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Solved!! Disable the Mini-Player on the Web-Version

Hi GuysI switched on my Windows 10 from the Desktop-Version to the Browser-Version. It works, but now I get/see every time a Mini-Player in the left upper corner for about 5 seconds when I press Pause/Play or e.g. if I change the volume. How can I de...

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Solved!! Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"I have tried all t...

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Solved!! Disable Video on desktop app

There no X or way to close or stop a video on Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c

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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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Ajuda com os arquivos locais

Mesmo desmarcando todas as pastas, os meus arquivos locais não mudam, não importando o que eu faça. Já tentei praticamente tudo que é possivel mas as musicas não mudam, não entrando nenhuma nova nem saindo.Além disso, gostaria de saber como excluir m...

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Mesmo desmarcando todas as pastas, os meus arquivos locais não mudam, não importando o que eu faça. Já tentei praticamente tudo que é possivel mas as musicas não mudam, não entrando nenhuma nova nem ...

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Downloading a playlist does not work

Hey,I tried downloading my 3 albums with a total of around 300 songs but i can only download the first album that has around 19 songs. when i try to download the other the. the download goes super fast (too fast for a regular download). and then it g...

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Hey, I tried downloading my 3 albums with a total of around 300 songs but i can only download the first album that has around 19 songs. when i try to download the other the. the download goes super ...

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"This song is not available." Every song is skipped.

I get this error on literally every song on every playlist/album/etc: "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." I am on Windows 7 using the desktop application. This issue is intermittent, but frequent. So...

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I get this error on literally every song on every playlist/album/etc: "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it."   I am on Windows 7 using the deskt...

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Spotify won't download on my Sony.

I am trying to download Spotfiy onto my desktop but every time I do, it says that it is running but not responding. How am I able to fix this? I have deleted it and re-downloaded it but it still comes up with the same issue. Any help would be appreci...

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I am trying to download Spotfiy onto my desktop but every time I do, it says that it is running but not responding. How am I able to fix this? I have deleted it and re-downloaded it but it still come...

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Spotify crashing windows 10

Hi, Iv recently installed spotify on my windows 10 desktop computer and while in the process of installing it crashed my network, when trying to repair the network connection through windows it crashed my computer, when it restarded back into windows...

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Hi,  Iv recently installed spotify on my windows 10 desktop computer and while in the process of installing it crashed my network, when trying to repair the network connection through wind...

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Solved!! The shuffle shuffle

Sure this has been beat to death but I'm a drummer so we'll beat it some more. I listened to all of my songs in order, took a long time. Now that I've done that I'd like to listen randomly. As I recall that used to mean play songs across my list, wel...

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Sure this has been beat to death but I'm a drummer so we'll beat it some more. I listened to all of my songs in order, took a long time. Now that I've done that I'd like to listen randomly. As I reca...

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Re: Inbox and messages

Per Rorey's message here, please could you at least create an Inbox playlist for me to retrieve what's possible? I started a thread here asking if there was a plan to be able to retrieve that valuable data - https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-M...

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Per Rorey's message here, please could you at least create an Inbox playlist for me to retrieve what's possible?   I started a thread here asking if there was a plan to be able to retrieve th...

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Solved!! "Plays" Statistic

In the windows web player, there is a column when you play a song that says "plays".Sometimes, it says 1,123,400 plays. Or some other number.How is this calculated? Every month? every day? Every week?Its impressive, but it seems to be a number withou...

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In the windows web player, there is a column when you play a song that says "plays". Sometimes, it says 1,123,400 plays.  Or some other number. How is this calculated? Every month? every day?&...

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Connected with facebook username...

I Signed in with facebook and my username is a bunch of random numbers. I wanted to buy premium on this account but these numbers are really annoying, any help would be much appreciated.

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I Signed in with facebook and my username is a bunch of random numbers. I wanted to buy premium on this account but these numbers are really annoying, any help would be much appreciated.

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Music not playing on my win10 PC in either desktop application or web player... help?

Hi. Gang, I really don't want to cancel spotify, but it's useless if it doesn't actually play on anything but my phone to me. My account must be okay, its working on my phone ... but i can't get it to play anything on desktop anymore,,, this started ...

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Hi. Gang, I really don't want to cancel spotify, but it's useless if it doesn't actually play on anything but my phone to me.   My account must be okay, its working on my phone ... but i can't...

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Question about the players, "Hearts" And "check marks"

Hey all -whats the difference when between the spotify app's (android) "Heart" and the desktop "check mark". Both seem to have some sort of "Save" functionality. Question may be very simple, thanks for your help,

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Hey all - whats the difference when between the spotify app's (android) "Heart" and the desktop "check mark".  Both seem to have some sort of "Save" functionality.   Question may be very...

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Cannot click + icon on imported playlist

Why cannot i click the + icon to like the song on an imported playlist? I can understand it if the song and album were really obscure but the song and album in question are very available. Song: Rumor Has ItArtist: AdeleAlbum: 21 See attachment

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Why cannot i click the + icon to like the song on an imported playlist?   I can understand it if the song and album were really obscure but the song and album in question are very available. ...

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Error message: Can't play current song.

I was playing a song from my playlist using the desktop app when suddenly a blue bar appeared at the top of the screen and it says "Cannot play current song". I have internet connection though and I'm on premium. It's not really a big deal but I'm ju...

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I was playing a song from my playlist using the desktop app when suddenly a blue bar appeared at the top of the screen and it says "Cannot play current song". I have internet connection though and I'...

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Filtering songs

I can see my playlist perfectly well. But when I filter, everything disappears. Press the X, everything comes back.

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I can see my playlist perfectly well. But when I filter, everything disappears. Press the X, everything comes back.

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Localization/Formatting Issue in Windows Desktop Player

I use the Windows desktop player set to the Espanol (International Spanish) language. Any Album/EP/Single that I view shows the correct translation except with what I can imagine is a formatting error. In short, I see curly braces for any Album/EP/Si...

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I use the Windows desktop player set to the Espanol (International Spanish) language.   Any Album/EP/Single that I view shows the correct translation except with what I can imagine is a format...

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Album view playlist

Would it be possible to get the play queue on desktop to mimic that of the apps?For instance, instead of a list of songs up next, a side scrolling view with the album art which the app versions implement? Thanks, Nathan.

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Would it be possible to get the play queue on desktop to mimic that of the apps? For instance, instead of a list of songs up next, a side scrolling view with the album art which the app versions imp...

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adads

how do i get tracks to play agaoin after ad supposedly ends... ad has stoppe everything,

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how do i get tracks to play agaoin after ad supposedly ends... ad has stoppe everything,

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Spotify preview on taskbar shows a missing image preview

As seen to the left, the mouseover ability does not display the player preview (music is still playing). Note that you can still use |<, play, >| buttons as they poke out from the bottom of the missing image.

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As seen to the left, the mouseover ability does not display the player preview (music is still playing).   Note that you can still use |<, play, >| buttons as they poke out from the...

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Video Ads With Sound Playing Over Music

On the Windows desktop app if I change from the browse window to the radio window sometimes the ads will be video ads that have audio. This is annoying because the ads will play over my music. These are not regular ads that come in between songs. The...

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On the Windows desktop app if I change from the browse window to the radio window sometimes the ads will be video ads that have audio. This is annoying because the ads will play over my music. These ...

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