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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...
Hey guys, I've never had many problems using local files with Spotify Desktop, but recently I've experienced massive performance problems with my local files, which consist of about 46,000 songs. The app gets unresponsive and I cannot search my local...
Hey guys, I've never had many problems using local files with Spotify Desktop, but recently I've experienced massive performance problems with my local files, which consist of about 46,000 s...
Casual Listener
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Hello, I have recently come back to spotify but i noticed that a lot of my local files/songs are being matched with songs or albums on spotifys servers even if they arnt technically available on spotify anymore. Is there anyway of stopping this happe...
Hello, I have recently come back to spotify but i noticed that a lot of my local files/songs are being matched with songs or albums on spotifys servers even if they arnt technically available on spot...
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I accidently unsaved an album from my library, is there a way to undo this?
I accidently unsaved an album from my library, is there a way to undo this?
Regular
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Hi, when I go to Browse, Discover tab, I just see Release Rader in "Playlists Made Just For You" where I used to see both Discover and Release. I can get to it via the web link ( https://www.spotify.com/discoverweekly/ ) but I never see it in the usu...
Hi, when I go to Browse, Discover tab, I just see Release Rader in "Playlists Made Just For You" where I used to see both Discover and Release. I can get to it via the web link ( http...
Music Fan
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as the title says, i cannot star any songs and all my starred songs disappeared the other day.any help would be greatly appreciated
as the title says, i cannot star any songs and all my starred songs disappeared the other day. any help would be greatly appreciated
Casual Listener
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In a non-shuffled playlist of mine Spotify keeps jumping to the start of the playlist after any song from the playlist finishes or I press skip. Pressing back on any song makes it jump to a certain song about 2/3 of the way through the playlist the p...
In a non-shuffled playlist of mine Spotify keeps jumping to the start of the playlist after any song from the playlist finishes or I press skip. Pressing back on any song makes it jump to a cert...
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Hi,when I download song on my smartphone, but my desktop doesn't download the song, how to make it when I download on my phone and at the same time it can sync to my desktop? so I dont have to download it twice.
Hi, when I download song on my smartphone, but my desktop doesn't download the song, how to make it when I download on my phone and at the same time it can sync to my desktop? so I dont have to down...
Roadie
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I have listened to many piece with its end being cut off, I will give you a few examples (go to the last seconds): https://open.spotify.com/album/7IFB0DF2iHBlyHddaaRP4D (every movement)https://open.spotify.com/album/34P4VsIM4FIEDgaffz8lw9 (S124 2nd m...
I have listened to many piece with its end being cut off, I will give you a few examples (go to the last seconds): https://open.spotify.com/album/7IFB0DF2iHBlyHddaaRP4D (every move...
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Hello,I'm using wind 8.1 I recently imported my iTunes playlist and Spotify showed the playlist "iTunes" on top on my list and then the Spotify playlist I've created. I also was able to open the iTunes playlist and see a detail of all the playlist I ...
Hello, I'm using wind 8.1 I recently imported my iTunes playlist and Spotify showed the playlist "iTunes" on top on my list and then the Spotify playlist I've created. I also was able to open the iT...
Community Legend
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Once upon a time you could sort the songs for an artist from your music by Title, Album or Date Added. That functionality appears to be gone now. Is this a bug or by design?
Once upon a time you could sort the songs for an artist from your music by Title, Album or Date Added. That functionality appears to be gone now. Is this a bug or by design?
Casual Listener
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The official support article for the US Spotify hotkeys is out of date, so heres what's missing: Shift+(Left,Right) Skip five seconds back/fwdCtrl+r Toggle Repeat mode (Once, infinitely, off)Ctrl+s Toggle Shuffle on/offCtrl+Shift+a Deselect (Tested o...
The official support article for the US Spotify hotkeys is out of date, so heres what's missing: Shift+(Left,Right) Skip five seconds back/fwd Ctrl+r &nbs...
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Every time Spotify updates automatically I receive an error message (error 14 - see attachment - sorry, is in Dutch). Only a clean install of Spotify (after uninstalling) resolves this problem. This problem exists for at least two years now. Can this...
Every time Spotify updates automatically I receive an error message (error 14 - see attachment - sorry, is in Dutch). Only a clean install of Spotify (after uninstalling) resolves this problem. This ...
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Hi all,Is anyone else experiencing Spotify going silent midway through a song yet still playing on the seek bar? It's a fresh Spotify installation (again) on a fresh Windows 7 Ultimate installation. Any help on this would be appreciated. Additonal in...
Hi all, Is anyone else experiencing Spotify going silent midway through a song yet still playing on the seek bar? It's a fresh Spotify installation (again) on a fresh Windows 7 Ultimate ins...
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I've been experiencing lag.Its getting frustrating, I want an older version bringing back that uses less RAM.Anybody experiencing the same?The old grey UI versions used less RAM, I really wish Spotify would bring them back.
I've been experiencing lag. Its getting frustrating, I want an older version bringing back that uses less RAM. Anybody experiencing the same? The old grey UI versions used less RAM, I really wis...
Roadie
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Hi, My spotify used to work fine but i restarted my computer and now nothing loads when i click the spotify icon, i was just wondering if anyone who is better with spotify problems then me could tell me whats wrong and what i have to do to fix it. He...
Hi, My spotify used to work fine but i restarted my computer and now nothing loads when i click the spotify icon, i was just wondering if anyone who is better with spotify problems then me c...
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Recently, from around mid 2016, whenever spotify is restarted or opened after restarting my computer it doesn't remember the last song I played. It always defaults to the same song (which I do not know how it is chosen, seems pretty random). This iss...
Recently, from around mid 2016, whenever spotify is restarted or opened after restarting my computer it doesn't remember the last song I played. It always defaults to the same song (which ...
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I'm one of the people who actually don't mind the desktop overlay when you change the volume or pause/play a song! ... that said, I kind of hate where it's located in the upper left corner.I know there's now an option to turn the display off complete...
I'm one of the people who actually don't mind the desktop overlay when you change the volume or pause/play a song! ... that said, I kind of hate where it's located in the upper left corner. I know...
Newbie
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I've been a premium user for a few months now and use spotify every single day. Today it randomly stopped working and has been closing immediately after being opened. I have reinstalled it multiple times, rebooted my phone, cleared any cache and even...
I've been a premium user for a few months now and use spotify every single day. Today it randomly stopped working and has been closing immediately after being opened. I have reinstalled it multiple t...
Newbie
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Why am I no longer able to click on "Songs" in a playlist in order to put them in alphabetical order? Huge step back because now I cant take out songs that artists doubled up on in multiple albums.
Why am I no longer able to click on "Songs" in a playlist in order to put them in alphabetical order? Huge step back because now I cant take out songs that artists doubled up on in multiple ...
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Hey so I have spotify, and for once in my life I thought it would be cool to use the desktop app for pc. I've used the app on my galaxy s6 for a long time no problem, but its weird, this desktop app doesn't do anything useful. I'm trying to listen to...
Hey so I have spotify, and for once in my life I thought it would be cool to use the desktop app for pc. I've used the app on my galaxy s6 for a long time no problem, but its weird, this desktop app ...
Spotify Star
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