spotify does not show time when I liked songs. I appeared only today. Also i tried remove and add again the song, liking it one more time, but nothing happens. Thank you!
Hello! Today I found one bug. As you can see spotify does not show time when I liked songs. I appeared only today. Also i tried remove and add again the song, liking it one more time, but nothing hap...
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I'm on Premium. I have a playlist and it keeps playing other songs from outside despite having AutoPlay off. I don't want to have to add more songs I don't want to it just to be able to listen without being distracted by other songs I don't want ther...
I'm on Premium. I have a playlist and it keeps playing other songs from outside despite having AutoPlay off. I don't want to have to add more songs I don't want to it just to be able to listen withou...
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So spotify consider to integrate a whole new feature into the software where by we can send a song to a friends queue,then the spotify app will produce a notification,then we can either decide to accept or not accept the suggestion,then maybe play th...
So spotify consider to integrate a whole new feature into the software where by we can send a song to a friends queue,then the spotify app will produce a notification,then we can either decide to acc...
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I recently had Spotify downloaded onto my computer but for the past few days when I tried to open it, it would say that it was not working and would not open. I deleted it from the computer and now I am trying to redownload it but it is telling me th...
I recently had Spotify downloaded onto my computer but for the past few days when I tried to open it, it would say that it was not working and would not open. I deleted it from the computer and now I...
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Help i turned on spotify and saw all my music was missing. my playlists were still there, but my songs were gone.
Help i turned on spotify and saw all my music was missing. my playlists were still there, but my songs were gone.
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