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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!! Something like Year in Music

Hey, is there website, where I can see my most played songs etc, like it was in the Year in Music 2015..Because I wont get the 2016 one and I wanna know my most played songs and just some statisics..Last.fm doesnt work neither, beause I had to create...

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Hey, is there website, where I can see my most played songs etc, like it was in the Year in Music 2015.. Because I wont get the 2016 one and I wanna know my most played songs and just some statisics...

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Any update on the Lyrics feature ?

I remember Spotify to have a lyrics feature powered by musixmatch, but they removed it and said they would add a lyrics feature of their own later, any update on that ?

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I remember Spotify to have a lyrics feature powered by musixmatch, but they removed it and said they would add a lyrics feature of their own later, any update on that ?

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Login to Last.fm

Hi everyone! I tried to put login and password as presented here: https://support.spotify.com/pl/account_payment_help/account_settings/scrobble-to-last-fm/ Windows aplication of Spotify shows me... red frame with info "incorrect". I can login at webs...

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Hi everyone!   I tried to put login and password as presented here: https://support.spotify.com/pl/account_payment_help/account_settings/scrobble-to-last-fm/   Windows aplication of Spo...

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Wrapped 2016/Your Top Songs 2016 random songs

Why is there a random song at the top of my Your Top Songs 2016? Every other song that is on there is absolutely fine, but there is one solitary track that makes no sense in it being in the list!? How do I remove this?It also lists 101 songs in it......

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Why is there a random song at the top of my Your Top Songs 2016? Every other song that is on there is absolutely fine, but there is one solitary track that makes no sense in it being in the list...

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Available Offline toggle switch not showing in the saved songs playlist

Hey all, Just got a new pc and installed Spotify. I've had premium for about a year now and i have all my songs available offline on my phone and my old laptop. but for some reason the toggle switch to download my songs offline doesn't appear in the ...

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Hey all,   Just got a new pc and installed Spotify. I've had premium for about a year now and i have all my songs available offline on my phone and my old laptop. but for some reason the toggl...

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Ability to View All Playlist Followers

I get the message " THis song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it. I've never had this issue before on my desktop computer". i've uninstalled and reinstalled the app on my computer. I can't play all they songs fr...

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 I get the message " THis song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it. I've never had this issue before on my desktop computer" . i've uninstalled and reinsta...

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Artists I follow have disapeard from my Followed artists list

Hi, I dont know what happend but I am not following my favourit artists anymore, I want them back! How can I achive this in a simple way? This could have happend when I accidentally changed hide option in user settings (Desktop)?

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Hi,   I dont know what happend but I am not following my favourit artists anymore, I want them back! How can I achive this in a simple way?   This could have happend when I ac...

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Sync music

Can you sync music from Itunes and Groove to Spotify and if so will the music play off line?

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Can you sync music from Itunes and Groove to Spotify and if so will the music play off line?

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Spotify closing on first start to update and restart EVERY TIME

How can i fix this?Everytime I start Spotify , I start a Song for 10 seconds before spotify closes without any warning and goes to the updater which then tries to update spotify. This happens everytime I start Spotify. How can I fix this ?

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How can i fix this? Everytime I start Spotify , I start a Song for 10 seconds before spotify closes without any warning and goes to the updater which then tries to update spotify. This happens every...

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Media keys do not work - only in Spotify!

Spotify should fire their UX designer, period. I am sick and tired of all the UX experiments. On Monday Spotify behaves in one manner, on Tuesday - in another, on Wednesday - one more behavior manner. Every day I start the Spotify I wonder if it will...

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Spotify should fire their UX designer, period. I am sick and tired of all the UX experiments. On Monday Spotify behaves in one manner, on Tuesday - in another, on Wednesday - one more behavior m...

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Impossibile riprodurre brano corrente dopo aggiornamento

Da un mese dopo un aggiornamento ho questo messaggio sul pc desktop sia per le canzoni offline che online. Ho spotify premium e reinstallando la vecchia versione funziona tutto bene....come risolvo? Purtroppo se installo la vecchia versione si auto a...

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Da un mese dopo un aggiornamento ho questo messaggio sul pc desktop sia per le canzoni offline che online. Ho spotify premium e reinstallando la vecchia versione funziona tutto bene....come risolvo? ...

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Solved!! Automatic Cover download / export

Hi, I know that it's possible to download the song information like there: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web-Player/Export-Playlist-Backup/td-p/369752 But I would like to download all cover art as well. I know its possible ma...

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Hi, I know that it's possible to download the song information like there: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web-Player/Export-Playlist-Backup/td-p/369752 But I would like to dow...

lisaluisadddddd

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Local File Replacing Spotify Stream

Hi, I have a live recording of an album in my local files and one of the songs replaced the regular Spotify song that's available for streaming. I tried deleting the live album in my local files and restarting Spotify but it's still playing the live ...

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Hi,   I have a live recording of an album in my local files and one of the songs replaced the regular Spotify song that's available for streaming. I tried deleting the live album in my lo...

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Local files sort by last added

I am unable to sort my local files by last added. Is this a glitch or was it purposely removed?

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I am unable to sort my local files by last added. Is this a glitch or was it purposely removed?

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Solved!! Wrong song duration

Hi!I start this topic because i have a very weird problem with one specific song: Rude from Magic! In website it shows a total duration of 3:44 but in my desktop app (1.0.44.100) it shows 28:57If i sort by duration, this song is listed between the 3:...

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Hi! I start this topic because i have a very weird problem with one specific song: Rude from Magic! In website it shows a total duration of 3:44 but in my desktop app (1.0.44.100)  it shows 28...

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Spotify Video Series videos stop playing

I'm having trouble with some of the Spotify Video Series videos. Some of them stop abruptly 30 seconds before the end. I've tried watching them on my iPhone aswell, but there they won't play at all. Anybody else experiencing this problem and know why...

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I'm having trouble with some of the Spotify Video Series videos. Some of them stop abruptly 30 seconds before the end. I've tried watching them on my iPhone aswell, but there they won't play at all. ...

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Solved!! Crossfade simply cuts to next song instead of fading in and out

As above, noticed that spotify no longer xfades starting these few days. Crossfading now simply cuts the end of the current track and jumps to the start of the next song instead of fading in and out like it usually does. Restart does not help, any ti...

Music Fan

As above, noticed that spotify no longer xfades starting these few days. Crossfading now simply cuts the end of the current track and jumps to the start of the next song instead of fading in and...

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Spotify wont start on Windows 8

I updated to latest Spotify, and now it refuse to start after logging in. The window opens for a second and then closes without any messages. I have tried to reinstall it several times and tried to make sure that there are no traces of the previous i...

Casual Listener

I updated to latest Spotify, and now it refuse to start after logging in. The window opens for a second and then closes without any messages. I have tried to reinstall it several times and tried to m...

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Album Cover not working on my phone

Recently just added a song with a custom cover I added to it on my computer, and it displays fine on my computer, but when I play it on my phone it doesn't work. Anyone have any idea how to fix this problem?

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Recently just added a song with a custom cover I added to it on my computer, and it displays fine on my computer, but when I play it on my phone it doesn't work. Anyone have any idea how to fix this ...

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