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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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Can't sign in on desktop player

Sounds like I have the opposite issue of many people on here. I have no problems signing in to the web player using the Facebook link, but when I try to use the desktop player I have no luck. When I click log in with facebook it pops up a browser win...

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Sounds like I have the opposite issue of many people on here. I have no problems signing in to the web player using the Facebook link, but when I try to use the desktop player I have no luck. When I ...

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problem with reproduction

I have this problem: if I want to listen only one track of an album (for example the third one), i clkick on it, but spotify starts reproducing the first one. Is it a new rule of free spotify or is only my spotify which has a problem?(sorry for my ba...

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I have this problem: if I want to listen only one track of an album (for example the third one), i clkick on it, but spotify starts reproducing the first one. Is it a new rule of free spotify or is o...

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Full Page Spam Advert

I opened up Spotify on Windows 10 today (a slightly older version of spotify because I find issues with playback on more recent versions) and when browsing through a playlist I got a full page advert which is a scam beyond a doubt. It should be easy ...

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I opened up Spotify on Windows 10 today (a slightly older version of spotify because I find issues with playback on more recent versions) and when browsing through a playlist I got a full page advert...

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Incorrect song plays when I click a song in the "Artists" section of "Your Music"

On my PC desktop Spotify app, I can play songs successfully when using the "Songs" and "Slbums" sections of "Your Music". However, when I try to play the songs in "Artists", when I click, an incorrect song by the same artist is played and often the s...

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On my PC desktop Spotify app, I can play songs successfully when using the "Songs" and "Slbums" sections of "Your Music". However, when I try to play the songs in "Artists", when I click, an incorrec...

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When I pick a song from a band in the artists tab, it switches back to the first song in the list.

When I pick a song from the "Artists" tab (and pick a band of course) and choose a song, let's say in the middle of the list, then it jumps to the first song in the list.

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When I pick a song from the "Artists" tab (and pick a band of course) and choose a song, let's say in the middle of the list, then it jumps to the first song in the list.

MartinStoichkov

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Spotify keeps opening up randomly

I will be working on chrome, then my spotify app with just open itself up? How do I stop this from happening. (I'm on a surface book if that changes anything)

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I will be working on chrome, then my spotify app with just open itself up? How do I stop this from happening. (I'm on a surface book if that changes anything)

MartinStoichkov

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Windows client dropping connection every few minutes

Hello all, I am experiencing this very frustrating issue:Every few minutes my desktop client's connection drops out and I get blue bars preventing me from doing searches and starting new albums (error code 4). This does not cause discontinuity of pla...

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Hello all,   I am experiencing this very frustrating issue: Every few minutes my desktop client's connection drops out and I get blue bars preventing me from doing searches and starting new a...

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Solved!! Ability to copy Spotify URI removed again

I just noticed today that I can no longer copy a Spotify URI for tracks in a playlist. This capability was removed once before, and a lot of people complained. Why is this happening again? Can we please have this restored?

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I just noticed today that I can no longer copy a Spotify URI for tracks in a playlist.  This capability was removed once before, and a lot of people complained.  Why is this happening again...

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Silent album

Tried to listen to Sundancer by The Fumes and all the tracks, bar one, are silent. Not a hardware or software issue as everything else plays fine...

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Tried to listen to Sundancer by The Fumes and all the tracks, bar one, are silent. Not a hardware or software issue as everything else plays fine...

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Local files partially not being recognised or ignored

Over time I have made playlists with music from other sources than spotify multiple times, and I started to notice that in these playlists certain songs seem to dissapear. In addition to that, some songs that I have locally are being replaced by thei...

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Over time I have made playlists with music from other sources than spotify multiple times, and I started to notice that in these playlists certain songs seem to dissapear. In addition to that, some s...

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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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volume level

I use two screens, and whever I pause a song and play it again when using the desktop app it makes the volume lower. Any help?

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I use two screens, and whever I pause a song and play it again when using the desktop app it makes the volume lower. Any help?

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Spotify won't play the song I select, instead a different one.

Recently, I've started experiencing a recurring issue with Spotify on Windows where I go to select a specific song from an album, and it selects the first track, or a random one if I have shuffle turned on. Restarting the client doesn't help. It does...

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Recently, I've started experiencing a recurring issue with Spotify on Windows where I go to select a specific song from an album, and it selects the first track, or a random one if I have shuffle tur...

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Shuffle is not really random

I posted about this problem earlier but nothing was working so im trying again with a different angle Yesterday i added 10-12 new songs to my playlist, and ever since, i havent heard any of the new songs on my shuffle play.. I even downloaded the son...

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I posted about this problem earlier but nothing was working so im trying again with a different angle 😉  Yesterday i added 10-12 new songs to my playlist, and ever since, i havent heard any of...

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Solved!! Opened Spotify and it installed even though Spotify has been installed for a while

I've had Spotify installed on my computer for a while, but haven't opened it in about a month. I opened it today, and it had an installing popup (not "Installing Update", it was Installing like I'd opened the installer, even though Spotify has been i...

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I've had Spotify installed on my computer for a while, but haven't opened it in about a month. I opened it today, and it had an installing popup (not "Installing Update", it was Installing like ...

Jacob

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Spotify Doesn't play songs that also have local content

I'm having a problem with my desktop Spotify where it won't play certain artists or songs. They work on the web player at home and at work. I think the problem may be that I have the files locally on my home PC in a file type that Spotify may not rec...

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I'm having a problem with my desktop Spotify where it won't play certain artists or songs. They work on the web player at home and at work. I think the problem may be that I have the files locally on...

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Spotify plays top song in list of songs when playing any song

So I go to for example Drake and click a song 4 songs down from the top. Well it gets highlighted in a grey tab but plays the top song in the list. It does this for any list of songs including playlists. In order to switch songs you need to play the ...

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So I go to for example Drake and click a song 4 songs down from the top. Well it gets highlighted in a grey tab but plays the top song in the list. It does this for any list of songs including playli...

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Inability to select a song on a saved album

Is this problem ever going to be fixed? I realize its only been a week or so, but I pay for this service and would appreciate it working properly. I know the topic has already been posted, but the only answers are "i have this problem too" or "they'r...

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Is this problem ever going to be fixed? I realize its only been a week or so, but I pay for this service and would appreciate it working properly. I know the topic has already been posted, but the on...

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Album shuffles when trying to play a specific song

I'm running Spotify on Windows 10. Whenever I try and play a specific song from a saved album it acts like I shuffled the album, with shuffle disabled, it plays the first song like pressing "PLAY" near the album art. I've already tried rebooting and ...

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I'm running Spotify on Windows 10. Whenever I try and play a specific song from a saved album it acts like I shuffled the album, with shuffle disabled, it plays the first song like pressing "PLAY" ne...

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