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Discuss Spotify for Windows
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hi guys, I am having a problem with scrolling on desktop Spotify.So let's say I am on my Albums library, I am scrolling the page up, but with every "scroll up" the page "scrolls back" slightly. If I am dragging the scroll bar it's fine, but whenever ...
Hi guys, I am having a problem with scrolling on desktop Spotify. So let's say I am on my Albums library, I am scrolling the page up, but with every "scroll up" the page "scrolls back" slightly. I...
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I know you've removed the notification bell, but is there no other place where I can see when the artists that I follow uploads a new song? Push notifications is a joke, if I'm at work and get a push notification I now have to have it there for the w...
I know you've removed the notification bell, but is there no other place where I can see when the artists that I follow uploads a new song? Push notifications is a joke, if I'm at work and get...
Casual Listener
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So my hotkeys (example "fn+F9" is pause) wont work and i dont know why. They are not broken its just that the hotkeys wont work. Never mind i found a program that was taking up my hotkeys things
So my hotkeys (example "fn+F9" is pause) wont work and i dont know why. They are not broken its just that the hotkeys wont work. Never mind i found a program that was taking up my hotkeys th...
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I have a laptop winth Windows 10 x64 installed, and I use many devices for playing music (laptop's speakers, headpohones, bluetooth headphones, audio output on HDMI port, audio output on docking station). When I start playing music, it's fine, but wh...
I have a laptop winth Windows 10 x64 installed, and I use many devices for playing music (laptop's speakers, headpohones, bluetooth headphones, audio output on HDMI port, audio output on docking stat...
Music Fan
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In the Android app, there is a wonderful tab called "Start" which I miss very much in the desktop app. Is there any chance this "Start" page could soon be introduced to the desktop version as well?
In the Android app, there is a wonderful tab called "Start" which I miss very much in the desktop app. Is there any chance this "Start" page could soon be introduced to the desktop version as well?
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I am getting bug errors like this
I am getting bug errors like this
Spotify Star
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why?does Spotify 'appforce a "New Version" reinstall ??why would i purchase premiumor invest any money at allif the Spotify 'appdoesnt work properly ??Been Dealing with the same issue for 6 months since June 2016-blue banner shows up-to download a ne...
why? does Spotify 'app force a "New Version" reinstall ?? why would i purchase premium or invest any money at all if the Spotify 'app doesnt work properly ?? Been Dealing with the sa...
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Hi,It's been now almost 3 month (maybe more) that the Spotify hardware acceleration doesn't work with the last intel hd 530 driver on windows 10.
Hi, It's been now almost 3 month (maybe more) that the Spotify hardware acceleration doesn't work with the last intel hd 530 driver on windows 10.
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I am unable to sort the tracks in my playlist. I followed the Help and Community instructions but whe nI click on a heading nothing happens and when I try to click and drag a track I get a circle with a line through it. A community post from 2012 ind...
I am unable to sort the tracks in my playlist. I followed the Help and Community instructions but whe nI click on a heading nothing happens and when I try to click and drag a track I get a circle wit...
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Hallo Leute, ich habe das Problem, das ich jegliche Chart-Playlists nicht öffnen kann. Es kommt immer nur die Anzeige "Bei der Anzeige dieser Ansicht ist ein Fehler aufgetreten!". Würde mich freuen wenn jemand eine Lösung für mich hat. Dankeschön
Hallo Leute, ich habe das Problem, das ich jegliche Chart-Playlists nicht öffnen kann. Es kommt immer nur die Anzeige "Bei der Anzeige dieser Ansicht ist ein Fehler aufgetreten!". Würde mich...
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Here's the problem I have:I can crossfade songs when I'm listening to my computer. After connecting the Bose soundtouch 10 and adding it as a device to Spotify, I changed the my playback device to this in the choose device section at the bottom of th...
Here's the problem I have: I can crossfade songs when I'm listening to my computer. After connecting the Bose soundtouch 10 and adding it as a device to Spotify, I changed the my playback device...
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How we can use macro keys with text blocks to use Spotify (play, pause, next, prev...).For example, I have this code: Send {Media_Play_Pause} and it runs but only when I have the Spotify's window selected. I want to use media controlls at the same ti...
How we can use macro keys with text blocks to use Spotify (play, pause, next, prev...). For example, I have this code: Send {Media_Play_Pause} and it runs but only when I have the Spotify...
Casual Listener
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Hi all I don't have the friends activity bar (the one you can see what your friends are listening) on my windows versionj (I've been using Spotify on Mac and I do have it there, same account) I used to have it but for a while I am missing it. How can...
Hi all I don't have the friends activity bar (the one you can see what your friends are listening) on my windows versionj (I've been using Spotify on Mac and I do have it there, same account...
Newbie
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Since I sometimes go through long playlists or anthology albums while exercising, it is important to me to pick up where I left off the next time I exercise. I used to rely on checking my history for this, but now that my history is limited in size, ...
Since I sometimes go through long playlists or anthology albums while exercising, it is important to me to pick up where I left off the next time I exercise. I used to rely on checking my history for...
Newbie
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If i want to play musik, spotify always keeps skipping the songs
If i want to play musik, spotify always keeps skipping the songs
Community Legend
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I keep getting the message: "Spotify has been paused because your account is being used somewhere else", even though I'm not using Spotify anywhere else. I have already clicked "log out of all devices" in the settings without any results. It is very ...
I keep getting the message: "Spotify has been paused because your account is being used somewhere else", even though I'm not using Spotify anywhere else. I have already clicked "log out of all d...
Newbie
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I am using the latest version of Spotify and obviously my friend activity field has stopped working properly.I am not able to see my friends' activity, I only see a field suggesting me to adds friends, but I already have at least one of those.How to ...
I am using the latest version of Spotify and obviously my friend activity field has stopped working properly. I am not able to see my friends' activity, I only see a field suggesting me to adds frie...
Newbie
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When I add new tune to my music, and music album is playing the queue is reset to begin!!! Can you fix this issue? Steps to Reproduce: 1.- Select an album or playlist to play.2.- Search a new tune.3.- Add it into a my Music, while playlist follow pla...
When I add new tune to my music, and music album is playing the queue is reset to begin!!! Can you fix this issue? Steps to Reproduce: 1.- Select an album or playlist to pl...
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Desktop version, premium user I want to share a song to my followers, I follow them and they follow me, but the share button is greyed out, I have my friends feed at view, what I share would show up in their feed?, Can't I share because I don't have ...
Desktop version, premium user I want to share a song to my followers, I follow them and they follow me, but the share button is greyed out, I have my friends feed at view, what I share would...
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