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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 PC build and internet specs are far above whatever Spotify needs for a Premium user. My OS build is Windows 10 Pro Version 1607 Build 14393.969. Getting a stutter/interrupt on all songs during playback every 5 seconds or so. Downloaded or not. Con...
My PC build and internet specs are far above whatever Spotify needs for a Premium user. My OS build is Windows 10 Pro Version 1607 Build 14393.969. Getting a stutter/interrupt on al...
Newbie
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Hi, I face rather odd issue, and its happening since today, maybe it's some last update.Basically, without any relation to what I play on spotify, it seems to sometimes, after for example 10 minutes, or a hour, randomly, switch to phone and really pl...
Hi, I face rather odd issue, and its happening since today, maybe it's some last update. Basically, without any relation to what I play on spotify, it seems to sometimes, after for example ...
Moderator
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When I choose a playlist in my library and press play, it play all the songs in order. When I press shuffle, every song still gets played in order. When i've choosen a song to begin with and then skip it with shuffle on it starts from the begining bu...
When I choose a playlist in my library and press play, it play all the songs in order. When I press shuffle, every song still gets played in order. When i've choosen a song to begin with and then ski...
Regular
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Hello there!When I try to shuffle a playlist (any playlist) on the Spotify Desktop client (Windows 7, Version 1.0.52.725.g943b26a8) it plays in the exact order of the original playlist, no matter if shuffle is enabled or not. Also this happens with t...
Hello there! When I try to shuffle a playlist (any playlist) on the Spotify Desktop client (Windows 7, Version 1.0.52.725.g943b26a8) it plays in the exact order of the original playlist, no mat...
Casual Listener
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Shuffle function isn't working on my playlists, no matter when I turn it off and then on again, close spotify and reboot I get the same result. Happens as well on my iPhone 6. Any ideas or is it a bug?
Shuffle function isn't working on my playlists, no matter when I turn it off and then on again, close spotify and reboot I get the same result. Happens as well on my iPhone 6. Any ideas or is it a bu...
Newbie
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9 replies
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My Spotify on my laptop will not stop glitching out. If I play any song, it'll rapidly unpause and pause again like I'm holding down the spacebar, making most music I listen to downright choppy or unbearable. I also have uninstalled and reinstalled i...
My Spotify on my laptop will not stop glitching out. If I play any song, it'll rapidly unpause and pause again like I'm holding down the spacebar, making most music I listen to downright choppy or un...
Moderator
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https://i.gyazo.com/c160f3cba7ba1e7b0439941fc0ff4828.mp4 here is a gif of the event. Nothing seems to be working, any ideas what is happening here? I was randomly logged out and havent been able to get back in since
https://i.gyazo.com/c160f3cba7ba1e7b0439941fc0ff4828.mp4 here is a gif of the event. Nothing seems to be working, any ideas what is happening here? I was randomly logged out and havent been able to g...
Spotify Star
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hi i am live in iran and love to use spotify but when i was trying to connect spotify getting error code 408that means my country whitch i choose in spotify accounts doesnt match with my ipwell i went to the account and searching for iran there isnt ...
hi i am live in iran and love to use spotify but when i was trying to connect spotify getting error code 408 that means my country whitch i choose in spotify accounts doesnt match with my ip ...
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I was until now able to share an idividual song to facebook by right clicking on the song which opened a box from which I selected facebook and it was shared, wonderful. Now when I right click the song It opens up a box that says share link to clipbo...
I was until now able to share an idividual song to facebook by right clicking on the song which opened a box from which I selected facebook and it was shared, wonderful. Now when I right click ...
Spotify Star
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Using Windows 7 on PC. For months this has been happening, usually immediately the programme opens and always within minutes. I've uninstalled and reinstalled - no difference. Does Spotify not provide any customer service - I'm paying £10 a month for...
Using Windows 7 on PC. For months this has been happening, usually immediately the programme opens and always within minutes. I've uninstalled and reinstalled - no difference....
Moderator
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Basically:Start/restart Spotify. It has song A selected from last playlist (top song in my case). I listen to A and decide to remove it. B is now top song on it's place. A is still playing. I try to play B instead but pressing play/stop only affects ...
Basically: Start/restart Spotify. It has song A selected from last playlist (top song in my case). I listen to A and decide to remove it. B is now top song on it's place. A is still playing. I try t...
Casual Listener
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I use Spotify on my PC. I have been having this issue for about a month. At seemingly random intervals the music on my queue will stop and music that I have never heard of will begin playing. I have to close out of Spotify and begin again. Sometimes ...
I use Spotify on my PC. I have been having this issue for about a month. At seemingly random intervals the music on my queue will stop and music that I have never heard of will begin playing. I have ...
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Hello I am having problem with controlling the volume when connected from my laptops windows app to chromecast audio. Its just greyed out. I can control the volume without problems when casting from my phone. But why not from my laptop?
Hello I am having problem with controlling the volume when connected from my laptops windows app to chromecast audio. Its just greyed out. I can control the volume without problems when castin...
Newbie
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Hey, I have a playlist that is almost 50/50 'Five Finger Death Punch' and 'Lamb of God' (I'm not after judgement about my music choices). Ive noticed that when I shuffle this playlist the shuffle is ALL FFDP songs (in a seemingly random order) and th...
Hey, I have a playlist that is almost 50/50 'Five Finger Death Punch' and 'Lamb of God' (I'm not after judgement about my music choices). Ive noticed that when I shuffle this playlist ...
Newbie
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I keep having the error message: Unable to play 'xxx' - the connection to Spotify was lost. Of course restaring the router or the PC is not helping. This doesn't seem to be a unique problem - why doesnt Spotify have a topic that REALLY deals with the...
I keep having the error message: Unable to play 'xxx' - the connection to Spotify was lost. Of course restaring the router or the PC is not helping. This doesn't seem to be a unique problem - why doe...
Community Legend
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i im trying to figure out why i cant download to my laptop for offline listening,,but i can on my phone,,,,help
i im trying to figure out why i cant download to my laptop for offline listening,,but i can on my phone,,,,help
Community Legend
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So, this issue is simple. I can't select first song in "saved songs". Spotify, instead of starting to play first song, pauses playback. I can select with "play" button all songs but first one.
So, this issue is simple. I can't select first song in "saved songs". Spotify, instead of starting to play first song, pauses playback. I can select with "play" button all songs but first one.
Newbie
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Spotify team. Your desktop app SUCKS. I've read possibly all of the posts in the forms about why is it so slow and how to make it better, but they do not work, and if they do, then only for a short time. And it is not my laptop's fault, I have a very...
Spotify team. Your desktop app SUCKS. I've read possibly all of the posts in the forms about why is it so slow and how to make it better, but they do not work, and if they do, then only for a short t...
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Sharing a song (with the SpoFi app) on twitter has changed. I only see a link (to the song) and #nowplaying. Before you could also see the artist and name of song. Please fix this
Sharing a song (with the SpoFi app) on twitter has changed. I only see a link (to the song) and #nowplaying. Before you could also see the artist and name of song. Please fix this 🙂
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I have spotify playing (premium) most times I'm online and while I am scrolling through Facebook the volume of the music I am listening to will drop drastically sporadically. I can find no setting that controls this. Anyone else having this issue or ...
I have spotify playing (premium) most times I'm online and while I am scrolling through Facebook the volume of the music I am listening to will drop drastically sporadically. I can find no setting th...
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