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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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Spotify continuously crashing.

So I have encountered this issue for the past week.Spotify used to not open first go, and i had to kill the task in Task Manager, and re-launch to get it to work. Last week, it showed there was an update available so I thought my problems were a thin...

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So I have encountered this issue for the past week. Spotify used to not open first go, and i had to kill the task in Task Manager, and re-launch to get it to work.   Last week, it showed th...

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Login button isn't working

Today when I logged into the new version of Spotify...I entered my name and password and clicked login and the login button doesn't work. Please help. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling and that stiil didn't work.

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Today when I logged into the new version of Spotify...I entered my name and password and clicked login and the login button doesn't work.  Please help.  I tried uninstalling and reinstallin...

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Control pop up not working when I hover over Spotify in start bar

Has anyone else noticed that the control pop up is sporadically not working when you hover over spotify minimised in the start bar. I see they've shrunk it, and it was working, but now it has stopped from working at all even after a restart Anyone el...

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Has anyone else noticed that the control pop up is sporadically not working when you hover over spotify minimised in the start bar.   I see they've shrunk it, and it was working, but now it ha...

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Artist List Disappeared

Came back to Spotify after at least a couple months absence and discovered only four or five of my artists are even listed. My songs are still there but all jumbled up and I don't see a way to arrange them by artist. I don't have a playlist and don't...

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Came back to Spotify after at least a couple months absence and discovered only four or five of my artists are even listed.  My songs are still there but all jumbled up and I don't see a way to ...

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Solved!! My media buttons on my Logitech G910 keyboard don't work how they used to!

So i have put this off for a while. But go back 3 months or so, even when playing a game i was able to used my media buttons on my keyboard to control spotify if it was open. And it was really well done; like when i used the volume roller it would sh...

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So i have put this off for a while. But go back 3 months or so, even when playing a game i was able to used my media buttons on my keyboard to control spotify if it was open. And it was really w...

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Superuser Contribution Como Coloco la pantalla completa para ver las "series"?

Al entrar a las series estas se reproducen en la pantalla de abajo, donde van las imagenes de los albumes.. sin embargo no hay un botón para hacerlo en "Pantalla Completa"

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Al entrar a las series estas se reproducen en la pantalla de abajo, donde van las imagenes de los albumes.. sin embargo no hay un botón para hacerlo en "Pantalla Completa"  

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Solved!! error message

this evening have started to get the message . spotify exe. no discthere is no disk in the drive.please insert a disk into drive F. Not sure why. all i have done is turn on the computer and spotify loads as part of strt up process as is normal. Any a...

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this evening have started to get the message . spotify exe. no disc there is no disk in the drive.please insert a disk into drive F. Not sure why. all i have done is turn on the computer and spotify...

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Re: Inbox and messages

https://play.spotify.com/messagesThis link no longer works... they just need to bring it the f*** back... they have untill the end of the month then im stoping my premium..

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https://play.spotify.com/messages This link no longer works... they just need to bring it the f*** back... they have untill the end of the month  then im stoping my premium.. 

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Re: Inbox and messages

umm this is bs as im sure you can see WE WANT THE MESSAGING BACK!!! COME ON!

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umm this is bs as im sure you can see WE WANT THE MESSAGING BACK!!! COME ON!

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Friends feed

My computer updated the app and I no longer see the Friend/Buddy feed that shows you what your friends are listening to on the right-hand side of the app.

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My computer updated the app and I no longer see the Friend/Buddy feed that shows you what your friends are listening to on the right-hand side of the app.

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Re: Inbox and messages

Hi Rorey, I reached out to your Customer Support team yesterday and received a response from Jennifer (Spotify Case # 07712293). Appreciate the quick turnaround! She didn't mention a playlist being sent, so I'm following up here. As you mentioned, if...

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Hi Rorey,    I reached out to your Customer Support team yesterday and received a response from Jennifer (Spotify Case # 07712293). Appreciate the quick turnaround! She didn't mention a p...

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Re: Inbox and messages

This is so so so so so sad. A sad day for Spotify and music lovers indeed. This will lead to making Spotify less "sticky" and eliminates the magic of the software. Someone will step in to replace this feature.

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This is so so so so so sad. A sad day for Spotify and music lovers indeed. This will lead to making Spotify less "sticky" and eliminates the magic of the software. Someone will step in to replace thi...

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Re: Inbox and messages

So I just noticed that they have spared themselves from some grief that's been outlined all throughout this thread. That is to say, they've now added a playlist to all of our accounts called 'Inbox.' It appears to have every song that has ever been s...

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So I just noticed that they have spared themselves from some grief that's been outlined all throughout this thread. That is to say, they've now added a playlist to all of our accounts called 'Inbox.'...

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Re: Inbox and messages

I've tried to request that a playlist be created with my inbox via email. Please can you do this. I've been a premium subscriber for years and your inbox is how I've charted my life. To delete all that without giving us any opportunity to salvage it ...

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I've tried to request that a playlist be created with my inbox via email. Please can you do this. I've been a premium subscriber for years and your inbox is how I've charted my life. To delete all th...

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Sharing Feature changed?

Did you spotify recently discontinue the feature for letting us send private messages and music on the spotify platform? It seems like now we can only share things on to our facebook page

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Did you spotify recently discontinue the feature for letting us send private messages and music on  the spotify platform? It seems like now we can only share things on to our facebook page

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Re: Inbox and messages

Spotify, May I have your attention please? I have an iPhone and I use SPOTIFY instead of Apple Music. Why? Because I could easily share music with mt friends who have Android phones. Plus, you guys are different. When I originally signed up for the 3...

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Spotify,   May I have your attention please?   I have an iPhone and I use SPOTIFY instead of Apple Music. Why? Because I could easily share music with mt friends who have Android phones...

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[Desktop] [Windows 10] Spotify crashes after 2 songs

HelloI am using Spotify desktop on windows 10 and when I start it, it crashes after few songs, mostly after 2 songs, but it's not always the same. It just plays few songs and at the end of song (mostly its second one), it crashes.I have tried reinsta...

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Hello I am using Spotify desktop on windows 10 and when I start it, it crashes after few songs, mostly after 2 songs, but it's not always the same. It just plays few songs and at the end of son...

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