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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!!Superuser Contribution Device not showing on laptop

I have spotify Premium.Playing from my Android phone, I can select all my devices, and all my Chromecasts.Playing from my PC running the Spotify app, and win 10, none of my Chromecasts show. I have a chromecast in every room, and its a little anoying...

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I have spotify Premium. Playing from my Android phone, I can select all my devices, and all my Chromecasts. Playing from my PC running the Spotify app, and win 10, none of my Chromecasts show. I ha...

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This song is not available

So first of all, I did search and found topics about this, but none of them seemed to be exactly the situation that I have here. I got Spotify today, and started playing around with it. When I got the Desktop app, I saw it was recognizing the music I...

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So first of all, I did search and found topics about this, but none of them seemed to be exactly the situation that I have here.   I got Spotify today, and started playing around with it. When...

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High Quality 0r highest Quality

In my Spotify Premium desktop configuration I just can find " High Quality" q5But I want "Highest Quality" High Bitrate q9.How can I activate it? saludos

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In my Spotify Premium desktop configuration I just can find " High Quality" q5 But I want "Highest Quality" High Bitrate q9. How can I activate it?   saludos  

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New computer, local files

When I get a new computer, what would be the best way to go about local files? The place these are stored might be different after transferring them to a new computer, making it hard for spotify to locate them. And I am surely not adding each of my 2...

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When I get a new computer, what would be the best way to go about local files? The place these are stored might be different after transferring them to a new computer, making it hard for spotify to l...

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DSBridge not working

Dsbridge not working after last update of desktop application on 1.0.49.125. Win 10, 32 bit. Correct it, please. I did downgrade of application.

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Dsbridge not working after last update of desktop application on 1.0.49.125. Win 10, 32 bit. Correct it, please. I did downgrade of application.

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Spotify pausing on notification

Hi GuysOver the last couple of weeks a really annoying occurrence has started. Spotify keeps pausing mid song. It seem to be when the blue notification bar appears at the bottom of the screen advising me of the other devices available for Spotify.Is ...

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Hi Guys Over the last couple of weeks a really annoying occurrence has started. Spotify keeps pausing mid song. It seem to be when the blue notification bar appears at the bottom of the screen advis...

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Superuser Contribution Sort playlists by most followed

Hi,I have a question that I can't seem to find a definitive answer to (not by Googling and searching this community). I'm a new Spotify Premium member (and I have never used Spotify as a non Premium member so basically I'm a newbie all around). I'm j...

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Hi, I have a question that I can't seem to find a definitive answer to (not by Googling and searching this community). I'm a new Spotify Premium member (and I have never used Spotify as a non Premiu...

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No se pueden eliminar canciones de otras fuentes

Hola, tengo un problema relacionado a las canciones que sincronicé de archivos de iTunes. Quiero eliminar todo las canciones (Descargadas de Spotify y de archivos locales), para fines de organizar desde cero mi cuenta. Actualmente ya descativé todas ...

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Hola, tengo un problema relacionado a las canciones que sincronicé de archivos de iTunes. Quiero eliminar todo las canciones (Descargadas de Spotify y de archivos locales), para fines de organizar de...

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Can the background swishing noises be reduced? - very annoying!

Continual swishing noises - probably water marking copy protection?Can these be reduced? - they are quite intrusive on some music.

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Continual swishing noises - probably water marking copy protection? Can these be reduced? - they are quite intrusive on some music.

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Partial Saved Albums

Recently I noticed that every one of my saved albums only seem to have one or two tracks listed (as if I've only saved those tracks, which is not the case), despite the fact that the whole albums are available to play. I'm not sure what logic it is u...

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Recently I noticed that every one of my saved albums only seem to have one or two tracks listed (as if I've only saved those tracks, which is not the case), despite the fact that the whole albums are...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify is no more updating automatically

Hi,Since the last major update of Spotify (with the Windows 10 complete compatibility) the software won't update by itself. I have the update notification but when I restart Spotify it will be not updated. I'm forced to reinstall Spotify everytime to...

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Hi, Since the last major update of Spotify (with the Windows 10 complete compatibility) the software won't update by itself. I have the update notification but when I restart Spotify it will be not ...

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Superuser Contribution Controlling volume on Chromecast from desktop application

Hi, I'm wondering if it's possible to control the music volume my desktop when the music is streamed from my android phone to my Chromecast. When I open the desktop app, it sees which song is playing and I can pause, resume and even switch to other s...

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Hi,   I'm wondering if it's possible to control the music volume my desktop when the music is streamed from my android phone to my Chromecast. When I open the desktop app, it sees wh...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify lagging and making games lag, only when playing games!

My old crappy computer used to play spotify fine when playing full-screen online games. Upgraded my rig last week and now a few days ago I noticed it starts stuttering when I start playing a game and now it not only stutters but also makes the game l...

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My old crappy computer used to play spotify fine when playing full-screen online games. Upgraded my rig last week and now a few days ago I noticed it starts stuttering when I start playing a game and...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Songs not playing correctly

I've just signed up to Premium and now my spotify is going crazy. It will play a few songs and then come up with one of several problems: 1) It just says 'Can't play song' at the top2) It says I should import the file if I have it on my computer 3) I...

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I've just signed up to Premium and now my spotify is going crazy. It will play a few songs and then come up with one of several problems:  1) It just says 'Can't play song' at the top 2) It sa...

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Playlist Folders Not Working

I create playlists out of albums so I can listen to them later. I used to make folders to organize them. I just tried making a folder and it will only let me organize music from the "browse" subcategory. This is making for an awful experience as I ha...

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I create playlists out of albums so I can listen to them later. I used to make folders to organize them. I just tried making a folder and it will only let me organize music from the "browse" subcateg...

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Solved!! Will not open or uninstall

When I try to open Spotify from the shortcut the loading icon pops up on my cursor then goes away after a couple seconds, then nothing happens.When I try to uninstall Spotify through control panel it says "Please wait until the current program is fin...

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When I try to open Spotify from the shortcut the loading icon pops up on my cursor then goes away after a couple seconds, then nothing happens.When I try to uninstall Spotify through control pan...

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local files between two computers

When i add one local file on one computer, why can't i download it on my second computer ?

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When i add one local file on one computer, why can't i download it on my second computer ?

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No Bluetooth support

Spotify! Please please please add Bluetooth support. Life would be soooo much better if you did! Thanks for staying with me through that long message. Just needed to get that out of my system

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Spotify! Please please please add Bluetooth support. Life would be soooo much better if you did! Thanks for staying with me through that long message. Just needed to get that out of my system

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Superuser Contribution Explicit songs are not playing on windows 10

On my windows 10 laptop songs marked explicit are skipped but when I stream these songs from my laptop to another device they do play on the oher device, even on an other laptop with windows 10.Any one any idea how to change settings so I can also pl...

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On my windows 10 laptop songs marked explicit are skipped but when I stream these songs from my laptop to another device they do play on the oher device, even on an other laptop with windows 10. Any...

MonicaM_Bogota

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i cant play most of the song on my spotify

i had a big problem today for using a spotify, i simply cant hear 7/10 of my song, when i play a song, it basically gave me a notification saying that "This song is not available. if you have the file on your computer you can import it", i've double ...

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i had a big problem today for using a spotify, i simply cant hear 7/10 of my song, when i play a song, it basically gave me a notification saying that "This song is not available. if you have the fil...

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