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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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Spotify's onscreen position

Heya, I've looked around the forums for abit and cant seem to find anyone with this problem.A bit of background info:I have 2 monitors and when i use spotify i open it at the half the size of my second monitor(Windows key + right arrow) till its half...

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Heya,   I've looked around the forums for abit and cant seem to find anyone with this problem. A bit of background info: I have 2 monitors and when i use spotify i open it at the half the si...

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Bug with heart in daily mix

Whenever i click on the heart in daily mix, it disappear when i click on another song in the list.

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Whenever i click on the heart in daily mix, it disappear when i click on another song in the list.

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Local Files refresh ? Spotify doesn't detect when something changes

So I have quite a few problems with this application ... I tried to import the Windows Media Player playlists, but Spotify couldn't find half the song (Windows's playlist are to blame here ...) So I decided to create my playlists again. I unchecked D...

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So I have quite a few problems with this application ...   I tried to import the Windows Media Player playlists, but Spotify couldn't find half the song (Windows's playlist are to blame here ....

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Solved!! Get rid of Spotify Web Helper

Many, many times I unchecked "Allow Spotify to be opened from the web" in the “Advanced settings”. Just as often I checked “No proxy”. But, these settings are not saved. Every time again this annoying “WebHelper” is running and it also appears in aut...

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Many, many times I unchecked "Allow Spotify to be opened from the web" in the “Advanced settings”. Just as often I checked “No proxy”. But, these settings are not saved.   Every time again thi...

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Spotify completely freezes my computer

The spotify program completely freezes, slows, and crashes all other programs when i start it. I have updated my motherboard drivers, my audio drivers, have removed and installed spotify over and over again, and stil it crashes my computer. I have tr...

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The spotify program completely freezes, slows, and crashes all other programs when i start it. I have updated my motherboard drivers, my audio drivers, have removed and installed spotify over and ove...

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Local Files Not Fully Appearing

Hi all, I've recently encountered a problem with local files. Previously, I faced a problem with it and I used the solution that was linked on Reddit with installing an older version of Spotify. However, all of a sudden, my Spotify is not synchronisi...

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Hi all, I've recently encountered a problem with local files.  Previously, I faced a problem with it and I used the solution that was linked on Reddit with installing an older version of Spotif...

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Friend activity not showing?

Okay, I recently encountered a problem where I can't see my friends activity, I don't know if this will work, but I simply went to "View" on the top left corner of the screen, pressed "Zoom out" until I could see the sidebar with my friends activity....

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Okay, I recently encountered a problem where I can't see my friends activity, I don't know if this will work, but I simply went to "View" on  the top left corner of the screen, pressed "Zoom out...

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why does spotify clear my cue when i accidentally double click a song

Why does spotify clear my cue when i accidentally double click a song? It's in the title of this subject, I didn't know how to send this to them directly, so I guess I'll leave it here. And if anyone can answer, thanks in advance. also labels are **b...

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Why does spotify clear my cue when i accidentally double click a song? It's in the title of this subject, I didn't know how to send this to them directly, so I guess I'll leave it here. And if anyone...

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spotify this song is not available if you have the file on your computer import it

This annoying message keeps popping up that says "spotify this song is not available if you have the file on your computer import it", for every song on my playlist. When this happens, it makes my computers sound not work either. So i have to restart...

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This annoying message keeps popping up that says "spotify this song is not available if you have the file on your computer import it", for every song on my playlist. When this happens, it makes my co...

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i can't uninstall spotify

i tried everything to uninstall spotify but i can't uninstall spotify i like spotify but i can't play any game while its installed like ( Overwatch, Subnautica, Star wars battlefront, )they dont even work or i just lag the **bleep** please help me ho...

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i tried everything to uninstall spotify but i can't uninstall spotify i like spotify but i can't play any game while its installed like ( Overwatch, Subnautica, Star wars battlefront, ) they dont ev...

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Set some songs to only ever play together in sequence

Feature request: There are two songs, called "Blah part 1" and "Blah part 2". I woud like to set it that these two only ever play as a pair, in sequence. That would be great! Thanks

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Feature request:   There are two songs, called "Blah part 1" and "Blah part 2". I woud like to set it that these two only ever play as a pair, in sequence.    That would be great! ...

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Local files syncing gone wrong (AGAIN AND AGAIN)

TL;DR: Local files' tab shows 99 songs of the 154 I have in my folder Local files have been a recurring problem for me lately. Last week I wanted to add a couple songs, so I closed Spotify, copied the songs to my "Music" folder, then from there to my...

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TL;DR: Local files' tab shows 99 songs of the 154 I have in my folder   Local files have been a recurring problem for me lately. Last week I wanted to add a couple songs, so I closed Spot...

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Spotify replacing my local files with its own version???

Spotify is replacing my local files with Spotify's own version. I don't want this as these are different version/mixes of the sonds that I am trying to listen to... How can I stop this?

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Spotify is replacing my local files with Spotify's own version.  I don't want this as these are different version/mixes of the sonds that I am trying to listen to... How can I stop this?

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Drag and drop doesn't work anymore

Spotify just updated and now I can't drag and drop playlists into foldera anymore. Anyone else? Running Spotify 1.0.45.186.g3b5036d6 on windows 10

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Spotify just updated and now I can't drag and drop playlists into foldera anymore. Anyone else?   Running Spotify 1.0.45.186.g3b5036d6 on windows 10

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Use local album art instead of the one on Spotify

Ok, I've got locals file which I want to put on spotify and use the album art I put on them instead of grabbing the one on spotify. It works with some tracks but the rest don't seem to work.I think the problem is that spotify changes the album I've g...

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Ok, I've got locals file which I want to put on spotify and use the album art I put on them instead of grabbing the one on spotify. It works with some tracks but the rest don't seem to work. I think...

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Music started automatically playing when I paused my music on my android phone

Hi, I listen to a lot of death metal. I was listening to some on my way to work on my phone, and then once I got to my office, I paused the music and it started playing on my desktop computer............................... out loud in my office... Is...

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Hi,   I listen to a lot of death metal. I was listening to some on my way to work on my phone, and then once I got to my office, I paused the music and it started playing on my desktop compute...

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Image of Controlling Sonos from Spotify in Sonos desktop app?

Hi,I use Spotify from the Sonos app in Windows 10.Do you have an image of what it looks like, when the point (something about) security/enabling controlling Sonos from Spotify is not enabled?I just think that it could be useful for my own documentati...

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Hi, I use Spotify from the Sonos app in Windows 10. Do you have an image of what it looks like, when the point (something about) security/enabling controlling Sonos from Spotify is not enabled? I ...

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Solved!! Starred Playlist Is Empty Now

Hello! When I opened up Spotify (desktop app) this morning, I noticed that my Starred playlist is now empty. All of my other playlists have the songs in them still, just the starred playlist is now empty. The starred playlist still had songs in it la...

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Hello!   When I opened up Spotify (desktop app) this morning, I noticed that my Starred playlist is now empty. All of my other playlists have the songs in them still, just the starre...

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Artist from your Music - Sort ability gone

Once upon a time you could sort the songs for an artist from your music by Title, Album or Date Added. That functionality appears to be gone now. Is this a bug or by design?

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Once upon a time you could sort the songs for an artist from your music by Title, Album or Date Added.  That functionality appears to be gone now.  Is this a bug or by design?

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