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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...
Desde que entré con otra cuenta para ver mi perfil en Spotify se veía solo mis playlist públicas lo cual fue raro porque yo tengo activado la opción de mostras mis artistas más escuchados actuales y luego entré a mi perfil por mi cuenta se ven solo m...
Desde que entré con otra cuenta para ver mi perfil en Spotify se veía solo mis playlist públicas lo cual fue raro porque yo tengo activado la opción de mostras mis artistas más escuchados actuales y ...
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I recently became a Premium member and I started to get a problem on my Spotify desktop application. I noticed that the play button does not work properly. When I select a song to play, besides the first one, the play button will always play the firs...
I recently became a Premium member and I started to get a problem on my Spotify desktop application. I noticed that the play button does not work properly. When I select a song to play, besides the f...
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Hi guys, I am having a recurring issue with the new desktop UI. Whenever I minimize the Spotify client for a period of time and then toggle back to it, I find that the user interface gets crammed into the left sixth of the screen and is no longer usa...
Hi guys, I am having a recurring issue with the new desktop UI. Whenever I minimize the Spotify client for a period of time and then toggle back to it, I find that the user interface gets cr...
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Every time I open the app a badge comes up that says: "No CD found. Please insert CD in unit 1" and it won't go away. I can use Spotify and my PC but it's very annoying, can anyone tell me how to make it go away pleease?Thanks!! x
Every time I open the app a badge comes up that says: "No CD found. Please insert CD in unit 1" and it won't go away. I can use Spotify and my PC but it's very annoying, can anyone tell me how to mak...
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Spotify app starts up fine but after a minute or two of playing a song if I attempt to go to a different playlist, artist or album the app becomes extremely slow, or just doesn't load. I have to close the app but then if I try to open it back up it s...
Spotify app starts up fine but after a minute or two of playing a song if I attempt to go to a different playlist, artist or album the app becomes extremely slow, or just doesn't load. I have to clos...
Music Fan
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A couple days ago my friend feed disappeared so I can't see what they have been listening to. I thought it was just a glitch and restarted my computer multiple times but it still isn't there.
A couple days ago my friend feed disappeared so I can't see what they have been listening to. I thought it was just a glitch and restarted my computer multiple times but it still isn't there.
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I've been having this issue on all my PCs for years, but never on Android (where i generally listen to music) so I've never bothered writing about it before. Basically, Spotify is unable to play the majority of tracks from one album in specific. The ...
I've been having this issue on all my PCs for years, but never on Android (where i generally listen to music) so I've never bothered writing about it before. Basically, Spotify is unable to ...
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After the auto-installation of the newest Desktop-Client, the spotify client closes after about 10 minutes of playback at the end of a random track. Restart is possible without any error messages. Restarting and updating Win10 didn't solve the proble...
After the auto-installation of the newest Desktop-Client, the spotify client closes after about 10 minutes of playback at the end of a random track. Restart is possible without any error messages.&nb...
Newbie
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I have hit "don't play this song" on the same song 3 times. How did it not get removed? I know many of the uses for spotify and have used the daily mix for around 6 months or so and today, certain songs I have already removed with the don't play butt...
I have hit "don't play this song" on the same song 3 times. How did it not get removed? I know many of the uses for spotify and have used the daily mix for around 6 months or so and today, certain so...
Newbie
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It is great that is easy to share via mobile app.However, the issue is removing the internal messaging that was available with the desktop app. The existing messages are gone without notice and the same EASE with which you can share via mobile app wa...
It is great that is easy to share via mobile app. However, the issue is removing the internal messaging that was available with the desktop app. The existing messages are gone without notice and t...
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or the past 7-8 days (it may have been after a software update, don't quite remember), while I am listening to my PlayList after 10-15th songs , some random vietnamese songs/albums start playing (i .e. You used to love me from: Phuc TT Nguyen or .......
or the past 7-8 days (it may have been after a software update, don't quite remember), while I am listening to my PlayList after 10-15th songs , some random vietnamese songs/albums start playi...
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I used the feature extensively to build on my existing lists, can't find it after the latest update.
I used the feature extensively to build on my existing lists, can't find it after the latest update.
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If I select artists and go onto one where all the songs I have saved from that artist is, I can't select a certain song to play if I have it on shuffle. If shuffle is on and I click on a certain song it will just pick a random song. If shuffle is off...
If I select artists and go onto one where all the songs I have saved from that artist is, I can't select a certain song to play if I have it on shuffle. If shuffle is on and I click on a certain song...
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I've had spotify desktop version for over a year now. I have a premium account and have "downloaded" some of my playlists on both my phone and laptop.Starting today, the desktop version randomly stopped in the middle of a song and just wouldn't play ...
I've had spotify desktop version for over a year now. I have a premium account and have "downloaded" some of my playlists on both my phone and laptop. Starting today, the desktop version randomly st...
Newbie
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helloo can anyone help me with this issuelast week i logged onto spotify and it looked different in the sense that the center is a different shade than the outside. Usually, the shade is all the same dark gray. It really bothers me, is there a way to...
helloo can anyone help me with this issue last week i logged onto spotify and it looked different in the sense that the center is a different shade than the outside. Usually, the shade is all t...
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What happened to the top artists and top tracks from my profile i have the setting on to show these but they are no where to be found on my profile?
What happened to the top artists and top tracks from my profile i have the setting on to show these but they are no where to be found on my profile?
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For the past week or so, everytime I try to play a song from the Divide album by Ed Sheeran, every single song skips around at the beginning and then abruptly skips to the very last words of the song and ends. I have no idea what is happening, but an...
For the past week or so, everytime I try to play a song from the Divide album by Ed Sheeran, every single song skips around at the beginning and then abruptly skips to the very last words of the song...
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I was moving a playlist (A) up to the top of my list for easier access. I accidentally dropped it underneath another playlist (B), and so now it's accidentally a sub-playlist. I tried to move Playlist A out from underneath Playlist B. I cannot. Playl...
I was moving a playlist (A) up to the top of my list for easier access. I accidentally dropped it underneath another playlist (B), and so now it's accidentally a sub-playlist. I tried to move Playlis...
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My music plays for about 5-10 seconds and then stops, thoughts
My music plays for about 5-10 seconds and then stops, thoughts
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Over time I have made playlists with music from other sources than spotify multiple times, and I started to notice that in these playlists certain songs seem to dissapear. In addition to that, some songs that I have locally are being replaced by thei...
Over time I have made playlists with music from other sources than spotify multiple times, and I started to notice that in these playlists certain songs seem to dissapear. In addition to that, some s...
Casual Listener
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