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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...
Hi !When i run a search of playlists or albums in the windows desktop app, the thumbnails are displayed very large despite the fact I zoomed out 2 times :Previously, they were displayed smaller and the browsing between a list of 10 or 20 playlists/al...
Hi ! When i run a search of playlists or albums in the windows desktop app, the thumbnails are displayed very large despite the fact I zoomed out 2 times : Previously, they were displayed small...
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Ich habe mir die app am PC heruntergeladen und es sind leider keine songs verfügbar warum?
Ich habe mir die app am PC heruntergeladen und es sind leider keine songs verfügbar warum?
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Howdy, I have checked the download box for one of my playlists filled with my local files, I believe that worked fine.The issue i am having is that not all of those local file songs downloaded are available for streaming on my mobile app, most of the...
Howdy, I have checked the download box for one of my playlists filled with my local files, I believe that worked fine. The issue i am having is that not all of those local file songs downlo...
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I previously had a problem where my Friend Feed didn't load at all and today Spotify Support helped me to change to account where Friend Feed was working just fine at the start. I'm using Facebook linked profile and I think this new problem started a...
I previously had a problem where my Friend Feed didn't load at all and today Spotify Support helped me to change to account where Friend Feed was working just fine at the start. I'm using Facebook li...
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As the lengthy title states, the Spotify player is behaving strangely. I start playing music on my desktop computer (Windows 7). Then, randomly, it'll start playing the music on my android phone (Nougat)! Sometimes it'll play from both computer and p...
As the lengthy title states, the Spotify player is behaving strangely. I start playing music on my desktop computer (Windows 7). Then, randomly, it'll start playing the music on my android phone (Nou...
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Hi, everyone I'm having a problem with the music that I have in my local files.I have like 1000 songs in my local sources (sources that I specified in Spotify app) but my local files view only shows like 700.I checked that my files were mp3 (the most...
Hi, everyone 🙂 I'm having a problem with the music that I have in my local files. I have like 1000 songs in my local sources (sources that I specified in Spotify app) but my local files...
Casual Listener
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First issue is that nobody can find my account on spotify or any of my playlists. Second issue is that when I close out of Spotify the border remains. sometimes when I click on things in the app nothing happens i have to click on them multiple times....
First issue is that nobody can find my account on spotify or any of my playlists. Second issue is that when I close out of Spotify the border remains. sometimes when I click on things in the a...
Community Legend
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So my origonal problem was posted here: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web-Player/Desktop-player-says-offline-won-t-play-but-I-m-connected/m-p/1643763#M184933 I found another thread saying they changed something in fb and then...
So my origonal problem was posted here: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web-Player/Desktop-player-says-offline-won-t-play-but-I-m-connected/m-p/1643763#M184933 I ...
Spotify Star
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how do you delete local files from a source you opened and can you hide songs from local files while showing others from another source
how do you delete local files from a source you opened and can you hide songs from local files while showing others from another source
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Haha, thats funny, decided to take a look in here once again and found your message right on the bottom. turns out that the comment was made by ME. I just tried to access it via my profile and got a "The message you are trying to access is not availa...
Haha, thats funny, decided to take a look in here once again and found your message right on the bottom. turns out that the comment was made by ME. I just tried to access it via my profile a...
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As far as I know Deezer is the only one that has anything social. I had just left Deezer because they really hadn't done any other development on social in the 1+ year I was there and swithed to a family subscription on Spotify for about a week when ...
As far as I know Deezer is the only one that has anything social. I had just left Deezer because they really hadn't done any other development on social in the 1+ year I was there and swithed to ...
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I made a screenshot of the deleted message:
I made a screenshot of the deleted message:
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@ luceiia So I didn't imagine they'd deleted that comment!Spotify - as removing social features is such a leap forward for your product, why do you fear competitors that still have such a laughably old-fashioned function?
@ luceiia So I didn't imagine they'd deleted that comment! Spotify - as removing social features is such a leap forward for your product, why do you fear competitors that still have such a laughably...
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So what alternate service offers similar social funtionality? After being ignored here and on Twitter, I'm ready to jump ship myself.
So what alternate service offers similar social funtionality? After being ignored here and on Twitter, I'm ready to jump ship myself.
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So in case anyone was wondering, Spotify is reading these hundreds and hundreds of comments and choosing not to reply. Someone else just posted a comment about looking for an alternate solution and finding a competitor that offers social interaction....
So in case anyone was wondering, Spotify is reading these hundreds and hundreds of comments and choosing not to reply. Someone else just posted a comment about looking for an alternat...
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do you apreciate any change of sound quality enabling and disabling the switch of streaming in high quality in preferences?
do you apreciate any change of sound quality enabling and disabling the switch of streaming in high quality in preferences?
Moderator
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Since the latest upgrade apparently, my desktop app will randomly switch to my mobile phone. So, while i'm listening on the desktop, the app stops playing on my desktop and starts playing on my phone. This happens even when the phone app is turned of...
Since the latest upgrade apparently, my desktop app will randomly switch to my mobile phone. So, while i'm listening on the desktop, the app stops playing on my desktop and starts playing on my phone...
Music Fan
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Hello... I use premium... the player on my desktop is saying it's offline and will not play. But I'm connected and the internet is working fine. I'm listening now on the web player. Any help/reasons would be great! Already restarted and reinstalled.....
Hello... I use premium... the player on my desktop is saying it's offline and will not play. But I'm connected and the internet is working fine. I'm listening now on the web player. 😞 ...
Moderator
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Everytime I restart my PC/Boot it up, all my local files are missing from the 'Local Files' tab and removed from my playlist, is there a fix for it yet?
Everytime I restart my PC/Boot it up, all my local files are missing from the 'Local Files' tab and removed from my playlist, is there a fix for it yet?
Newbie
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Hi guys.First of all i wanna say that i'm spotify premium user for couple of years and i love it!But unfortunetly after this sweet time bad time comes.My spotify - desktop version is disapearing...no errors, no messages, spotify just stop playing and...
Hi guys. First of all i wanna say that i'm spotify premium user for couple of years and i love it! But unfortunetly after this sweet time bad time comes. My spotify - desktop version is disapearin...
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