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Windows Troubleshooting Guide

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...

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Solved!! Desktop: Jam now available

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...

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Desktop: New "Now Playing View" sidebar

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...

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New Your Library sidebar

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...

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Solved!! Clipboard

I made a collabrative playlist that i would like to share with my friends, unfortunately, there is only one way i can share it with them, and that way being "Copy URL". For some reason, it keeps telling me that the URL got copied to the "ClipBoard". ...

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I made a collabrative playlist that i would like to share with my friends, unfortunately, there is only one way i can share it with them, and that way being "Copy URL". For some reason, it keeps tell...

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Re: Inbox and messages

Interesting how it's the users paying for the Premium who get to suffer from their money raising efforts. So...If you're all with Facebook now, why not make Spotify completely free? I'm not going to pay to use Facebook, this is worse than extortion. ...

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Interesting how it's the users paying for the Premium who get to suffer from their money raising efforts.   So... If you're all with Facebook now, why not make Spotify completely free? I'm no...

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Solved!! Local Files no longer appearing

I downloaded a few .MP3 files, remixes, to add to a playlist. At first they showed and played just fine but now only one of them appears under 'Local Files' and the playlist I'd initially put them in. I'm not sure why that is, any ideas on a solution...

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I downloaded a few .MP3 files, remixes, to add to a playlist. At first they showed and played just fine but now only one of them appears under 'Local Files' and the playlist I'd initially put them in...

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Re: Inbox and messages

That's what I call selling your soul to the devil.

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That's what I call selling your soul to the devil.

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Re: Inbox and messages

Figured something like this was most likely the real reason. Sucks for those of us that don't use facebook.

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Figured something like this was most likely the real reason. Sucks for those of us that don't use facebook. 

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Re: Inbox and messages

So...Finally see why Spotify has been completely silent on this issue, even with 133 pages of comments of despair about losing the Inbox/messaging feature:Check this out - https://venturebeat.com/2017/04/18/spotify-launches-facebook-messenger-bot-and...

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So... Finally see why Spotify has been completely silent on this issue, even with 133 pages of comments of despair about losing the Inbox/messaging feature: Check this out -  https://ventureb...

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Spotify Desktop Plays The Wrong Songs, They Keep Making Spotify WORSE With Every Update!

I am SO sick and tired of spotify!! I pay for premium and have NO problem paying for a service that works right but for the love of *insert preferred deity here* they keep making their own service worse every time!This is an example of my issues....P...

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I am SO sick and tired of spotify!!  I pay for premium and have NO problem paying for a service that works right but for the love of *insert preferred deity here* they keep making their own serv...

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Re: Inbox and messages

Another post mentioning a smaller competitior has been deleted. Why? Not having social features is an improvement, right? So you would expect users of rivals that include sharing and messsaging to flock to Spotify now that it's been improved - not th...

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Another post mentioning a smaller competitior has been deleted. Why? Not having social features is an improvement, right? So you would expect users of rivals that include sharing and messsaging to&nb...

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Re: Inbox and messages

Spotify, THIS IS A HUGE MISTAKE. Honestly the lower user engagement clearly came from you not knowing how to do a basic messaging inbox. This was by far my favorite feature and I have honestly lost touch with friends who love music as much as I do as...

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Spotify,   THIS IS A HUGE MISTAKE. Honestly the lower user engagement clearly came from you not knowing how to do a basic messaging inbox. This was by far my favorite feature and I have honest...

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Solved!! Idea: selecting multiple songs at once (in general)

I know this has been posted before, but I really need this option: I want to select multiple songs to either delete them or add them to a playlist. So weird this option isn't available....

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I know this has been posted before, but I really need this option: I want to select multiple songs to either delete them or add them to a playlist. So weird this option isn't available....

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Solved!! Spotify desktop opens app on android phone

I'm reading a lot about spotify mobile automatically playing on some peoples phones, that's not what's happening to me. When I open spotify on my desktop pc, the app automatically opens on my phone, and shows up on my lock screen. I hate that it does...

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I'm reading a lot about spotify mobile automatically playing on some peoples phones, that's not what's happening to me.   When I open spotify on my desktop pc, the app automatically opens on m...

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my pc doesnt allow install spotify

hi i have a huge problem about spotify on windows since 2 hours ago i have been trying to install spotify on my pc but when it download complety my pc shows a error window where it show "unavailable to install the neccesary files are downloaded but a...

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hi    i have a huge problem about spotify on windows since 2 hours ago i have been trying to install spotify on my pc but when it download complety my pc shows a error window where it sho...

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Spotify 1.0.52.725.g943b26a8 for Windows keeps crashing & is very slow

Software-Setup:- Win 10 Pro x64 Creators Update- Spotify 1.0.52.725.g943b26a8 - Premium Account- lots of local files ~ 60.000 files I have a clean Windows 10 installation and I also reinstalled the newest version of Spotify but when adding my local m...

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Software-Setup: - Win 10 Pro x64 Creators Update - Spotify 1.0.52.725.g943b26a8 - Premium Account - lots of local files ~ 60.000 files   I have a clean Windows 10 installation and I al...

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local files keep disappearing some songs

songs from local library i added to my playlists are disappearing and not recognized, why ????????????????? thats why we should be able to drag and drop, this is so annoying while adding 50 songs and realizing some of them didnt get through, then hav...

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songs from local library i added to my playlists are disappearing and not recognized, why ?????????????????   thats why we should be able to drag and drop, this is so annoying while adding 50 ...

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Album not up to date

After releasing The Life of Pablo, Kanye West then updated it a few times, adding a song, changing a few lines in some songs etc. My issue is, I remember listening to the most up to date version on Spofity, however it seems to have gone backwards to ...

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After releasing The Life of Pablo, Kanye West then updated it a few times, adding a song, changing a few lines in some songs etc. My issue is, I remember listening to the most up to date version on S...

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Solved!! Wrong Songs Playing When Selected (Sorting Bug)

Having a new problem where when I click on saved songs it starts playing a different song, and I have to manually skip through until I get what I want. This only happens with saved songs and after some investigation I worked out that the problem is a...

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Having a new problem where when I click on saved songs it starts playing a different song, and I have to manually skip through until I get what I want. This only happens with saved songs and after so...

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The spotify friends feed don't appear

I already uninstalled and installed and don't resolve...

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I already uninstalled and installed and don't resolve...

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Solved!! cant log in new W10 laptop

Setting up new laptop and using old one for this post. Have downloaded and installed windows programme which opens at the log in page. Allows me to enter username and password but the screen seems locked as cant change the remember me button which is...

Casual Listener

Setting up new laptop and using old one for this post. Have downloaded and installed windows programme which opens at the log in page. Allows me to enter username and password but the screen see...

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Suggested music after album.

Dear Spotifiy.Why the f*** do tou think it's a brilliant idea to play some random music following an album? And why do you suggest that there's an option to prevent it in "settings" when there's not?I'm SO tired of this "we know better than you what ...

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Dear Spotifiy. Why the f*** do tou think it's a brilliant idea to play some random music following an album? And why do you suggest that there's an option to prevent it in "settings" when there's no...

Hubo

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