Announcements

Help Wizard

Step 1

NEXT STEP

Desktop (Windows)

Discuss Spotify for Windows

Start a topic

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...

Music Fan

ConcertGuruJ

Visitor

23174 Views

10 replies

2 likes

  • 23174 Views
  • 10 replies
  • 2 likes

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...

Casual Listener

MoeMcLendon

Music Fan

903863 Views

540 replies

64 likes

  • 903863 Views
  • 540 replies
  • 64 likes

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

Newbie

minklet

Music Fan

44964 Views

40 replies

8 likes

  • 44964 Views
  • 40 replies
  • 8 likes

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...

Moderator

6173 Views

0 replies

4 likes

  • 6173 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 4 likes

Feedback new version of spotify

Hi! Share on right click menu is wrong i cant use "https://open.spotify.com/track"is iframe or "spotify:track:" and other social media.Why is not there to choose regular link as "https://open.spotify.com/track"? This links i can use now for new versi...

Newbie

Hi!   Share on right click menu is wrong i cant use "https://open.spotify.com/track" is iframe or "spotify:track:" and other social media.Why is not there to choose regular link as "https://o...

322 Views

0 replies

0 likes

Windows
  • 322 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

Meine Bibliothek der Songs wird nicht auf meinem Desktop angzeigt

Wie schon im Thema genannt kann ich meine Songs nicht auf meinem Desktop sehen, obwohl ich sie auf mienem Iphone auswählen kann und mein desktop die dann auch abspielt. Es wird nur angezeigt das ich auf Browse ausgewählte Lieder dann unter dem Punkt ...

Newbie

Wie schon im Thema genannt kann ich meine Songs nicht auf meinem Desktop sehen, obwohl ich sie auf mienem Iphone auswählen kann und mein desktop die dann auch abspielt. Es wird nur angezeigt das ich ...

479 Views

0 replies

0 likes

Windows
  • 479 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

Private Mode No Longer Hides Facebook Name/Picture?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Why spotify. Just why. I used private mode while streaming videogames online so people couldn't see my name/facebook, and now I have to risk strangers seeing my stuff?Why would you change this? Please change it back. There's zero logical reason as to...

Newbie

Why spotify.  Just why.  I used private mode while streaming videogames online so people couldn't see my name/facebook, and now I have to risk strangers seeing my stuff? Why would you ch...

MattSuda

Spotify Star

444 Views

1 replies

0 likes

Windows
  • 444 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

Share Function

Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I really don't like having to share twice in order to share to both Facebook and Twitter. What happened to being able to do both simultaneously?

Newbie

Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I really don't like having to share twice in order to share to both Facebook and Twitter. What happened to being able to do both simultaneously?

MattSuda

Spotify Star

1443 Views

1 replies

0 likes

Windows
  • 1443 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

Solved!! No Discover Weekly

I've been using spotify on this account for almost a month now, listening to music every day. It is premium, and I've listened to many diffirent albums, so where is it?It's been 3/² weeks of daily usage.

Casual Listener

I've been using spotify on this account for almost a month now, listening to music every day. It is premium, and I've listened to many diffirent albums, so where is it? It's been 3/² weeks of daily ...

w600

Casual Listener

3989 Views

5 replies

2 likes

Windows
  • 3989 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 2 likes

Spotify deletes my local files.

So I often will legally download free music from mediafire and such and it use to always be in my local files but now when I do this it registers it as being there and then once I reboot spotify it will have removed all of those songs from the local ...

Casual Listener

So I often will legally download free music from mediafire and such and it use to always be in my local files but now when I do this it registers it as being there and then once I reboot spotify it w...

307 Views

0 replies

0 likes

Windows
  • 307 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

Half of the songs are not appearing in my Local Files?

Hi there, I recently noticed a new problem I have just occured. When I tried to add songs onto one folder, they do not appear into my local files. I have unistalled Spotify and reinstalled. After the Reinstallation proccess, I have gone into prefrenc...

Newbie

Hi there, I recently noticed a new problem I have just occured. When I tried to add songs onto one folder, they do not appear into my local files. I have unistalled Spotify and reinstalled. After the...

kqcusack

Casual Listener

371 Views

1 replies

1 likes

Windows
  • 371 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 1 likes

Unable to play music from desktop app

I have been enjoying my playing from my desktop app for sometime, but now all of a sudden it has stopped working. Every time I try playing a song it gives me a blue error that says "The song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you...

Casual Listener

I have been enjoying my playing from my desktop app for sometime, but now all of a sudden it has stopped working. Every time I try playing a song it gives me a blue error that says "The song is not a...

MattSuda

Spotify Star

1067 Views

1 replies

0 likes

Windows
  • 1067 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

Superuser Contribution Playlists Restarting

Whenever I click play on a playlist, it restarts from song #1, no matter what # song I paused on or how far into it I was. This never happened before. Note that this is clicking on the artist from the Artists page

Roadie

Whenever I click play on a playlist, it restarts from song #1, no matter what # song I paused on or how far into it I was. This never happened before. Note that this is clicking on the artist from th...

firebuff101

Roadie

912 Views

2 replies

0 likes

Windows
  • 912 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 likes

Superuser Contribution Can't Play Specific Track

I used to be able to click the little play button next to a specific track and play that specific track. That feature does not appear to be functioning. Does anyone have a solution?

Roadie

I used to be able to click the little play button next to a specific track and play that specific track. That feature does not appear to be functioning. Does anyone have a solution? 

Maria_B

Moderator

788 Views

1 replies

0 likes

Windows
  • 788 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

Superuser Contribution Constant crashing - I have Spotify Premium everytime I open it it crashes immediately

Using Windows 7 on PC. For months this has been happening, usually immediately the programme opens and always within minutes. I've uninstalled and reinstalled - no difference. Does Spotify not provide any customer service - I'm paying £10 a month for...

Newbie

Using Windows 7 on PC.    For months this has been happening, usually immediately the programme opens and always within minutes.  I've uninstalled and reinstalled - no difference....

Maria_B

Moderator

879 Views

1 replies

0 likes

Windows
  • 879 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

Superuser Contribution [Windows 10] Spotify rapidly pauses and unpauses

My Spotify on my laptop will not stop glitching out. If I play any song, it'll rapidly unpause and pause again like I'm holding down the spacebar, making most music I listen to downright choppy or unbearable. I also have uninstalled and reinstalled i...

Newbie

My Spotify on my laptop will not stop glitching out. If I play any song, it'll rapidly unpause and pause again like I'm holding down the spacebar, making most music I listen to downright choppy or un...

Maria_B

Moderator

1081 Views

1 replies

0 likes

Windows
  • 1081 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

Windows app fails to display album art for some local files

I've seen this issue mentioned in a few threads, but I'd like to raise another flag for it since the problem has still not been fixed. I'm running Spotify 1.0.52.725.g943b26a8 on Windows 10 and I mostly use the Spotify catalog, but I have some local ...

Regular

I've seen this issue mentioned in a few threads, but I'd like to raise another flag for it since the problem has still not been fixed.   I'm running Spotify 1.0.52.725.g943b26a8 on Window...

kaiyoma

Regular

893 Views

6 replies

0 likes

Windows
  • 893 Views
  • 6 replies
  • 0 likes

Spotify deinstalliert sich von selbst

Hey liebe Spotify Nutzer, ich nutze nun seit ca. einem halben Jahr Spotify. Und dies ging auch bis vor kurzem Problemlos. Seit aber etwa einer Woche läuft es nach Start ein paar Minuten und schließt sich dann automatisch mit dieser Fehlermeldung: "Da...

Newbie

Hey liebe Spotify Nutzer,   ich nutze nun seit ca. einem halben Jahr Spotify. Und dies ging auch bis vor kurzem Problemlos. Seit aber etwa einer Woche läuft es nach Start ein paar Minuten...

723 Views

0 replies

0 likes

Windows
  • 723 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

Solved!! [Desktop] Daily Mix on Desktop has gone

Hi, I absolutely love the Daily Mix and have been using it loads. However, my Spotify just updated itself to Version 1.0.52.725.g943b26a8 and now there is no more Daily Mix under "Your Music".Has it moved? Has it been removed? Please help!

Regular

Hi,   I absolutely love the Daily Mix and have been using it loads. However, my Spotify just updated itself to Version 1.0.52.725.g943b26a8 and now there is no more Daily Mix under "Your Music...

lcmccann

Newbie

683 Views

3 replies

0 likes

Windows
  • 683 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 likes

Playlists on PC not on phone

i recently made multiple playlists on my computer, but the next day they are not on my phone in my account. i can see some of them but even those do not have all the songs that i added.

Newbie

i recently made multiple playlists on my computer, but the next day they are not on my phone in my account. i can see some of them but even those do not have all the songs that i added.  

305 Views

0 replies

0 likes

Windows
  • 305 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

Web Player Bugs/Layout

This is a genereal review and opinion on the new web player after its update. It is full of bugs if it has not already been noticed. Artist, Albums, Playlists, and Songs are 90% unviewable. I have my Spotify account full of music yet only about 10 ar...

Newbie

This is a genereal review and opinion on the new web player after its update.  It is full of bugs if it has not already been noticed. Artist, Albums, Playlists, and Songs are 90% unviewable. I ...

321 Views

0 replies

2 likes

Windows
  • 321 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 2 likes

Incomplete Local Files List

Spotify shows that I have 24,808 songs in my Local Files list. However, when I completely scroll down the list, it just cuts off amidst the "S" part of the directory. No songs show up, alphabetically, past "So..." in the list.I know I have songs that...

Regular

Spotify shows that I have 24,808 songs in my Local Files list. However, when I completely scroll down the list, it just cuts off amidst the "S" part of the directory. No songs show up, alphabetically...

367 Views

0 replies

0 likes

Windows
  • 367 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

Windows App Crashing/Automatically Uninstalling

Since the upgrade to my windows app yesterday, I can play about two songs, and then the app crashes and then uninstalls itself. I've never seen anything like it. I don't think it's got anything to do with an antivirus program, as I get no notifcation...

Visitor

Since the upgrade to my windows app yesterday, I can play about two songs, and then the app crashes and then uninstalls itself. I've never seen anything like it. I don't think it's got anything ...

peterchateauneu

Regular

3151 Views

28 replies

2 likes

Windows
  • 3151 Views
  • 28 replies
  • 2 likes

Sharing to facebook

Hi Why is it that I have to open the web player inorder to share my tune to facebook?

Casual Listener

Hi   Why is it that I have to open the web player inorder to share my tune to facebook?

MattSuda

Spotify Star

788 Views

4 replies

0 likes

Windows
  • 788 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 0 likes