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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!! Is there any way to retrieve messages from the old inbox

I have not found a way while searching for a way to view the messages from my old inbox. edit: I know the inbox has been removed as a feature

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I have not found a way while searching for a way to view the messages from my old inbox. edit: I know the inbox has been removed as a feature

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Spotify does not start properly (solved)

Solved by myself: I deactivated the hardware boost, and now it works! _______________________________________Brief description of the issue: Spotify doesn't start properly, there's just a black screen with some options at the top, but these don't hel...

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Solved by myself: I deactivated the hardware boost, and now it works!   _______________________________________ Brief description of the issue: Spotify doesn't start properly, there's just a...

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Re: Inbox and messages

Please, please bring back this feature. This is one of the features I've had that has brought several users from Pandora to Spotify. The ability to share music within the app is by far more efficient than text/facebook messaging.

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Please, please bring back this feature.  This is one of the features I've had that has brought several users from Pandora to Spotify. The ability to share music within the app is by far more eff...

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Solved!! Unable to play "Hitlijsten"

Hi, When i try to play hitlist (No mather what country) i get the following error msg:Failed to load application user:Not installed:Application is not installed Everything else works fine.

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Hi,   When i try to play hitlist (No mather what country) i get the following error msg: Failed to load application user:Not installed:Application is not installed   Everything else wo...

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Solved!! Spotify Desktop is badly clipping and distorting audio on certain tracks

I've noticed recently that on certain tracks, Spotify desktop (Windows) seems to be clipping and distorting audio if its volume control is set too high. This is extremely noticeable in some songs. Listen to the opening of this track in the Windows de...

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I've noticed recently that on certain tracks, Spotify desktop (Windows) seems to be clipping and distorting audio if its volume control is set too high.   This is extremely noticeable in some ...

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Spotify Premium on I-phone app but Spotify Free on windows on desktop

Hi All, Can anyone help me with this problem:I have a Spotify Premium account. It works on my I-phone app but not on my windows computer: it only shows Spotify free (see screenshot in attachment)I already tried unistalling and installing again.Would ...

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Hi All,   Can anyone help me with this problem: I have a Spotify Premium account. It works on my I-phone app but not on my windows computer: it only shows Spotify free (see screenshot in...

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Problems with public playlists

Hello, I have a problem with makingmy playlists public or private again. When I make them public, most of them are not shown in my public playlists. And the other way around, when I make public playlists private again, they stay in the public playlis...

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Hello,   I have a problem with makingmy playlists public or private again. When I make them public, most of them are not shown in my public playlists. And the other way around, when I make pub...

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Private Mode No Longer Hides Facebook Name/Picture?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Why spotify. Just why. I used private mode while streaming videogames online so people couldn't see my name/facebook, and now I have to risk strangers seeing my stuff?Why would you change this? Please change it back. There's zero logical reason as to...

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Why spotify.  Just why.  I used private mode while streaming videogames online so people couldn't see my name/facebook, and now I have to risk strangers seeing my stuff? Why would you ch...

MattSuda

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Missing Tracks

I have a number of pop psych playlists all the tracks from the rubbble collection cd's are no longer available any ideas why?They are still listed under albums but all the tracks are greyed out.thanksSteve

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I have a number of pop psych playlists all the tracks from the rubbble collection cd's are no longer available any ideas why? They are still listed under albums but all the tracks are greyed out. t...

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Re: Inbox and messages

@elliott_diaz, looks like you're in the Daily Mix section of Spotify. I believe the shuffle and repeat toggle buttons only appear in a normal playlist, not in a Daily Mix or Radio Station. If you play a regular playlist, the repeat button should come...

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@elliott_diaz, looks like you're in the Daily Mix section of Spotify. I believe the shuffle and repeat  toggle buttons only appear in a normal playlist, not in a Daily Mix or Radio Station....

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Bug when listening

Hi!I'm listening a track,as soon as open spotify,and finished the track selected of a playlist spotify is closed and don't continue with the other tracks on the playlist.Whats happened?

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Hi! I'm listening a track,as soon as open spotify,and finished the track selected of a playlist spotify is closed and don't continue with the other tracks on the playlist.Whats happened?  

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Re: Inbox and messages

Please don't hijack this thread - it is supposed to remain on the topic of the loss of the Inbox, messages and notifications. (btw, my desktop client still has the repeat buttons (as of today, 21 Mar 17).

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Please don't hijack this thread - it is supposed to remain on the topic of the loss of the Inbox, messages and notifications.   (btw, my desktop client still has the repeat buttons (as of toda...

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Re: Inbox and messages

What has happened to the `repeat one` to repeat the current track button? My most used feature is not apparent anywhere on the desktop client

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What has happened to the `repeat one` to repeat the current track button?   My most used feature is not apparent anywhere on the desktop client

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Re: Inbox and messages

At the very least, a sincere response from Spotify would do wonders.

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At the very least, a sincere response from Spotify would do wonders.

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Re: Inbox and messages

Hey, Rorey. It's actually kind of cool that the team at Spotify is scouring inboxes and drop-shipping a playlist into their account. That's the sort of above and beyond-type of thing I'm used to with the Spotify brand. But how much effort is now bein...

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Hey, Rorey. It's actually kind of cool that the team at Spotify is scouring inboxes and drop-shipping a playlist into their account. That's the sort of above and beyond-type of thing I'm used to with...

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Friends Feed is not working! Running latest version of spotify 1.0.50

For a week now the friends feed is not working! It just shows:" See what your friends are playing.Find friends". I have logged in and out of spotify, followed and unfollowed all my friends and connected the account to facebook. And I have tried unins...

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For a week now the friends feed is not working! It just shows:" See what your friends are playing.Find friends". I have logged in and out of spotify, followed and unfollowed all my friends and c...

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Play music

I cant navigate to figure how to play music. I can log-in to my account, but cant (appparently) log-in to play my playlists, etc. on my windows 10 laptop? I can play music etc. with same account log-in info, on my android smartphone, but not my Sony ...

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I cant navigate to figure how to play music. I can log-in to my account, but cant (appparently) log-in to play my playlists, etc. on my windows 10 laptop? I can play music etc. with same account log-...

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Solved!! Can't send songs to anyone?

I am unable to send songs to anyone on Facebook or Spotify. It's not that I'm typing their name in and seeing no results, but that the option to send a song to an individual person has been removed entirely, replaced instead by the option to "Post to...

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I am unable to send songs to anyone on Facebook or Spotify. It's not that I'm typing their name in and seeing no results, but that the option to send a song to an individual person has been removed e...

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